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Dak in the B-Practice podcast had said he was in. Really good spot for 2024. To me that means he gets to stay on the bike he had a great season on. If he ends up on Mondraker then it means when he said "in a good place" he meant financialy and is getting paaaaaaaaid

Lol you mean when Adam Brayton dragged him out in his dingy? Lol I'm still sticking with Blenki. Blenki spear fishes.

Would love to see Mark Wallace get at least a Single year contract with Forbidden bikes for 2024. He lives on the island and rides with Magnus Manson often so it would be a decent fit. M agnus I don't think is ready for a world cup season yet due to his health issues so technically there's a spot on the DH team roster. Wallace I cant imagine has a big asking price and hes capable of being top 20 no problem. Norco kinda did him a dirty with no "goodbye" post or anything (yes I understand they don't have...

am i the only one thinking this bike is stupid af? it's probably like the bold, so the chainstay does not have holes forcing you to axs, stupid ugly plastic headset and spacer with the cable tourism, shock hidden in the frame, so you get what you get, and of course the stupid remote to do something with it as it's in the frame, so if you wanna customize this bike it's gonna be a ultra pain in the arse, if not impossible to do so, some of the worst bikes in the game

My best guess is a proto of an even smaller waterbottle 🤔

Easily the most e-bike looking, non-e-bike yet. That alone would have me passing on it. Hidden shock, headset cable routing, push towards electronic drivetrains, and (I'm assuming) ridiculous mrsp would make this the hardest possible no if I were looking for a new bike.

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Randy isn't just a trainer. He was McGrath's mechanic during the heyday. He was also a multi-year World Cup/NORBA National Intense factory team racer. And yes, Ryder's dad. Buddy collects a lot of heyday memorabilia and was able to run down to Rock Creek for Nats to Randy to sign his copy of Chain Smoke.

Consensus seems to be that Hall has moved to a salaried development role at Intense and AG is doing whatever it is we're all waiting to find out...

The other site posted that OR was expanding into the mtb world back in July, but I think this is the first I've heard of them signing anyone. OR was also the title sponsor for Speed and Style at Crankworx in Whis.

Both Georgia Astle and Bas Van Steenbergen have posted saying they'll be riding for Outdoor Research now. Interesting to see a big outerwear company like them making a debut into the mountain bike world at this point in time. https://www.instagram.com/p/C1-AjxjJPhd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Well they do have a prototype out there, but that looked more park-focussed.

Ibi?

Brooklyn Machine Works coming back!

They're also selling their current full-suspension inventory on a BOGO deal to try to generate cash flow, allegedly because they can't afford the payments necessary to get their new models released from the manufacturer. They don't sponsor any race teams any more, and they don't make a dedicated downhill bike. They're in no position to sponsor Gwin.

Def Joe Breeden and Louise Ferguson in the recent IFR video on IG.

Yeah I'd been thinking the same, a rental fleet for a bike park can easily set you back $100k or more, it would make financial sense for him to make a sweetheart deal for a fleet part of the package (a Gwin/Gwin situation, as the park fleet is also good advertising for the bike brand)