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Pure speculation, but would it not cost considerably less for a brand to supply frames to the MS team (MS Intense) instead of being the title team sponsor and owner(I.e Intense Factory Racing)? Intense are just about to release the updated M1, so surely they need to keep it at the world cups for marketing? Would being a frame sponsor for a team like MS not be the best way to do that when money is tight?

greg minnaar on norco official. here's our interview w/ him yesterday. a bit more info here - https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/greg-minnaar-norco-bicycles-inside-li…

I'm pretty sure the workshop BK opened was in Wales where he now lives judging off his latest LSD. He said he flew back to get the keys for it.

I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal. People know me. I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.

Red Hair, Red Bike, your move now Steber 😎

one thing greg said after we were done recording is how stoked he was that the bike has external routing. engineers/team recognized that WC practice time is extremely limited, as we know, and if there's an issue w/ brake or derailleur needing new housing/hose, it's a long process to dismantle/install/bleed/setup with internal routing. if done in a rush, the bleed may not feel the same. norco team will have pre-bleed brakes setup and ready for fast turn-around if needed. for WC level racing, seems like a no-brainer.

We’d like to think we are as sophisticated as Scully, but in reality this is us

Well...Felix's mom is American Actress Gillian Anderson...

Where is frotha going?

Buce is in the eye of the beholder.

Steve Peat would like a word with you.

Well, Markus Stoeckl liked my comment regarding the IFR announcement in the Intense Bike Owners Facebook group (he is a new member as of today)

I really enjoyed AG's commenting, but having 3 people in the booth didn't work (no ones fault). I would love for Gwin to be a full time commentator, except who in North America is actually going to watch any world cup racing this season, plus I would love to see Gwin finally become World Champ once before retiring.

Agreed, he is an announcer. His job is to speak clearly so everyone listening understands what he is saying. Claudio has a pretty thick accent and English is not his first language but we could understand him. I don't know Ric, I bet he's a nice guy. However, he wasn't very good at announcing. AG came in with zero experience and did a better job of preparing (researching the athletes, asking them questions about the track, their season, their health, etc.) and a much better job speaking. Aaron was easy to understand and much more informative, all without stepping on...

If you can't understand Ric, you're the problem, not him. (I'm not a fan of his commentary but that has nothing to do with his accent). Back to rumors please!

Making fun of anyone's accent is juvenile and pathetic. Do better.

I think he got better towards the end of the year. Cedric was the worst of the commenting IMO. Ric did a really good job a few years ago doing the EWS highlight videos. Seems like he is the guy in the booth moving forward so hopefully he keeps improving.

Hosted by Ric McLaughin.....for me that's reason enough not to listen to it, based off the terrible commentary we've had to endure during the world cups in 2023 Next...

so I suppose pinkbike racing ends?