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Hey Joe - Thanks for the response. Makes sense and good to know. Best of luck next season!!

they're playing along with these #reamtumors

Seeing him send a Sentinel down Gnar EWS courses would be ace.

Yup, Marin and Polygon owned by the same parent co (Widjaja family out of Indonesia). I imagine that Minestone was probably just an investment vehicle to assist the purchase of Marin back in 2012: http://www.cyclingplus.my/features/polygon-straight-out-of-surabaya https://www-bikebiz-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bikebiz.com/.amp/bus… In real terms, there can't be many brands/organisations with the budget to replicate the Atherton deal, so it **could** make sense they go to a new cash backed Marin setup. The only other brand based in Birmingham (seeing Rachel's IG posts) is Wiggle/CRC and we know there's a prototype Nukeproof Pulse out there that Sam won Garbanzo on, but do the numbers stack up...

Minestone Limited, a private European-based investment firm - says the internet for Marin at least.

THIS. A lot of folks seem to be comparing doping for road to doping for EWS races, and that's simply not doable. Yes, while doping for the 'up' could leave you fresher and more attentive for the 'down', it depends on the athlete and their entire supplement regimen, training, etc. AND there is always a tradeoff when you take PED-like substances -- too much caffeine, for example, will leave you shaky and wired with a possible twitch, which can mean disaster in a heavy rock garden or high speeds. These substances are no different. As someone who now has to...

Two former team mates who have in the past dominated the discipline get caught doping, hmmmmm didn't see that coming at all!!

Interesting how some people are acting as though if they are not in dark back alleys with needles, blood bags and a dr w/ an Italian last name ... it must not be doping....or at least it requires a different punishment. Seems to me that the needle and blood bag doping days are over and this is now what doping looks like.

Wow, that's a terrible take. Beyond terrible, actually. This was real testing, by a real governing body. Sanctions will come, and they'll be justified.

awww, bummer to hear it was as simple as pushing the wrong button. no worries either way b/c the original tweet is now gone and reece let us know all he'd heard was rumor and he shouldn't have posted about something he didn't know to be fact...so he deleted his tweet. fair enough. sometimes it's easy to post stuff w/o really thinking about who may see it or in the heat of emotion. and, like Fox said...it's all rumors right now with no facts anywhere that i've seen. i've heard the same things i'm sure a lot of people have...it...

There was only one name mentioned right?

No problem with that, that's understandable. My intention was precisely to read this type of answer, that CushCore (and other tire inserts) are not (yet) the Graal.