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Not the hero we wanted. The hero we needed. I hope Dak is laughing his ass off no matter what.

bro's recognizing peoples hands now.... this thread is getting so good and weird at the same time. When someone knows what someones toes looks like I'll bow out. Carry on.

Okay so maybe a reach here but.. maybe not. What if Gwin has his own team again? With Dak and Seth as riders. Intense frames, with some other major/title sponsor (possibly outside of MTB?), along with all the component sponsorship like he has done in the past. Gwin beats to his own drum and his done well financially (it seems) doing his own deal rather than answering to an established team, etc. He also seems to enjoy working with smaller brands to do that development work and get things exactly the way he wants. Neko said it well in his...

Huh. Weird. Something must have happened during the 2019 WC season for Brook.

I really hope this change works out for Eleonora, I know she wasn't stoked on Mondraker but still managed some decent results, hoping a better team vibe and better bike allow her to step it up.

hey all, please discuss site issues here so they can be seen - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/about-vital-mtb-support/vital-mtb-site-… - no need to fill up tech or team rumors threads. thanks for looking out with it, too!!!

What if gwin brought dak with him. dak rude gwin oh baby.

save those comments for the other site...

Admittedly mostly stolen from Singletrack Mag, but here's what is still to be confirmed (from what I can remember) listed roughly in order of how strongly they are linked to a team/sponsor: David Trummer [Probably on MS Intense or equivalent team with Intense frames, all but confirmed] Angel Suarez leaves Primal Unno Project Race Team. [On Frameworks, all but confirmed] Ronan Dunne leaves Continental Nukeproof Factory Racing. [Probably on Mondraker, all but confirmed] Vali Holl leaves RockShox Trek Race Team. [Probably on YT] Ryan Pinkerton leave GT Factory Racing. [Probably on Mondraker] Dakota Norton leaves Intense Factory Racing. [Probably on...

is it THAT small?

About the "hate": Wasn't the the forbidden engenier working for norco before and trying to design a short travel high pivot bike but got shut. So he swapped brands or released his own with forbidden. Cant remember. Was 2017 or 18.

Martin really has a love rocket for Angel.

Angels been posting old pics from Commencal too. A trail bike from another manufacturer would make sense if he will be riding Frameworks for dh. In some of Nekos instagram he had been riding a Jekyll recently. Is he trying to take over from Jesse as best team rumours thread pro-troll?

Pretty sure it’s Danny. I remember a fishing video a while back of Danny on a lake fishing with someone. Ahh… here’s the video of him and Brayton: https://youtu.be/gFHYkiUKerM?si=4S6fs240JjPIBy7x Combine with him being down under currently, and Zerode makes sense.

From what I've gathered, BK's family has business ventures that pay more than MTB. Don't underestimate that if you come from a family that knows how to operate successful ventures, you hit the ground running much smoother. The resources he has access to in the background to manage budgets, negotiate contracts, handle advance planning, schedule adjustments & so much more I don't doubt help BK be more efficient than most teams that come & go. It doesn't hurt that while he has all the toys a guy could ask for, he doesn't seem to hesitate to get his hands dirty...

Blenki is more the fisherman, I believe…

The one that will be loosing his chain, maybe because he will ride a Pinion belt driven bike... Zerode? Gamux? Doesn't Brook like to go fishing? Brook and Zerode might fit well

BKs podcasts are so good as he just throws it out, $60k less budget compared to last year, riders keep the same salary and he takes the loss. And that sponsors are serious about reducing or even canceling enduro sponsorhip as there is simply no exposure from it. Also interesting bit about the Dyfi and how much that park does for the local comunity and that Dan has been elected as city council :D