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I kinda feel like elites is a clean slate for the juniors, they'll be whatever banana they are based off of their results after the first few races. Max or Till would be the talk of the town if they were instantly beating their older team mates to podium spots. I'm thinking now though that it's actually someone like Nathan Pontvianne that is going to Norco, young, fast and french. I can't see commencal in general never mind the team letting either Alran go just yet.

All the best Barney! Is this retirement or moving to another team?

Any pro with an apparel sponsor with a power sports portfolio is 100% repping their kit on the moto. It's free, and sponsors love it when their riders ride in their other category and vice versa. Pivot is distributed in the UK by the fine folk at Saddleback, not Silverfish, who also distro TLD's bike line. I've always liked Leatt's riding kit, but their full-face helmet silhouettes have consistently been weaker compared to the likes of TLD, Bell and Fox. Nothing a bit of taste and industrial design can't fix, but given the lifespans of helmets, who knows? Regardless, this...

Moving WorldCups to a global platform would be fare better than the fragmented distribution they have right now. There’s a platform for Europe, there’s FloSports in North America and several other platforms for people in other parts of the world. Costs for FloSports is ridiculous. I love watching, but I share an account with a roadie friend, then we’re not trying to log into the platform at the same time. A Netflix partnership could inject money into the WorldCups, maybe even increase prize money….. wait I’m delusional lol 😂

With a PhD in mechanical engineering Frida's going to be absolutely fine financially!

having BC and DAK on your squad and you become the people’s team immediately.

Been wresting with this in my head since is was roomer 2 months ago..Dak is now NOT young. needs to get paid.. Bummed as we all are about not FW or Intense. He also is prob. gonna marry Frida who has not had a ride for the last 2 years. I totally get it. Get that $ DAK, And the bike works.

Blake Samson to Nukeproof https://youtu.be/zOCapxG6_Jc?si=chjz_35OAG811jLU

I don't understand what you are getting at. YT made a financial commitment to those racers, those racers fulfilled their end of the agreement and Markus failed to pay them what he owed them. Whether you think a race team is a good investment or not, a business owner should pay their obligations. While it may be legal to not pay the team members it isn't ethical.

Watching the Downtime Podcast with Marcus Flossman . I just got super upset. He talks about arranging a legal way to deliver bikes to customers while under court administration where he bought the bikes to deliver to the customers with his own money but then later on in the video, he’s basically shrugging 🤷🏼‍♂️ his shoulders when it came to supporting YT Mob , says the court wouldn’t let them pay the riders or the team. Riders are paid as independent contractors. So we now know he bought the company back. My question is why the heck didn’t he enter...

Wow! Flossman came off as so arrogant saying that they were a family and he was disappointed in his racers being upset. He literally questioned their loyalty. I hope Tippy does not sign with them. They don't deserve him.

Although we feel like the companies with downhill teams have a responsibility to the sport - as if they were an NFL team or premiere league team where the actual sport / team is their business - bike companies are only in business of selling bikes, and the bike team is simply a marketing opportunity/ expense. I wish this were not the case. The business is not racing (for a bike company), it’s just selling rolling widgets.

def a confirmation i heard this weekend no intense factory with Breeden, and the Nukeproof rumours seem pretty accurate.......

People lose jobs, investors taking a bath, people ordering bikes that never arrive, riders without a team etc the audacity to call people keyboard warriors is wild lmao. YT literally FUCKED OVER countless people but sure, call us keyboard warriors.

I miss Cartoon Hint Guy

NP guy says...and World Cups...it's coming together.

Patience...it's coming...

I would put Warner above Tippie in the reach department because of the Redbull connection, but for the most part it's all marketing to an audience that we already have..

VitalMTB podcast from MSA said Vero Widdmann quits racing. Her name was mentioned alongside Camille and Monika, which I was very surprised as I had not seen any such announcement from Vero anywhere.

Look around and you’ll see where Spomer said leave this personal shit out of the forums.