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now this is an inside line

A few hot takes from Wyn’s amazing work this week: -Danny Hart and Wyn will always be hilarious, but this one was particularly side splitting. 167-121=46 -Pinky not taking the bad luck of the last race too seriously was SUPER endearing. Big fan here. -It’s unanimous: track looks sick. -Troy just wants to go ride with his mates, like every new dad. -Loic sounded stoked, and I think Jacko sounded congested.

Yeah I would definitely prefer a more serious take on the analysis that what is currently being presented

Jeesus, the pressure on Bruni must be insane, we all know how much he loves racing and fighting for the overall but potentially missing the birth of you first child... crazy

lol. Spomer just fanning the fires. Related but unrelated - why is the 2025 thread pinned but not this one? Surly we can move on.

More rips from the bowl takes, no inside info at play. O'Callaghan to Mondraker Already hit this one, but Dunne connection. Norton to Syndicate I'm not sure they're going to keep Greenland, a healthy dak could maybe grab a few more points for the team and bring a sort of American ratboy energy to the team. Greenland to Continental Atherton At the moment Atherton needs some energy who better than a local bloke to up the stoke and the team points.

A Red Bull Sram team would be formed especially for her if was required

Laurie for Vali? He hasn't had the same success Nina's had over the past few years and I feel like it'd make more sense to replace him than her.

Vali to Specialized would be a pretty strong (and overdue) first female elite rider to the Factory Racing team...

About Japan : one of the latest FastAf videos was hinting at a Japanese venue for 2027. Dunno if there's something solid there tho. Bruni actually got there twice at least in the off season it seems. Venue spotting for WB maybe?

There was rumour of Mondraker switching over to full sram rockshox after testing the waters with the brakes this year. Would that be enough to get Vali interested? I guess she’d have to reconsider her deal with sweet protection. Could Mondraker even afford her?

dear americans: please stop thinking you are the middle of the world, especially with THAT government. why in hell do you think it makes sense to own a race truck in america with so little races!?

People complaining on the calendar and venue locations still don’t get the fact that its not UCI picking the cool riding spots but its venues wiling to poor a lot of money into hosting an UCI race. And simply for many cool places, its not worth of spending that money. It has nothing to do with UCI preferring EU over the US or so. Also EU events are probably backed/funded by EU programs to promote certain industry such as travel to boost local economy which is not a thing in other places…

A thought I had teased out in a much longer form that I think is applicable to the Pivot situation (and I think we'll see it more often from other teams): I think Pivot is going to leave elite-level racing and BK Sport will be the team that carries on. I think the BK Sport merch brand has been the long game slow rollout of Bernard knowing Pivot want to exit racing and knowing he'll need to be on a differently-named team. Sort of similar to how FMD (a privately-owned racing team) is now partnered with Orbea. I didn't think...

If I was closer I’d live stream Qualies

The more I read this current topic the more it seems something like a u23 class with a mandatory move up to the elite ranks after having won 2 overall titles might be a better option than the current system, primarily to allow for more gradual rider development and actual life development. If they truly do want to axe the junior class maybe a developmental class like this could race the venues the weekend before the elites or the weekend after. A post race production could be released as a form of media, it could be great… But it could...

If it does go the route of no specific juniors class at World Cups, it does not eliminate that juniors can race them. That is how it used to be. Look at moto. There are junior classes but if you make it to the national level pro races, you can be 16 or older and race elite. I do think moto is more advanced for developing younger racers with more clear standards, racing the same tracks and the overarching organizer (AMA) is in charge of alot of the development series. Having things like the 'Futures' races at SX helps develop...