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Surely Max care a lot more how shinny and successful is the team than what wheel material it rides!

Totally valid point! Nevertheless Max Commencal who has at least indirectly critizised carbon manufacturers himself must have some influence on the team, which is obvious on their team videos where he is often shown as a strong supporter.... Therefore I still think that the deal has a certain taste to it as we would say in German.

I don't buy that. DT clearly labels their wheels 26, 27,5 or 29 as in inches,w hile the widths are 22,5, 25, 30, 35 and 40 for their X(R), (X)M and E(X) series of rims and wheelsets. And the widths are not marked with the number directly, the XM series of rims is labeled as XM 401 (22,5 mm), XM 421 (25 mm), XM 481 (30 mm), XM 521(35 mm), while the 1900, 1700 and 1501 wheelsets are labeled with the width of the rim directly. But still, there has been no 29 mm wide rim from them. I can't...

So Commencal, the incredibly sustainable company that only uses Aluminium and talks a lot about how bad carbon supposedly is chooses the most carbon wheel and parts manufacturer ever

full commencal / vallnord press release here. https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/COMMENCAL-VALLNORD-DH-TEAM-… - they're on enve wheels and cockpit, chris king bits and bell helmets. no team rider changes. the coolest part of the PR besides the nasty roost and whips being thrown is seeing the bikes with the stock idler and the modified one. it's just like they did last year, but it looks like they have a cleaner version of the multi-position idler.

Not sure my eyes could take looking at that DH bike though. I already have to avert my eyes when Polygon UR is on track.

17 seconds, you are keen haha!

Is there a breakdown by how many users have how many views? I'm guilty of multiple views a day...

People huck Rampage on Stan's Flow. Many carbon wheels are WAY stronger than those.

I’m like 86,5% sure Monika will ride a Commencal. Maybe for Dorval?

Enve wheels and the Gambler prototype last year looked like a Session.

Looks like Shimano disk, dmr grip and trp brake? The same brendog bike?

I think one of these companies like Trek, Intense, Atherton, Santa Cruz, etc should post on this forum first. Maybe just a half hour or so before it goes public on main page here or PB. Show us some love for our commitment to the speculations and rumors. Clearly we are the deepest invested group of super fans to the brands, riders, and teams news. Return the love companies. Or at least make us feel special for just a few minutes.

Cant wait to see that carbon gambler though...