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True.
Got defensive over people flat out blaming BullDog only when there are known factors at play.
TBF, BM was pretty open that he never got on with the bike.
More bike industry news:
Scott receives £137m loan as industry overstocking crisis bites
"The loan..., comes from the manufacturer's majority shareholder, South Korean clothing company Youngone Corporation, and will be paid in instalments at a 4.6% interest rate."
Scott is expected to pay this loan back at the end of this year (27 Dec 2024, to be precise).
There's a thread talking about the financial woes of the industry: https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/will-more-companies-be-shutting-dow…
New team incoming, https://www.instagram.com/g2racingproject/
Judging by who they follow it's a French team.
My hunch given the name being G2 is that it's Johan Garcin and Ian Guionnet.
Probably going to see lots of small teams like this the next few season with the industry squeezing marketing budgets?
If you don’t trust the bike and already “got away with” a serious injury like brook’s that’s not really a recipe for success. Hope he finds a ride cause fans come to the races to see him. That would be enough if the industry wasn’t in such a bad place.
Dak representin' his Michigan roots (Quick Stop Bike Shop) would be raddddd, but highly unlikely
Jack Reading officially on Raaw bikes with Hayes brakes and pro taper cockpit….
With the MS Intense Team lineup announced, that puts Gwin on Yeti or Trek.
Since he lived with the Yeti folks in Colorado during his come uppance, I'm voting Yeti.
Deep inside, I want to be stunned by a full factory Trek Gwinner doing stupid crazy laps with Loris and Reeco.
Now that I typed that out, it's gotta be A.A. Ron & Rico Rudiculous on Team Yeet-E.
Asking for a source on a rumors thread?!?!? Please leave this to the people that still don't believe that Dak is going to Mondy.
Those Hayes look rad
Hmm, I'd think Trek more likely to fill out a rental fleet at Windrock as part of the deal.
I thought he lived at Tomac’s house when he was in Colorado?
Gwin is going to end up where he can buy into it and management like at Intense
That’s right away going to cut out certain teams. It’ll be interesting to find out what he can do for running his program
Or is he going to find a team that will just let him race and focus on nothing but racing to finish out his career?
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 podcast, good riders are going cheap in this market right now. So why would Trek or someone of that caliber be willing to pay what Gwin can/has earned when there are tons of other proven riders that NEED a ride and will go for cheap? (In a previous podcast with AG he told Disco/WB that they couldn't afford to pay him to commentate)
Gwin hasnt been the most consistent over the years due to injury as well. Granted, we all want to see him back on the top.. but its a big risk considering the amount of time he has been outside the tape. (see previous comment about proven riders needing a ride)
Dunno.. food for thought. We will find out soon enough I suppose.
So I'm pretty sure this is Daks hand.
damn. impressive
That could be Yeti.
By all signs they aren't fielding a DH team this season, but it seems to be in the future. Gwin could be a one man show on the WC scene, with some guest appearances by RR and maybe a Jr or two. He could help with dialing in the new bike, and then be in more of a management/ownership position next year with a full Yeti Factory Team.
Gwin has strong ties with Yeti since Houseman first set him up with them to start his career, and Yeti was always a team for the up and coming US riders and developing juniors. That could fit in nicely with GwinRock as well since the South East DH scene is stacked with young rippers.
Gwin, Dak and Vali to yt !
That would be one hell of a team. But no
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.
Less freckles due to fall/winter but that looks like him. Also, I think he’s talked about using a whoop in his recent podcasts.
Might be a clue in comments on Forbiddens newest insta post.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2S2qi-Pazy/?igsh=d2FrbXo1eHFoeWs3
Yeah I'll admit I zoomed in on both and matched some key freckles on both hands. Some are not as prominent in the mondraker photo but I'm 99% sure it's him. ... the whole process felt weird as hell haha.
Yes, key freckles line up. Excellent work finding this!
Mondraker not sponsored by ONOFF Components (who make that bar)...
Not the hero we wanted. The hero we needed.
I hope Dak is laughing his ass off no matter what.
In a big turn of events, Dak turns to international hand modeling and quits racing to protect the valuable hands.
I heard an otherwise off limits team might have two very big name riders next year...
Personally, I don't know if this is 100% true but I heard it through the grapevine of top riders, and if it is true then we are in for a wild few years of rider mix ups and possibly smaller/not dominant brands getting really good results
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