2025 Team Rumors

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owl-x wrote:

does it come with points? Could be that ticket into the top 15!

Amazing post.

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owl-x
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Norco is here to race fuckin bikes! I love Danny Hart and Camille Blanche on the same team. That’d be sick! With Minnaar in charge? That dude loves winning. I was always struck by Fairclough’s stories about how GM wasn’t giving any sort of tips to him when he was starting out, even mind gaming him as a teammate…Minnaar is one of those ruthless winners, straight up here to win. I don’t have that in me so I’m always attracted to it. Hart and Balanche have it too. 

I thought he’d suck as a boss, but if he’s responsible for these pickups I was way off. 

That’s a pro team. Syndicate style family vibes are fun but this feels fast. 

Haha big if true love it especially late in the summer etc 
 

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owl-x wrote:
Norco is here to race fuckin bikes! I love Danny Hart and Camille Blanche on the same team. That’d be sick! With Minnaar in charge? That...

Norco is here to race fuckin bikes! I love Danny Hart and Camille Blanche on the same team. That’d be sick! With Minnaar in charge? That dude loves winning. I was always struck by Fairclough’s stories about how GM wasn’t giving any sort of tips to him when he was starting out, even mind gaming him as a teammate…Minnaar is one of those ruthless winners, straight up here to win. I don’t have that in me so I’m always attracted to it. Hart and Balanche have it too. 

I thought he’d suck as a boss, but if he’s responsible for these pickups I was way off. 

That’s a pro team. Syndicate style family vibes are fun but this feels fast. 

Haha big if true love it especially late in the summer etc 
 

Word on the street is that GM was given (nearly) unlimited budget to sign whoever he wants, and was even going as far as trying to buy riders out of contracts or steal them from other teams. Seems like norco/GM will do anything it takes to win next season 

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So sick. 

You mofos want pro sports? This is what it looks like! 

As if the sport wasn’t gnarly enough hahahaha

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Trisquelo
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20 hours ago Edited Date/Time 10 hours ago

Daprela to Specialized.

Erice to Canyon.

Camille to Norco.

FMD with franmes Atherton.

Roa Sanchez to Mondraker.

New Team DHI with new Lapierre frames, bike seen in Fort William:

p5pb26589762

Happy holidays!! 🥳

 

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Hahaha no!!!


Duped!

krabo83
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owl-x wrote:
Norco is here to race fuckin bikes! I love Danny Hart and Camille Blanche on the same team. That’d be sick! With Minnaar in charge? That...

Norco is here to race fuckin bikes! I love Danny Hart and Camille Blanche on the same team. That’d be sick! With Minnaar in charge? That dude loves winning. I was always struck by Fairclough’s stories about how GM wasn’t giving any sort of tips to him when he was starting out, even mind gaming him as a teammate…Minnaar is one of those ruthless winners, straight up here to win. I don’t have that in me so I’m always attracted to it. Hart and Balanche have it too. 

I thought he’d suck as a boss, but if he’s responsible for these pickups I was way off. 

That’s a pro team. Syndicate style family vibes are fun but this feels fast. 

Haha big if true love it especially late in the summer etc 
 

tstep wrote:
Word on the street is that GM was given (nearly) unlimited budget to sign whoever he wants, and was even going as far as trying to...

Word on the street is that GM was given (nearly) unlimited budget to sign whoever he wants, and was even going as far as trying to buy riders out of contracts or steal them from other teams. Seems like norco/GM will do anything it takes to win next season 

this all sounds so weird to me since norco was to pause their WC team before signing greg and now they‘re throwing around money like it‘s growing on trees? did they get some funding from outside mountainbiking?

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owl-x wrote:
Norco is here to race fuckin bikes! I love Danny Hart and Camille Blanche on the same team. That’d be sick! With Minnaar in charge? That...

Norco is here to race fuckin bikes! I love Danny Hart and Camille Blanche on the same team. That’d be sick! With Minnaar in charge? That dude loves winning. I was always struck by Fairclough’s stories about how GM wasn’t giving any sort of tips to him when he was starting out, even mind gaming him as a teammate…Minnaar is one of those ruthless winners, straight up here to win. I don’t have that in me so I’m always attracted to it. Hart and Balanche have it too. 

I thought he’d suck as a boss, but if he’s responsible for these pickups I was way off. 

That’s a pro team. Syndicate style family vibes are fun but this feels fast. 

Haha big if true love it especially late in the summer etc 
 

tstep wrote:
Word on the street is that GM was given (nearly) unlimited budget to sign whoever he wants, and was even going as far as trying to...

Word on the street is that GM was given (nearly) unlimited budget to sign whoever he wants, and was even going as far as trying to buy riders out of contracts or steal them from other teams. Seems like norco/GM will do anything it takes to win next season 

krabo83 wrote:
this all sounds so weird to me since norco was to pause their WC team before signing greg and now they‘re throwing around money like it‘s...

this all sounds so weird to me since norco was to pause their WC team before signing greg and now they‘re throwing around money like it‘s growing on trees? did they get some funding from outside mountainbiking?

It does seem odd. Norco does own Live to Play Sports which is one of the major national distributors of bike equipment in Canada so perhaps profits from LTP are insulating Norco from current market pressures that have hammered brands like Rocky Mountain. Or maybe Norco just managed their inventory a lot better than RM and others the past few years, not sure, have seen some smoking deals on the older Sights, Ranges and ebikes.

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9 hours ago
Trisquelo wrote:
Daprela to Specialized.Erice to Canyon.Camille to Norco.FMD with franmes Atherton.Roa Sanchez to Mondraker.New Team DHI with new Lapierre frames, bike seen in Fort William:Happy holidays!! 🥳 

Daprela to Specialized.

Erice to Canyon.

Camille to Norco.

FMD with franmes Atherton.

Roa Sanchez to Mondraker.

New Team DHI with new Lapierre frames, bike seen in Fort William:

p5pb26589762

Happy holidays!! 🥳

 

Old picture from the Worldcup this year. 

 

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sethimus
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tstep wrote:
Word on the street is that GM was given (nearly) unlimited budget to sign whoever he wants, and was even going as far as trying to...

Word on the street is that GM was given (nearly) unlimited budget to sign whoever he wants, and was even going as far as trying to buy riders out of contracts or steal them from other teams. Seems like norco/GM will do anything it takes to win next season 

krabo83 wrote:
this all sounds so weird to me since norco was to pause their WC team before signing greg and now they‘re throwing around money like it‘s...

this all sounds so weird to me since norco was to pause their WC team before signing greg and now they‘re throwing around money like it‘s growing on trees? did they get some funding from outside mountainbiking?

grambo wrote:
It does seem odd. Norco does own Live to Play Sports which is one of the major national distributors of bike equipment in Canada so perhaps...

It does seem odd. Norco does own Live to Play Sports which is one of the major national distributors of bike equipment in Canada so perhaps profits from LTP are insulating Norco from current market pressures that have hammered brands like Rocky Mountain. Or maybe Norco just managed their inventory a lot better than RM and others the past few years, not sure, have seen some smoking deals on the older Sights, Ranges and ebikes.

word on the street is norco has a similar problem with their shimano motor ebikes as canyon. those big batteries were not reliable either

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PisgahGnar
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6 hours ago Edited Date/Time 6 hours ago

Hayes Brakes off Frameworks 

In the comments Neko says an opportunity came up with another brand. Sounds like Frameworks is breaking up with Hayes, not the other way around. Also great that it appears Frameworks is bringing in the suitors and getting paid. 

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sethimus
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Same non-Shimano vendor as Canyon used?  

afaik a german batterie company is responsible for norco‘s batteries, dunno who‘s the culprit @ canyon

4 hours ago

Hayes Brakes off Frameworks 

PisgahGnar wrote:
In the comments Neko says an opportunity came up with another brand. Sounds like Frameworks is breaking up with Hayes, not the other way around. Also...

In the comments Neko says an opportunity came up with another brand. Sounds like Frameworks is breaking up with Hayes, not the other way around. Also great that it appears Frameworks is bringing in the suitors and getting paid. 

Sounds like an amicable breakup, maybe they can still be friends?

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Trisquelo
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3 hours ago

Old picture from the Worldcup this year. 

 

We already know, the photo is from May 3 of this year. Here the same bike more finished:

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RadAxSmirch
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Old picture from the Worldcup this year. 

 

Trisquelo wrote:
We already know, the photo is from May 3 of this year. Here the same bike more finished:

We already know, the photo is from May 3 of this year. Here the same bike more finished:

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It's a Spicy with triple clamps. Bof, as they say en France. 

In other news, Adrian Dailly says goodbye to Lapierre, so with Isabeau taking a sabbatical that's probably the death notice for the Lapierre Zipp collective enduro team.

Mille Johnsett is off Canyon and Scott thank Marine for her many years. The Cabirou to Canyon rumour is getting more weight behind it.

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virxxu
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1 hour ago

Scott saying goodbye to Marine Cabirou on insta too

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AvgMTBEnjoyer
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1 hour ago
Trisquelo wrote:
Daprela to Specialized.Erice to Canyon.Camille to Norco.FMD with franmes Atherton.Roa Sanchez to Mondraker.New Team DHI with new Lapierre frames, bike seen in Fort William:Happy holidays!! 🥳 

Daprela to Specialized.

Erice to Canyon.

Camille to Norco.

FMD with franmes Atherton.

Roa Sanchez to Mondraker.

New Team DHI with new Lapierre frames, bike seen in Fort William:

p5pb26589762

Happy holidays!! 🥳

 

That "new" Lapierre is actually a 2024 Spicy Team with a 225x75 shock and a boxxer fork.

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32 minutes ago
PisgahGnar wrote:
In the comments Neko says an opportunity came up with another brand. Sounds like Frameworks is breaking up with Hayes, not the other way around. Also...

In the comments Neko says an opportunity came up with another brand. Sounds like Frameworks is breaking up with Hayes, not the other way around. Also great that it appears Frameworks is bringing in the suitors and getting paid. 

Gonna laugh when it’s Lewis

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