https://www.instagram.com/p/DEfeircsCzi/ “In our opinion, the future of mountain biking innovation lies in gearbox technology“ … Zerode would make sense. However, as far as I know, Shimano...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DEfeircsCzi/ “In our opinion, the future of mountain biking innovation lies in gearbox technology“ … Zerode would make sense. However, as far as I know, Shimano is one of their biggest sponsors... so it will be interesting to see how this turns out.
Atherton Bikes posted some gearbox bikes recently too, right? What if they supported two teams, one with traditional drivetrains and one with gearboxes?
Intense, Atherton, Gamux and Zerode on gear boxes going for the belt drive crown? Did we have a gearbox thread going a few years ago or was that mixed in with something else when we used to get real tangent-y?
I'm a HUGE gearbox fan who'd love to see a MS-Zerode team but I'm not holding my breath. Hopefully, I'm very wrong and we get an awesome press release next week but Ali Quinn from Zerode addressed this last year. Financially, sponsoring MS wasn't really viable and their frame requirement was essentially an entire production batch. That's asking a lot for a smaller company like Zerode.
Maybe things are a bit different since they don't have the factory team to support this year, but based on how the industry is right now...
Remi on spesh. Ok - but no chance they’re paying him to travel around the world to get 30th on a circuit with zero coverage. I’m...
Remi on spesh. Ok - but no chance they’re paying him to travel around the world to get 30th on a circuit with zero coverage. I’m not being mean here - just truth. Same with Blenki - guy was cooked (results -wise) 3-4 years ago. There’s zero chance anyone picks him up to race wc dh. On a similar note, Lucas Cruz - has he ever had a result? And Norco is taking him to all the WCs? Again, not being mean - just facts. I think he has a family connection at Norco but there’s no way anyone’s expecting or paying him to get top 20s. There’s a bunch of guys who are never going to race another wc dh. Mark Wallace probably among them unfortunately. We are one are done (WeRDone?) making bikes and done racing. I can’t see a team that picks him up. It’s an ugly world out there.
I think it's been fairly clear since warner bros took over that if you were outside the top 30 come contract time it was going to be hard for a race team to justify the cost of paying for someone who isn't consistently making finals and the live broadcast. If you look at MS racing , with the notable exception of EF winning in the rain in Les Gets did they provide a decent return for their sponsors ?
The riders would have known this and maybe that's what powered some of the negativity towards WB , and to be fair I don't blame them . It's a pretty good lifestyle to be forced to give up on .
There's a fairly long list of high profile riders who maybe aren't as high up the results sheet as they used to be and it will be interesting to see how brands choose to spend their marketing budget , do you continue funding someone like mark Wallace or Blenki or Brook to turn up to world cups and hope he makes a finals or at least gets in vital raw , how much is that worth to a brand compared to taking a risk on a super fast 18 year old who won't automatically have that fan recognition and I suppose , social media following.
I do hope we'll see smaller teams start to form for the Continental series and those series get the attention they should. With the exception of the Americas series, which is an insane amount of traveling spread over an entire year, the Euro and Oceania series look pretty doable for smaller teams and brands with former WC and up and coming riders to tackle. I hope they are also steamed in some capacity.
Remi on spesh. Ok - but no chance they’re paying him to travel around the world to get 30th on a circuit with zero coverage. I’m...
Remi on spesh. Ok - but no chance they’re paying him to travel around the world to get 30th on a circuit with zero coverage. I’m not being mean here - just truth. Same with Blenki - guy was cooked (results -wise) 3-4 years ago. There’s zero chance anyone picks him up to race wc dh. On a similar note, Lucas Cruz - has he ever had a result? And Norco is taking him to all the WCs? Again, not being mean - just facts. I think he has a family connection at Norco but there’s no way anyone’s expecting or paying him to get top 20s. There’s a bunch of guys who are never going to race another wc dh. Mark Wallace probably among them unfortunately. We are one are done (WeRDone?) making bikes and done racing. I can’t see a team that picks him up. It’s an ugly world out there.
I think it's been fairly clear since warner bros took over that if you were outside the top 30 come contract time it was going to...
I think it's been fairly clear since warner bros took over that if you were outside the top 30 come contract time it was going to be hard for a race team to justify the cost of paying for someone who isn't consistently making finals and the live broadcast. If you look at MS racing , with the notable exception of EF winning in the rain in Les Gets did they provide a decent return for their sponsors ?
The riders would have known this and maybe that's what powered some of the negativity towards WB , and to be fair I don't blame them . It's a pretty good lifestyle to be forced to give up on .
There's a fairly long list of high profile riders who maybe aren't as high up the results sheet as they used to be and it will be interesting to see how brands choose to spend their marketing budget , do you continue funding someone like mark Wallace or Blenki or Brook to turn up to world cups and hope he makes a finals or at least gets in vital raw , how much is that worth to a brand compared to taking a risk on a super fast 18 year old who won't automatically have that fan recognition and I suppose , social media following.
Red bull only broadcasted the top 30 as well so you can’t say it’s a warner brothers thing.
Red bull only broadcasted the top 30 as well so you can’t say it’s a warner brothers thing.
But the formats that WB have introduced have made it a lot harder . In the red bull days you could qualify 60th and finish 20th in the finals and if you did that in 4 or 5 races you'd be top 20 in the rankings without ever being on the live broadcast. I'm not saying that the red bull days were better but I think it's probably going to be a lot harder to be a pro downhill rider in the 30 to 60 rankings than previously.
Remi on spesh. Ok - but no chance they’re paying him to travel around the world to get 30th on a circuit with zero coverage. I’m...
Remi on spesh. Ok - but no chance they’re paying him to travel around the world to get 30th on a circuit with zero coverage. I’m not being mean here - just truth. Same with Blenki - guy was cooked (results -wise) 3-4 years ago. There’s zero chance anyone picks him up to race wc dh. On a similar note, Lucas Cruz - has he ever had a result? And Norco is taking him to all the WCs? Again, not being mean - just facts. I think he has a family connection at Norco but there’s no way anyone’s expecting or paying him to get top 20s. There’s a bunch of guys who are never going to race another wc dh. Mark Wallace probably among them unfortunately. We are one are done (WeRDone?) making bikes and done racing. I can’t see a team that picks him up. It’s an ugly world out there.
Blenki might not have had a WC result for a while but he’s winning at something. For better or worse the Warner Bros deal really feels like it’s ushering in the end of a classic era for DH.
Anything with a 3 in the confidence column is either confirmed by the team itself or is an extremely strong rumor. Confidence 1 or 2 are lower confidence in the rumor. The second sheet has a list of the teams that can be organized to show which teams will be within the top 15.
Anything with a 3 in the confidence column is either confirmed by the team itself or is an extremely strong rumor. Confidence 1 or 2 are lower confidence in the rumor. The second sheet has a list of the teams that can be organized to show which teams will be within the top 15.
On the spreadsheet theres a lot of reference to MUTN, can someone tell me what thats refering to?
Anything with a 3 in the confidence column is either confirmed by the team itself or is an extremely strong rumor. Confidence 1 or 2 are lower confidence in the rumor. The second sheet has a list of the teams that can be organized to show which teams will be within the top 15.
No! we know Vali and she's the champion but its an announcement for Kolb joining the team (look at the top of the picture) why on earth would they put someone else in front of the actual new person joining the team ?
No! we know Vali and she's the champion but its an announcement for Kolb joining the team (look at the top of the picture) why on...
No! we know Vali and she's the champion but its an announcement for Kolb joining the team (look at the top of the picture) why on earth would they put someone else in front of the actual new person joining the team ?
same picture on the website, but no context with kolb joining:
Atherton Bikes posted some gearbox bikes recently too, right? What if they supported two teams, one with traditional drivetrains and one with gearboxes?
So the real team rumors of the year are....
Intense, Atherton, Gamux and Zerode on gear boxes going for the belt drive crown? Did we have a gearbox thread going a few years ago or was that mixed in with something else when we used to get real tangent-y?
I'm a HUGE gearbox fan who'd love to see a MS-Zerode team but I'm not holding my breath. Hopefully, I'm very wrong and we get an awesome press release next week but Ali Quinn from Zerode addressed this last year. Financially, sponsoring MS wasn't really viable and their frame requirement was essentially an entire production batch. That's asking a lot for a smaller company like Zerode.
Maybe things are a bit different since they don't have the factory team to support this year, but based on how the industry is right now...
I think it's been fairly clear since warner bros took over that if you were outside the top 30 come contract time it was going to be hard for a race team to justify the cost of paying for someone who isn't consistently making finals and the live broadcast. If you look at MS racing , with the notable exception of EF winning in the rain in Les Gets did they provide a decent return for their sponsors ?
The riders would have known this and maybe that's what powered some of the negativity towards WB , and to be fair I don't blame them . It's a pretty good lifestyle to be forced to give up on .
There's a fairly long list of high profile riders who maybe aren't as high up the results sheet as they used to be and it will be interesting to see how brands choose to spend their marketing budget , do you continue funding someone like mark Wallace or Blenki or Brook to turn up to world cups and hope he makes a finals or at least gets in vital raw , how much is that worth to a brand compared to taking a risk on a super fast 18 year old who won't automatically have that fan recognition and I suppose , social media following.
I do hope we'll see smaller teams start to form for the Continental series and those series get the attention they should. With the exception of the Americas series, which is an insane amount of traveling spread over an entire year, the Euro and Oceania series look pretty doable for smaller teams and brands with former WC and up and coming riders to tackle. I hope they are also steamed in some capacity.
Red bull only broadcasted the top 30 as well so you can’t say it’s a warner brothers thing.
But the formats that WB have introduced have made it a lot harder . In the red bull days you could qualify 60th and finish 20th in the finals and if you did that in 4 or 5 races you'd be top 20 in the rankings without ever being on the live broadcast. I'm not saying that the red bull days were better but I think it's probably going to be a lot harder to be a pro downhill rider in the 30 to 60 rankings than previously.
Blenki might not have had a WC result for a while but he’s winning at something. For better or worse the Warner Bros deal really feels like it’s ushering in the end of a classic era for DH.
Just shows a black screen and ”this video is private”
Was switched to private pretty quickly once it was leaked. Can see it being announced officially on a Tuesday this month.
Could someone post a summary of moves/confirmed rumours so far?
haven‘t seen any info regarding this, but adrien dailly is off lapierre after 9 years.
Kolb on YT confirmed, just received YT email announcement
Posting this again because you may have not seen it.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oioH7_ADLzuHFDC-pRGTnRCh8JLIt5ubK4K1eGZc3u8/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Anything with a 3 in the confidence column is either confirmed by the team itself or is an extremely strong rumor. Confidence 1 or 2 are lower confidence in the rumor. The second sheet has a list of the teams that can be organized to show which teams will be within the top 15.
Frotha on Transition Bikes. Seems like a perfect fit!
Here's the full announcement in all its glory, including non-black screen video 😀
https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/andreas-kolb-joins-yt-mob
On the spreadsheet theres a lot of reference to MUTN, can someone tell me what thats refering to?
Much appreciated
It refers to the Podcast, Making Up the Numbers. Well worth a listen.
Rheeder continuing to make big changes, announcing the opening of another new mountain bike company of his later this year:
Brett Rheeder off Commencal
shouldn't vali be in front?
I think it’s just because of the welcome, we’ll see if in further posts that happens too or it was just a one time thing
I thought the same but Andi is the new addition. makes sense
What is Jack's status now?
In an unusual move José Borges goes from Enduro to Road!
No! we know Vali and she's the champion but its an announcement for Kolb joining the team (look at the top of the picture) why on earth would they put someone else in front of the actual new person joining the team ?
Ryder Lawrence leaves Intense Factory Racing.
Edit: didn’t realise he’d posted this himself on 26th December… strange that it’s take IFR almost 2 weeks to post about it?
same picture on the website, but no context with kolb joining:
https://www.yt-industries.com/de/world-of-yt/the-yt-mob/
this is the official team picture
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