2023 TEAM RUMORS

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11/23/2022 2:13pm
Rumour round up… Jack Moir to YT (Also trying to employ a filmer for MoiMoi TV) Veronika Widmann and Louise-Anne Ferguson to Nukeproof factory Andi Kolb...

Rumour round up…

Jack Moir to YT (Also trying to employ a filmer for MoiMoi TV)

Veronika Widmann and Louise-Anne Ferguson to Nukeproof factory

Andi Kolb to Scott

Jesse Melamed to Canyon or Specialized or Starbucks

Jamie Edmondson to ?

Gracey Hemstreet to YT or Trek

New male rider to Pivot

Martin Whitely to Ghost

Meier Smith brothers to Giant

Ronan Dunne to Atherton (Poss Monster sponsorship?)

Jordan Williams to Specialized

Anymore I’ve missed???

 

Jesse Melamed to Hammer Coffe Roasting (https://hammerroasting.com/)

 

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11/23/2022 8:35pm
Nukeproof just posted a happy birthday status for Ronan Dunne, "wildest man of the World Cup circuit" and showed BF Goodrich logo in the snap from...

Nukeproof just posted a happy birthday status for Ronan Dunne, "wildest man of the World Cup circuit" and showed BF Goodrich logo in the snap from Hardline. Does it signal the end for the Continental partnership and a full factory team next year with Sam Hill and Ronan Dunne

kcy4130 wrote:

BF Goodrich was one of the sponsors of hardline. They had BFG logos everywhere on the track and in the broadcast. 

I'll now be waiting for my 29x2.4 DH casing KO2's

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11/24/2022 8:15am Edited Date/Time 11/24/2022 8:48am

Andreas Kolb is in the US. Kolb to Pivot? 

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11/24/2022 9:02am
Edthorne wrote:
Andreas Kolb is in the US. Kolb to Pivot? 

Andreas Kolb is in the US. Kolb to Pivot? 

Yes, of course, the only US bike brand is Pivot and to back up your assumption the only reason those greasy Europeans are allowed into the USA is if they ride for an American brand. Evil

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11/24/2022 10:44am Edited Date/Time 11/24/2022 10:46am
Edthorne wrote:
Andreas Kolb is in the US. Kolb to Pivot? 

Andreas Kolb is in the US. Kolb to Pivot? 

Mr.Nally wrote:
Yes, of course, the only US bike brand is Pivot and to back up your assumption the only reason those greasy Europeans are allowed into the...

Yes, of course, the only US bike brand is Pivot and to back up your assumption the only reason those greasy Europeans are allowed into the USA is if they ride for an American brand. Evil

I know there's a lot of other US brands lol

I mentioned Pivot for a few reasons. Because they're located in AZ which is pretty close to California relative to Austria. Bernard Kerr mentioned signing a top 10 rider. Because Kolb only really came into his own this past season he may be a bit more cost effective than some other riders, considering Pivot's maybe smaller budget compared to bigger brands. 

Also from Kolb's perspective, he'd maintain suspension and tire sponsors between the two teams, which I imagine would be attractive after this past season's results. 

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11/24/2022 11:34am Edited Date/Time 11/24/2022 11:35am

That could have been a possibility, but do you really think that he innocently framed the shot like that with the branches forming an almost-perfect Atherton logo ? image-20221124143338-1

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11/24/2022 12:00pm
Edthorne wrote:
Andreas Kolb is in the US. Kolb to Pivot? 

Andreas Kolb is in the US. Kolb to Pivot? 

he is on a westcoast vacation during off season, was in hawaii before.

just trying to get some westcoast rinding in, he will stay with atherton.

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11/24/2022 12:26pm

If Californian brands are on the table... Fox? His current suspension sponsor?

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11/24/2022 12:56pm
Edthorne wrote:
Andreas Kolb is in the US. Kolb to Pivot? 

Andreas Kolb is in the US. Kolb to Pivot? 

Mr.Nally wrote:
Yes, of course, the only US bike brand is Pivot and to back up your assumption the only reason those greasy Europeans are allowed into the...

Yes, of course, the only US bike brand is Pivot and to back up your assumption the only reason those greasy Europeans are allowed into the USA is if they ride for an American brand. Evil

Edthorne wrote:
I know there's a lot of other US brands lol I mentioned Pivot for a few reasons. Because they're located in AZ which is pretty close...

I know there's a lot of other US brands lol

I mentioned Pivot for a few reasons. Because they're located in AZ which is pretty close to California relative to Austria. Bernard Kerr mentioned signing a top 10 rider. Because Kolb only really came into his own this past season he may be a bit more cost effective than some other riders, considering Pivot's maybe smaller budget compared to bigger brands. 

Also from Kolb's perspective, he'd maintain suspension and tire sponsors between the two teams, which I imagine would be attractive after this past season's results. 

Kolb was the hottest property in DH this off season, Athertons would have to of dug deep to sign him up again! Numerous teams were after him.

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11/24/2022 1:03pm
Mr.Nally wrote:
Yes, of course, the only US bike brand is Pivot and to back up your assumption the only reason those greasy Europeans are allowed into the...

Yes, of course, the only US bike brand is Pivot and to back up your assumption the only reason those greasy Europeans are allowed into the USA is if they ride for an American brand. Evil

Edthorne wrote:
I know there's a lot of other US brands lol I mentioned Pivot for a few reasons. Because they're located in AZ which is pretty close...

I know there's a lot of other US brands lol

I mentioned Pivot for a few reasons. Because they're located in AZ which is pretty close to California relative to Austria. Bernard Kerr mentioned signing a top 10 rider. Because Kolb only really came into his own this past season he may be a bit more cost effective than some other riders, considering Pivot's maybe smaller budget compared to bigger brands. 

Also from Kolb's perspective, he'd maintain suspension and tire sponsors between the two teams, which I imagine would be attractive after this past season's results. 

DNE87 wrote:
Kolb was the hottest property in DH this off season, Athertons would have to of dug deep to sign him up again! Numerous teams were after...

Kolb was the hottest property in DH this off season, Athertons would have to of dug deep to sign him up again! Numerous teams were after him.

Not hard when you’ve got a millionaire who co owns the company.

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11/24/2022 1:28pm

Millionaires usually want a return on their investment..

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11/24/2022 4:01pm
I can confirm after speaking with others members of the canyon collective team that Jack Moir ha signed with YT for the next season. Apparently he...

I can confirm after speaking with others members of the canyon collective team that Jack Moir ha signed with YT for the next season.

Apparently he will be on a very big wage and on a YT enduro team.

Not to belittle you, but that can barely even be considered news at this point. There have been like five people in this very thread "confirming" Jack moving on to YT.

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11/24/2022 6:34pm
Edthorne wrote:
I know there's a lot of other US brands lol I mentioned Pivot for a few reasons. Because they're located in AZ which is pretty close...

I know there's a lot of other US brands lol

I mentioned Pivot for a few reasons. Because they're located in AZ which is pretty close to California relative to Austria. Bernard Kerr mentioned signing a top 10 rider. Because Kolb only really came into his own this past season he may be a bit more cost effective than some other riders, considering Pivot's maybe smaller budget compared to bigger brands. 

Also from Kolb's perspective, he'd maintain suspension and tire sponsors between the two teams, which I imagine would be attractive after this past season's results. 

DNE87 wrote:
Kolb was the hottest property in DH this off season, Athertons would have to of dug deep to sign him up again! Numerous teams were after...

Kolb was the hottest property in DH this off season, Athertons would have to of dug deep to sign him up again! Numerous teams were after him.

sharpy212 wrote:

Not hard when you’ve got a millionaire who co owns the company.

He has nothing to do with funding the race team.

11/24/2022 10:37pm

On DH Goat will run to the top of the hill for one last season of racing down. 

Another sheep will come out of his braces to have his last big season. 

6 Maroon cows will be racing along side the newly discovered series. 

YT sign a group of riders after throwing around some big numbers but, it will never be a mob. There will be attacks, a friendly ghost and many more. 

One fast rider will leave a massive gap in a rocky mountain to create a canyon. 

 

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11/24/2022 10:59pm

Sheep in braces has to be Blenki, but where is he going? Big = Giant?

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11/25/2022 12:07am

New ghost dh team coming 

 a Scotland rider to a England based team

a U.K. rider to specialized 

a European based rider to a Irish bike shop brand, along with a legend from two disciplines 

 

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11/25/2022 12:10am Edited Date/Time 11/25/2022 12:52am

Friendly ghost.. casper

attacks … shark attack Jack moir.. heart attack Danny 

another sheep could be Sam Hill

maroon cows… red bulls 

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11/25/2022 1:30am
On DH Goat will run to the top of the hill for one last season of racing down.  Another sheep will come out of his braces...

On DH Goat will run to the top of the hill for one last season of racing down. 

Another sheep will come out of his braces to have his last big season. 

6 Maroon cows will be racing along side the newly discovered series. 

YT sign a group of riders after throwing around some big numbers but, it will never be a mob. There will be attacks, a friendly ghost and many more. 

One fast rider will leave a massive gap in a rocky mountain to create a canyon. 

 

Sam Hill back to racing DH, continuing with Nukeproof (if he can recover and train)

Greg Minnaar (sheep/goat) out of his neck brace for his retirement season

Milka sponsoring a team

YT have Moir, Wooley for Enduro and O'Callaghan and one more for DH

Melamed to Canyon Factory

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11/25/2022 4:45am

Conspiracy Theory:

Bernard Kerr's comments about signing a top 10 rider for Pivot refer to Pivot signing Bernard Kerr.

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11/25/2022 6:21am
New ghost dh team coming   a Scotland rider to a England based team a U.K. rider to specialized  a European based rider to a Irish bike...

New ghost dh team coming 

 a Scotland rider to a England based team

a U.K. rider to specialized 

a European based rider to a Irish bike shop brand, along with a legend from two disciplines 

 

Scottish rider going to a England based team… could you consider pivot being a England based team? So it could be Henry Kerr going to pivot… or Williamson to Madison. Or Mikayla going to Atherton? 
UK rider going to specialized?? can’t be Ronan Dunne then. 

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11/25/2022 7:32am
On DH Goat will run to the top of the hill for one last season of racing down.  Another sheep will come out of his braces...

On DH Goat will run to the top of the hill for one last season of racing down. 

Another sheep will come out of his braces to have his last big season. 

6 Maroon cows will be racing along side the newly discovered series. 

YT sign a group of riders after throwing around some big numbers but, it will never be a mob. There will be attacks, a friendly ghost and many more. 

One fast rider will leave a massive gap in a rocky mountain to create a canyon. 

 

Six redbull dh events?  

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11/25/2022 7:39am Edited Date/Time 11/25/2022 7:43am
On DH Goat will run to the top of the hill for one last season of racing down.  Another sheep will come out of his braces...

On DH Goat will run to the top of the hill for one last season of racing down. 

Another sheep will come out of his braces to have his last big season. 

6 Maroon cows will be racing along side the newly discovered series. 

YT sign a group of riders after throwing around some big numbers but, it will never be a mob. There will be attacks, a friendly ghost and many more. 

One fast rider will leave a massive gap in a rocky mountain to create a canyon. 

 

Six redbull dh events?  

Yip, that would make more sense and might explain why Rob Warner doing the voice over for the IXS Cup adverts…. 

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11/25/2022 7:45am

Now we just need redbull to commit to another six in the us and we’ll be all set.

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11/25/2022 8:12am
Old rumour congealing: Jordan Sarrou replacing Filippo Colombo on BMC. (Sarrou off Specialized, Colombo off BMC)
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11/25/2022 8:20am

Not sure if this has already been mentioned, but with Jordan Williams leaving Saracen for Specialized, Saracen have reportedly signed young British rider George Madley as his replacement. 

Harry Molloy and Vero Widmann also rumoured to be leaving the team.

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11/26/2022 7:00am Edited Date/Time 11/26/2022 7:01am
Ben_Kilsby wrote:

No AXS? (Or maybe Bruce doesn't rate it...?)

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