2024 TEAM RUMORS

1/19/2024 1:05pm
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...

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 

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.

 

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1/19/2024 1:25pm

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.

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1/19/2024 1:32pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2024 1:33pm

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.  

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1/19/2024 1:38pm
Conkey wrote:

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.  

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. 

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1/19/2024 1:44pm
PisgahGnar wrote:
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...

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)... 

 

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1/19/2024 1:46pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2024 1:48pm
Conkey wrote:

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.  

PisgahGnar wrote:
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...

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. 

Not the hero we wanted.  The hero we needed. 
 

I hope Dak is laughing his ass off no matter what. 

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1/19/2024 1:49pm

In a big turn of events, Dak turns to international hand modeling and quits racing to protect the valuable hands. 

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1/19/2024 2:07pm

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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1/19/2024 2:11pm
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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...

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.

 

I think a huge reason for Yeti in the beginning was Houseman’s connection to Yeti

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1/19/2024 2:15pm

Yes, key freckles line up. Excellent work finding this! 
Mondraker not sponsored by ONOFF Components (who make that bar)... 

 

OnOff is listed on the MFR webpage.

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1/19/2024 2:15pm
Maxipedia wrote:
   
 

 

All I could think of was J.P. Prewitt

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1/19/2024 2:24pm

I think OnOff is Mondraker's house brand of components, is it not? Their address is Mondraker HQ.

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1/19/2024 2:26pm
Mwood wrote:

In a big turn of events, Dak turns to international hand modeling and quits racing to protect the valuable hands. 

I've seen that Seinfeld episode. 

Dak, stay away from any irons!

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1/19/2024 2:28pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2024 2:29pm

Yes, key freckles line up. Excellent work finding this! 
Mondraker not sponsored by ONOFF Components (who make that bar)... 

 

stihlgoin wrote:
OnOff is listed on the MFR webpage.

OnOff is listed on the MFR webpage.

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Ahhhhh interesting. ONOFF does/did not appear on the team sponsor graphic that was posted on Vital, the Pink site, nor the MFR Instagram (the places I checked before posting earlier). Must be recent update, hence them added at the bottom of that photo... Or did you mock that up? haha I can't access the MFG team page from the US to look---it's giving me a country error.  

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1/19/2024 2:47pm

Whoever runs brooks instagram likes and comments on everything under the sun

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1/19/2024 2:54pm
#bpracticepodcast #teamrumors

#bpracticepodcast #teamrumors

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This is what peak athleticism looks like and I don't care what anyone else says. 

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#bpracticepodcast #teamrumors

#bpracticepodcast #teamrumors

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This is what peak athleticism looks like and I don't care what anyone else says. 

Also what wearing your gf's swag looks like?

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1/19/2024 3:24pm
Ahhhhh interesting. ONOFF does/did not appear on the team sponsor graphic that was posted on Vital, the Pink site, nor the MFR Instagram (the places I...

Ahhhhh interesting. ONOFF does/did not appear on the team sponsor graphic that was posted on Vital, the Pink site, nor the MFR Instagram (the places I checked before posting earlier). Must be recent update, hence them added at the bottom of that photo... Or did you mock that up? haha I can't access the MFG team page from the US to look---it's giving me a country error.  

No mock up, I promise.  Just a curious bystander (like most but not all) here.  Using an IPhone 7 if that makes me more believable.

1/19/2024 3:24pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2024 3:31pm

Monday they will present Dunne in Mondraker, and on the 24th Dak.

Source:

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1/19/2024 3:32pm
tstep wrote:
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 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

Drop some names, this is the least fruitful rumor I’ve ever read 

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1/19/2024 3:37pm
Trisquelo wrote:
Monday they will present Dunne in Mondraker, and on the 24th Dak. Source:

Monday they will present Dunne in Mondraker, and on the 24th Dak.

Source:

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I believe

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1/19/2024 3:58pm
tstep wrote:
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 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

maxwrbike wrote:

Drop some names, this is the least fruitful rumor I’ve ever read 

Both are former world champions. 

The team name is hinted in the previous post Wink

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1/19/2024 3:58pm

Gwin, sherlock, delasalle on a new commencal team? Wish gwin would be on yeti to finish out though

1/19/2024 3:59pm

Gwin, Dak and Vali to yt ! 

I don’t think Gwinn holds a grudge against YT but they did him dirty the last time around so I highly doubt he’s returning to them

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