2024 TEAM RUMORS

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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 

tstep wrote:
Both are former world champions.  The team name is hinted in the previous post 

Both are former world champions. 

The team name is hinted in the previous post Wink

Brook and Danny on forbidden you say?

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maxwrbike wrote:

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

tstep wrote:
Both are former world champions.  The team name is hinted in the previous post 

Both are former world champions. 

The team name is hinted in the previous post Wink

Kale123 wrote:

Brook and Danny on forbidden you say?

I've been telling ppl Dak on Monday Danny on Forbidden for months.

 

Then someone will post, Dak on MS Intense and we all collectively sign.

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1/19/2024 4:39pm
maxwrbike wrote:

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

tstep wrote:
Both are former world champions.  The team name is hinted in the previous post 

Both are former world champions. 

The team name is hinted in the previous post Wink

Kale123 wrote:

Brook and Danny on forbidden you say?

Brook did win Junior Worlds in 2009 (same year Steve Peat won), didn't realize that until I looked it up.

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1/19/2024 5:31pm
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 

Mtbbeta wrote:

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? 

Just saying. From what I’ve heard…

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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)... 

 

As others have speculated/suggested, Onoff is Mondraker's "in-house" components brand. Their bars, grips, stems, headsets, seatposts etc. are fitted onto pretty much every Mondraker bike going. Think I've still got a set of bars kicking around the shed from my old bike.

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chriskief
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1/19/2024 6:28pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2024 6:29pm
tstep wrote:
Both are former world champions.  The team name is hinted in the previous post 

Both are former world champions. 

The team name is hinted in the previous post Wink

Kale123 wrote:

Brook and Danny on forbidden you say?

I've been telling ppl Dak on Monday Danny on Forbidden for months.

 

Then someone will post, Dak on MS Intense and we all collectively sign.

Nah, it was more your insistence that there was no way Intense had a team this year, let alone 2 teams.

A lot of us were just hoping Dak would end up on one of them after he crushed last year.

But if he got two different Intense bikes to work for him, my money is on him doing it with Mondraker as well.

The haircut better be just a rumor though...

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1/19/2024 6:38pm
Domo-Kun wrote:

Might be a clue in comments on Forbiddens newest insta post.

 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2S2qi-Pazy/?igsh=d2FrbXo1eHFoeWs3

I'm seeing Mark Wallace in that blur.

What about Wallace, Macdonald, and Fearon?

 

Nah, that’s Magnus manson bike. Not race related but aggie commented on post and then showed a new blacked out frame in his story, reckon he’s going to be on a forbidden too. 

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1/19/2024 6:40pm
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 

tstep wrote:
Both are former world champions.  The team name is hinted in the previous post 

Both are former world champions. 

The team name is hinted in the previous post Wink

Can't sort out the second champion but F me sideways... If Connor and Danny Hart are on the same team next year there's gonna be a lot of no talking and corner slapppping going on with that team. My two favorite racers on one team!? Hot damn! Make it be true!

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1/19/2024 7:22pm
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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You misspelled MonDAKer.

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kcw72
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1/19/2024 7:49pm
maxwrbike wrote:

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

tstep wrote:
Both are former world champions.  The team name is hinted in the previous post 

Both are former world champions. 

The team name is hinted in the previous post Wink

Can't sort out the second champion but F me sideways... If Connor and Danny Hart are on the same team next year there's gonna be a...

Can't sort out the second champion but F me sideways... If Connor and Danny Hart are on the same team next year there's gonna be a lot of no talking and corner slapppping going on with that team. My two favorite racers on one team!? Hot damn! Make it be true!

Miranda Miller making a comeback to DH ? Probably unlikely

1/19/2024 8:55pm
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 

tstep wrote:
Both are former world champions.  The team name is hinted in the previous post 

Both are former world champions. 

The team name is hinted in the previous post Wink

Lauryne Chappaz and Brook McD?

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1/20/2024 12:19am Edited Date/Time 1/20/2024 12:23am

Vali on Fox and Continental? Which is weird because most YT DH riders recently announced a switch to Schwalbe tires. And if they were doing the uncaged thing in DH wouldn’t she stay with Sram? 

IMG 8889

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Maxipedia
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1/20/2024 1:46am

Nice. But it looks like it's not her bike. Her appears to be in the background, as of the DT Swiss wheels, which she has always used. Also consistent with the Kryptotals. What's clear though is that she il trolling a bit and rightfully so.

Mx

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She rode conti tires last year already, didn't she?

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stefkrger wrote:
Vali on Fox and Continental? Which is weird because most YT DH riders recently announced a switch to Schwalbe tires. And if they were doing the...

Vali on Fox and Continental? Which is weird because most YT DH riders recently announced a switch to Schwalbe tires. And if they were doing the uncaged thing in DH wouldn’t she stay with Sram? 

IMG 8889

Trp brakes tho 

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stefkrger wrote:
Vali on Fox and Continental? Which is weird because most YT DH riders recently announced a switch to Schwalbe tires. And if they were doing the...

Vali on Fox and Continental? Which is weird because most YT DH riders recently announced a switch to Schwalbe tires. And if they were doing the uncaged thing in DH wouldn’t she stay with Sram? 

IMG 8889

Pretty sure thats Oisins bike in the front with conits cb wheels and trp brakes.

Valis in the back with DT Rims, Contis and sram brakes(hs2) rotors 

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1/20/2024 8:37am Edited Date/Time 1/20/2024 10:02am
Maxipedia wrote:
FWIW, I just got a newsletter from Specialized Gravity, where they are confirming their 2024 teams. I reads like this: DOWNHILL TEAM LOIC BRUNI - Elite...

FWIW, I just got a newsletter from Specialized Gravity, where they are confirming their 2024 teams. I reads like this:

DOWNHILL TEAM
LOIC BRUNI - Elite men
FINN ILES - Elite men
JORDAN WILLIAMS - Elite men

EDR TEAM
CHARLES MURRAY - Elite men
KEVIN MIQUEL - Elite men
ESTELLE CHARLES - Elite women
RAPHAEL GIAMBI - U21 men

E-EDR TEAM
CECCE CAMOIN - Elite men
SOFIA WIEDENROTH - Elite women

E-XC TEAM
JORIS RYF - WORLD CHAMPION - Elite men
SOFIA WIEDENROTH - Elite women

MULTI-DISCIPLINE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
CHRISTOPHER GRICE - Elite men
IZABELA YANKOVA - Elite women
RAPHAEL GIAMBI - U19 men
ROSA JENSEN - U17 women
HARRY SCHOFIELD - U15 men

Interestingly, there is no mention about the XC team, but their E-XC squad is squeezed in here. 

Cheers,
Mx

lando wrote:

Is Cody Kelley without a sponsor now?

IIRC Cody hasn't been on a "official" Spesh team since he joined them, he's had his own program with preferred components and national schedule. His IG...

IIRC Cody hasn't been on a "official" Spesh team since he joined them, he's had his own program with preferred components and national schedule. His IG bio still mentions Specialized

Looks like he just re..............signed.

 

 

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lando wrote:

Is Cody Kelley without a sponsor now?

IIRC Cody hasn't been on a "official" Spesh team since he joined them, he's had his own program with preferred components and national schedule. His IG...

IIRC Cody hasn't been on a "official" Spesh team since he joined them, he's had his own program with preferred components and national schedule. His IG bio still mentions Specialized

chriskief wrote:
Looks like he just re..............signed.    

Looks like he just re..............signed.

 

 

Can't bite my tongue with this one; resigned and re-signed are completely opposite things. Cody re-signed with Spesh. Downvote away.

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chriskief
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IIRC Cody hasn't been on a "official" Spesh team since he joined them, he's had his own program with preferred components and national schedule. His IG...

IIRC Cody hasn't been on a "official" Spesh team since he joined them, he's had his own program with preferred components and national schedule. His IG bio still mentions Specialized

chriskief wrote:
Looks like he just re..............signed.    

Looks like he just re..............signed.

 

 

djyosh wrote:

Can't bite my tongue with this one; resigned and re-signed are completely opposite things. Cody re-signed with Spesh. Downvote away.

Editing for those who are unclear. Evil

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1/20/2024 10:31am

haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused…

Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far. I am happy you did it though. 

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1/20/2024 11:07am

Well I guess my theory on Dak being in a good spot meant he's getting paaaaaaaaidddddd

From the PB podcast... rumor at MSA was Mondraker will have a BIG team budget for 2024.

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owl-x wrote:
haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused… Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far...

haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused…

Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far. I am happy you did it though. 

Don't we all know no one resigns from a team... they part ways.

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owl-x wrote:
haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused… Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far...

haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused…

Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far. I am happy you did it though. 

Bro, the Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis (EFDA) will not leave this thread. I'm not even telling my real life riding buddies. It was an embarrassing chapter in my Friday afternoon work procrastination.

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owl-x wrote:
haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused… Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far...

haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused…

Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far. I am happy you did it though. 

PisgahGnar wrote:
Bro, the Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis (EFDA) will not leave this thread. I'm not even telling my real life riding buddies. It was an embarrassing chapter in my...

Bro, the Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis (EFDA) will not leave this thread. I'm not even telling my real life riding buddies. It was an embarrassing chapter in my Friday afternoon work procrastination.

It's definitely gonna be enshrined as one of the best/weirdest bits of Team Rumors sleuthing ever...

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I've been telling ppl Dak on Monday Danny on Forbidden for months.

 

Then someone will post, Dak on MS Intense and we all collectively sign.

You forgot “There is no such thing as MS intense”.  Otherwise, spot on Wink .  

-Just messing with you…. I remember your team from the Jones Park Enduro.  Good times.

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I've been telling ppl Dak on Monday Danny on Forbidden for months.

 

Then someone will post, Dak on MS Intense and we all collectively sign.

stihlgoin wrote:
You forgot “There is no such thing as MS intense”.  Otherwise, spot on ;).   -Just messing with you…. I remember your team from the Jones...

You forgot “There is no such thing as MS intense”.  Otherwise, spot on Wink .  

-Just messing with you…. I remember your team from the Jones Park Enduro.  Good times.

Such a good race there..great tracks. Logan Mullaly rode for our squad there last season at the ESC event.

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1/20/2024 2:02pm
owl-x wrote:
haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused… Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far...

haha re-sign vs resign, you had me confused…

Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis can’t leave this thread. You were right to feel uncomfortable, it’s bridge too far. I am happy you did it though. 

PisgahGnar wrote:
Bro, the Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis (EFDA) will not leave this thread. I'm not even telling my real life riding buddies. It was an embarrassing chapter in my...

Bro, the Enhanced Freckle Distribution Analysis (EFDA) will not leave this thread. I'm not even telling my real life riding buddies. It was an embarrassing chapter in my Friday afternoon work procrastination.

I'm an old guy from Spain. Three years ago I bought and ebike "to do some exercise". There's a small bikepark/trail network near my house. Got into some e-enduro and felt in love with them gravity things, so I started following the DH WC and EWS and got obsessed with all things MTB.

Last year I introduced a friend who is s trial-bike guy to the WC and he is now a fan too. Been feeding him snippets from this amazing thread about the "silly season".

Yesterday, he asked me:" any news from Mondraker?" Told him "the espionage things were getting out of hand and we were now analysing freckles " We have s mega laughing session. Btw, he tried his hand at the EFDA and concluded you were on point : " It's Dak, no doubt in my mind"

 

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