2025 Team Rumors

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WMullins
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1/31/2025 2:08pm
Karabuka wrote:

And an european u17 champion / ixs cup winner on mondraker team as well! Probably not that well known but this kid is seriously fast!

Yeah this kid's the real deal, one name to keep in your head this season

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Camden Rutherford to intense factory racing.

Pivot dropped the ball so hard losing this kid, jackson goldstone jr. 

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jofish
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1/31/2025 3:25pm Edited Date/Time 1/31/2025 3:26pm
iceman2058 wrote:

Atherton team announcement from IG:

Did you say Dan Atherton 👀

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1/31/2025 3:33pm Edited Date/Time 2/1/2025 4:05pm
iceman2058 wrote:

Atherton team announcement from IG:

jofish wrote:

Did you say Dan Atherton 👀

The Dan Atherton chasing the belt purse rumor takes another step closer to coming true.

Will he take the starting line Poland?

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Robbie420
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1/31/2025 5:42pm Edited Date/Time 1/31/2025 5:46pm

If Connor is off forbidden align with Bulldog, is that the end of fhe forbidden team? In enduro and dh?

Robbie420 wrote:
Outlawed wrote:

Doesn't load? Someone oopsie on publishing?

Must have been, I read it a few hours before posting it too , BGoldstone posted originally 6 hours ago on the previous page

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Sam.g724
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2/1/2025 2:03pm
Robbie420 wrote:
Outlawed wrote:

Doesn't load? Someone oopsie on publishing?

Robbie420 wrote:

Must have been, I read it a few hours before posting it too , BGoldstone posted originally 6 hours ago on the previous page

for anyone that didn't get to read it in time, it basically says this Candian bike shop, Dunbar, is providing financial support to get the Forbidden team to the World Cups, after the Forbidden CEO reached out to them and said they were struggling. So the team is basically the same as Forbidden Synthesis, same sponsors and everything, but Dunbar is helping them to afford their spot at the World Cups, like travel and race entries; funding their season.

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Johnboy
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2/1/2025 3:01pm Edited Date/Time 2/1/2025 3:01pm

No Supernought for Fearon though. 

 

Dunbar do sell Santa Cruz though

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grambo
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2/2/2025 1:45am
Outlawed wrote:

Doesn't load? Someone oopsie on publishing?

Robbie420 wrote:

Must have been, I read it a few hours before posting it too , BGoldstone posted originally 6 hours ago on the previous page

Sam.g724 wrote:
for anyone that didn't get to read it in time, it basically says this Candian bike shop, Dunbar, is providing financial support to get the Forbidden...More

for anyone that didn't get to read it in time, it basically says this Candian bike shop, Dunbar, is providing financial support to get the Forbidden team to the World Cups, after the Forbidden CEO reached out to them and said they were struggling. So the team is basically the same as Forbidden Synthesis, same sponsors and everything, but Dunbar is helping them to afford their spot at the World Cups, like travel and race entries; funding their season.

Weird the article got taken down. But big props to Dunbar and Rob Venables for their long time support for Canadian DH racing. Great shop and group of guys, worth stopping by to see some legendary DH bikes/memorabilia if you find yourself in Vancouver.

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t.odd
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2/2/2025 9:52am
Robbie420 wrote:

Must have been, I read it a few hours before posting it too , BGoldstone posted originally 6 hours ago on the previous page

Sam.g724 wrote:
for anyone that didn't get to read it in time, it basically says this Candian bike shop, Dunbar, is providing financial support to get the Forbidden...More

for anyone that didn't get to read it in time, it basically says this Candian bike shop, Dunbar, is providing financial support to get the Forbidden team to the World Cups, after the Forbidden CEO reached out to them and said they were struggling. So the team is basically the same as Forbidden Synthesis, same sponsors and everything, but Dunbar is helping them to afford their spot at the World Cups, like travel and race entries; funding their season.

grambo wrote:
Weird the article got taken down. But big props to Dunbar and Rob Venables for their long time support for Canadian DH racing. Great shop and...More

Weird the article got taken down. But big props to Dunbar and Rob Venables for their long time support for Canadian DH racing. Great shop and group of guys, worth stopping by to see some legendary DH bikes/memorabilia if you find yourself in Vancouver.

Or their shop Corsa, in Squamish!

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2/2/2025 10:47am

Brage to Skog Sykkel?

I know, fat chance. I’ll keep daydreaming  

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2/2/2025 1:09pm
mckpat03 wrote:
Brage to Skog Sykkel?I know, fat chance. I’ll keep daydreaming  More

Brage to Skog Sykkel?

I know, fat chance. I’ll keep daydreaming  

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That would bé cool, kind of steel frameworks, up to jump from rooftops... 

2/2/2025 4:20pm
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Mondraker lad's sick of waiting for Proper brakes from shimano, Gone to Sram Maven.
New proto or production version with no Headtube junction hole.

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2/2/2025 6:04pm Edited Date/Time 2/2/2025 6:05pm
roost66 wrote:

Anyone want to drop the link to the UCI rider list with rankings and teams for 2025. Can’t find it for the life of me.  

chriskief wrote:
piggy wrote:

Is there a link to EDR rider rankings? Or does EDR not exist?

Eoin
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Mondraker lad's sick of waiting for Proper brakes from shimano, Gone to Sram Maven.New proto or production version with no Headtube junction hole.More
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a055338ba5a7f4d5593f4353cb90c10d

Mondraker lad's sick of waiting for Proper brakes from shimano, Gone to Sram Maven.
New proto or production version with no Headtube junction hole.

To be fair, I happened to watch his vlog from the other day, dude is slumming it in NZ. He is driving some beat up pickup that barely starts, not sure he has a mechanic with him... It might just be what parts were available to him out there.

Also interesting to note there was some discussion around Ronan going absolutely mental with training in NZ, apparently hitting the bike park for dozens of laps a day every day. Dude is either going to end up injured, dominate or burnt out by the start of the season. (I hope it's domination!)

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2/3/2025 5:34am
Mondraker lad's sick of waiting for Proper brakes from shimano, Gone to Sram Maven.New proto or production version with no Headtube junction hole.More
b5553afb7ffa4e390c50e5ccfff84fb1.png?VersionId=0yFEHDpFSyC

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Mondraker lad's sick of waiting for Proper brakes from shimano, Gone to Sram Maven.
New proto or production version with no Headtube junction hole.

Eoin wrote:
To be fair, I happened to watch his vlog from the other day, dude is slumming it in NZ. He is driving some beat up pickup...More

To be fair, I happened to watch his vlog from the other day, dude is slumming it in NZ. He is driving some beat up pickup that barely starts, not sure he has a mechanic with him... It might just be what parts were available to him out there.

Also interesting to note there was some discussion around Ronan going absolutely mental with training in NZ, apparently hitting the bike park for dozens of laps a day every day. Dude is either going to end up injured, dominate or burnt out by the start of the season. (I hope it's domination!)

From all the vlogs I've seen from other riders, Jackson, Bernard, etc all thought he was crazy doing 95% laps all day, whereas they were all doing 80% for fewer laps. Apparently he was riding faster than anyone ever has in January before. Ronan was basically saying that that's where he thinks the sport will be in a few years, and he wants to be ahead of the curve. Essentially that hitting the gym and trail bikes over the winter then hopping on the big rig for DH laps a few weeks before the season is not going to cut it anymore. 

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2/3/2025 6:53am Edited Date/Time 2/3/2025 8:22am
Mondraker lad's sick of waiting for Proper brakes from shimano, Gone to Sram Maven.New proto or production version with no Headtube junction hole.More
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a055338ba5a7f4d5593f4353cb90c10d

Mondraker lad's sick of waiting for Proper brakes from shimano, Gone to Sram Maven.
New proto or production version with no Headtube junction hole.

Eoin wrote:
To be fair, I happened to watch his vlog from the other day, dude is slumming it in NZ. He is driving some beat up pickup...More

To be fair, I happened to watch his vlog from the other day, dude is slumming it in NZ. He is driving some beat up pickup that barely starts, not sure he has a mechanic with him... It might just be what parts were available to him out there.

Also interesting to note there was some discussion around Ronan going absolutely mental with training in NZ, apparently hitting the bike park for dozens of laps a day every day. Dude is either going to end up injured, dominate or burnt out by the start of the season. (I hope it's domination!)

Mondraker team posted on instagram yesterday that they’ve moved on from Shimano, looks like they’re on SRAM now.  

https://www.instagram.com/mondraker.factory.racing.dh/p/DFlry_EoNUN/?img_index=1

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2/3/2025 8:36am
Mondraker lad's sick of waiting for Proper brakes from shimano, Gone to Sram Maven.New proto or production version with no Headtube junction hole.More
b5553afb7ffa4e390c50e5ccfff84fb1.png?VersionId=0yFEHDpFSyC

a055338ba5a7f4d5593f4353cb90c10d

Mondraker lad's sick of waiting for Proper brakes from shimano, Gone to Sram Maven.
New proto or production version with no Headtube junction hole.

Eoin wrote:
To be fair, I happened to watch his vlog from the other day, dude is slumming it in NZ. He is driving some beat up pickup...More

To be fair, I happened to watch his vlog from the other day, dude is slumming it in NZ. He is driving some beat up pickup that barely starts, not sure he has a mechanic with him... It might just be what parts were available to him out there.

Also interesting to note there was some discussion around Ronan going absolutely mental with training in NZ, apparently hitting the bike park for dozens of laps a day every day. Dude is either going to end up injured, dominate or burnt out by the start of the season. (I hope it's domination!)

ZAKBROWN! wrote:
Mondraker team posted on instagram yesterday that they’ve moved on from Shimano, looks like they’re on SRAM now.  https://www.instagram.com/mondraker.factory.racing.dh/p/DFlry_EoNUN/?img_index=1More

Mondraker team posted on instagram yesterday that they’ve moved on from Shimano, looks like they’re on SRAM now.  

https://www.instagram.com/mondraker.factory.racing.dh/p/DFlry_EoNUN/?img_index=1

That's too bad. DH was one of the few places not totally falling to the Sram homogeneity machine. 

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2/3/2025 9:33am
Eoin wrote:
To be fair, I happened to watch his vlog from the other day, dude is slumming it in NZ. He is driving some beat up pickup...More

To be fair, I happened to watch his vlog from the other day, dude is slumming it in NZ. He is driving some beat up pickup that barely starts, not sure he has a mechanic with him... It might just be what parts were available to him out there.

Also interesting to note there was some discussion around Ronan going absolutely mental with training in NZ, apparently hitting the bike park for dozens of laps a day every day. Dude is either going to end up injured, dominate or burnt out by the start of the season. (I hope it's domination!)

ZAKBROWN! wrote:
Mondraker team posted on instagram yesterday that they’ve moved on from Shimano, looks like they’re on SRAM now.  https://www.instagram.com/mondraker.factory.racing.dh/p/DFlry_EoNUN/?img_index=1More

Mondraker team posted on instagram yesterday that they’ve moved on from Shimano, looks like they’re on SRAM now.  

https://www.instagram.com/mondraker.factory.racing.dh/p/DFlry_EoNUN/?img_index=1

Eae903 wrote:

That's too bad. DH was one of the few places not totally falling to the Sram homogeneity machine. 

But still Fox suspension.  That seems rare  - are their other teams mixing shimano and SRAM products?

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2/3/2025 9:51am
piggy wrote:

But still Fox suspension.  That seems rare  - are their other teams mixing shimano and SRAM products?

Not common at all. Wonder if the deal was done too late that changing suspension AND brakes was too much for the riders. Adapting to new drivetrain in DH is quite simple by comparison. Maybe just agreed to do drivetrain and brakes for 2025, then moving suspension over in 2026. 

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ordep
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Adam Brayton will be riding Saracen bikes for 2025

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2/3/2025 12:07pm
Mondraker lad's sick of waiting for Proper brakes from shimano, Gone to Sram Maven.New proto or production version with no Headtube junction hole.More
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a055338ba5a7f4d5593f4353cb90c10d

Mondraker lad's sick of waiting for Proper brakes from shimano, Gone to Sram Maven.
New proto or production version with no Headtube junction hole.

Eoin wrote:
To be fair, I happened to watch his vlog from the other day, dude is slumming it in NZ. He is driving some beat up pickup...More

To be fair, I happened to watch his vlog from the other day, dude is slumming it in NZ. He is driving some beat up pickup that barely starts, not sure he has a mechanic with him... It might just be what parts were available to him out there.

Also interesting to note there was some discussion around Ronan going absolutely mental with training in NZ, apparently hitting the bike park for dozens of laps a day every day. Dude is either going to end up injured, dominate or burnt out by the start of the season. (I hope it's domination!)

ZAKBROWN! wrote:
Mondraker team posted on instagram yesterday that they’ve moved on from Shimano, looks like they’re on SRAM now.  https://www.instagram.com/mondraker.factory.racing.dh/p/DFlry_EoNUN/?img_index=1More

Mondraker team posted on instagram yesterday that they’ve moved on from Shimano, looks like they’re on SRAM now.  

https://www.instagram.com/mondraker.factory.racing.dh/p/DFlry_EoNUN/?img_index=1

It makes sense as Team Bike, Mondraker's distribution company, is the distributor for Sram/RockShox in Spain. Amongst a lot of other top brands as Troy Lee, Maxxis, Crank Brothers, CamelBak…

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poppagee
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2/3/2025 12:28pm
Outlawed wrote:

Doesn't load? Someone oopsie on publishing?

Robbie420 wrote:

Must have been, I read it a few hours before posting it too , BGoldstone posted originally 6 hours ago on the previous page

Sam.g724 wrote:
for anyone that didn't get to read it in time, it basically says this Candian bike shop, Dunbar, is providing financial support to get the Forbidden...More

for anyone that didn't get to read it in time, it basically says this Candian bike shop, Dunbar, is providing financial support to get the Forbidden team to the World Cups, after the Forbidden CEO reached out to them and said they were struggling. So the team is basically the same as Forbidden Synthesis, same sponsors and everything, but Dunbar is helping them to afford their spot at the World Cups, like travel and race entries; funding their season.

Struggling to afford the World Cup team or struggling as a whole company ?  
Great brand but you don’t see many so unsure if they’re a bit too niche 

DServy
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2/3/2025 12:44pm
Robbie420 wrote:

Must have been, I read it a few hours before posting it too , BGoldstone posted originally 6 hours ago on the previous page

Sam.g724 wrote:
for anyone that didn't get to read it in time, it basically says this Candian bike shop, Dunbar, is providing financial support to get the Forbidden...More

for anyone that didn't get to read it in time, it basically says this Candian bike shop, Dunbar, is providing financial support to get the Forbidden team to the World Cups, after the Forbidden CEO reached out to them and said they were struggling. So the team is basically the same as Forbidden Synthesis, same sponsors and everything, but Dunbar is helping them to afford their spot at the World Cups, like travel and race entries; funding their season.

poppagee wrote:
Struggling to afford the World Cup team or struggling as a whole company ?  Great brand but you don’t see many so unsure if they’re a...More

Struggling to afford the World Cup team or struggling as a whole company ?  
Great brand but you don’t see many so unsure if they’re a bit too niche 

I was kinda shocked how many I saw in the Sea to Sky area last summer. It seemed like it was either Transitions or Forbiddens. I know they had some oddness with their supply chain last summer that kinda kneecapped their Dreadnought release, but I don't think they are nearly as dire of position as some other companies.

Their race team funding always felt a bit ambitious though, so I am not surprised that might have taken a hit over the year. Maybe it's just their race division. 

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Sam.g724 wrote:
for anyone that didn't get to read it in time, it basically says this Candian bike shop, Dunbar, is providing financial support to get the Forbidden...More

for anyone that didn't get to read it in time, it basically says this Candian bike shop, Dunbar, is providing financial support to get the Forbidden team to the World Cups, after the Forbidden CEO reached out to them and said they were struggling. So the team is basically the same as Forbidden Synthesis, same sponsors and everything, but Dunbar is helping them to afford their spot at the World Cups, like travel and race entries; funding their season.

poppagee wrote:
Struggling to afford the World Cup team or struggling as a whole company ?  Great brand but you don’t see many so unsure if they’re a...More

Struggling to afford the World Cup team or struggling as a whole company ?  
Great brand but you don’t see many so unsure if they’re a bit too niche 

DServy wrote:
I was kinda shocked how many I saw in the Sea to Sky area last summer. It seemed like it was either Transitions or Forbiddens. I...More

I was kinda shocked how many I saw in the Sea to Sky area last summer. It seemed like it was either Transitions or Forbiddens. I know they had some oddness with their supply chain last summer that kinda kneecapped their Dreadnought release, but I don't think they are nearly as dire of position as some other companies.

Their race team funding always felt a bit ambitious though, so I am not surprised that might have taken a hit over the year. Maybe it's just their race division. 

Hope so. 
Really cool brand so fingers crossed they keep on going ! 

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2/3/2025 1:54pm
iceman2058 wrote:

Atherton team announcement from IG:

jofish wrote:

Did you say Dan Atherton 👀

chriskief wrote:

The Dan Atherton chasing the belt purse rumor takes another step closer to coming true.

Will he take the starting line Poland?

Dan Has been listed on this team every year since 1978. He hasn't raced or done anything but he has been on the team. I wonder if it has to do with some Obscure UCI rule and it benefits them

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