We solved the case...maybe? Will Kate Courtney be racing for Bentonville based Allied Cycle Works in 2025? Scott bicycles and Kate Courtney recently announced they are parting ways for the 2025 XC race season leaving a lot of people curious as to where she will be heading next year bike sponsor wise.
Also about a month ago Allied Cycling shared this cryptic post to their instagram about a pro-rider who had requested a test bike. In it they show its a pretty small bike with an awfully lot of similar parts that Kate currently runs.
Now the thing that stands out the most is that bar width Allied included of 685mm, very similar to the bar width Kate currently runs of 680mm from a bike check with Bike Radar
Also adding to our guess is checking Kate's Instagram, she follows Allied Cycling and very few other bike brands besides current and former sponsors (Specialized and Scott)
*Update: It appears Kate follows a few other bike brands, but we are sticking with our guess
So our guess is Allied is going big for 2025! This is going to be a rad addition and some more eyes on the Bentonville based bike company! With Payson and Kate, 2025 should bring a lot of growth for them. But will that growth add to some longer travel bikes?
Maybe we should look into that too...
-Mo Awesome
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