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![JOE BREEDEN MID-SEASON CATCH-UP](http://intensecycles.com/cdn/shop/articles/BLOG_HOMEPAGE_Joe_Breeden_INTENSE_WC3_Val_Di_Sole_Finals-4005.jpg?v=1692271957&width=1080)
We catch up with INTENSE Factory Racing team rider Joe Breeden to get his views and opinions on the season so far.
![WORLD CHAMPS 2023, FORT WILLIAM, SCOTLAND](http://intensecycles.com/cdn/shop/articles/BLOG_HOMEPAGE_World_Champs_Fort_William_2023.jpg?v=1691305508&width=1080)
World Champs… one day, all or nothing, do or die, the gold medal, the rainbow stripes, the pinnacle of the sport of downhill.
![DONE AND DUSTED: WORLD CUP ROUND 3, VAL DI SOLE](http://intensecycles.com/cdn/shop/articles/Val_di_Sole_Slider_Desktop_BLOG_HOMEPAGE_Dak_Norton.jpg?v=1688660488&width=1080)
The last time the World Cup visited Val di Sole the INTENSE Factory Racing team were close to perfection. Fast-forward 10 months and things were a little different!
![KYLIAN BRELIERE IN ‘RETURN TO THE ROOTS’](http://intensecycles.com/cdn/shop/articles/Kylian_Breliere_INTENSE_BLOG_HOEPAGE.jpg?v=1687964364&width=1080)
INTENSE team rider Kylian Breliere goes back to where it all began in ‘Return to the Roots’.
![BEST ENDURO BIKE WHEEL SIZE: 29 OR 279?](http://intensecycles.com/cdn/shop/articles/WhatsApp_Image_2023-06-19_at_11.59.02.jpg?v=1687259794&width=1080)
So which is best, 29” all round, or a mixed wheel 279?