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im interesing what he did in the flat city center on downhill bike with protection wear:] preaty hardcore buhahaha
Freefreak - there are spots around in Russian cities build illeagaly, no one will grant a space for a freeride park. I know there are quie a few in Tula. And he is not wearing anything appart from helmet and googles. I don't know about Pland but we sure have show in winter haha and googles are essential.
Norco A-line Park edition
Norco A-line Park edition
the problem is that ive seen this photo a couple of months before.. and it becomes POd now?? well that took a while.. its such a great pic.
i like it, made me laugh 
kinda wondering what the guy on the a-line is doing in the middle of the city with a fullface and gogs on tho
kinda wondering what the guy on the a-line is doing in the middle of the city with a fullface and gogs on tho
would have been a better picture if the guy on the newish bike was on the right seeing as buildings and stuff are being built in the background and would sybolise the changes to the skyline aswell as the bikes..
Even the old guys in Russia are trendier than us....probably a fixie conversion, and look at those matching rims... he is pobably saving up for some Deep V's 
hahah
hahah
i totally agree with hobbnobs. its exactly what i thought. unless maybe it shows new school hits up the old school trails? haha. i really doubt that much thinking went into this tho. quality pod.
the wheels on the green bike are probably 700s and I doubt the old guy bought a single speed conversion kit, its probably an old internal 3 speed hub
Demn it PPL! When will U stop spamming my dashboard? - I just got the god school for the future: never ever reply under one of the first comments on POD...
i really like the background with the new bike with the old background and the old bike with the new background showing progression.
they should switch sides, so the old bike is with the old background and the new bike is with the progressing background
I was actually thinking that too. If the photographer was planning to do that then I'm really impressed, very nicely and artfully arranged.
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haha you never realy compare so when its put to you like tht its amazing to see just a few short years of progression
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thats a really kool pic even the back ground is like present and past with like a building site one side and some facy cathedral the other side
It has style and speaks loudly to the advancements in our sport and riders. Love the photo, really makes you think!
As much as your entitled to your opinion, im still going to tell your wrong. I neg propped you, I hope that teaches you a lesson, bitchtits!! 
Great POD!!
Great POD!!
well i just dont se the point in it the guy with the dh bike should be doing dh/fr not looking at an old guy and the other guy i dont care if i get neg propped all it means is that people have to press a button to read it if they want so go f*ck your self only my teachers can try and teach me lessons
Firstly, are you seriously that thick? This isnt just a photo taken randomly of two guys. Of course its set up, but just becasue your imcompetant brain cannot translate the messages it is trying to get across, doesnt make it a bad picture. Secondly, props are everything on pinkbike, with them, you are brilliant, without them, you are nothing. Becasue of this, you, are nothing. You fail. Also, do not tell me to f*ck myself. Your misunderstanding of the intelligance of this photo is appaling. You will get nowhere in life with that attitude, and when you finally get some pubes and grow the f*ck up, you will realise that school is nothing in this world. I would love to see you fail at life, by using only your GCSE skillz to get through. LOL at your very existance young man, you are more pathetic than my ex-girlfriend.
Word.
Word.
Learn some sentence structure, how to use grammer, and how to spell. These teachers that you apparently learn from, are doing a pretty shitty job.
PM if you have any further problems.
PM if you have any further problems.
hahahahaha what gives you the right to tell me to shut the f*ck up
i didnt want to make anything f this i was just saying it was a crap pod and i hat it but that other guy went all like duche and thaught he was like my dad
i didnt want to make anything f this i was just saying it was a crap pod and i hat it but that other guy went all like duche and thaught he was like my dad
It's funnt how there are some nerds on this website that just love to argue cus in the real world they're actually complete pussy's and argueing on the internet makes them feel tough!
Could somebody please explain why this is Pod to me? I don't mean to sound, well... mean, but I'm not quite getting it. 
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they should have been on opposite sides with technology (the cranes) behind the present guy and the religion(thousands of years old) buildings behind the past. Other than that i like it 
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the pic is sick but i think would have made it better having the guy on the norco with his full face and goggles on the Green Bike and the Other Guy on the Norco i think that would just look sick
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Id think its pretty obvious the rider on the left has his fullface and goggles on just for the purpose of the photograph.
Great pod.
Great pod.
Ok, not the greatest photo, but definatly POD for me as I am sitting just round the corner from Red Square.
Moscow is a great city.
Moscow is a great city.
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i like how on the old side there is construction and on the new side there are like palaces and like new stuff
nice photo
nice photo
yeah, it's an interesting shot. PB getting on a socio-economic vibe. I don't take my ride and rides for granted that's for sure.
Klasno! Score: One for the Motherland. I also wish that the two bikes/rides would switch places to match the backgrounds.
This is a great photo! Really great caption, the background really fits in to to concept as well, showing old buildings and new one's being constructed. Great job!
i don't know how to describe this. it's got nice colors, and it shows how far weve come. but they should be on different sides of the pic. (new guy on the side with the cranes)
ha ha ha ha ha ha look the green bike is pretty much the same design that KONA still uses for there stinkys excepth they figured ouit how to make it a softy.
For mother Russia... >
ЗЫ: Каким образом этот бойан оказался в ПОД'ах?? оО Хотя бойан конечно трушный =)
ЗЫ: Каким образом этот бойан оказался в ПОД'ах?? оО Хотя бойан конечно трушный =)
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the guy on the right looks like he's says WTF to the guy on a DH bike with a full face in the middle of the city
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Finaly this pic got POD, i just think that this is an awesome pic, too creativty for me...
soorry if i did some mistakes at my statment, i'm on alcohool effect...
soorry if i did some mistakes at my statment, i'm on alcohool effect...
thats pretty deadly even in the backround there is like old temples and then like huge constuction sites
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What you don't know is that there is a monster down flat down that he is about to gap. I really don't care much about art at all but this pic is pretty cool if you look closely. There is the older form of biking on the right, newer on the left. The older part of the city is on the left but there is new stuff being built on the right. I can't tell if the photographer meant to do this but there is also a skateboarder on the right in the new region and there is a pair of (possibly older?) women walking in the older region. Then there are dreary looking clouds that surround the entire seen. It is kinda like a yin yang symbol composed of old and new. Like I said I'm usually not a fan of art at all but I guess its better with bikes.
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hehe nice pict,"barred4life"right one is scared,but left one is scared much more(just don't see under full face :p)
the guys white shoes stand out too much and they're just gay lookin shoes in the first place. he needs some etnies or something. but other then that... SICK POD!
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Oh yes please: I want more of this. Do you guys realize how meaningfull that picture is? Two different guys, two different worlds, but they ain't affraid of looking at each other in the eye (well, so to speak, the rider on the left is still wearing his googles on). That picture is bang on.
Because it is worth it. I know what they're saying:
Little man on the right: Hey come on, I've got green matching rims and all!
Biker: Yes, but why did you have to put that thing in there? Well, I guess you can ride it. Is it like singlespeed then?
Little man on the right: Hey come on, I've got green matching rims and all!
Biker: Yes, but why did you have to put that thing in there? Well, I guess you can ride it. Is it like singlespeed then?
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pics awesome hope im still bikin in another 20 years just to think of what will be different in bikes by then
I hope you realise that there is a Plank pusher in this Pod fllow Pinkbikers .. I , Myself am dissapointed
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sooo good
progress through time!
i like the way the background is opposite to the location of where u would find the bike
progress through time!
i like the way the background is opposite to the location of where u would find the bike
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Tula, Russia
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Date: 2009-03-23
Trail: red square
Riders: tosha-norco
Description: present & past
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Present and Past..look how far we have come.