No One Takes My KOM - Video

 Sway the opposite stereotype? Loosest clothing for road bikers trend start now.

 Rogatkin stole the visor

 JKW doesn't fall!

 My tendons hurt just watching this video.

 He's not going to get any KOM riding stunts on the trail. He needs to remove all the obstacles like every other kom chaser.

 Someone tries to copy Smith helmet in a drunk mode.

 I remember the good times when people rode their bikes to have fun. Strava ruins the attitude of so many cyclists.

 and he ditched his whole crew to do it!

 Looks to me like the idea was he took trail shortcuts to get to and from the section of road on which he needed to reclaim his KOM and then rejoin his crew.

 hey @mtbracken we are trying to build ourselves up by attacking other bike riders, please to silencify. the narcissism of small differences shall be reinforced thanks

 Fuck yeah. This is Pinkbike comments. Get out of here with your empathy

 No room for Mother Theresa in pinkbike.

 Ah. yes @owl-X. My bad. I'll remember to keep it divisive in the future, except for the Boost sucks, it's too expensive, and suchlike circle jerks.

 small price to pay

 ok for the unstravafied wtf is KOM?

 KOM is the answer to the age old question: What is the meaning of life?

 Kurse of Must-have

 KOM=Keep On Masturbating.

 It means King of the Mountain, or fastest on the internet, and becomes the obsession of road riders and dweebs.

 my small city got 1,000+ segment created by roadies even housing area... i was going to KOM it all with a scooter . . haha

 If KOM is for roadbikes, that means I can bring a Yamaha R1, right?

 Its simple, we don't wear underwear....

 Why such neg, the roadies must be here in force

 Looks like a DJ helmet...

 More like half of a DJ helmet..

 a quick search found quite a few helmets at WalMart that looked about the same. I mean, nothing near 250-large, so they can't be as good, right? but style-wise they were on point.

 It's literally half of a DJ helmet: www.pinkbike.com/photo/12792909

 a DJ helmet still has more vents

 made the mistake once of wearing a bmx lid for a xc race, head nearly boiled!
helmets have vents for a reason. It might technically be more aerodynamic, giving 0.2% gains over an hour, but how much energy do you lose because your brain is overheating

 that cx looks like a steel..x

 Thanks for waking up at the crack of dawn, wearing spandex, and eating breakfast burritos Scott!

 ^this

 hats off to Scott's inspired acting!

 It's the start of quite the career my friend.

 Breakfast burritos at Chill Out? -- Contact me for the next filming.

 @kaliprotectives if you're thankful for someone waking up early, eating burritos and wearing spandex then please spread the word, it's good to see gratitude for what I do

 He doesn't start until he is back on the pavement for a climb, all that other riding was to get to it.

 lol!

 I accidently did it on a bus in the alps after we decided we couldn't be bothered to pedal up. Felt a bit bad but someone's beaten me now :S maybe he just got a faster bus

 I climb slowly as well, just saving my strength for beer guzzling!

 If this guy wanted an aerodynamic helmet what's he doing jumping logs and doing wheelies???

 The difference is that the other guy had boost hubs. You would be just as fast aswell with boost hubs.

 Not sure if your question is serious, but if it is, the bike is a cyclocross bike, which is built to better withstand rough riding

 My piss poor attempt (it would appear) at sarcasm lost on the Internet !!

Yes I get that it's a CX bike mate, thank you for clearing that up though.

 I thought it was sarcasm, but wanted to lend a helping(informative) hand, in case it wasn't! I laughed at your comment regardless.

 looks similar to the Salsa Cowchipper that I run on my gravel bike.

 +1 want to know what bar. Can anyone confirm? There are a bunch in this category I think -- on one midge, cow chipper, etc.

 He was probably lying in a ambush site that night waiting for you to come back like he did.

 its on my commute. its within a second. i might have to change my tires to beat him and stay KOM. lol

 ^^ is local...frickn Hauer has every dirt KOM around.

 If you want to try an XL HD3 out let me know.

 There is always a Pivot Mach 6, American owned company, light, still and pedal efficient.

 And really short top tubes...

 Hey @onemanarmy, we have released graphs of our wind tunnel and rotational results to media outlets. We don't have any of them listed currently on our website, but BikeRumor has done a nice write up here:

www.bikerumor.com/2015/06/23/pc15-kali-unveils-next-level-protection-starting-with-new-tava-aero-road-helmet

There is currently no established internationally recognized standard for testing rotational forces, so we utilized the guidelines set forth by MIPS. We also have our own internal standards, which we have developed in conjunction with leading brain trauma experts at the Imperial College of London.

Hope that helps clear things up!

 It does. Good write up. Just finished reading it.

But that doesn't really answer my questions. Says unrivaled impact protection but you talked and the article talked about rotational impact. And you didn't say what helmets you tested.

Funny thing is... I'm looking at a MIPS testing sled right now.

Wanted to specify that I'm in no way talking crap. I am actually a big fan of Kali's helmets. I had a friend that worked there and I tried to get in on some graphics/design work... still think at the time my stuff would have been way better than what you were running... but I'm Bias. LOL! I think there are really 2 companies that are pushing safety standards in bikes... 3 in helmets in general and Kali is one of them. I like the philosophy and the thought behind what's going on over there.

I just don't like terms like "unrivaled impact protection" without anything backing it up.

I am glad to see that you're using a real wind tunnel and not computer generated sims.

Looking forward to seeing more stuff, more testing and more tech!

 In regards to impact protection, we're referring to the implementation of the new Nano Core foam, which uses a opposing cones to dissipate impacts of different speeds from both the head hitting the helmet and the helmet hitting the ground. We're also referring to the use of Bumper Fit 2.0, which is a material designed to help with both low speed impacts and rotation.

As to why we don't reveal what competitors helmets we tested? Well, we're not trying to pick on anyone. But rest assured, we weren't comparing the Tava to department store lids....That said if you're looking at a MIPS testing sled right now, you're probably familiar enough with testing results to guess exactly which helmets we tested.

If you're curious about more indepth answers, please call the office and we can try and setup a time for you to meet up with Brad Waldron. He is the Co-founder and still heads up all development for the brand. Regardless of whether you work for another brand, he would be interested in chatting.

 Brad is one of the smartest individuals I've come across. I would love to just listen to the dude talk about all of this. I literally spent a couple hours just listening to engineers talk about the real world value of real wind tunnels verse computer sims along with a bunch of other very interesting things. LOL! Love it... and I'm not even an engineer. LOL! Thank you for the elaboration. Like I said... I'm a fan. I like your lids. You're one of the few companies I respect. Beyond that... It's rad that you guys are on here answering questions. I dig.

 King of Montana !!

 Mister jones, the fact that you dont know what a KOM is makes you the coolest guy on Pb. It's like racing for people who are scared to race. Think shadow boxing instead of real boxing.

 wha? hahahaha

OK big boy racer. Why would anybody possibly want something to push them when training alone?

 Nobody? You a bunch of troglodytes?

Search "Manet Bather"

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Funny now? Tough crowd!

 I'd like a poem

 There once was a roadie from nantucket- who took his old road bike to huck it- he sent it real far- then hit a gay bar-and is now on his knees to suck it.

 baller

 lol

 from the exit shot it looks like they're riding back to proper santa cruz from wilder ranch.

 Emma Mccrary

 are you sure it's Emma McCrary? It's just that I've ridden Emma McCrary and I don't recall it being so flat and pedally.

I could totally be wrong... If so, my apologies.

 Trails are a mix of UC, wilder and EMT. The flat off the road is at twin gates. I think I saw S&T, Evan's, MH, EMT, old cabin and a couple of other spots.

 Thanks for clarifying!