Video: RRetired - Pinkbike

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MXer125 (Dec 12, 2012 at 10:28)

love seeing the vids of hardtails on the trails being released lately

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brooce (Dec 12, 2012 at 10:37)

Yeah, he's just flowing through that trail!

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keyul (Dec 12, 2012 at 10:38)

Yea, definitely makes me want to get a hardtail again!

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Benji-man (Dec 12, 2012 at 10:42)

Got 4 bikes right now... all of em are HT...

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watsontony (Dec 12, 2012 at 10:47)

i really love hard tails too. but also love full sus bikes or even no sus bikes. i just really like bikes

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lightningskull (Dec 12, 2012 at 10:49)

watsontony you really nailed it

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whiskeyjarphotography (Dec 12, 2012 at 10:57)

I used to love riding freeride on a Ht with Z1's .... Till the tree Happened .... Lets not talk about that eh.

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c25porter (Dec 12, 2012 at 11:31)

only the whit bike is hard tail, the blue one is DS. It's not the bike anyway, it is the rider, although learning on a hard tail certainly has its advantages.

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Bullitproof (Dec 12, 2012 at 11:49)

why four hart tails.. okay one dj and one xc/commuter.. but what are the other two for?

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Jimmy0 FL (Dec 12, 2012 at 12:54)

great vid! hardtails shred. But i'm seriously over the minute and a half long intros

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finnrambo (Dec 12, 2012 at 16:36)

four HT, all i can think of is dj, xc/commuter, all mountain and nothing else maybe 4x frame?

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FoxDaCosta (Dec 12, 2012 at 17:08)

I could have 4 HT easily: a hybrid/commuter, a road, a xc and a dj or a 4x - but would need a garage money and time to ride all of them

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larryssman7 (Dec 12, 2012 at 18:11)

3 hardtails, never owned a dual suspension, def thinking about it tho. you can FR and DH better than most noobs with a DH bike on a hardtail if you practice.

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Aibek (Dec 13, 2012 at 0:26)

And you can FR DH AND XC better on a full suspension, than most noobs on hard tails if you practice.
hardtail= better for learning technique!.
FS= the way to go after you have have enough technique!.

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finnrambo (Dec 13, 2012 at 1:33)

precisely^ way too many people learn to ride trails with 7-8" of travel

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witica (Dec 13, 2012 at 5:49)

So true, that's why BMXers are generally amazing when they cross over.

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carlosamigo (Dec 13, 2012 at 6:56)

I know that's true.

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nehuen93 (Dec 13, 2012 at 17:56)

2 hardtails!!! here's a little edit of me and my friends riding our HTs
www.pinkbike.com/video/287591

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Juddman1 (Dec 12, 2012 at 11:22)

Great vid, nice to hear some Gaslight Anthem instead of the usual rubbish too

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gavind (Dec 12, 2012 at 14:06)

I had the pleasure of working with Roger in 2006 and 2007 on the WC and while it is an overused term - he really is an ambassador for the sport of MTB and cycling in general. He always approached his work so professionally and I could not speak highly enough about just how nice a guy he is. I have not seen many other riders who were as calm on the bike as he always seemed to be - it was like he was born on one and looked uncomfortable without it. I really hope that like so many other WC riders, retirement still sees him strap on a race number and slipping in some Enduro rides as I think he would transfer across really well to this discipline. All the best to you and your young family, Roger, and super stoked to see you 'leave' the sport as a champion - you deserve it!

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Bathoris (Dec 12, 2012 at 11:24)

One cool video
I wonder how many times A DAY does he ride this track
And it's perfect video to show what we really look like on the train and what we Think we look like out riding

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folsomdj151 (Dec 13, 2012 at 7:54)

BMC is the best bike around everyone should at least ride one so they can see what they are missing, its bummer to lose such a great athlete on the program

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maiduska (Dec 13, 2012 at 8:58)

ive always wanted to have a 4x bike there so agile annd responsive ,but as my only bike ,because i dont have the money for 2 bikes, it woudl limit my riding, but i love 4x and the uncuestionable style and fluidity it gives you one youve ridden for years

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NoahColorado (Dec 12, 2012 at 12:09)

Killing it on a 29er - what nobody noticed that?

Lopes, Prokop, and Rinderknect are all on 29er trailbikes now.

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freddiehg (Dec 12, 2012 at 12:20)

But i thought 29ers were gay and stuff..

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WAKIdesigns (Dec 12, 2012 at 23:21)

Prokop and Rinderknecht on 29? I never saw a pic of either of them on trail bike and they even got a 29er? 4x on 29? Lopes wrote once that he hates them but acknowledges the advantage, he just likes winning too much

Oh yea and they are gay, Im so gay right Nao!

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largemountain (Dec 13, 2012 at 6:25)

I rode with brian two weeks ago still on a 26" mojo hd

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WAKIdesigns (Dec 13, 2012 at 6:34)

That's what he wrote to Lee McCormack... whatever, he said she said, he heard she heard

I envy you to ride with Lopes! I'd love to meet him as a person and see him ride. i'd like to see the "depth"

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NoahColorado (Dec 13, 2012 at 10:06)

Lopes 29er instagram.com/p/SmqNtQOuwu
Prokop 29er enduro-mtb.com/en/rumors-4x-world-champion-michal-prokop-goes-enduro-racing

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largemountain (Dec 16, 2012 at 5:23)

Hes a great guy, everybody thinks him to be this cocky douche but hes really not. He always has ten seconds on me on every trail and despite my name i race super d and enduro so he us ridiculously fast.

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boogaloo77 (Dec 12, 2012 at 15:57)

i cant quite put my finger on it... but there is something about this man that screams "world champ"...

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lumpys FL (Dec 12, 2012 at 19:11)

A World Cup Champion JUST RETIRED!! and were talking about hardtails?!

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spiderlpus (Dec 13, 2012 at 10:11)

You right the people wasn´t look the real meaning of the video.. This is not about a kind of bike, it´s about a history of a rider guys!!, its about his passion.

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ssg1 (Dec 12, 2012 at 10:59)

i can only agree that hardtails are amazing but you don't seem to realise that the blue bike is full sus ^^

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minotro (Dec 12, 2012 at 11:23)

the vid shows him on two bikes, one blue FS, and one white HT.

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ssg1 (Dec 12, 2012 at 11:31)

hence the "blue bike is full sus" ^^, we don't really see as much of his 4x bike

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hillatoppa (Dec 12, 2012 at 13:08)

that's probably because hardtails are inferior trail machines.

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Robbh47 (Dec 12, 2012 at 14:51)

Cant beat the rear bounce

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lumpys FL (Dec 12, 2012 at 19:12)

One word..... Respect!

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llamaman110 (Dec 13, 2012 at 9:39)

i'm confused, is he going for a chill trail ride or racing world cup?

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socalshreder (Dec 13, 2012 at 12:20)

Hell Yeah Gaslight Anthem

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Luke-VTT (Dec 16, 2012 at 13:21)

Great rider. Sad to see him quit racing.

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Benji-man (Dec 12, 2012 at 10:41)

Sick

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watsontony (Dec 12, 2012 at 10:47)

doublepost