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 Totally agree. I love riding bikes but this industry has way too many 'yes men' and pro hoes.

 don't cry to hard for charlie. the whistler ews rant and reactions to it might have given him more exposure than anything else he's ever done or written

 He's just another hype generator though? It's one thing to have the balls to express something that needs to be said, it's another to host a hate fest of a blog just for some attention. He's not telling us information that's hidden from public eyes. He's not some whistleblower or anything. He makes rants about how Knolly has too many pivots. That's it. He makes jokes at the expense of the industry, often not even pointing himself at anything remotely relevant or really important to the bike world.

All the power to him for having an opinion, but don't treat him as some sort of messiah of common sense. At the end of the day, most of what he says is just extremist bike bullshit to pull in pageviews, not anything founded or based upon anything. He's a comedian, not an expert.

And at the end of the day, he's here for this kind of response. He loves the controversy he stirs up. He loves that he can post a video of bike riding, and people will talk about his personality instead. He's already stoked, and a few words aren't going to bring him down. Don't worry too much about defending him.

Bring on the downvotes. That's what I'll be get "for having the balls to express what I feel."

 Let me get this straight, he rides a Felt but makes fun of Knolly?
I wasn't at the Whistler Enduro, but my friends that were agree with him.

 It's all tongue in cheek. The dude runs a blog dedicated to making fun of the bike industry. Does that make it funny? Ehh. Sometimes yes, sometimes it's a case of doing a bit too good of a job at making the world think you're an imbecile. Can't really complain about being treated like one if you act like one.

Not saying I hate the guy, just don't really respect him either, y'know? He's just another bike rider. A fast one at that.

 New flash, not everyone is going to love every course. Many of us that regularly ride the valley trails in Whistler loved the course. If you've not ridden much in the valley you might think the locals were hiding the buff smooth flow trails, you'd be wrong. The trails used for the EWS reflect the style of trail all around the valley. They also picked a style of race that was fitting with previous Whistler enduro/AM/trail events. Long hard events with LOTS of climbing and pedalling.

Charlie can poke fun all he wants, but if he isn't putting in some serious training miles on big long riders he's not going to enjoy future events in Whistler. Many locals have voiced their opinion not to have things dumbed down next year just because some kid with a blog that just started riding trail bikes in 2012 wasn't prepared.

 You didn't just say "I don't really respect him", you stated in 4 paragraphs that you think you know better than he does, so you made a circular reference about how he's less of a person than you are all the while doing the same thing g he supposedly does, so run on sentence be damned you are him. C what eye did there?

 His blog is fcking hilarious!!

 Hey, Canadians. We have this saying in America: "I satire because I can." Its a way to look at all the stuff we take too seriously - like politics, bicycle racing, boobs, etc. - and bring them down to their lowest common denominator. It helps to put these important subjects into perspective.

Try it. "I'm super hardcore at bikes. I can ride 100 km and climb 2500 m because I'm awesome and fit and I ride Whistler like a boss. This is funny because..... ______."

 ^If you're riding 100km and climbing 2500m you most likely are not riding Whistler like a boss!

 @OneEyedHito.

Sorry if it came out like that. I wasn't trying to contend with him nor state I know more (not sure how I did either, but c'est la vie.) My point is only to say; he's just another dude. Top post is defending him for having the brass to state his opinions, was trying to put that into context. He has the big enough balls to say... Knolly's have too many pivots? Uh. Okay?

It's not like he's spreading some insider information and he's trying to do us a favour. He's just a comedian trying to lighten up bikes. I don't respect him very much, as I said, but I don't hold the guy in contempt either. It's perfectly reasonable to be critical of someone you don't wish death upon, y'know.

TL;DR, I don't think I know better or am better than Charlie, I just think people get a bit silly defensive when someone mocks him. He puts his opinions out there in a harsh way, so people post about him harshly. My point is, after all, that we all have opinions and we should all be taken with a grain of salt. He's just another guy, not an expert.

Cheers dude. My apologies if my language was misleading, though I'm not sure where you read into "you think you know better than he does." It was not my intention.

 His blog is funny and refreshing. Like it or don't like it. No one cares.

 You say that, but the top comment is about defending the guy cause someone else was insulting him. People do apparently care. Welcome to pinkbike!

 Thank you.

 well said.

 Maybe they have to pay for new plumbing too.

 See the problem here is that you're trying to get a decent lunch at Taco Bell.

 To be honest I wasn't really trying

 I can show you Brando, heading out that tomorrow afternoon on the metal 6'er, yeah!