Photo Epic: #PanShotFriday - Crowd-Sourced Blur Love

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Lanebobane (Apr 3, 2020 at 5:40)

I just want to say to the entire PB Staff, thank you so much for putting out so much awesome (as always) content during social distancing. HUGE THANK YOU!

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bishopsmike (Apr 3, 2020 at 5:42)

Pro-tip: with day drinking, all shots are blurred shots!

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dexterfawkes (Apr 3, 2020 at 5:49)

Also pro tip - keep your body sanitized by drinking copious amounts of alcohol

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rrolly (Apr 3, 2020 at 7:15)

@dexterfawkes: Pro tip #3 - do not give to riders until after the ride.

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VTwintips (Apr 3, 2020 at 9:58)

@rrolly: Maybe a little pre or mid ride is okay though.

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MOBrules FL (Apr 3, 2020 at 13:30)

@VTwintips: Or maybe just a pre roll, pre ride!

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rrolly (Apr 4, 2020 at 12:42)

@MOBrules: makes about as much sense as seeing athletes have a pre-game/intermission smoke. (spoiler alert - it doesn't)

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rocky-x FL (Apr 3, 2020 at 5:28)

i'm sorry, are you saying pan or pam?

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Session603 (Apr 3, 2020 at 9:34)

pamb

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brianw (Apr 3, 2020 at 9:46)

Hard not to comment on the Polls issue although I wish there was a specific area to do it. I don't have access to PB's books but I'm sure they're doing well in terms of revenues. And I've always been happy to participate in polls that I'm interested in and I'm sure they provide value to the manufacturers who buy the data (and revenue to PB).

However, my issue is that I now have a "Poll To-do" list at the top of the page every single time I'm on the site and it makes me feel like I have work to do. And that's not why I'm here. Again, happy to click on ads, happy to participate in Polls when I see one that I like. But this feels forced and obvious and SO against everything that I like about PB.

PB...kill this thing before it gets cancerous; listen to your community as they are not sheep.

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commental (Apr 3, 2020 at 10:19)

I understand they rely on revenue from the bike industry and use the site for market research which can then be sold to interested parties, but I think if they had gone about it differently they would've got a much better response. Maybe a front page story warning people what they were intending and the reasons why. This just feels a bit underhanded. I think a lot of people who dislike the way PB has gone about this will give false answers to try to skew the results and make them meaningless.

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rippersub (Apr 3, 2020 at 12:50)

I don't have a polls button, I feel like I'm missing out on something I don't even want, but still kinda have FOMO....

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commental (Apr 3, 2020 at 12:52)

@rippersub: I think it's been removed as it didn't seem to go down too well.

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brianw (Apr 3, 2020 at 14:04)

@commental: Boom, and the Poll To-Do Yellow Beacon from Hell is gone. PB...you love us, you really do. thank you.

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dexterfawkes (Apr 3, 2020 at 5:26)

I'm ignoring the purpose of every article until the polls button is banished from existence

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rarerider FL (Apr 3, 2020 at 6:14)

I've not seen any polls but I assume this is something that gets solved easily with a half decent adblocker. I can't go back to an internet browser or youtube without running an adblocker either way.
Here, try this:
adblockplus.org

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dexterfawkes (Apr 3, 2020 at 6:31)

@rarerider: I believe the polls are something made by pinkbike, not an ad. You can see the 'polls' button if you are on desktop, it's right at the top by 'dashboard' and 'inbox'. If you are on mobile, scroll down to bottom and hit 'desktop version of website'.

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lRaphl FL (Apr 3, 2020 at 6:45)

@dexterfawkes: I'm on a destop and can't see any poll.

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pizzaiolo (Apr 3, 2020 at 6:56)

Why are you so butt hurt about it? Pinkbike needs to provide value to their advertisers so they can continue generating revenue and providing content to us for free. If you don't like the poll link, ignore it.

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dexterfawkes (Apr 3, 2020 at 6:57)

@pizzaiolo: cos bright yellow

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rrolly (Apr 3, 2020 at 7:14)

Took me about 10 mins and done. Not a big deal and good info for them and their advertisers. Nothing is for free.

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SacAssassin (Apr 3, 2020 at 8:28)

@dexterfawkes: simple solution..use your mobile. No idea wtf people were complaining about til I turned desktop version on.

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ski-n-bike-da-east (Apr 3, 2020 at 10:02)

im on my phone currently and there isn’t any polls

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rarerider FL (Apr 3, 2020 at 10:11)

@dexterfawkes: All I can see is a tiny yellow "Polls n/x" button at the very top of the main page. I had to go actively look for it, surely this isn't what everybody is up in arms about?
Or is there a more intrusive one that hasn't been rolled out to all locales yet?

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davetrumpore (Apr 3, 2020 at 10:32)

@rarerider: nope it's that... a yellow thing that can easily be ignored.

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harrybel (Apr 3, 2020 at 11:17)

@davetrumpore: I switched to the desktop version and I still don’t have it.

@everyone: I went into Dashboard and saw a poll on the right. Nothing mandatory, though. Just ignore the bloody thing.

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harrybel (Apr 3, 2020 at 11:19)

@everyone: Sorry pal, didn’t realise someone actually has that username! ;-)

My comment is for everyone complaining about the polls thing.

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dexterfawkes (Apr 3, 2020 at 11:36)

@harrybel: you, sir, are late to the party...they already disabled it.....

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Snowrydr01 (Apr 3, 2020 at 12:19)

Cn we collectively agree to answer them all wrong for fun?

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ski-n-bike-da-east (Apr 3, 2020 at 15:49)

@dexterfawkes: wait they got rid of it?

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harrybel (Apr 4, 2020 at 11:44)

@dexterfawkes: Fair enough

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t-o-d-d (Apr 3, 2020 at 5:06)

that example pic was the best

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Blackers (Apr 3, 2020 at 16:28)

All of them are amazing, well done to all the photo taking peoples.

@mcartier that's a cracking wheel shot, my favourite one out of this group.

@dylansherrard - George Proctor, Kamloops gets an honourable mention too.

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Rideuse67 (Apr 3, 2020 at 6:53)

Hey! So glad to see my picture up there! Thanks PB

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workwithstudios (Apr 3, 2020 at 8:34)

New poll - Should Olly Wilkins be credited in every photo for inventing #panshotfriday?

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123kayak123 (Apr 3, 2020 at 15:29)

Nice images, but I’d rather see the grim donut huck to flat.

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steezer (Apr 3, 2020 at 7:29)

has anyone else read the hashtag as 'Pans Hot' instead of Pan Shot?

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dstn617 (Apr 3, 2020 at 13:03)

@davetrumpore can you elaborate a bit on the directions for submission. The photos doesn't make much sense to me. TIA

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davetrumpore (Apr 3, 2020 at 13:52)

Upload to your account... Caption with your screen name, rider and location in comments section. Send me a link to the photo or gallery via message feature on PB

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EvilToad (Apr 4, 2020 at 1:04)

THNAK YOU PB!!! Stoked to see my shot got used, but more stoked for Jaxon on getting print!

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bigtim FL (Apr 3, 2020 at 5:43)

Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get away from the polls button.

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Tinga (Apr 3, 2020 at 11:25)

Pan shots are so fun.

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yerbikesux (Apr 3, 2020 at 12:31)

Where’s the video?

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housem8d (Apr 3, 2020 at 5:53)

Polls are appalling

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Jacquers (Apr 3, 2020 at 7:16)

They should create a poll for whether we want polls.

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rrolly (Apr 3, 2020 at 7:17)

Once the polls are done, they're done. Not a big deal, but helpful info. Would you rather they mine your info without you knowing like Facebook?

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housem8d (Apr 3, 2020 at 11:03)

@rrolly: they can get their money from add revenue...this is a biking website,,,not a friggin polling company... plus the questions are so friggin boring and basic