Pinkbike Editors' Wildest Claims - April Fools Round Up 2021

 And write the articles to make PBers really question if it is real or not. Just like the media.

 I guess I don’t get why anyone would be butthurt about a thing that happens once a year on a website that no one is forced to look at.

 @DoubleCrownAddict: ...what did I just read

 Ze German Nonsens satire newsmagazine Postillon did just that.
Signal against false reports: The Postillon boycotts April 1
Fürth (dpo) - False reports? Not with us! As in every year since its foundation (1845), the Postillon boycotts the extremely shameful April 1. Germany largest daily and night newspaper of the world sets thereby straight in these heavy times a sign against the silly lies and April fool jokes, which are spread in many less respectable media on this day.

As part of the boycott, no new stories will be published on www.der-postillon.com throughout Thursday, April 1. The print edition of Postillon will also not be delivered to its more than 83 million subscribers in Germany alone.

A Postillon spokesman explained that the paper wanted to send a signal against the institutionalized clamor of April 1: "Those who take people for a ride with targeted false reports are thereby shaking confidence in a critical press," the spokesman said. "But we don't go along with that! Postillon readers don't want tall tales, they want honest, independent and fast news - and have since 1845."

However, there are also unconfirmed rumors that the editor-in-chief is simply using April 1 as an excuse to take a day off.

 @Wheeeliemann: 83 million subscribers ? that's almost the entire population of Deutschland !

 You'll find all the industry gags in here: www.pinkbike.com/news/round-up-the-best-april-fools-from-the-cycling-world.html

 Their video was mint

 @sarahmoore: I wonder the total amount of marketing and sales $$$ the industry spent!

 Now you've gone and made myself sad.

 Nah, Waki was actually clever, witty, articulate, and (for the most part) well-liked. DCA is what you get when your order Waki on Wish

 @ahauck: lol, are these Waki quotes from the past your definition of "clever, witty, and articulate"?

WAKIdesigns (Feb 21, 2020 at 8:01)
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I would love that with Chinese accent... Maxxis taya wong way on the weaw of dat owenge

April 2, 2020 "You only get a few voices of sympathy from SJW lunatic camp. Who are also a-holes!"

WAKIdesigns (May 20, 2020 at 2:19)
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@mitochris: because that would go so well with principles of journalism. Like mentioning source of information. Typical stupid liberitarian leftists, social justice warriors approach to "freedom of speech" - paranoia caused by treating yourself as woke enlightened, and seeing general population as bunch of idiots who could get corrupted by a right wing propaganda, and could put you and your convenient set of values in question. Fkng bike site, fkg simple string of information and some fkng idiots needed to politicize it. Get fkd. Get fkd, you are as stupid as those two grannies, this is what you will become. Sour old pricks believing in greater order of the universe, seeing world as place invaded by awful people stopping you from reaching your Elysium. GET FKD.

 @ahauck: no he is a sexist and a racist

 @DoubleCrownAddict: Yeah, trying to prove your point with 3 selected quotes out of thousands he posted- way to go.

 @DoubleCrownAddict: Have you considered starting a forum thread about his posts?

 @DoubleCrownAddict:

You lost any validation when you called him a retard. Not cool, man. Plus cherry picking 3 quotes...you’re grasping at straws here.

 @DoubleCrownAddict: you're a cynical full-retard

 I'm amazed you've never posted your thoughts about this before.

 @commental: I usually like to keeps these things to myself.

 Shhh, you'll be accused of wearing lycra.

 this better be an april fools. basiclly, 2 years ago, pinkbike made a "futuristic" bike by taking geo advances from the last 10 years and applying them to current geo. a year later, the bike was name and its called the grim donut. they re working on v2.