PINKBIKE ACADEMY
PRESENTED BY SHIMANO
EPISODE 7
This time on Pinkbike Academy things get technical as the contestants compete in a suspension rebuild challenge followed immediately by a race.
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Shimano, Orbea, Fox Racing, Fox Factory, Big White, GoPro, Garmin,
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1) a course walk through
2) each riders thought and analysis on different sections of the course
3) their practice run
4) what they learned from the practice run and they changes they want to implement for the actual race
5) the whole 1.min 20.sec race runs
6) a thorough breakdown from each and one of them of their race run and if they were satisfied.
I don't mind the product placement and I applaud PB for doing this show, especially pulling it of with Covid-19. It's got some potential. However, I do feel this is too much on the drama/reality show side. It gets a little bit exhausting.
Next time, make it more in the "privateer" spirit and to hell with silly challenges. If you don't know how to service your bike, too bad - you will suffer in the races. Have it be a competition series with wildly different race courses over a prolonged and intense period of time (say six weeks), two races a week. Make it men vs men and women vs women. The two overall riders with the most points at the end gets the contract.
Completely agree.
And the knowledge comes in useful for when you are on a trip and your fork/shock decide to blow up.
Sometimes the shops near you suck.
I also think, even if you don't do the work yourself, that having at least a passing knowledge of how different components on your bike work means that you are more likely to identify when something is wrong or how to fix it in an emergency/last minute situation.
Also...some of us are in the situation of spending what we can scrimp/save on our bikes and do not have the extra money to pay a shop to maintain it. Shops always have the triathlon geeks! They love to spend money...
Might want to think that through, 'lil bub.
Yeah, maybe I should get an e-bike so I can get fitter for the climbs... makes sense. It's cool if you're stoked on your moped, but you don't have to be such an aggressive cringey weirdo about it.
Reusing the 2-yr old wipers on a clapped out, dirty & dusty fork with nothing but a screw driver and adjustable wrench? That would be impressive!
@emptybe-er: That could work, although holding stuff while hammering on it is a good way to get it off center.
So much potential for this show
It’s like seeing a car accident, you know it’s bad but you can’t look away. Cringe
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