Aussie style
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- Apr 30, 2009 at 15:48Apr 30, 2009
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Offenburg, Germany
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- Offenburg XC WC
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- Nr.42
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skawt-1
(Apr 30, 2009 at 15:54)
Never thought I would say it but damn that is one hardcore xc dude:P
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why is he carrying the tyre? does he think he can repair something? or is that a prototype and nobody should get one?
- 33 3
& there I thought he was getting ready for the next leg of the race over frozen lakes. Those blade rims help to grip on the ice really well... pity they don't help you stop much haha
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all is explained by the bloke here:
http://www.rotorburn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171359&page=3
what a champ!
http://www.rotorburn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171359&page=3
what a champ!
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thats how the australians do it. nothing will stop us from completing a race. just like the olimpics, jarad graves got taken out in the bmx finals and he still completed the race 
Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi
Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi- 16 74
the picture is a bit soft for my taste, and the rider isnt frozen properly, but its still nice colours, and the subject is EPIC!
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You're all morons, it's a tubular tyre that has to be glued to the rim. They're light as f*ck and impossible to pinch puncture, but if you've managed to pull the tyre from the rim, good luck gluing it back on and riding straight away. (that's if you have the glue with you)
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surley the glue would weight a bit,
so really its a light tyre, but over all its heavy as they have to glue it on
- 13 34
lp970, i was commenting on the pic, its too soft so he needs to work on getting the focus sharp, and the riders not frozen properly, so a strobe on like 1/4 power at bottom right would have frozen him perfectly, or you could under-expose a stop or two, run the strobe a little hotter, and itd get rid of the heat on his back. maybe throw in a strobe low on the left of the pic at 1/8th power to counter-act the harsh shadow an his body too.
- 5 35
and who's to say he doesnt have either the kit or the money anyway? he appears to have a decent camera, and a high spec session 10, and take a lot of photo's so...
- 13 5
bunkey u sound f*cking stupid...it looks like the person that took the picture was an observer on the side of the trail...it does not look like that nice of a camera, nor does the person take a lot of photos (if he/she doesnt even know how to use auto focus), not to mention its not that nice of a camera if this is the quality of the pic when using auto focus (its an xc race=not going fast enough to be this blurry)
not to mention this pod is not about quality of photo its about the subject! gnar ride down dude...way to finish!
not to mention this pod is not about quality of photo its about the subject! gnar ride down dude...way to finish!
- 4 0
when some ride a bike with a flat you can crap the wheel set but now on this pic this guy ride his bike with out the tire and the rubber, my opinion I think he is not finished the race
- 11 27
ok well it looks a hell of a lot better than any camera ive got. maybe il just stick to sites where people care about the photo as artwork and accept constructive criticism instead of shying away from the reality that EVERYONE can see the pictures, and some of those people see photography as an art, regardless of subject, and therefore will make their oppinions suggestions known.
judge me all you like, but nothing ive said is wrong. Id happilly have people critique my photos if itd help me improve.
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"maybe il just stick to sites where people care about the photo as artwork and accept constructive criticism" -bunkey
Yeah, it would be best if you left Pinkbike. www.snobby-photographer-a*shole.com will be happy to have you!! Good riddance.
Yeah, it would be best if you left Pinkbike. www.snobby-photographer-a*shole.com will be happy to have you!! Good riddance.
- 8 1
bunky heres a critique: don't cut the riders heads off in shots, even if the focus is his ass??? go improve, until then think before you spew...
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Bunky really just needs to stop commenting! Im liking this picture though.. It's nice and unique compared to all the past pods! 
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Bunky, wtf are you on about, the picture is fine! No one's btohered about touching up an already great picutre
- 5 27
yay, what you guys don't know is bunky is Scottish and they are a very self satisfied, smug nation, with plenty to say-usually without much grounding.
- 5 0
Bunkey..... Your a ponse...
1.i know nothing about taking pitures but i appreciate ones of either good riding or gnarly content.
2.this doesnt look like a photo shoot so setting up all your fancy equipment to get your 'perfect shot' would have been tricky.
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Enough with the Bunkey E-Hate I'm getting bored of it, I'm pretty sure he gets the idea. God I wish I could unsubscribe to replies
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posted on jp406's board:
im sorry man. ive had a major argument with my girlfriend today (we've been together for 3 years so far) about her wanting to buy dope. im pretty shaken up, upset tbh. i shouldnt have critiqued that shot when a) its not the photography that makes it cool, and b) nobody wanted me to critique it in the first place. Ive made a complete tit of myself because I was angry about something else in my life. Im sure your old enough to have experienced similar yourself. Please dont let this argument be a basis for judgement. I fully withdraw everything I said on that picture and I feel a grade A c*nt for letting my emotions affect other people. Im sorry for wasting your time. Peace.
im sorry man. ive had a major argument with my girlfriend today (we've been together for 3 years so far) about her wanting to buy dope. im pretty shaken up, upset tbh. i shouldnt have critiqued that shot when a) its not the photography that makes it cool, and b) nobody wanted me to critique it in the first place. Ive made a complete tit of myself because I was angry about something else in my life. Im sure your old enough to have experienced similar yourself. Please dont let this argument be a basis for judgement. I fully withdraw everything I said on that picture and I feel a grade A c*nt for letting my emotions affect other people. Im sorry for wasting your time. Peace.
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Im not in the mood for re-typing it. can you please leave me be now so i can go and sit in my corner. =\
- 10 6
Bunky: Just know that I am will be shagging your now ex-girlfriend just as soon as I finish typing this message and as soon as she takes off that bra you liked. One man's rubbish is another man's treasure. I made sure she got her dope too.
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If you think about it it seems kinda fake... like if he were determined enough to win that he rode down without a tire wouldnt he just leave the tire? i sure would.. and it would take a bit to take the wheel and everything off, but not to long
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spongo. I dont expect sympathy, i expect people to acknowledge my apology like any decent human being would.
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I am not a decent human being. You're out of luck today bunkey. Can you please stop typing now, the people don't want to have to read this shit anymore? Thanks.
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"im sorry man. ive had a major argument with my girlfriend today (we've been together for 3 years so far) about her wanting to buy dope. im pretty shaken up, upset tbh. i shouldnt have critiqued that shot when a) its not the photography that makes it cool, and b) nobody wanted me to critique it in the first place. Ive made a complete tit of myself because I was angry about something else in my life. Im sure your old enough to have experienced similar yourself. Please dont let this argument be a basis for judgement. I fully withdraw everything I said on that picture and I feel a grade A c*nt for letting my emotions affect other people. Im sorry for wasting your time. Peace."
I'm sorry but bunkey, there are lame excuses out there, but that's as bad as it gets. And I agree with the comment above me. And the one about the unsubscribe from replies one too.
I'm sorry but bunkey, there are lame excuses out there, but that's as bad as it gets. And I agree with the comment above me. And the one about the unsubscribe from replies one too.
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TimHorton
"If you think about it it seems kinda fake... like if he were determined enough to win that he rode down without a tire wouldnt he just leave the tire? i sure would.. and it would take a bit to take the wheel and everything off, but not to long"
Read the link above, it says he didnt want to leave it as some souvinier for someone to take home as its a new and pretty expensive tyre
"If you think about it it seems kinda fake... like if he were determined enough to win that he rode down without a tire wouldnt he just leave the tire? i sure would.. and it would take a bit to take the wheel and everything off, but not to long"
Read the link above, it says he didnt want to leave it as some souvinier for someone to take home as its a new and pretty expensive tyre
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OMG!!!Everyone just turned on bunkey for telling us his opinion, isnt that why comment are available, and people dont want this shit to start on there pics then disable the comments FFS.! AND WTF flag lev3000 (15 hours ago) (Below Threshold) show comment
yay, what you guys don't know is bunky is Scottish and they are a very self satisfied, smug nation, with plenty to say-usually without much grounding.
STFU , your from f*cking kazakhstan, nobody cares about you!!!
yay, what you guys don't know is bunky is Scottish and they are a very self satisfied, smug nation, with plenty to say-usually without much grounding.
STFU , your from f*cking kazakhstan, nobody cares about you!!!
- 2 2
it seems like evryone want 2 voice their opinion louder than evryone els and all it does is turn in2 a ragin argument about somthin really stupid so whats the point?
- 4 1
no.... in germany the tires are very expensive.... so he thought: well i am poor... tires are expensive so i have to carrie it into the finish to repair it.... blablabla wasn dummer scheiss xD well egal
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fantaman, I wouldn't be talking like that, unless you've been here.
But for someone who does live in the US, all I can say is, it sucks.
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ahh but rotating weight has a greater effect than dead weight. so his bike would actually seems lighter, although probably abit sketch lol
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OMG!!!Everyone just turned on bunkey for telling us his opinion, isnt that why comment are available, and people dont want this shit to start on there pics then disable the comments FFS.! AND WTF flag lev3000 (15 hours ago) (Below Threshold) show comment
yay, what you guys don't know is bunky is Scottish and they are a very self satisfied, smug nation, with plenty to say-usually without much grounding.
STFU , your from f*cking kazakhstan, nobody cares about you!!!
yay, what you guys don't know is bunky is Scottish and they are a very self satisfied, smug nation, with plenty to say-usually without much grounding.
STFU , your from f*cking kazakhstan, nobody cares about you!!!
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he used this rim in his next race actually, rode for about a km without a tire then switched on a spare.
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Pretty Gnar but he had to take the time to take off his front wheel to sling that tire across his chest. Why not ride out the tire as well?
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YEAH CODNER.....WHAT A PINNER!!!!
GO AUSSIE!!!
kylemalachi (1 days ago) (Below Threshold) show comment
See, now I know you're just another cocky photographer who thinks he knows everything. Guess I'll also mention that even your wording makes you come off as a complete cockbag.
1. I looked at your photos, I know you can shoot action sports. 2. I'm educated. I know what I'm talking about. I did go to school and yes, I went for photography. 3. I started an opinion on how it appears very fake. There is still no dust from the front or rear wheel or anywhere in the photo for that matter. It's obviously a very dry course, there should be some dust. And again, no one would ruin a good rim to finish a race, and if they were going to, they wouldn't stop to sling their tire )which they stopped and spent time taking off) over their shoulder. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. You would A. Leave the tire on or B. Change out the tube.
Now, maybe if you can explain all this to me, then maybe, just maybe, I'll believe it's a real photograph. Also, please stop acting like a douchebag. There are enough DBs on pinkbike.
^^MATE, you are a massive SPED and have no idea what your talking about or facts to back up your argument!! You clearly were "educated" at some sort of sped school, and really came across as a "douchbag". you're clearly dillusional as you can't realise that you're the one being the "DB" and ruining pinkbike! If you refrained from posting stupid shit when you have NO IDEA what you're talking about; "then maybe, just maybe" pinkbike would be a better place.
thankyou.
GO AUSSIE!!!
kylemalachi (1 days ago) (Below Threshold) show comment
See, now I know you're just another cocky photographer who thinks he knows everything. Guess I'll also mention that even your wording makes you come off as a complete cockbag.
1. I looked at your photos, I know you can shoot action sports. 2. I'm educated. I know what I'm talking about. I did go to school and yes, I went for photography. 3. I started an opinion on how it appears very fake. There is still no dust from the front or rear wheel or anywhere in the photo for that matter. It's obviously a very dry course, there should be some dust. And again, no one would ruin a good rim to finish a race, and if they were going to, they wouldn't stop to sling their tire )which they stopped and spent time taking off) over their shoulder. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. You would A. Leave the tire on or B. Change out the tube.
Now, maybe if you can explain all this to me, then maybe, just maybe, I'll believe it's a real photograph. Also, please stop acting like a douchebag. There are enough DBs on pinkbike.
^^MATE, you are a massive SPED and have no idea what your talking about or facts to back up your argument!! You clearly were "educated" at some sort of sped school, and really came across as a "douchbag". you're clearly dillusional as you can't realise that you're the one being the "DB" and ruining pinkbike! If you refrained from posting stupid shit when you have NO IDEA what you're talking about; "then maybe, just maybe" pinkbike would be a better place.
thankyou.
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Wow, the nerve... putting an XC rider on such a FR/DH forum.
nice pic though for those who just love the sport of biking.
nice pic though for those who just love the sport of biking.