49thbiker
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49thbiker GTBicycles's article
Oct 17, 2020 at 11:22
Oct 17, 2020
Video: Wyn TV Finals - Maribor DH World Cup 2020 Round 1
I also agree with this. The UCI should be the ones taking the lead on this to protect the riders. Maybe having a doctor on hand to evaluate riders after major head hits, making the calls about riding. I often think a BMXer Dave Mira who shot him self, and if that was related to CTE or not.
49thbiker danielsapp's article
Oct 15, 2020 at 15:58
Oct 15, 2020
Review: Rotor's 13-Speed Hydraulic Drivetrain
Can every review have a dollar per gram part. Or dollar per whatever part. Dollar per mm of travel.
49thbiker RockyMountainBicycles's article
Oct 5, 2020 at 13:50
Oct 5, 2020
Video: Melamed, Gauvin, and Lanthier Nadeau Take on Liguria & Gelato in Episode 2 of 'The Jank Files'
“Fun is fast. Fast is fast.” That right there sums it all up.
49thbiker edspratt's article
Sep 28, 2020 at 8:58
Sep 28, 2020
Video: 5 Minutes of Raw Enduro Racing from Finale Ligure
At the end, did the race cross a angry land owners property? Guy looked pissed off.
49thbiker mikekazimer's article
Sep 21, 2020 at 7:20
Sep 21, 2020
Review: 2021 Commencal Meta TR 29 - T is for Turbo
Can annoying comment on the stand over height on this. It’s not on the website, I emailed them and customer service rep told me he had to go measure it by hand and it was 780. Can that be right? Seems massive.
49thbiker pinkbikeoriginals's article
Sep 21, 2020 at 7:11
Sep 21, 2020
Head-to-Head POV Video: Grim Donut VS Meta AM 29
Sounds like he is biking away from a wedding with all the tin cans trailing behind him.
49thbiker jamessmurthwaite's article
Sep 18, 2020 at 18:00
Sep 18, 2020
Slack Randoms: Spokeless e-Bikes, XC Carnage & Faked Bike Flips?
How long till some one tries to jump thru the wheel while its riding.
49thbiker mikelevy's article
Sep 18, 2020 at 17:39
Sep 18, 2020
The Pinkbike Podcast: Episode 23 - Grim Donut 2 is Live!
@brianpark: Agreed, and that was the reason for the question. Why is it sensitive? Seems to be the same across all “extreme” sports. So I’ve spent most of today thinking about this, my best guess is that the same people paying the athletes are the ones trying to sell product. As such they would like the public thinking all the money they spent on xyz went into the R&D and production of xyz, not to support joe blow World Cup appearances. Where as Pro Sport teams are just trying to sell ticket and commercials.
Still it would be interesting to track riders earnings, or at least would provide one more article on here for me to read.
Sep 18, 2020 at 12:30
Sep 18, 2020
Last one pre surgery. I wonder how fat I’ll be in 4 months.9.3 km - 00:45
49thbiker mikelevy's article
Sep 18, 2020 at 8:22
Sep 18, 2020
The Pinkbike Podcast: Episode 23 - Grim Donut 2 is Live!
Question: Why are pro bikers contracts so secretive? When major sports team sign a athlete, they details of the contract are headline news, can anyone tell me what a top ten world cup riders makes? Looking at Gwins home, some of these contracts must be fairly massive, i imagine however most are quite low. So what do they make (roughly) and why is this not more public?? In addition, how to brands sponsor america riders vs Euro riders, Do the brands provide insurance and if so do the america riders take a pay cut to order to compastate. i.e If Luca Shaw gets hurt training it could easy cost 10K plus vs if Loris Vergier gets hurt it will cost .99 cents or so. Or do are the riders consider independent contracts have have to purchase private insurance.