Stefan Garlicki has announced that he is joining the growing list of riders signing with OnlyFans.
Lewis Buchanan kicked off OnlyFans' mountain bike signings last month in a surreal piece of news. It seems now that OnlyFans is fully committed to widening its marketing as Stefan Garlicki has also been picked up as a signed rider in 2023.
| I am so so stoked to announce I have signed with @onlyfans for 2023!
For those that don’t know, OnlyFans is a subscription-based social media platform where all sorts of athletes, celebrities, chefs, musicians and even doctors can share exclusive content and engage with their fans on a more personal level. I will have my own OnlyFans account which will focus on mountain biking. Content will be anything from race footage, behind the scenes, training, riding tips, mechanic tips, nutrition and more! My OnlyFans account will be Free and open to anyone over 18.
Please note that OnlyFans can only be accessed by people 18+ and there is a very strict approval process.
I have been through hell and back over the last few years and I am so happy to go into 2023 feeling good, with great support and bringing something new into mountain biking!— Stefan Garlicki |
On his OnlyFans page
available here (
Disclaimer: be aware that the platform hosts lots of adult content on other accounts), Stefan says: "On here I’ll focus on mountain biking content, anything from race footage, behind the scenes, training, riding tips, mechanic tips, nutrition and more!"
I respect the companies right to sell and advertise their wares, but I also understand the power of my position as a father and a consumer.
I think that we are treading a dangerous line here; by welcoming this type of sponsorship into what is otherwise a wholesome MTB community.
It normalizes and glosses over something which is ultimately insidious and exploitative and which will inevitably lure more vulnerable young girls into the butchers window. Sure there are success stories, but put that on the scales with the amount of failures, ruined lives and regret.
We as consumers have the power to influence the way this kind of thing affects us and our sport.
Would you want your daughters... or sons whoring themselves on Only Fans?
Older generations (and you don't even have to be that old) are supposed to be role models for groms. Instead of normalizing this kind of thing, we should be setting an example that Only Fans is not normal, cool or aspirational.
Only Fans get out of MTB!
We’ve spent decades allowing the soft drink industry to advertise their unhealthy products to children, but it’s ok for Red Bull, Monster, etc to pedal that to young people.
I get where you’re coming from, but it’s not like they’re sponsored by PornHub (although someone might announce that next week) or a Proud Boys deal.
Can you tell us where you get these farts, any names of specific influencers, you know so I can avoid them?
It is widely known in business circles that OnlyFans has been trying to minimize their adult content. They actually came close to blocking it at one point a few years ago and had to back off because the content producers (read WOMEN) became so upset at their lively hoods being disrupted.
As a male I understand your patriarchal need to protect women, but these aren't the ones you need to be worried about. They are not being exploited by men, or some corporation or lured into drug use to produce content. They are women that are empowered and using their god given looks and brains to make money. A lot of them make a very good living and are using the earnings to work towards things like college degrees. It is perfectly natural to want to observe beauty whether it be art or women. As long as the women aren't being forced into it, are in a safe environment and being compensated fairly, who cares?
All of this is typed as a father of two daughters and also someone who has never looked at OnlyFans. I applaud their desire to grow the business and think we should be supporting it, not shaming them.
"or maybe Only Fans want people to realise that it’s not all porn on their site and that actually there are other things on there that are more wholesome"
Is that what you tell your wife when she sees the VISA bill?
Cards on the table. I had a traditional Irish Catholic upbringing, which basically means I was brought up in a dysfunctional family environment where alcoholism and physical and mental abuse were rife, but not as rife as pretending it wasn't.
Not to bore you, but it later led on to a life of alcohol abuse, drug abuse and a lot of the things associated with those things abuse. Having come out the other side of it, looking back; it was actually a lot of fun. Well most of it was anyway. But suffice to say, I been there.
Mountain biking was one of the things which extricated me from this lifestyle. When I go riding and racing I meet and interact with males and females ranging from babies to kids, to the parents that have brought the babies along. It's an extremely positive environment.
It's part of what makes mountain biking one of the most wholesome, challenging, character building, and liberating things that an individual can do.
Now I have a wife and young children and I want to use my experiences to raise them in a healthy environment which is instilled with the type of positive values inherent in mountain biking.
Only Fans and their sponsorship have no place in this environment, except to demonstrate the depths that someone can sink to, whenever they have no respect for themselves.
To this end, Only Fans is the antithesis of mountain biking.
Imho it´s way more likely they simply view extreme sports communities and niche sports as a suitable gateway to make their way into more mainstream forms of onlyfans content. I think it already exists with sports like gymanstics, though those tend to often border on the adult side of things as the "fans" aren´t really there for the sports content but rather the attractive athletes.
Afaik the site wasn´t really intended to be what it is now and likely its time is somewhat limited, if and once adult content creators start breaking it off with them over financial disputes etc. so them diversifying their product only makes sense.
Likely they view the downhill community as one of the least judgemental, yet with some great potential for future growth into a mainstream spectacle. It can only benefit them to already be seen as a stable sponsor in the sport at that point. The scene also heavily struggles for outside money, which is perfect breeding grounds for their idea of private people supporting creators on onlyfans. If people have money for adult models, there must be some who are willing to spend money on an athlete they support.
Also, if we´re being realistic, they´re everywhere already. Chances are your neighbor pays for one of their model´s premium abos, your barber has bought Belle Delphine´s bath water and your 6 year old niece aspires to step in the footsteps of her favourite onlyfans celebrity.
I really don´t think downhill and enduro have any sort of reach they can gainfully leverage at this moment in time. This is likely a part of a more longterm strategy to establish a more mainstream content selection besides the adult content.
The fact they so far (afaik) have only signed male athletes kinda further suggests they wanna keep the weirdos away from that part of the website for now. Otherwise they´d already have approached some of the more attractive female racers and influencers who are already drawing pretty big crowds on instagram.
Maybe i´m wrong, but none of these signings and the associated press releases suggest any affiliation with the porn content and i think that´s deliberate. They seem to wanna keep things very subtle. I they wanted this to be a marketing vehicle, they´d aim for a big bang entry that stirs shit up and gets their name out in the community.
"...It is widely known in business circles that OnlyFans has been trying to minimize their adult content. They actually came close to blocking it at one point a few years ago..."
You are totally deceived. Widely known - yeah right... Might be the dumbest comment on PB so far this year.....
If I wanted to look at porn there’s plenty of free stuff online (which is most lining the pockets of someone other than the men and women on screen).
Only fans is no different to Patreon or the like, the only difference is that there are more women out there making the content that they want to and (apart from the cut Only Fans takes) keeping all the money for themselves. Be it adult content, foot fetishes, bike content, etc.
Morally it’s no different from having a YouTube channel and making money from advertising, or offering member bonus art on Patreon to from comic book artists.
The only real difference is that there are a lot of prudish people out there who obviously don’t want women to take back the control of their own bodies.
“Content” you speak of. Just because it’s there and you’re not able to control your self around it doesn’t mean given the choice they will. You also might wanna come off PB if you’re worried about seeing anything else one here which might not agree with ‘your’ “morals” (thumb)
Good on you and all the best!
Coffees source mat be less ethical than monsters
White Coffee contains significantly more calories than no sugar monster.
Coffee doesn't contain additional B vitamins, monster does.
Monster and redbull have made efforts to reduce their carbon footprint, help the environment and reduce their metal content.
Don't start on tea and how it was responsible for an empire of looting other countries.
But... It's easy to slag off the monster or redbull from behind your Costa coffee!
If you daughter or son are showing nudity online maybe blame the parents or their upbringing, not the platform.
I sure hope my kids are never on it, and hopefully I raise them well enough they never feel the need to.
This point the finger and blame other people or entities is just an excuse for parents own short comings.
Lastly, isn’t it awesome that OnlyFans is investing to change its image? And that the only reason they didn’t get rid of porn is cause the women on it protested it….cause it’s THEIR CHOICE?
working towards college, using good looks, independent empowered, not forced, well compensated, easy ....
Good luck not being a hypocrite.
Only Fans need to make a commitment and set and example by getting rid of the porn first and then maybe we can move forward.
@mrmm: I hear you man, but creating this type of hopeless defeatist attitude; is part of the objective of the misrepresentation that insidious progressive attitudes are in fact the most prominent.
They are not the majority, they are the minority. It's small stands like this, that any one of us are capable of, that can make a big difference.
@fixedvic it's the children I'm more concerned about tbh. Mountain biking is the last place that children should be introduced to porn. End of story.
Sure, I've met a lot of really great people and made a lot of valuable friends in the trails -but- I've also met far more fragile douchebags with their weight saving carbon testicles and egos dipped in kashima on full display, than in any other culture.
Get that sponsor money and run. Don't sacrifice your morals, but don't miss out on cashing that check either.
Aspartame free too!
Sugar is a choice, you don't have to have it (although that milk does contain mucus which is worse).
Of all the people I see drinking energy drinks, most are drinking the sugary ones.
Then again, maybe they want MTB riders exactly because we don't have any money left and some of us (not me) are fit...
So yeah- personally I'm not a fan of only fans but, much like Redbull, will now have to walk a difficult line of recognizing that in a capitalist world these athletes need resources to compete, train and self-actualize within their passions and those resources have to come from somewhere. I'd love it if it came from companies that ethically I could align with but am left with the dilemma that they need support. I'm stoked these young athletes have support and want to see them succeed. I will continue to not be a fan of Only Fans... and Redbull... but also don't have any grandiose idea about who does and doesn't belong on a bike in the mountains. Drawing that line is a slippery slope. Respect for following your morals though... just don't put those on this sport IMO.
Really? Here is an article from Time Magazine about when they tried to do it.
time.com/6092947/onlyfans-sexual-content-ban
How about CNBC?
www.cnbc.com/2021/08/24/onlyfans-ceo-explains-why-the-site-banned-porn.html
I could go on with citations, but you get the point. Might want to take 5 seconds to wander around outside the bubble you live in.
While the shadowy nature of the adult-entertainment industry makes exact figures hard to nail down, it's generally acknowledged that porn was the first product to make money on the Internet and still rakes in upward of $1 billion annually online.
Article citation
edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/23/porn.technology/index.html?hpt=Sbin
The real question is:
Does it fit a water bottle...
www.protocol.com/policy/onlyfans-visa-mastercard
Weed companies will replace the porn companies but I’m not sure what will replace the weed companies
IFHT was so ahead of the time
Condemning someone for their opinions is crazy. How many passionate persuasive people have been in the end completely wrong? Lots. Facts are perspectives and feelings are bullshit. Even your idea of who you are is completely different than every single person you’ve spent time with. Every atrocity was driven by people thinking they were correct. How many times have you redirected or flipped on something you fully believed. Conversation and disagreements are great. Trying to prove someone else is wrong isn’t that. Point being. Dude signs with a website that’s known for pornography. They are working hard to change that, or not! Maybe they just need mountain bikes to were the logo and advertise. Who cares, don’t use the website if it hurts your feelers.
…..and kicked off norco!!!
Just state facts dude, your sponsors didnt want associated with OF. And no matter how you dress it, free bikes > buying them yourself.
Seems to me like @norcobicycles love shunting athletes the first chance they get
Bella Thorne made 1 milion in 1 day!
This is real business... other sponsors are like a local grocery store on a shirt.
m.pinkbike.com/news/video-world-cup-racer-stefan-garlicki-is-back-after-breaking-both-hips.html
The future is near.
"OnlyFans is a subscription-based social media platform where all sorts of athletes, celebrities, chefs, musicians and even doctors can share exclusive content and engage with their fans on a more personal level"
OnlyFans is a porn site... end of story...
I guess the money is good, but I am sorry Mr Garlicki you are selling out...
Maybe missing the biggest segment of onlyfans 'content creators' there Stefan
Jeezus.
shouldn't by his standards the religion should clean up all it nonsense before it continues to exist.
shouldn't he then stop using internet to blast out his opinions since like hisn opinions porn is free on the internet?
mpora.com/mountainbiking/third-biggest-porn-website-world-xhamster-sponsors-italian-mountain-bike-team-promosport-racing
Asked for a friend.
as it pertains to mtb, most pro riders are already scraping by as it is. no one is getting rich here. as long as it isnt some saudi blood money, i don't really care who it's with.
We live in a big world and there is someone out there willing to pay money for literally anything you can think of. Even if this wasn’t a free only fans, mountain bikers have a hard time making money exclusively by riding a bike, so why are you bashing someone (who likes bikes just like you do) when they’re just trying to make ends meet while doing what they love?
You’re the one whose making a joke of themselves.
Yeah, I'm nit picking a bit but anything sub based is 18+.
Actual, real life prostitutes are morally superior, as they at least provide something real, and should probably be legalized.
Onlyfans prostitutes should have all of their assets confiscated and refunded to their victims, and should be sentenced to death by the government (legally, and with due process). This would also apply to employees of the Onlyfans corporation, and similar sites. An example needs to be made, and we don't need more shitty people taking up space.
"That's just your opinion doesn't mean you're right"
These are the words of a coward, who doesn't actually believe the things that he says.
Some people are right, and some people are wrong.
Better yet don't and just move on if it bothers you so much