gregtallica

Yeah, some of us have really deep butt cracks.

$20 for a PinkBike tee? Nice! *cooks ramen, continues to pretend he has money *

What are you talking about, those are the best reasons to ride a bike!

Not sure if this is funnier read as "a big ass dildo" or "a big ass-dildo." The emphasis allows your comment to be funny for plenty of reads.

I don't comment much because I'm not a very good, I just like to watch the videos, but I wanted to comment on the "No wood" opinion. As a mountain biker now, I agree. I get a thrill off watching them shred the natural drops and self made trails and jumps dug out of the dirt. However, it was about 2-3 years ago watching a Red Bull Rampage that got good coverage because of the wood features. That got me into mountain biking. I don't think it would get the coverage it does if it didn't have that ridiculous sender. It created a focal point that, as a non-mtb viewer, had me even more interested in watching. Every run I'd be watching to see if they'd hit the big silly sender or not. It was watching this program that actually got me into riding. Now, when I watch, and as someone that understands the sheer talent of just riding and dropping those spines, I could care less if they hit all the wood features. The wood features pull in viewership and attention that in my opinion wouldn't be there otherwise. In order for events like this to grow, it kind of need the silly balance of the wood features to draw in spectators.

I'm not nearly cool enough to ride a bike that nice, but luckily for me you don't have to shred to be able to donate.

Seriously... how do they get the bike to stand up on it's own so well?

I'm new to the sport, and so are those I'm riding with. I spent $600 on a 2009 Sortie 1. It has everything I need to ride any trail that is not beyond my ability. The people I ride with are the same, brand new, their abilities are pretty limited. Yet... they made sure to get brand new "entry level" giants at $2800... and I'm seriously wondering how in the hell those bikes are going to allow them to have $1200 worth of fun more than I'm going to have when we ride together? If you have the money... more power to you. But the more I learn about bikes and this sport, I just can't even figure out how my bike even pedals since it cost 1/8 of a popular bike from the current year.

I'm sensing a lot of hurt balls and over-handlebar highlights in our future.

No. as a consumer, and as someone who doesn't buy bikes often, no, it shouldn't matter. If you have riders who ALWAYS have to have the newest model of bike simply because "IT'S 2014 NOW!" then I'll gladly reap the benefits of them selling their old bike that, to me, is still relevant as long as it pedals and feels good between my legs (lol). I don't think that bikes depreciate too much over a few years, I think value depreciation simply comes from how outdated that version of the bike is. Innovation continues, and if the sucker who bought a bike two years ago can't ride his bike anymore simply because it's two years old, then let him spend another $10k on the brand new year model. I imagine the guy who put that bike together at the factory could use the paycheck.