jbam19

2013 Wilson+Stevie Smith what a damn season that was...RIP Chainsaw

Trek 69er Single speed came stock with that fork, never will forget thinking that bike was UNIQUE

as someone who didnt even have a shop class in high school, I would never pay 500 bucks for cut plywood. Id pay 500 bucks for tools and materials to make the same thing and another one and another one and another one! Time to go buy a saw!

My favorite comment from another user on a different post “ Thing is, how I see it. I am am OK/goodish rider, I could ride down Most of Boggs, Senunuk, Silva's lines. I wouldn't be able to make the jumps or drops, but this isn't my point, but I could ride down them, such was their manicured bikeparkness... Brendogs, not so”…I would love to see someone attempt semenuks too to bottom on a slope bike to prove every arm chair judge right

@Vraiphil: now 2 random people posting videos doing brendogs run, one on a single crown 500 dollar enduro rig. Haven’t seen anyone attempt semenuks lilly pad yet ‍♂️

"Thing is, how I see it. I am am OK/goodish rider, I could ride down Most of Boggs, Senunuk, Silva's lines. I wouldn't be able to make the jumps or dops"- lol no you couldnt, and you are talking about maybe a total of 100 ft total adding the sections between one jump to the next drop on semenuks run because 95% of his run was literally jumps and drops. Oddly you seem to be leaving out Brendog who had some very easy connecting points anyone of you armchair experts could ride, and comparing the 2 runs, there is no doubt in my mind you could ride more of brendogs line than semenuks line. "He had a raw run with a little kicker to aid him to compress immediately to keep what speed he had, to flip a canyon."- This is just incorrect, the little kicker where he did a small no hander didnt aid in giving him speed for the canyon flip, in fact if you rewatch his run he comes to a near complete stop after riding out of that little jump on a very long, unexposed section of trail before turning and riding another long straight away to the canyon flip jump. All the speed needed for the canyon flip came after the turn. Brendog was slightly under scored yes. Could you do "most" of semenuk's run, heck no. Thanks for the laugh.

@HeatedRotor: Its no different than anything else in MTB like drivetrains, suspension or brakes. Whatever the manufacturer can get for the cheapest and proper spec they will go for.Tons of companies like orbea, transition, YT and santa cruz offering bikes and using 2 or 3 different motor manufacturers - all of them are still using shimano on at least one model, its a good product with lots of shop support

seems like it was primarily mechanicals, maybe he liked the frame and didnt like the stray away from when they ran enve wheels for example. Additonally when a rider at a pro level is contracted/sponsored they arent gunnasay the bike they are currently riding and the company who is paying their bills is gunna be bad till they have moved on.

Dude is an absolute class act. He was so kind to me and my family in loudenville last year. we only had a day, I happened to get on the gondola with him out of chance and had an insane conversation about anything and everything. I never fan boyed till that day and it was so awesome how kind and friendly he was. Now seeing he was goin through the stress and struggle of a rough season makes me appreciate him even more

Ratboy at hardline, and I assume because it's a redbull event we will have Rob Warner announcing- stoked