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marco222 edspratt's article

Oct 13, 2024 at 1:26

Oct 13, 2024

Brendan Fairclough Releases Statement After Finals Run at Red Bull Rampage 2024

Red Bull wants the judging to go a certain way. Those Rampage clips are running over and over at our local McDos. Rampage in consequence is NOT a contest in empty space. It is a venue that aims at generating a product that in turn makes money. Having footage of huge flips in such an unreal scenery works best for joe average's stoke factor. The judges are part of the Red Bull machine, I believe their margin of freedom to judge is not that big. Do you think they come for free? And yes, in the eyes of many rides, myself included, Brendog did get robbed!

marco222 sarahmoore's article

May 30, 2024 at 11:55

May 30, 2024

Canyon Gap Removed from 2024 Red Bull Hardline

Redbull simply does not give a fuck about the rider's health. But, in a world where sponsorship is scarce and no one wants to leave burned bridges, most pros need to follow along. You never know what door you need to knock on next year for having your bills paid.

marco222 Dario-DiGiulio's article

Aug 10, 2023 at 21:31

Aug 10, 2023

Pinarello Releases New Dogma XC Hardtail

When a pure MTB company makes a gravel bike, it might not work out that well. But, here we have a 100% road focussed company and well, what does that look like?

marco222 christinachappetta's article

Apr 27, 2023 at 10:16

Apr 27, 2023

Video: The Most Unique Bikes We Could Find In California - Daily Driver Bike Checks

Fuck man, nobody knows about MT. Tam being the birthplace of MTB?

marco222 henryquinney's article

Feb 23, 2023 at 10:04

Feb 23, 2023

Opinion: Why Weight Doesn't Matter

Just get that Alloy frame from Transition or better from Santa Cruz, those will take good care of adding more than a little weight.

marco222 TransitionBikeCompany's article

Feb 17, 2023 at 12:22

Feb 17, 2023

Meet The All New Transition Smuggler

The old Smuggler, especially the 2nd version was a groundbreaking bike to me. It had tons of quirks: Alloy was heavy af, suspension super linear, small tire clearance, dent in the seat tube limiting dropper posts... but it rode superb and believe it or not: you could get the frame for almost cheap. To me, that made it the rider's bike par excellence. New Transition rivals Yeti and others in pricing. I think they could drop their funky marketing as being the grass roots company with the NX Alloy coming in at 5000. That is a lot of money and almost double of a Spectral 125 which is better equipped. Sad to see in a way.

marco222 edspratt's article

Dec 15, 2022 at 8:41

Dec 15, 2022

Majority Stake in Vittoria Acquired by Private Equity Group

... growth ... bla ... global ... bla ... market ... bla

marco222 mattwragg's article

Jun 11, 2021 at 11:44

Jun 11, 2021

Opinion: The Rules of Mountain Biking

Ebikess = Trail Viagra! There should be more love on the trails, less performance. Just doing something longer/faster doesn't make it better.

marco222 brianpark's article

Mar 19, 2021 at 13:21

Mar 19, 2021

Staff Ride: Brian's '10 Year' RAAW Madonna V2 Project Bike

@TheLoamDeranger: Absolutely. Also that is a shame at the end.

marco222 brianpark's article

Mar 18, 2021 at 9:01

Mar 18, 2021

Staff Ride: Brian's '10 Year' RAAW Madonna V2 Project Bike

Cool project. 10 years is like many lifetimes in the world of actions sports. Just @brianpark: didn't you just do an E-bike commercial? To me, E-bikes are the epitome of disposability.

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