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powturn ixsmtb's article
Mar 27, 2024 at 0:01
2 days
iXS Releases New Trigger X Helmet
They already make a half lid and this is not it. This is a minus-3/4 lid. All the sweaty minuses of FF padding around your ears, plus all the minuses of no chinbar. Adds up to a package only logic-impaired fashion victims would pay for.
powturn ixsmtb's article
Mar 26, 2024 at 23:54
2 days
iXS Releases New Trigger X Helmet
@FaahkEet: it is a thin, rubberized layer of matte clearcoat over the paint. It flakes off after even minor scrapes or abrasion. You can scratch it off with a fingernail about as easy as scratching latex ink off lottery ticket numbers. People at IXS put *zero* thought or testing into this choice of finish. My flaky-matte-finished orange Trigger FF breathes and fits great, but I won’t reward shoddy craftsmanship like this with another purchase.
powturn sarahmoore's article
Mar 24, 2024 at 0:40
Mar 24, 2024
Men's Category of Slopestyle Will Not Proceed - Crankworx Rotorua 2024 [Updated with Unified Slopestyle Athlete Statement]
@jsnfschr: Riders are asking for what they need to sustain professional careers in the sport, and it's not just money. Recognition of their value on a human & professional level in form of having a say on course conditions, wind, and start times is a central part of their collective stance. Their further demands are pretty modest in the grand scheme of things: appearance fees to cover travel, a modest increase in prize money, and basic hospitality in the form of catering. We're talking five to low six figures per event here. Will Crankworx & FMB open the books to give the riders an honest look at how big the pie truly is? The riders will never get a chance if they don't ask. Asking as a unified block *is the entire point,* not the exact number of zeros behind the dollar sign. The modest, 5-figure minimum salaries for ProTour cyclists are hardly "big money" by any standard, but they exist because road riders have unionized and the CPA negotiates to assure them a living wage. Slope riders aren't even aiming that high yet, but one thing is certain: they'll never get more out of those who organize and market their performances if they do not ask.
powturn sarahmoore's article
Mar 23, 2024 at 21:56
Mar 23, 2024
Men's Category of Slopestyle Will Not Proceed - Crankworx Rotorua 2024 [Updated with Unified Slopestyle Athlete Statement]
@pmhobson, @Brestling: Bingo, it's about the power of collective action, and this is a historic moment for MTB as a sport, which up 'till now has never managed to have an entire starting field unanimously refuse to provide a spectacle until sustainable, safe, & fair conditions are provided by those profiting from the spectacle. How did major-league stick & ball sports come to have such huge salaries? The players joined together for collective bargaining agreements. No top players, no top game. The majority of the posts above are fixated on what other sports are most analogous to MTB, but seem to miss the single most crucial parallel: Rogatkin & his unified field of Slopestyle riders have entered the arena of big-league *collective bargaining* that has elevated wages for every other sport whose athletes have employed the strategy. Will slope riders suddenly be earning NBA or F1 money? No, but they will be in a position to command a bigger piece of the pie that organizers & broadcasters have been keeping for themselves.
powturn mossa's article
Mar 18, 2024 at 11:51
Mar 18, 2024
Video: Dirt Sculpting Artist or Trail Builder in 'A Rideable Piece of Art'
@flowfiend: Will need to revisit: been a day since I hit Nevada City. Hoot & Scott's Flat/Drop are classics. BONC have done heroic job w/ Hoot upkeep given heavy traffic. Cool to hear they've expanded to the east w/ more ambitious flow zone.
powturn mossa's article
Mar 17, 2024 at 12:41
Mar 17, 2024
Video: Dirt Sculpting Artist or Trail Builder in 'A Rideable Piece of Art'
Hats off to the dreamers & artists, even if they inhabit a different world than mine. Here in NorCal, no amount of season-pass money can compel Vail to even repair mid-season, mid-berm craters at Northstar, much less give a rat's *ss about aesthetics, or even next season. Perhaps park connoisseurs can chime in with some exceptions to the regional rule, but I can't think of a single trail this size in the entire state of California that was built to look like this, and maintained to stay that way.
powturn NZMTBRally's article
Mar 16, 2024 at 15:32
Mar 16, 2024
Photo Story: Matt Fairbrother Wins NZ MTB Rally Entirely Self-Supported
It's not just the athleticism, Fairbrother embodies the ethos and spirit that forged this sport in ways we haven't seen in a single individual in a long, long time. Self-reliance, fortitude, sacrifice, adventure, risk, trailblazing. To see him breathe the full force of this spirit back into the specialized world of modern gravity racing makes this 40yr veteran of the sport grin like a kid as I get to my feet to applaud. Standing ovation kid!
powturn ForbiddenBike's article
Mar 11, 2024 at 15:19
Mar 11, 2024
Video: Rhys Verner Prepares for the 2024 EDR Season.
Quadruple: AT skier! Gotta skin up & ski down if you want to shoot backcountry snow!
powturn henryquinney's article
Mar 7, 2024 at 11:03
Mar 7, 2024
The Pinkbike Podcast: What Makes Your Bike YOURS
100% on frame wrap nonsense. Throw $$ & hours that could be spent riding to wrap an entire frame for privilege of never-ending replacement of stickers that curl up at corners & need replacing as soon they gouge & form glue boogers. Added benefit: if you paid more for "premium" carbon to drop weight, those stickers pork that beauty right back up to low-modulus weight. If you care about looks, touch up paint is cheap & easy to find. Laundering money for the helitape industry for a product that can't fend off real structural damage is absurd.
powturn RockyMountainBicycles's article
Mar 6, 2024 at 20:52
Mar 6, 2024
Video: 'Sardines & Singletrack' - Sam Schultz Rides the New Rocky Mountain Instinct
Yes, but idea of sharing a tent with a guy who eats nothing but sardines seriously frightens me.
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