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short and tall. Definitely not downcountry.

@BarryWalstead: I've had discussions with some of them. There was ZERO interest. Listen, my work is making better bikes. It's not fixing bicycle marketing in the world. You can do that but I'm old enough to know what a stupid that idea is. I'm cutting metal for prototypes. RIGHT NOW. What have you been doing?

@BarryWalstead: I'm not a brand. I'm Peter Verdone. I don't have a marketing department or budget because I'm not selling you anything. I've been playing this game online for the last 25 years, and I started 8n the industry 35 years ago.. I'm quite well known to anyone who has tried to study bike tech. They don't write my name but they grew up with my work in their search results. The point is, they aren't interested in bicycles. They are interested in marketing and advertising. That is the only thing of value...selling you crap. That pays their bills. All the media, youtubers, and influences. Sales. If that were not the case, we would see very different behavior. It's simply incentives and motivations.

@BarryWalstead: You're asking me to do their jobs? If they are so credible, shouldn't they understand what needs to be covered?

@ReformedRoadie: You would think that that would have happened a long time ago. Sadly, media outlets seem only interested in producing content for their advertisers. I've seen next to zero interest from those in the marketing industry. I'm not doing any advertising so I'm not interesting. This is telling, eh?!.

@BarryWalstead: If you aren't interested in high performance or improving your setup then you don't have to do that. It's obviously something that you don't want to put any effort into. Others do want higher performance and will do what it takes to get it. It's not many but they exist. I try to teach others what that is. Again, you aren't interested in that beyond reading my posts and feeling good that you're right because you own a bike. Fine. Very very few people will ever do more than buy crap at a store and feel good about that. That's never been me. You don't understand how valuable my information is. Fine. It's over your head. Lot's of people watch NASCAR. Few work developing F1 cars. That's how this is. It doesn't mean that I'm wrong. It just means that you like watching NASCAR. I'm doing the work. I've been at this a long time. I do the work and show it. I know a few others that put the work in as well. They have a portfolio of their work. Folks without that are just consumers.

@RonSauce: I've been off message boards for a few years. I'm just getting my dose of "these f@cking clowns" so that I stay away again. What he doesn't know is what's been going on in the backround and how sick it is. Ha.

@ReformedRoadie: You are asking stupid questions. It's like you are a child. Maybe you are as you seem to understand little about bikes and seem to think posting anonymously earns you anything but disrespect. I put my name on the ledger every day. People with real life names know mine. Nobody knows who you are. Maybe you need to learn how to be a man (or woman)? Men and women don't have to hide who they are.

@ReformedRoadie: You are speaking about things that you have absolutely no understanding of.