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thom stephanepelletier's article

Jun 4, 2026 at 11:59

Jun 4, 2026

Throwback Thursday: 'Life Cycles' - The Greatest Mountain Bike Movie Ever Made?

@kevman: 100%, that's the greatest shot in any mountain bike movie ever.

thom stephanepelletier's article

Jun 4, 2026 at 11:58

Jun 4, 2026

Throwback Thursday: 'Life Cycles' - The Greatest Mountain Bike Movie Ever Made?

RTTH, Collective, Seasons, Kranked 3-5, NWD 1-3 are all on my Mt Rushmore of movies.

thom stephanepelletier's article

Sep 25, 2025 at 10:22

Sep 25, 2025

Durango to Host 2030 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

HBcutthecoursein1990

thom mkem's article

Feb 11, 2025 at 14:18

Feb 11, 2025

Miranda Miller: It's Time to Change How We Talk About Injuries in Mountain Biking

I remember riding at PA one day in practice and for the first time ever thinking "Holy shit, this is really dangerous." I retired from racing later that year. One of the parts that isn't really discussed with extreme sports is the frontal lobe development of people and the understanding and acceptance of risk. I was in my late 20's when I realized what we were doing was a bit dangerous. It took 10 broken bones, multiple concussions, a few surgeries, etc before I figured that part out. Your average 16 year old absolutely isn't capable of that thought, but will have to live with any potential consequences of their actions. To be honest, I'm surprised we haven't seen more horrific injuries or worse at world cup/hardline/rampage level events.

thom seb-stott's article

Aug 2, 2024 at 13:16

Aug 2, 2024

Pinkbike Poll: Should Downhill Bikes Have More Than 200 Millimeters of Travel?

@TEAM-ROBOT: If we want to get into design specifications for control surface stiffness at various load cases based on specific mission requirements...

thom mattbeer's article

Feb 10, 2023 at 10:26

Feb 10, 2023

11 Innovative Products That Inspired Other Brands To Follow

@norcalbike: The first one I remember was Nathan Rennie using bar extenders due to his size. Production wide bars started to follow.

thom jamessmurthwaite's article

Apr 11, 2022 at 18:49

Apr 11, 2022

10 Retro, Rare & Rad Bikes From Sea Otter Attendees

The Raven was such a sick bike for the time (and honestly, manufacturing technology wise, still sick today). I'd love to see an updated version with current geo and a decent shock.

thom jamessmurthwaite's article

Dec 7, 2021 at 12:55

Dec 7, 2021

Video: Dave McMillan Has a Beer Mid Race Run at the Crankworx Summer Series

at least. damn kids don't know history!

thom edspratt's article

Jun 4, 2021 at 16:40

Jun 4, 2021

UCI Releases Sustainabilitiy Guidelines as it Sets Goal to Become Carbon Neutral

Was this reported on RockyRoads.net? You know, the largest European cycling website that attracted 220,000 unique visitors a day? UCI can get bent...

thom mattwragg's article

Mar 18, 2021 at 19:34

Mar 18, 2021

Burning Question: What Constitutes Value From a Sponsored Athlete?

We were always told that for every 1 piece of product we were given, the company needed to sell 10 to make it worth it. That scaled to money as well, when you factor in what product costs them, the expectation was to sell a lot. It was always hard to justify what you were doing to sell that amount of product, but at the end of the day, a sponsored athlete is a sales person and nothing more. If you don't do something that increases sales, you're not worth it to the company.