tommyrod74
- Member since May 30, 2013
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Greensboro , North Carolina - 1 Followers
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tommyrod74 alicialeggett's article
Jan 27, 2023 at 16:42
Jan 27, 2023
I Crashed Hard - A Post-Injury Update from Alicia
LOVE LOVE LOVE to hear your progress!!! Praying for you and I know you'll be back to full speed sooner than later!
tommyrod74 mattbeer's article
Nov 8, 2022 at 10:12
Nov 8, 2022
Field Test: 6 Downcountry Bikes Go Up Against The Impossible Climb
@UtahBrent: I mean, tAllied fits to a "T" what they want the category to be, ideally. As someone wrote above, it would be a good race bike for XC races on trails like the Pinkbike staff ride regularly... but 99% of the XC racing population don't race on those types of trails, or even have regular access to them.
I got my Exie 4 weeks ago, rode it 3 times, then won the final local race of the year. For Lane's benefit, I am 48 but it was Cat 1 open, and 2nd and 3rd place were 16 and 24 years old, respectively. It's a very, very good race bike. It has remote lockouts but I never used them that day, no need.
tommyrod74 mattbeer's article
Nov 8, 2022 at 9:57
Nov 8, 2022
Field Test: 6 Downcountry Bikes Go Up Against The Impossible Climb
Double post, my bad.
tommyrod74 NOBLwheels's article
Nov 7, 2022 at 17:30
Nov 7, 2022
Video: XC Sucks with Lief Rodgers
Some of you guys are hilarious. Most of the quotes in the video were of people saying XC riders can't ride for crap. XC rider (granted, he rides other disciplines, but most of us who are any good at bikes do the same) rides XC bike on moderately aggressive terrain better than 95% of Pinkbike readers could do on a big bike and it doesn't prove anything because he races enduros as well (like many of us who race XC do) and it wasn't "an XC trail". I mean, if it goes up and down, and across country, it's kinda XC by definition.
Such a weird thing to hate on what the competitive side of the sport evolved from. Or maybe that's it - many want to pretend at being competitive but actually doing it requires work and discipline. And sometimes tight clothing.
Imagine being so insecure that you actually care what others ride or wear.
tommyrod74 mikelevy's article
Nov 3, 2022 at 10:57
Nov 3, 2022
Field Test: Allied Cycle Works BC40 - The Fun Race Bike
@SATN-XC: It's also what makes it possible to tag the controls on the top tube in a crash, as they showed in the video. The curvy top tube of my Exie prevents this, even with the stem slammed.
tommyrod74 mikelevy's article
Nov 3, 2022 at 6:25
Nov 3, 2022
Field Test: Allied Cycle Works BC40 - The Fun Race Bike
In the video, and the text, tons of references to how the bike stacks up vis-a-vis the Lapierre and the BMC, but only one passing mention of the Exie, and no direct comparison?
Seems like those two were the closest to what Downcountry was originally seen as by Levy, and (reading between the lines) that the Exie is their choice for racing first, fun second, and the reverse for the Allied... but again nothing actually stated as a direct comparison. Strange to omit that.
tommyrod74 seb-stott's article
Oct 5, 2022 at 12:02
Oct 5, 2022
BMC's All-New Fourstroke Has a Self-Dropping 'Automatic' Seatpost
@ReformedRoadie: this post right here is the one I love.
Selling
Sep 24, 2022 at 8:26
Sep 24, 2022
Santa Cruz Blur CC frame, Fox 34SC Performance Elite
$3500 USDI'm selling my 2022 Blur CC frameset now that the race season has ended. Raced 8 times, 5 wins, 3 2nd places. Great race bike, excellent condition. Was Ride Wrapped from the go; top tube has minor paint mark (pictured) from controls hitting once but zero damage and it's actually not visible until you get close and look. I've loved riding and racing this but new year, new team, new bike...
Includes Fox 34SC Performance Elite fork (FIT4 Damper), Fox DPS Performance Elite shock, and Chris King headset. Will include stock chain guide I never used.
To be totally clear - this ad is for frame, shock, fork, and headset only.
Will sell frame only (no fork) for $2900 plus shipping.
Open to reasonable offers, but I've priced this very fairly for what's on offer.
Please reach out with any questions. Buyer to pay shipping in US. Local pickup OK. Have other parts on hand (not pictured) if needed for your build, just ask.
tommyrod74 rossbellphoto's article
Aug 29, 2022 at 7:07
Aug 29, 2022
Photo Epic: Les Gets XC World Champs 2022
I just want to point out that 95% of the people who call Pidcock a "roadie" couldn't get that flat off a jump on the best day of their lives - much less on a 100mm XC bike with their heart rate pegged at 175 BPM. Like him or not, dude can ride a bike, ANY bike.
