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I feel sorry for that poor GT.

Was able to listen to this podcast on my way back from Windrock National.

I think what we learned is the question to ask now is:

"How long before Pinkbike calls Charlie & offers him a column and he just accepts it without approaching Vital for a counter offer?"

Thanks Charlie and Spomer for making this happen and for the insights and personal touch! I knocked this out a week ago on solo snowy ride.

One thing I'll throw out there re: depression and tackling it is to understand that some people struggle to get off the couch and get all the other helpful pieces of the puzzle in order (eating and sleeping well, exercise, social interactions, etc) without pharmaceutical help and that absolutely needs to be considered when they consult a professional and shouldn't be frowned upon. Use all the tools that are available to help you take control of your life and tweak the formula as necessary.

Also, get off the fkn smart phone!

Got to this one a bit late as I knew I needed to give it some time. I really got a lot out of it and it's been my fav inside line podcast so far. The depression thing from pushing to hard had a few people in the shop listening close, even the roadies.

Also, the "Watching Kranked 5 and NWD every day" part reminded me of being 17. Good one guys.

Massive huck to flat in that pic....brutal

hikers

For what? I can say I've literally never said "I wish I had a knife" on the side of the trail.

I can just picture the scene now. Sam comes home to a wife in tears.

Wife: I found your son behind the shed... experimenting with clipless pedals.
Sam: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo

A medium man doesnt grow. HAHA. A lot of no bullshit answers from mr Hill.

@boaz But shop employees aren't snagging GG frames at EP either.

Was pretty much part of the release, their team riders 'preferred' the feeling of alloy vs carbon for the compliance. of course, as far as we know, there was no carbon version to compare it to. I think we should be happy that a company like Trek is releasing these bikes now, I would absolutely love to justify buying one.

i bet this bike absolutely rips. Something i am very curious of is how does a company successfully tell its customer that this alloy bike is now their fastest/best dh bike yet, while over the past 10 years they have told their customer that you NEED carbon. i get all the factors about production for a niche market, and how carbon is mostly marketing, just interesting to completely shift away from OCLV to alloy. I have always preferred alloy bikes anyway.

He certainly Shattered the dreams of all the carbon demo fanboys.

Legend! Crazy to think he was so close to 3 more elite world championships (one as a junior!!!).