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I was trying to hang on until he went with 'generation who dont understand where the sport comes from' and even worse the 'generation Z stereotypes'. Sadly, I can gauge a lot about his OWN narrative (if he wants to talk about stereotypes) within those statements. Also bringing up times when the money was honestly pretty good. The ECONOMY was pretty good. Is sliiightly disingenuous. Not to take the nuance out of the statement. But Having worked in the action sports industry myself, I remember what 2005-2010 was like. Even for BMX which is usually lower on the totem pole...

one takeaway from that linkedin post is that these kinds of "stunts" essentially threaten to make an already challenging business model unsustainable. my counterpoint to that is that if event host / organizers run the competition with the expectation that some/many of the riders will take a net financial loss in order to participate, then the business model is already unsustainable.

one thing that really stuck out to me is that they (crankworx) already provide catering (meals) to event staff, yet they exclude the athletes from it. if feeding an extra 2 dozen or so people (athletes/competitors) is that cost prohibitive then why feed anyone in the first place? it also sounds like these have been on-going discussions for at least a year, if not longer. this wasn't a bunch spoiled riders just showing up and having a tantrum like some people seem to assume, this was the end result of a long term effort to bring about change and improvement...

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that the people who already didn't like unions mostly sided with the Crankworx organizers and the people who already liked unions agreed with the athletes. Call it a hunch.

I think, to steer the convo better, lets really really really not compare slopestyle bicycle riding to the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, F1, literally anything that absolutely dwarfs our disciplines COMBINED in terms of money power. I don't even know why these points are being brought up. Rogatkin is doing fine. The RIDERS collectively bargained and the top earners effectively took a PAY CUT to stand up for the wild cards and riders less likely to earn any money due to final position. I'm sure they don't give a flying fuck if the eventual pay comes from the city, red...

Thibaut is biting his tongue holding the truth back.

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Switch back to 26 and get the intense Dh tires. Pinch proof

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I know this is kind of off-topic, but wanted again to share the appreciation for the vital slideshow. You inspired me (a proper millennial with short attention span) to re-think the way I consume content, and provided a level of depth and quality of both images and interviews that I will really miss. Thanks to the whole team for the amazing stuff, Littermag/Vital remains a sanctuary.

I also want to thank you guys for the slideshows over the years and to let you know how much I enjoyed them. I always loved when the background music would crank up and the slides with audio interviews. They will be fondly remembered up there with Litter Mag Off Track Betting...