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Marshall Willanholly Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
9/2/2021 8:48am
User name checks out.
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bizutch Liked a comment about News Story RESULTS - 2021 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Downhill
8/31/2021 4:56pm
If only the cameraman in the right hander had a lens wipe.
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EBlackwell Liked a reply to forum topic Snowshoe World Cup DH Finish Feature
8/26/2021 1:17pm
As a life-long wood feature hater I am against this both on a principled basis and on a case specific basis, haha. Wood features are bad generally, and this wood feature looks especially bad. This is a WC downhill track, not a slopestyle course, and this feature looks downright dangerous at WC DH speeds (arm chair expert rant over). On a more positive note, quading this would be insane to see.
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bstens Added a reply to Snowshoe World Cup DH Finish Feature
8/26/2021 10:10am Quad god? Edit: It is at the top of the hill before you start gaining crazy speed into the finish. Probably still too much speed exiting the woods (triple) before coming into this feature. Seems like more time should be spent trying to get entry for all the privateers and media and not on a feature
bstens Added a comment about feature Charlie Sponsel - The Inside Line Podcast
2/24/2021 11:37am
Been waiting for this one for a while! I hope there's some difficult questions but won't be let down if it's just the normal stuff.
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bstens Added a comment about video McGnarly Farm Jam 2020
2/22/2021 8:48am
Internet gold. This dude kills it!!
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Losifer Liked a comment about Feature MTB ADVICE!! with Team Robot - ANSWERS #1
1/11/2021 1:35pm
"Jeff Bezos has two feet and two hands, but he isn’t a human being." Top notch. Maybe the toppest of all conceivable notches. If I may offer a pared-down version of the answer (knowing full well that I am likely to be roasted and then have the charred flesh torn from my bones,) the suck comes from an overwrought ideal of individualism. Dare I say neoliberalism? We're not the only ones out there enjoying the trails, and our amusement is never more important than anyone else's right to enjoy the trails.
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bstens Added a comment about feature MTB ADVICE!! with Team Robot - ANSWERS #1
1/11/2021 9:42am
Does this mean the great Rolf Van Sosen, the account manager at Bellevue firm EquiMidas Equity Management and Investment Capital Strategies, LLC, is not as sick as a mountain biker his instagram account portrays him to be?
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TEAMROBOT Liked a comment about video Dream loam tracks in 'Farmer on Patrol 3'
1/4/2021 1:13pm
My favorite loamy trail is Dirt Merchant.
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bstens Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
1/4/2021 10:30am Maybe it's just a different link to extend travel?
Matt Dogg Liked a comment about bike check Last glen mx **** carbon.
11/30/2020 10:47am
Nice build except for the obvious. Hey Sethius, because I don’t want you to die I can probably find a half used front tire in the garage that still has 2x the traction as that Ardent. I’d be happy to drop it in the mail gratis. And I ride an alu beauty too!
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TCKS Liked a reply to forum topic I don't like the direction of modern trail building
11/24/2020 3:29pm
Listen up Mr. Handsome Steak, I’m pretty sure I’ve told you at least a few times to pull the plug on that free market capitalist utopia, and move north to this socialist (read: communist) hell hole where our trails are so steep they are literally unsustainable, and our hands hurt from bombing down 1500 meter (read: a loooot of feet) descents. It’s horrible here, what I wouldn’t give for some breaking bumps and turns that aren’t classified as anti-berm. Also, totally agree with you.
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic I don't like the direction of modern trail building
11/16/2020 3:21pm
Hey StudBeefpile, this is Charlie Sponsel. I live in Silverdale and I'm on the board of Evergreen Westsound. I'm helping lead an Evergreen work team to "flowify" the trail Derailed right now, and I'd love to hear your feedback more in detail. Our goal was to make this blue beginner flow trail more fun for beginners and for expert riders, too. Sounds like you're not a big fan of the changes that are happening at Port Gamble. Please contact me at charliesponsel@gmail.com or, even better, give me a call at 503-819-XXXX. We always appreciate feedback, and even more than feedback...
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BHowell Liked a comment about Feature 10,000 Mountain Bikers Respond - 2020 Vital MTB Survey Results
11/9/2020 3:59pm
In the places I've lived/live, the trails go up, then they go down. In other words, I climb for X-miles and then descend for Y-miles. I prefer the rowdy, I only go up so I can go down. I've always called it "riding" or "mountain biking." The only time I've "enduro" rode was in an enduro race. Long way of saying that I am on the same page as you. That said... I think our friends overseas (Europe) refer to "enduro" trails as the rowdy bits. Different names, same sport.
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bstens Added a reply to Scout vs SB140 vs similar bikes
11/9/2020 3:55pm I agree with the Robot on pretty much all accounts. You'll burn through $2k in accessories before you can blink. I also support going with Simon at Fluidride - I had a 2-hour coaching lesson from him 8 years ago and to this day I use the techniques gained from that. Other things to consider - Transition is somewhat local...
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic Scout vs SB140 vs similar bikes
11/9/2020 3:49pm
Welcome to Washington! I think you've got the right idea when it comes to amount of travel, but I would highly encourage you to not spend that much money if you're riding the green and blue lines at Duthie. I'm a former pro downhill racer and I would never spend that much on a bike, because I think the benefits are so small. The difference between SLX and XTR is almost nothing. Ditto for GX and XX1. Even Deore and NX bikes are totally rideable. You'll end up replacing a few things due to personal preference (taller/shorter bars, different tires...
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bstens Added a comment about feature 10,000 Mountain Bikers Respond - 2020 Vital MTB Survey Results
9/15/2020 2:27pm
Forgive me for not wanting to google this idea but just to throw it out there.. I would never say I'm going "enduro riding", even though I'm on a Norco Sight with 8" rotors, DH/DD casing tires, pointing downhill and wearing a full face helmet. I'd say I'm going trail riding. If I put light ass XC tires and a half shell, I'm still going for a trail ride. Is this just a cultural difference? Not only have I never said I'm enduroing, I've never heard a friend say that. I thought that enduro is an event not a type...
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bstens Added a reply to PSA: Rockshox lower leg
7/29/2020 8:30am I rebuilt my Lyrik last week after running it since April (installing the new Debonair kit). Fork lowers had what would be expected (10CCs) of oil in 'em. Definitely a good thing to check on, it's easy to do a lower service, but maybe not as pervasive as we're lead to believe?
bstens Added a comment about video ONE LAP - Angel Fire Bike Abuse with the New ZEB and Dave Camp
7/7/2020 1:20pm
YEAHHHH BUDDY
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic Bentonville, Arkansas, Trademarks *Mountain Biking Capital of the World*
7/2/2020 7:56am
“TEAM ROBOT stakes claim that headlines like this are officially considered clickbait.”
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