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Lives in: Boulder, CO USA
Member since: 04/21/12
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Liked a comment on the item Introducing 'Frameworks' Featuring Neko Mulally
Liked a comment on the item 20" Tuesday - Kris Fox, Fiend BMX in SLC, Dirt Jumps With the S&M Crew
Kris Fox riding bowls is a masterclass. So much speed / amplitude
Liked a comment on the item Eddie Masters Thinks the UCI Is Suffocating Downhill Racing
Thanks for the feedback team. One point which might not have been crystal clear in my article. If you cant get the points, you enter via the national jersey. Then travel to your first world cup and if all the stars align and you qualify for finals. Then, in my opinion you have...more
Liked a comment on the item Eddie Masters Thinks the UCI Is Suffocating Downhill Racing
We think alike, Eddie! The ESC dumped UCI and USAC and banned tearoffs long ago.
Then attendance exploded.
Liked a comment on the item Eddie Masters Thinks the UCI Is Suffocating Downhill Racing
Brilliant points, Eddie. Well-argued and written. I'd love to see more of your work here and on other sites when the topic strikes.
Liked a comment on the item Handmade in Germany, Crossworx Cycles Presents the Dash 275
Looking good, but who chose those colour names? Obese orange?
Liked a comment on the item The Inside Line Listener Response - The Bermification of Mountain Biking?
a good bike park (WBP) will have a good combination.
Liked a comment on the item The Inside Line Listener Response - The Bermification of Mountain Biking?
That was a good listen! I am a bit surprised to hear so many people automatically equate "flow" with "easy". When I think of flow, I think of A-Line and Dirt Merchant in Whistler - wide enough to drive a truck down, lots of berms, lots of tables, but in no way shape or...more
Liked a comment on the item The Inside Line Listener Response - The Bermification of Mountain Biking?
I have a deep affection for ALL mountain bike trails, from the prehistoric fall line dinosaur trails I learned on to the newest, most blown out and unmaintained green circle flow trail.
Liked a comment on the item On eMTB's and Mountain Bikes
For an opinion post and one of the more relevant mountainbikesites, and you being a journalist, this article is surprisingly biased. I've been drawn by your headline because I recently had a conversation where my point was just that. E-Mountainbiking is just not the same as traditional biking. Therefore it's a...more
Liked a comment on the item On eMTB's and Mountain Bikes
Seems to me that the whole thing will always be debated, and that's the end of the story. There will ever be consensus, and that's fine.
Just because there are cranks, some people will believe ebikes are mountian bikes. Some people, on the other hand, believe any addition of power will make it a motorcycle. Do...more
Liked a comment on the item On eMTB's and Mountain Bikes
To me this your piece was about reclassifying ebikes as a different sport, as read in the title. On that we don’t agree at all. A bicycle with a tiny motor is still a bicycle in my opinion. To me your piece feels more like a skier back in the day not likening snowboards on the mountain, and advocating for...more
Added a comment about feature On eMTB's and Mountain Bikes
Your article was enlightening. I have been struggling to understand the antipathy towards e-bikes and I think you've highlighted it - culture. There would appear to be a feeling that e-bikes don't fit an idealized notion of mountain bike culture and might bring people to the trails who aren't like “us" - who might drive a Porsche and not know who Steve Peat is. While I'm not excited for the trails to be more crowded either, living in the US, I think I've had my fill of culture wars and political tribalism the last few years and would rather at least attempt to understand or accept than just loudly hate. Even if “we” don’t like it, the trails are not the sole domain of those who ride enduro bikes (not the fuel burning ones that cut many of the trails from which they are now banned) and cliquish bullying is tiresome.
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Liked a comment on the item Vital MTB Social Scoop
This kind of post should be a regular feature of Vital for 2018. That way we know who is living large .... and who is acting like a dam fool. Is Gwin gonna have a LearJet this summer too? Or Is he the MC Hammer of MTB ?
Liked a comment on the item Value DH Project: Building The Best Downhill Bike For Your $$$
Shimano Zee groupset all-around!! Impressive stuff at an incredible price. The brakes are just amazing!!
Liked a comment on the item Value DH Project: Building The Best Downhill Bike For Your $$$
SR Suntour RUX fork should be a serious option given the recent review here and the price!
Liked a comment on the item How To Be A Mountain Biker In 29 Steps
It's fundamentally impossible to wear out the word "rad."
Liked a comment on the item Red Bull Rampage 2013 Shaping Up - Course Photos and Videos
Hey Scott - I'm 30 years old and used to live in Utah, I've been to the old site and have walked around it. I have followed Rampage from the first year they did it when I was a senior in high school. I've been riding mountain bikes since 1996 and I'm not a hack... well I'm still a hack.
I just don't want...more
Liked a comment on the item Introducing 'Frameworks' Featuring Neko Mulally 1/5/2022 8:24 PM
can't wait to watch this.