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In all sports, people are obsessed with the thought of when a legend/future hall of famer is going to retire. From this video and his AMA on the other site among a number of other interviews its always "When are you going to retire?". I don't get it... I'm tuning in to watch Minnaar race World Cups every time, hope the guys around for years more. I guess I just don't get the fascination with it

Spomer and Jeff, you sound *exactly* like Lance apologists circa 2007. Which is funny, because Jeff has already admitted to being a Lance apologist circa 2007. "Why would Lance risk it all by doping? He wouldn't. He's an incredible rider in the first place so he doesn't need to dope, plus he's such a down-to-earth likable guy. I trust him." People are competitive and weird, and they don't all share your values. When people can cheat, a lot of people will cheat. Not all people, but a lot of people. BUT NO ONE WOULD CHEAT IN MOUNTAIN BIKING, WE'RE ALL...

Nothing is more sped up than 'Slice of British Pie' and 'Slice of shite 2' or whatever it is called. If you have to speed it up then the footage is shit! Fact!

I want to see actual videos. No "you figure it out" games, I mean seriously - people spend all day on the Internet whining about stuff... but when it domes down to the actual why are people so afraid to link who they're calling out? Like... what's the original video person going to do to you anyways?

Alright well didn’t mean to get all up in arms but I think Gwin is telling the truth. Maybe it wasn’t the most thought out press release but those look like third gen e13 cranks. Either way I still wouldn’t run them or any carbon crank for that matter. Ti is the way to go but not affordable.

Agreed- changing "my mechanic" to "we" would have made a lot of this fiasco (if not all of it) not a fiasco. Much of people's anger arose from this part of his post. When we communicate through mediums where we only have text, choosing the correct words is of the utmost importance. We don't have body language, tone of voice, personal immediacy, etc. We literally just have our words and our message will be interpreted and judged solely on the words we select. The importance of this is compounded even more given that these threads/posts can stay around forever...

I’d rather you lied to us and not publicly pointed your finger at John. It doesn’t have to be anyone’s fault, it’s just part of racing @ the top level. The End.

Here is a better version of dealing with a broken part in a public race on Instagram: Hey Guys, Racing is tough on bikes and riders. Some cases you can't simulate in FEM (picture of a FEM simulation of a crank). So here we go, overshooting the last jump wasn't the best idea, but who wants to brake. The results of this special test will let you ride even safer with new products.

thanks for chiming in, aaron. it's crazy this whole ordeal turned into such chaos and wasted time. i woke up this morning to a billion texts and emails about all the drama. when the vid was posted yesterday, i didn't know it was a "leaked" video. i also chalked it up to "world cup riders are gnarly. they do gnarly things. they break stuff," and figured that the rest of the mtb community had the same reasonable way of thinking. i knew some people may comment on the crank break, but the newsworthiness of the video was that you hurt...

Exactly, the criticism of it being posted is childish and petty. Especially when it's the same outlet that has given so much favorable coverage to Gwin over the years, all the way back to the Yeti days. Its a cell phone video from a public race. It wasn't someone flying a drone over a wall and getting video from a secret test session.

WWJTUTB - Who would Jesus throw under the bus?