mickey

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2/19/2010

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mickey Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

4/16/2025 7:23am

I am old enough to have worked at a bicycle factory that manufactured bikes with the hayes 22mm mount, and old enough to have competed in stock trials, slalom and XC with a 22mm post mount. Afaik, every bike we manufactured with the 22mm mounts cracked at the chainstay, where the boss was mitered and welded in, and most of...

jonkranked Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation

4/16/2025 4:56am

"tell me you started riding within the last 5 years without telling me you started riding within the last 5 years." all joking aside, yes its an older compound. while a good compound, definitely not used as much anymore, as maxxis has since released better offerings.

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mickey Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

4/10/2025 7:58am

Just your daily reminder that the Chinese civil war never ended and that the USA has propped up the Taiwanese government since it’s inception. The US is rapidly unveiling new autonomous weapon systems tailored to create a “kill mesh” of massive drone swarms in the Taiwan strait. The People’s Republic Navy and Airforce are regularly conducting mock invasion drills, and...

chriskief Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

4/7/2025 4:43pm

So they got the math wrong? 🤣 https://www.axios.com/2025/04/06/trump-tariffs-error-aei

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notanengineer Liked a reply to forum topic The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

4/4/2025 5:22pm

Thanks for sharing. I mostly agree but especially on the meritocracy aspect. One thing I've noticed over my career, though, is that the American advantage of creativity and/or education is waning/disappearing/gone. It takes a brief look into the graduating classes at STEM programs at US schools, or even chatting about in a F500 work place, or even a gander on LinkedIn. Top talent is no longer solely American and if we are to follow meritocracy, than Americans will begin to no longer fill out the key positions in American firms as the process continues. Even for the top talent that...

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Blake_Motley Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk

4/4/2025 10:18am

So they’re using AI to try and recreate the brains of Rob Warner and Mikey Haderer

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Grumbly Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Race Talk

4/4/2025 9:38am

No, now we'll get a insta text reel from Martin after the event pointing out the stats AI hallucinated during the broadcast.

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mickey Added a reply to 2025 Race Talk

4/4/2025 5:54am

So, they are replacing texting Martin Whitely questions about history with generative ai? Last time i checked, the majority of mtb history is of yet unwritten. Now WBD can more effectively steal from our forum posts though!

mickey Added a reply to 2025 Monster Pro DH #1 Ride Rock Creek

4/3/2025 6:41am

I was out lapping the park all day with quebecois kids. Conditions were primo. Rock Creek dirt loves moisture.

mickey Added a reply to 2025 Tennessee National DH at Windrock

4/3/2025 4:12am

The very first TN national we ran, nearly 10 years ago, had a spectator path. That’s super disappointing to hear that the new management overlooked an absolutely vital thing.

CarolinaCrawler Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Tennessee National DH at Windrock

4/3/2025 4:09am

One thing about windrock is the track was amazing but there was NO spectator path whatsoever. It was terrible and down right dangerous to walk beside the track.

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jstuhlman Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Team Rumors

4/3/2025 4:01am

butch is just mad because he's got exponentially more excuses than podiums.

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mickey Added a reply to 2025 Monster Pro DH #1 Ride Rock Creek

4/1/2025 4:02pm

Hey Spomer, Rent a frameworks endurobike and do some bikepark laps tomorrow with all us locals taking a Wednesday off to shred. So much excellent NC goodness on that hill that isn’t between the tape this week!

NY_Star Liked a reply to forum topic 2025 Tennessee National DH at Windrock

3/31/2025 6:50am

It cant be understated how slippery conditions like that can be. Would rather it be a complete washout with a downpour then a little rain over dry and dusty.

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mickey Added a reply to 2025 Tennessee National DH at Windrock

3/31/2025 6:50am

The old trailbuilding staff used to go through and chop the ground up in key sections to make it looser before the event- the new management seems to have run a plate compactor down some of those same sections. Titus’s crash reel from yesterday kinda highlights that, eh?

mickey Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

3/27/2025 7:05am

Corporate. These stations usually have more than 100 gas pumps. Selling gas is a lot like selling complete bikes, no margins. Merch and to some extent foodservice is how they manage to pay workers. In South Carolina, they actually closed a public rest area on i95 to make room for a bucee’s near myrtle beach.

mickey Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

3/27/2025 6:27am

Bucee’s is a a consumer cult that is all about buying branded merch with the beaver character on it. A Texas-based corporation, they have just expanded to the southeast in the last few years. People who generally aren’t into consumerism(like the women who live in my house) somehow find Buceee’s merchandise to be hilarious. Swimsuits, hats, fleece blankets for every...

mickey Added a reply to The Bikeconomics (Mega)Thread

3/27/2025 5:21am

The BucEee’s wage signs get shared pretty dang often by people I know in the bicycle industry. It’s shameful how little margin is available to pay employees in the retail end of the bike bussiness. anecdotally, The number of newer shops that I’ve seen pop up that are organized as loss-leading tax dodges for wealthy folks still isn’t moving the...