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toast2266 Liked a comment about Feature Op-Ed - DON’T SPOIL THE RESULTS IN THE TITLE
9/19/2019 10:59am
Yup. Vital posts spoilers in their headlines. Pinkbike doesn't. Which means I'll visit Vital in the days leading up to an event (because Vital Raw vids are the tits), but once the event has happened, I stick to Pinkbike until I've learned the results on my own terms. Shrug. It's no skin off my back. Seems like a dumb strategy for Vital that they're irrationally defensive of, but whatever.
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human powered suicide machine Liked a comment about Feature Op-Ed - DON’T SPOIL THE RESULTS IN THE TITLE
9/19/2019 10:57am
haha, this article rubs the readers the wrong way... I'm 100% with Peter. Come on Vital, don't try to avoid the blame for unethical behavior. Don't feel entitled because US readers offer you the privilege of our attention. It's a well-known rule if you are a professional journalist. Here is a little reminder for you: YOU SHALL NOT SPOIL THE RESULT OF ANY BIKE RACE* - The ban applies for 24 hours or 48 hours if race is on Saturday, Monday morning is fair game. - We use PST as a framework except if the race is in Hawaii or...
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styriabeef Added a comment about feature Op-Ed - DON’T SPOIL THE RESULTS IN THE TITLE
9/19/2019 10:07am
First - thx vital, thx Boris, thx Sven, thx Dan and all the others taking the effort to document every race weekend beginning from Pit setup, to track walk, to training to qualies to race. I soak everything up - if I have time - starting from Wednesday, eagerly waiting an updating your site on my phone. Also having kids and a job sometimes it's Sunday evening and I haven't seen anything - but still I'd like to have the build up. So reading the result in a headline why would I bother visit your awesome Slideshow anymore? Therefore you'd...
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styriabeef Added a comment about photo Gee Atherton with his Atherton Bikes Prototype DH
9/13/2019 1:10pm
Of course, Gee.
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styriabeef Added a comment about news story RESULTS - First-ever UCI e-MTB World Championships
8/30/2019 3:49pm
How did they qualify? 4 racers finishing in the women's. Wtf? Regardless of E, I don't think any sport with a 4racer deep field should have world championships. Men's with 40 isn't a lot neither. This is forced by the industry. I can't help it. Why, why do we do that. Please ignore it.
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Hollywood Gainey Liked a comment about News Story RESULTS - First-ever UCI e-MTB World Championships
8/30/2019 3:45pm
E-bike in headline : Your mind told your index finger to click the mouse. The question is..do you cut your finger off, or shoot your brains out?
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styriabeef Added a comment about video Loic Bruni Interviews Troy Brosnan - Outspoken Episode 6
8/5/2019 2:44pm
Boom - that was intense. I always thought that Loic did this only to also have a video series like Finn's got with "Fast Life". But this time I really saw two competitors speaking out what exists maybe silently between them, but in an honest and respectful manner. Therefore I also think the format with its "closed" almost intimate setup is chosen smart. I don't think I've seen anything comparable in any other sport. The athletes in this sport really sculpt the way it's perceived way more than in other sports. It's a great ime to be a superfan
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styriabeef Added a reply to Interesting read about cheap, rentable e-scooters and the Repo man
7/30/2019 4:00pm This makes me sad. Being an enthusiastic cyclist I feel like I should support bikesharing, but I haven't even tried it yet. Maybe because I like cycling so much that I have a bicycle for almost everything. That may sound snobbish but is more a result of being very attached to every bike I own and the process of becoming...
JamesR_2026 Liked a reply to forum topic EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
6/28/2019 3:19am
C'mon man. Probenicid is a masking agent for anabolic steroids. No matter how accidental it was and unfortunate for Maes, there is no way the UCI can let that slide. I'm not the UCI's biggest fan, but they seem to be the only party in this clusterf*%$ that hasn't been sloppy. The penalty is actually pretty light.
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Hyperpower! Liked a reply to forum topic EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
6/27/2019 2:38pm
Although I think he did the correct thing in doing the treatment and anyone here would have done the same since no one wants to take the risk of losing a limb, I do think the wise thing would have been to research the medicine as soon has he had the chance (since at that moment they couldn’t apparently) and apply for the TUE while continuing the medicine since it was needed. I think thats where Maes and GT team manager failed and probably regret not having done more investigation. The denial of the TUE by the UCI was probably...
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styriabeef Added a reply to EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
6/26/2019 8:07am Great read! Thanks.
styriabeef Added a reply to EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
6/26/2019 6:10am I think, just as GT stated, they should have double checked and issued the TUE to WADA or national federation as soon as they were able. It appears, harsh, to some maybe unfair but it's the same for everybody. I guess hat's why they accepted it and stopped whining and focused on things ahead. On another note, does that mean...
styriabeef Added a reply to EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
6/26/2019 5:59am It's the same topic, it's the same authority, but no, it's not the same level. Hence the shorter suspension. What would you as a governing body do? All we know and can judge on is accidental/unknowing ingestion of substances with different effects that are all on a blacklist issued by the enforcing governing body. I'm not equating, just saying so...
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6/26/2019 4:01am @Maes: after actually reading the full article on pb, i understand what happend and agree to the steps that had been taken. I think there`s something we all have to realize: 1. This is an endurance sport. 2. If we want a clean sport, we need strong regulation and sanctioning. 3. As the EWS get´s more and more professional, so...
styriabeef Added a reply to Podcast request topics
7/24/2018 3:00am for racing: - bryceland (though his accent is hard to understand, he always had a good perspective on things when beeing interviewed and when he wasn´t joking around) - mick hannah (serious guy but also likes to fool around on a bike, husband father, work ethos, at the top multiple times on and off, a lot of topics come to...
styriabeef Added a comment about feature The Inside Line Podcast - Rob Warner
4/7/2018 11:18am
one of the best by far, and I´ve listend to every single one of them. I think the best thing about Warner is that he isn´t afraid to say what he thinks. Be it about racers, friends or himself. Entertaining! looking forward to WC-season.
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styriabeef Added a comment about feature The ROOST Questionnaire #4, Miranda Miller
3/2/2018 11:42am
happy birthday - good luck for racing this year.
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styriabeef Added a reply to 2018 Racing Rumors
12/30/2017 5:30am The YT thing is truly intriguing (https://dirtmountainbike.com/news/something-brewing-yt.html). Any thougths? Rider or bike?
styriabeef Added a comment about video Remy Metailler's Rampage Run 2016 Filmed by Brett Tippie
11/24/2016 10:05am
heal fast dude!
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styriabeef Added a comment about news story Slovenian Downhill Champion Zarja Cernilogar Dies in Accident
8/23/2016 3:14pm
RIP Zarja the Charger - rode and raced with her - sad, sad news. Condolences to family and friends.
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