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Isn't that picture missing about 55 other riders

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Is it nefarious though? Wouldn’t specialized be incentivized to have a stake in outside just to make sure it isn’t crap? Whether we like it or not outside will have an impact on the look of the sport going forward especially among noobies looking at getting into the sport.

Where do you see Zone5 owns 25% of Outside? You have Pitchbook access? Regardless this whole "conflict of interest" thing is hilarious to me. You all do realize we're talking about bike reviews, right? The conflict of interest has been there from the get go, investor or not. Most of the time, to get a product featured/reviewed/etc you have to be an advertiser on the site. EG, you pay the company for an ad package, they'll also review the product. The media company knows if they write a shit review, the company likely won't be super into reupping their ad...

I think they have been positive reviews because Spesh make very good bikes. Just because a bike company is large does not make them bad.

Yeah, but they didn't lead any of the rounds. There is no way this arm of Specialized is doing huge deals unless Specialized is an order of magnitude bigger than any bike company I know of (and by that, I mean the size of a large auto maker). I'm not VC guy (dream job to be honest) but am pretty sure funds can use leverage in excess of something like 10-15%. So this means whatever money Specialized has to contribute to the fund (as sole LP) is the entire amount the company can invest.

The only ties you'd find Stik is if somehow a fund has taken money from some massive asset management company (EG, BlackRock) and then THAT fund invests in Specialized and then THAT money moves over to the "Specialized VC fund". In other words, the poster is just making huge generalizations that I wouldn't waste any time on.

Create an actual useful rear mudfender that doesnt look gay as fuck.

"Look at that, this thread has stuck its head so far up its own ass, we're back on topic." Ahhh. Thank you Sir.

JCL get your facts right first before posting. Vaccines reduce transmission, greatly reduce mortality, and Omicron is way way more deadly than the Flu. Fear based? Not fear for me. Trying to keep the elderly and immunocompromised safe and oh and it would be nice if I could get into the hospital if I happened to break my arm you know while mountain biking.

Am I the only seeing the seattube mast looking very similar to the VPP Intense proto? As in it's an internal design, not literally a Session?

It would be nice if there were some mods on this site…to silence the insane

John Campbell isn't a medical doctor. Even if he were, I'd still say he's full of turd. It's a shame how nutjobs have sucked Kyle into the vortex and are using his legitimate story as fuel for their disinformation and conspiracy campaigns.

This thread is a perfect example of a very vocal minority (god I hope he's a minority) can completely shut down any rational discourse on a subject.

I was planning to leave you alone but this is a complete lie, you did not speak to anyone in Ukraine. I work with Ukrainians daily and their attitude is one of defiance, if Russia is going to come just let them do it and let them see the shit storm they are in for. My professional staff and their families are ready to drop everything and join the military. Meanwhile, there is literally no panic or fear, everything in Kyiv is completely normal right now other than meetings about preparations for what may happen. How the hell did we...

The Australian Federal Government essentially overruled their own sports governing body -- Tennis Australia (who initially approved Djokovic's participation), on who can compete in one of the biggest sports events held in its borders. The IOC usually frowns upon (and, in some cases, even sanctions) governments meddling into sports organizations or sports governing bodies. In this case, they (and the ATP) will look the other way. This sets a precedent that I am sure most countries with major international sports events will follow. In the case of the UCI, it's been pretty clear that the policies of the country where...

Off topic: Americans are weird. Whenever this topic comes up it's always some American that regurgitates these talking points. I know that generalization hits a lot of good folk out there but, wow - you guys have a serious problem on your hands. Flatlander over here isn't even a rare exception. He's just one of the few that accidentally found himself outside the imaginary world he and his fellow bubble dwellers live in. On topic: France is outside of the imaginary world the new breed of American conservatives have created. More power to them. Push bike athletes should not be...

Your ideas of what the facts are in your arguments are disturbingly inaccurate.