dead birds slaughter house!!..lol
dead parrot, was the parrot's name Polly?
bingo.A guy makes an open offer that may benefit some and is shot down.
Now I know why DH is so healthy in the states.......
No doubt. People are just plain asses around here, if you have nothing positive to add, just keep your piehole shut. The guy is throwing out a chance for people to be part of a team, what's the problem with that?A guy makes an open offer that may benefit some and is shot down.
Now I know why DH is so healthy in the states.......
oh, the pain of coping with sarcasm. I hear it's worst among those whose IQ is below 80.No doubt. People are just plain asses around here, if you have nothing positive to add, just keep your piehole shut. The guy is throwing out a chance for people to be part of a team, what's the problem with that?
Hey, some of us have to live in flatland USA, and we love DH just as much as you.oh, the pain of coping with sarcasm. I hear it's worst among those whose IQ is below 80.
so someone in the middle of Flatland, USA is "making a DH race team"?
and it's not really just a buyer's club to get discounts?
really?
gosh! let's all lie to the mfrs to get "team discounts"!
oh, the pain of coping with sarcasm. I hear it's worst among those whose IQ is below 80.
so someone in the middle of Flatland, USA is "making a DH race team"?
and it's not really just a buyer's club to get discounts?
really?
gosh! let's all lie to the mfrs to get "team discounts"!
WRONG. If you did, you'd move just like meHey, some of us have to live in flatland USA, and we love DH just as much as you.
ooooo mr fancy pants right here. Even has his nerd certificate outFor what's it worth, I have an IQ of 133 and I am a member of Mensa International. Sarcasm and "coping with sarcasm" have absolutely nothing to do with ones IQ.
I did move. To Reno. Did that scene for 3 years. Then to the UK. Did that scene for 5 years. Now back to the Flatlands, where the real estate is affordable and a healthy paycheck beckons...at the expense of mountains.WRONG. If you did, you'd move just like me
it's worth very little, as your pointless onanism shows. I'm sorry for your low IQ score. maybe next life you'll be smart.For what's it worth, I have an IQ of 133 and I am a member of Mensa International. Sarcasm and "coping with sarcasm" have absolutely nothing to do with ones IQ.
Take your silliness back to Adam Smith's Capitalism 01 class. Maybe you and the other mercantilists can create some other buyers' clubs -- maybe for alpine skiing in the Sahara Desert.Hey, some of us have to live in flatland USA, and we love DH just as much as you.
This guy is trying to start something positive for the sport in Ohio, and all you're doing is bringing the sport down. Thanks a lot.
This kind of thing just happens to benefit both the manufacturer and the rider, as well as the sport in general. TBH, it's just what the sport needs.
Take you negativity elsewhere.
'Tis true, they must be migrating from Pinkbike. Not even worth replying.Jeezuz! this site is full of dickheads and its gettin worse everyday. I will no longer be checking this site for anything. **** all of you....DHDreams your still cool, I hope everything works out for you.
Actually, most of the "jackasses" in this thread have been here a long time and seen this happen year after year.'Tis true, they must be migrating from Pinkbike. Not even worth replying.
well put. enough said.To those complaining that this is legitimate. After running multiple teams, through the years there is a HUGE difference is a team and a club when it comes to sponsorships. A team consists of riders, that race on the national circuit and their sponsorships are a direct result of their race results.
Teams often come together as groups of fast riders who tend to train and ride together reach a level that they can start giving productive feedback to their sponsors, who will often give them prototype goods for the feedback expected from high level racers (see the SEI racing as an example of this). These individuals often are good enough to garner sponsorships as individuals, but take advantage of the group to leverage their relationships AND also because as teams form, riders tend to ride the same gear. Team tend to be very selective about their equipment and turn down sponsorships if their performance will suffer. There are requirements to ride only sponsor equipment. Most teams get Level 1 pro-deal pricing.
A club is a group of riders, who love the sport and might race, but despite their love of the sport, are not good enough to garner individual sponsorships. Bike clubs will often describe themselves as teams, but are loose bands of riders that will work as a marketing group to get large number of individuals to buy product from mid-tier producers to blanket an area in said product. Often Level 3 pricing (ie 15%-25% off retail), these riders join the club for pricing discounts. Think team Wrongway or Southridge (with exception of the 2-3 pro's under this umbrella becuase they have a mgmt role in the "team").
Riders are selectively chosen to join teams. Clubs have open membership and cattle call enrollments.
This is a cattle call to make the membership of the club larger to show a larger advertising base. No more, no less.
Actually, most of the "jackasses" in this thread have been here a long time and seen this happen year after year.
If you want a sponsorship, go get fast and earn it. That's how we got them.
He's done this multiple times over the last few years. The "team" is based all over, it's not a shop team where there is a central business involved; It's this guy's "club". If he could get the sponsorships on his own, he wouldn't be doing this. Also, find out how much it costs to join the team. There are a few of those around too, where you pay to play, and you pad the team organizers wallet.Dude, I run a team (www.racersguild.co.uk/Squadron.html). And a club.
Thanks for describing the differences we all already knew.
You don't have to be pro-sponsored to have a team. There are such things as amateur teams (like mine) with very base level sponsorship, say from a bike shop. They are teams too.
Seems to be a fair amount of elitism around here. I suppose you guys were NEVER beginners, looking for a way to progress. All this guy is doing is trying to help them.
Based on the support that I see here, I should go jump off a bridge. I don't know, maybe Ohio doesn't have any of those either...I bet there is an expert on this board who would know.
I bet his PhD from Yale would beg to differ.it's worth very little, as your pointless onanism shows. I'm sorry for your low IQ score. maybe next life you'll be smart.
maybe.
I like you mroe and more big guy, lets party/ride sometime!Hey! You know the best way to minimize the BS? Dont respond to it!
"..PhD from Yale.." Whoopeedoo! Yay! Really? Sounds like a 2nd grade pissing match.
Fun for all.
I say Discount Club or 'Real' race team -- do it if you're into it.
Funny **** if the team actually happens and gets some visibility! A pox on all the nay-sayers!
Now go watch Family Guy (substitute what amuses you the most) and pull the stick from the collective butt.
Stink why cant moderators be given rep???You guys are a bunch of pointless pricks.
The dude is trying to start a team that he thinks will be fun. It'll bring some positive contributors to a sport.
The elitist dicks here think that being on a team or arranging a sponsorship is some kind of privilege that they alone should possess. Guess what? If the original poster wants to arrange a "buying club" - which, by the way, is a lousy way of describing a group of riders who all want to go out and race - what, exactly, is wrong with that? It's another team out on the hills bringing dollars into the biking and racing markets. It's another team supporting local riding events. Maybe they will only show up to a race if they can say they're sponsored. Who cares? It's dollars flowing into an industry that you should all be excited to have dollars flowing into.
And for those less cynical among you who might see that it's not just dollars: it's also support. This guy seems positive and excited at the prospect of starting something that he and others can enjoy. He's well spoken - more and more a rarity - and has some energy. Do you not see that this kind of person is a good ambassador for the sport? A good person to have out on the hills?
Goddamn. Is it really so hard to just think things through before posting a knee-jerk negative response? If you have constructive criticism, post it. Post it in a manner of educating someone who doesn't know better.