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dropmachine

Turbo Monkey
Sep 7, 2001
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Your face.
If hes bonkers around to drive around dressed as Batman, I would guess that the cape isn't the only thing he takes out and lets flap around in the wind. :D
 

William42

fork ways
Jul 31, 2007
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i'll take a few moments from bikes to say that is one of the coolest and selfless things i have seen in a looong time:)
well, pretty incredibly rad, and to a great cause anyway, I donno if I'd go so far as to say selfless though. Overall, 90% props to the dude when most people earn 0!
 

norbar

KESSLER PROBLEM. Just cause
Jun 7, 2007
11,362
1,598
Warsaw :/
I've seen many pro's sell their special edition bikes and protos over the classifieds on different forums. Special geo Demo's from Brendog, old team intense's, Darrens Sx Trail. I think I also saw Bryce and Polc selling their stuff. I agree with Monarch it may depend on a deal and maybe in some cases it's not as big of a deal as the internerdz want to make it.
 

General Lee

Turbo Monkey
Oct 16, 2003
2,860
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The 802
Not sure why this is such a big deal to some of you. Pros sell their stuff all the time, and many of them use the $$ to supplement what are otherwise pretty low paying contracts. Unless a contract specifically says otherwise this is hardly out of line. As for selling a proto, I'm of the opinion that as long as all parties are okay with it then it's really a matter of the buyer being aware of what they are getting.
 

Sandwich

Pig my fish!
Staff member
May 23, 2002
21,061
5,970
borcester rhymes
I don't think there's anything wrong with a pro selling his goods, but this is a one of a kind, not yet released, kind of freaky deal. I would expect evil wouldn't approve of him selling it yet, but maybe that was an out clause of his contract.
 

epic

Turbo Monkey
Sep 15, 2008
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I don't know about you guys, but buying a prototype Evil that was ridden by Cam Zink sounds like a really bad idea to me.
 

wood booger

Monkey
Jul 16, 2008
668
72
the land of cheap beer
Not sure why this is such a big deal to some of you. Pros sell their stuff all the time, and many of them use the $$ to supplement what are otherwise pretty low paying contracts. Unless a contract specifically says otherwise this is hardly out of line. As for selling a proto, I'm of the opinion that as long as all parties are okay with it then it's really a matter of the buyer being aware of what they are getting.
Yeah, I am sure Evil is stoked on him selling it since there are an abundance of them available for purchase right now. :rolleyes:

I have never heard of a mfg allowing sponsored riders to sell unreleased prototypes. Huge disaster waiting to happen with that.
 

ebxtreme

Monkey
Apr 25, 2007
195
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Bellingham
I don't know about you guys, but buying a prototype Evil that was ridden by Cam Zink sounds like a really bad idea to me.
Agreed. At the very least, I would need to see the bike in person and ride it first.

From the ad:
This is not the bike ridden in the G Shock video.
This is the second Evil Carbon prototype I received. The first one survived a year of abuse and I figured I would quit while I was ahead and build up a freshy.
(The one from the G Shock video is for sale frame only, too...)
This frame, fork, wheels and rear brake have only been ridden for about a month- very minimal.


Generally speaking, companies do not advocate selling prototypes and usually want those back or destroyed so they can't be sold. That said, who knows what payments (if any) Zink got from Evil during his time as a sponsored athlete and this could be a way for him to recoup some of his cash.

Cheers,
EB
 

Acadian

Born Again Newbie
Sep 5, 2001
714
2
Blah Blah and Blah
Not sure why this is such a big deal to some of you. Pros sell their stuff all the time, and many of them use the $$ to supplement what are otherwise pretty low paying contracts. Unless a contract specifically says otherwise this is hardly out of line. As for selling a proto, I'm of the opinion that as long as all parties are okay with it then it's really a matter of the buyer being aware of what they are getting.
I think that's the important part right there.

Recently a Coastal Crew guy posted his Scott bike for sale and Adrian M of Scott wasn't stoked about it.
https://twitter.com/#!/theScottBikeman/status/178918530253725698

I personally don't know who was in the right or wrong, but it clearly wasn't discussed amongst all parties.
 

norbar

KESSLER PROBLEM. Just cause
Jun 7, 2007
11,362
1,598
Warsaw :/
I think that's the important part right there.

Recently a Coastal Crew guy posted his Scott bike for sale and Adrian M of Scott wasn't stoked about it.
https://twitter.com/#!/theScottBikeman/status/178918530253725698

I personally don't know who was in the right or wrong, but it clearly wasn't discussed amongst all parties.
Expressing your anger on twitter is very professional... Inform your employees what is acceptable and what is not. It's a small industry so I doubt that the coastal guys would go against scott wishes even after leaving the company.
 

Deano

Monkey
Feb 14, 2011
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the scott thing makes no sense, if they signed with another company, they are free to do with their old gear as they please.

Unless their previous contract stipulates they must return all gear they recieved- as it was on "loan" not a thing to keep as payment ?

In paintball its perfectly normal Pros sell their used gear. but seeing prototypes for sale hardly ever happens there.

Its often a thing they do out of need tho, to pay the bills etc, a lot of pros, make a living from it, but its not well paid. only a very few make a decent living off riding bikes.
 

epic

Turbo Monkey
Sep 15, 2008
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21
Same with skiing. I have a pair of Lindsey Vonn's skis. As often as they get new skis, and sell the old, I never buy new race skis.
 

Mo(n)arch

Turbo Monkey
Dec 27, 2010
4,441
1,422
Italy/south Tyrol
Lol, Vonn sells their skis? I thought that babe makes enough money with her wins and deals with RB and co. Maybe she needs the space for her trophys (hats off to her consistency).

Well Adrian M maybe doesn't know that the whole teambikes of the Scott 11 team are on sale in Swiss. Also Voltage "protos" with 200mm rear travel (http://www.traildevils.ch/marketentry.php?eid=46645).
To me it's a different thing to sell a already selling custom frame with special geometry or thinner tubes etc., or sell two unreleased prototype frames.
 

Pete..

Monkey
Feb 11, 2009
450
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Santa Cruz
It's funny that y'all care that he's selling his old gear. Everyone does it. Evvvvveryone. There's nothing wrong with it. Don't be salty.