and then this came up...
I'd love to give one a try first though. I'm still hesitant that the weight of 29 wheels and heavy duty tires will be a problem for me. I'm not made of gold and can't afford (don't want to spend money on) carbon rims. And I've long-since been resigned to using reinforced casing tires for the rear wheel. Which is why I'd really like to try before I buy....
Isn't he (aren't they?) already paid? So your money wouldn't be going to him/them?
You catch them at a rally or something?
yeah really...that's a pretty big call out.
It's long been taken down (probably because it was fucking shameful), but the old 2Six Stallions blog (hosted on Blogspot IIRC) that the Zink Bros (along with Strait & Taylor Sage?) contributed to was filled with racist shit.
You realize all those little shits were like 13 then right? Howie maybe not so much.
Ehh, Cam/Strait and I are all the same age ('86/'87) so not sure I buy that angle. Regardless, the 1st Amendment protects your right to say whatever the hell you want on the Internet so it is what it is. But you/I/everyone-who-read-it know there was some pretty distasteful shit on that blog (and we're not talking TeamRobot level trolling). In the end, and weird twist of irony, my ching chong cousins making frames for these racist assholes are the reason they're able to be where they're at, so I think their tune has probably changed at least a little bit over the years.
why am i not surprised that someone appearing on the cover of a firearms magazine has a racist history
You do realize they aren't 'their' bikes right? Man you really have it out for them...
Their movie sucked and their 'blog' sucked so no, I genuinely have no idea what you're talking about. I'm dying to know however because I see those guys fairly often and would love to make fun of them for it
Really? Like they are going to give a flying fuck if you make fun of them? If I was Zink and someone made fun of me about anything I would laugh and pedal off...Their movie sucked and their 'blog' sucked so no, I genuinely have no idea what you're talking about. I'm dying to know however because I see those guys fairly often and would love to make fun of them for it
not entirely you know? there's that little gem called "the internet archive" where all your little secrets are secured way longer than you think...
Really? I had The Following at Northstar for 4 days. I was over-jumping many of the smaller jumps and it had no issues. There are no jumps in this area so I only hit them at parks these days. It never felt weird on take off or landing. I rode the YT Tues on same trails BTW....
I didn't mean you can't jump far on them, you can jump on anything. I just don't like how 29ers behave in the air. They are stable as Hacktastic said but rather boring. Which is a really bad quality in a 140mm bike. I want my dh bike to be stable in the air, not my small travel bike. I'm a shit jumper too so I'd rather not fight against the bike. I get 29ers. I get why people like them and ride them. I just prefer the smaller wheel version but I'm in the camp that trailbikes don't need too much stability as I ride them on different trails then my dh bike and I need to get a sense of speed and fun out of less speed and smaller jumps.
They do live in Reno though so probably racist.
