Bike blerg thread

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I’ve got volume I and II of Whitewater Home Companion.

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for all the shit we talk about riv that bike is hot.

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Until you see the quill stem :face_vomiting:.

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We need to make a list of these goofy hand-illustrated but heartfelt treatises on different hobbies.

This first reminded me of the The Curtis Creek Manifesto:

Or How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive:

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I’d still shit talk Riv even if I get a Riv, which I hope I do now. Grant’s a kook.

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I recognize that art style! I had “The Mountain Bike Way of Knowledge” as a teen

I don’t have a bike with a quill stem but to me they seem a fuckload more logical with no real downside for 99% of riders

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lmao

c’mon poppi

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The above is one of y’alls, right?

I at one point tried to get ronnie on here but to no avail.

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sleepanddestroy is me

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:white_check_mark: people who have a brand of bike stuff

:x: grifty social media influencers

My ideal mix for this forum, not forgetting
:white_check_mark: harmless bike weirdos

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What makes him grifty? Of all the grifters out there, to begrudge a bike nerd making cycling for fun cool is kind of strange for another bike person?

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I don’t get it - is this video supposd to be pointed commentary or multiple levels of irony or some kind of koan?

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thank you

but seriously, i share your bemusement. whatever that instagram thing is, it is above my power level

I assumed it was half joke and half ironic admission

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Yeah I don’t see the grift. I just see an influencer (for better or worse)

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