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The Bike Shop / Re: The "what the hell is Odyssey / Gspprt cooking up" thread.

« on: September 08, 2014, 06:14:05 PM »

I'll be hassling the Odyssey / Full Factory guys first thing Wednesday.  George, will you be in attendance?

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The Lounge / Re: Devon Feil's expose about A22 and TCU

« on: August 29, 2014, 12:11:29 PM »

That TaylorMade company sounds promising 

It's owned/funded or whatever by the people who make Rocker BMX... 

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The Lounge / Re: Devon Feil's expose about A22 and TCU

« on: August 29, 2014, 10:09:42 AM »

Kurt:  give examples of shitty brands, please

Rocker BMX. lol

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The Lounge / Re: Devon Feil's expose about A22 and TCU

« on: August 28, 2014, 04:32:54 PM »

http://blog.defgrip.net/2014/08/qa-will-smyth-discusses-digs-new-direction/

I would pay to get a download overnight of a new issue. Could be really neat. A couple articles, a bunch of great photos, a video (maybe something more substantial than the wed edit) and an interview would satiate me for the month.


Is too much media a good thing? Back when I started riding there was Ride US as a bi monthly thing I could find in grocery stores, then the advent of more and more videos (on vhs) and onto the internet age. Now, its absurd the amount of quality content you can find daily! Would you and I along with the rest of our community be better off without so much? Overload and desensitization is my observation on that.

This section from the interview is excellent:

"We’ve been approaching advertising a little differently too with our main focus being on a limited number of selective brands. We’re not opening our ad space up to anyone and everyone because we’d never do that with our editorial space (and we’re asking you to look at both). We only want you to see what we consider to be the best of what’s out there. There’s way too many companies in BMX and in my opinion there’s a lot that don’t bring much to the table. If anything they’re just getting in the way of those legit brands that do the good stuff and help keep BMX progressive, cool, interesting and fun."

DIG's direction is definitely going to be awesome. I know the advertising dollars are a struggle to find, but I think they are doing it right by limiting things and not taking on shitty brands just for the money. I learned A LOT from Will during my two years with DIG and it has carried over a lot to The Union. Shit, I even offered to do product content for them again when the new site drops if that's something they need help with (I used to write their products column in every issue I had words in) because I'm so supportive of it. I'm more than stoked to see where things go with it. They have a STACKED crew of photographers, filmers and writers. If they can get the original content flowing, they will be able to convince brands to spend more money with them over other sites. That's always been my goal with my site, just the advertising dollars aren't there and I refuse to ask people to work for free. That's why 98% of the content is coming from me. I've paid for every video and if I ask a photographer for photos, I pay for them. There's even a few photographers who started out for free who I eventually started paying and they ended up getting a lot of work. It's how it needs to be done to continue to grow things for the sport. I look forward to the future.

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The Lounge / Re: Devon Feil's expose about A22 and TCU

« on: August 28, 2014, 04:16:04 PM »

I'd rather support Kurt than Adam22; Kurt should post more videos, he's came up to a respectable point in BMX Media and probably doesn't like little boys and exploit them for personal gain.

... I post a lot of videos everyday... http://www.bmxunion.com/blog/category/daily/ ... Front page is original / advertiser content but we generally post like 30 things a day in the daily section from big name pros to guys who hit us up hoping to get their name out there.

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The Bike Shop / Re: odyssey keychain

« on: May 22, 2014, 03:19:27 PM »

Looked them up on empire's website.

http://www.empirebmx.com/odyssey-keychain-chain
http://www.empirebmx.com/odyssey-keychain-chain-hollow

I'm sure they'll be sick, but what do think about those prices?

It's something new and Odyssey put a lot of money into it to get them made. I'm sure the factory making them required some special molds or something that hiked it up. Seems worth the price for the quality.

I'd imagine chains will be a bit pricier. I know Shadow hasn't released the new version of their Interlock chain because of pricing issues.

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The Bike Shop / Re: odyssey keychain

« on: May 22, 2014, 02:48:08 PM »

"The chain will come with an adapter that will work with most tools. We will also offer a tool. We're putting together a post with a "how to install" video" - Nuno at Odyssey

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The Bike Shop / Re: odyssey keychain

« on: May 22, 2014, 11:48:28 AM »

GEORGE!!!!!!!!

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The Bike Shop / Re: Frame History?

« on: March 21, 2014, 04:38:49 PM »

I'm going to try and remember this all...

Macneil Ruben
Psykopath Team (Don't ask. I was young, dumb and it was a sponsor, haha)
Fit Series 3
FBM Stairmaster
Federal... Hamilton? Ehh I know it was a Federal.
Subrosa Double Top Tube
Fly Lago
Terrible One Ruben
Mutiny Lucky Strike

... I think that was it... If we're counting bikes before frames..
GT Dyno (Flames! I want that paint job back)
Free Agent Trail Devil (lol)

Thankful for Facebook to be my timeline of bikes, haha.

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The Lounge / Re: What have you made?

« on: March 14, 2014, 02:37:35 PM »

Here's how you should never build a shed: http://imgur.com/a/wixkx/layout/blog

Fuck, that is bad.


G.

What... The... Hell... Is... Going... On... Here! It just keeps getting worse... and worse... and worse... Why would anyone document that mess!?

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The Lounge / Re: RIP Brian Itzaina

« on: December 26, 2013, 06:26:24 PM »

but with the holidays it might be a minute before I hear back.

http://www.bikeguide.org/forum/index.php/topic,218474.0.html

.... Damnit. You win.

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The Lounge / Re: RIP Brian Itzaina

« on: December 25, 2013, 07:24:14 AM »

Quite a few of us use ad block....

Can you not ask sheep while you are on the rep subject?

I can't do the rep stuff. I literally can change the ad spot up top and that's really all I can do to the physical site. I sent him a message yesterday, but with the holidays it might be a minute before I hear back.

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The Lounge / Re: RIP Brian Itzaina

« on: December 24, 2013, 09:14:11 AM »

I'll bug Kurt for the banner idea. He's the only one that can make it happen...

I can only change out the ad spot up top here, but I'll put together something.

Edit: There's a banner that is in the rotation for Brian now.

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The Lounge / Re: RIP Brian Itzaina

« on: December 24, 2013, 09:11:44 AM »

Hey man, isn't it possible to make a header on the board with the picture of Brian's tattoo? I think it would be a great way to remember him.

That's a good idea. I mean, we hardly agree on anything here and sadly it's this thread that is an exception. Bikeguide should honour Brian in a way like he did with that tattoo.

i like this idea also. would be nice to keep him here in spirit!

On it now! Apologies for the delay. I'm going to get Sheep to bring back rep points too.

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Site Help and Rules / Re: invalid character in my old username

« on: September 30, 2013, 10:56:44 AM »

Hey guys,

Sorry for being slow on getting to this.

The new system definitely doesn't like that & symbol. I see you have a + in there now. Is that what you want or what do you want it to be?

Let me know! Thanks!