Pinkbike Offers Vowels as a Members-Only Perk to Reduce Server Costs

Apr 1, 2022
by James Smurthwaite  
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Pnkbk s tdy prd t nnc ts nw pywll fr vwlls.

Nsprd by th Cnyn Cllctv, w rlzd tht vwlls ar srpls t rqrmnt fr ndrstndng th mnng f n rtcl. Rdrs wh jst wnt t skm thrgh th cntnt nd hd strght t th cmmnts cn cntn t d s wtht sgnng p bt rdrs wh wnt t rd th fll rtcls cn sgn p fr $5 pr mnth t ccss th vwlls. Nyn tht sgns p fr th vwll pckg wll ls gt n Tsd- flr nxt t thr nm n ny cmmnts r frm psts nd bt wll nt rcv th fll bnfts f n Tsd+ sbscrptn. By cntrst, Pnkbk rdrs wh dn't sbscrb wll ls nt b llwd t s vwlls n ny cmmnts r frm psts n pnkbk.cm, they will nw al hv t lstn t th Pnkbk Pdcst n mrs cd.

Brn Prk sd, "Th Pnkbk srvrs wr fllng p fst s w hd t ntrdc ths nw mdl t kp r csts dwn. Wth pps lk TkTk nd ftrs lk Nstgrm Rls nd YTb Shrts, md s gttng mr btszd thn vr, w wnt t b prt f th ftr nd nw r cntnt cn b cnsmd twc s fst."

Jms Smrthwt sd "Prvsly, 10 rtcls pr dy Pnkbk's trgt, bt wtht wstng my tm wrtng ll th vwlls, w cn prdc twc s mny rtcles tht cn b rd twc s fst! W'r nw dlvrng mr strmlnd, synrgstc md xprnc fr rdrs wh r cnstntly n th g. A Kvn frm the Offc sd, 'why wst tm sy lt wrd whn fw wrd d trck?'”

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Mk Kzmr cn nw spnd mr tm thnkng f wys t wn Mk vs Mk chllngs nd lss tm wrtng.

W ndrstnd ths my nt b a nvrslly pplr pvt amng th Pnkbk cmmnty s w wll b rnmng th Grm Dnt the Grm Dnt n sldrty wth cmmntrs tht dcdd nt t sbscrbe, hwvr t wll nw b avlbl s frm nly mdl fr cstmrs tht rn't ls vwll sbscrbrs.

Th nw pywll wll b ntrdcd t 12pm PST n Frdy Aprl 1, fr mr nfrmtn nd dtls n hw t sgn p, clck hr.

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122 Comments
  • 340 0
 I thought it was written in Welsh...
  • 112 0
 still a gazillion times easier to understand than Welsh
  • 35 0
 @johnny2shoes: as a welsh, nearly had a stroke trying to read this. Got it in the end though
  • 33 0
 Editor in Chief - Ratboy
  • 2 0
 @Williambellmtb: Me too - found myself trying to pronounce the words Smile
  • 3 0
 That was hilarious.... Ratboy approves
  • 136 0
 Weak. Was expecting a paywall screen on the home page!
  • 20 0
 that would have been so good!
  • 70 4
 That will come as well, just not on April fools
  • 4 0
 @bashhard: it's the one reason that prevented them from doing it today
  • 95 0
 Lks lk sssn?
  • 66 0
 Dck Pnd
  • 30 1
 Need to put this much effort into proof reading the regular articles.
  • 2 5
 Or even setting up the products they "review."
  • 18 0
 H H H H H vry gd
  • 16 2
 Fck tsd y n’t gttng my mny
  • 4 2
 Fck tsd, sounds brilliant!
  • 9 0
 HaHa I haven’t been Rick Rolled in awhile. I knew the link would be a gag, but that got me. I watched the whole as punishment
  • 8 0
 "me think, why waste time say lot word, when few world do trick"
- kevin , The office -
  • 7 1
 Guys! We got some freebie vows! CanYn, Ar,Offc etc. Thanks, Pinkbike.
  • 7 1
 Wasted opportunity, guys. Was expecting to see a paywall on the homepage.
  • 4 0
 The actual news: this is not a joke! Haha!

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  • 48 43
 Is this the best PB can come up with?
  • 65 2
 haha I loved it
  • 18 1
 N BMX bckgrd?
  • 4 0
 mks sns, pnkbk nd 2 stp p
  • 13 0
 I think it's a great idea - no paywall just a version for Canyon employees Wink
  • 3 2
 It’s the best outside can come up with
  • 6 0
 This was hilarious
  • 24 1
 Yes.
  • 4 0
 Thaught that was in Welsh for a second there.
  • 1 0
 Actually this is Polish. I recognize it because British las Beth Gibbons of Portishead had to learn the language to sing Polish composer Henryk Gorecki’s Symphony No. 3, known as the “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.
  • 1 1
 It's illegal to use a legal name. The Truth about the legal name fraud and exposure of those who are failing to show their gullible fall-lowers how they are routinely breaking all ten commandments by use of identification aka idolatry. Now You Know. Your choice now is to either fall-low the false profits in denial of this known and proven legal fact or walk the path of Truth that it's illegal to use a legal name. Read the document known as the BCCRSS : Birth Certificate Fraud; Clausula Rebus Sic Stantibus.

kateofgaia.wordpress.com
kateofkaea.wordpress.com
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  • 1 0
 The more information link shows how you can use vowels for a limited trial period for you first 3 posts. There's definitely an exploit to be made there
  • 4 0
 RCK RLLD!
  • 3 0
 This would have been even better if this were a Beta article.
  • 1 0
 I'm afraid to click the link, it's youtube so (prob) not dick spin, but I don't want to be rickrolled or whatever is the latest rickrolling.
  • 3 0
 The joke is I didn't think it was a joke.
  • 1 0
 I first thought it was serious.
  • 4 1
 r/IHadAStroke
  • 2 0
 THS XPLNS WH CNYN BKS R S FFRDBL
  • 4 1
 Dyslexic nightmare.
  • 11 0
 Looks like Welsh to me...
  • 2 0
 Ll f ll cn sck m blls thrgh m drwrs
  • 2 0
 This is a version of Pinkbike soon, without access to Outside Beta!
  • 2 0
 Swr tht pnkbk s rnnng t f cntnt
  • 2 0
 I guess that good jokes are behind paywall.
  • 2 0
 Flt lk hvng srtk whl rdng ths
  • 2 0
 Gt my sbscrptn wth a discount 50% ff
Nw i cn rd half the wrds
  • 2 0
 Who knew "announce" had so many vowels in it?
  • 2 0
 Sounds like something outside would do
  • 1 0
 I can't believe it, an actual reason to become a member.
(other than to pay for Mike Levy's donuts)
  • 1 0
 If you can’t understand what they are saying it’s just another way of saying Happy April fools day
  • 1 0
 My first and last name is all vowels except 3 "Zs". My first and last name are now Zz Z
  • 1 0
 I’m not a member, so is this funny?

I think you have to be a member lgh Wink
  • 1 0
 Not laughing... a not-too farcical idea for the corporate MBAs that launched BETA...
  • 1 0
 I hope they have an app to find and remove all the vowels. Doing it manually would be hell.
  • 1 0
 Wouldn't surprise me now that outside is running the show.
  • 1 0
 saw this when it got published early yesterday and immediately deleted lol
  • 1 0
 Guess no more free e-bike articles
  • 5 0
 How can you tell them apart? They're both called "bk" and "bk" now.
  • 2 0
 @vinay: bk nd - bk?
  • 1 0
 Tht’s grt stff, thnks gys!
  • 1 0
 Ths s bllsht. wnt m vwlls bck
  • 1 0
 Myspacebarisbroken.Canyoutell?
  • 1 0
 H wll t was gd whl t lstd.
  • 2 0
 Nrbs gt rbbd!!!
  • 1 0
 you should dig this much on trails and we'd all have a fire local network
  • 1 0
 I'm paid up... where are my vowels!
  • 2 0
 pck tr sz nd b dck abt t
  • 2 0
 Weak af
  • 1 0
 Would you like to buy a vowel?
  • 1 0
 Ths s bllsht!!!! (Y) shld rll(y) rcnsdr bfr lsng th rst f (y)r rdrs!!!
  • 1 0
 Vanna White can’t retire so soon now…..
  • 1 0
 This article isn’t fair to dyslexic readers in my dyslexic opinion!
  • 1 0
 even PB is ragging on outside+
  • 1 0
 Why would you do this? My brain hurts
  • 1 0
 Wl tts prtty cl! Gnn bng m hd gnst th wll nw.
  • 1 0
 hh, hpd fr rck stl.
  • 1 0
 Nt wllng t py fr vwls
  • 1 0
 # B K
  • 1 0
 Fck ths mn
  • 1 0
 It's illegal to use a legal name. The Truth about the legal name fraud and exposure of those who are failing to show their gullible fall-lowers how they are routinely breaking all ten commandments by use of identification aka idolatry. Now You Know. Your choice now is to either fall-low the false profits in denial of this known and proven legal fact or walk the path of Truth that it's illegal to use a legal name. Read the document known as the BCCRSS : Birth Certificate Fraud; Clausula Rebus Sic Stantibus.

kateofgaia.wordpress.com
kateofkaea.wordpress.com
truthishere.wordpress.com
  • 1 0
 FFS GFY
  • 1 0
 Ths s fckn rtrdd
  • 1 0
 Grt prl fls jk!
  • 1 0
 Wll dn PB
  • 1 1
 tsd r cnts, sht myb thts t bvs
  • 2 1
 St f cnts
  • 1 0
 Missed an ''A''
  • 2 0
 There's a bunch of free As.
  • 1 0
 It's APRL!!
  • 1 0
 You missed four vowels.
  • 1 0
 does this include "y"?
  • 1 0
 wsm
  • 1 1
 Only a Quebecer would spell like that…
  • 1 0
 f rg t t pr l f l
  • 1 0
 Vr gd, thts m Rck Rlld!!
  • 1 0
 S fckn stpd, pnkbk
  • 1 0
 G f y
  • 1 1
 I expect this nonsense from Canadians. They’re always the weirdest
  • 1 0
 Wtf!
  • 1 0
 You missed one!
  • 3 0
 Their script seems to miss words starting with "a": ar, avlbl, Aprl, etc.
  • 1 0
 Tw Spttd, frst bt kvn frm th ffc nd ltr bt th dy + mnth f pblctn
  • 1 0
 Fck tdr
  • 1 0
 YES!!!
  • 1 0
 Oh man that was good!!
  • 1 0
 RFL
  • 1 0
 Pck lttr nd b dck abt t
  • 1 0
 Lks lik a ssson!!!
  • 1 0
 Wsm [Awesome]
  • 1 0
 April fools!!!
  • 1 0
 Blk mrkt bikes
  • 1 0
 wdf gn here
  • 1 1
 Wlcm t th prty pnkbk!
  • 1 1
 well it is april fools
  • 1 2
 Pctr hs vwls. Fk nws.







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