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@penguinni: definitely wasn’t breaking any Strava records this day with how crazy the wind was. Just an average run doing suspension testing, did about 6 more just like it that day. Haha Would be cool to race it though.

Yo fam! Stoked you guys are enjoying the videos. It’s been a learning process but really enjoying getting them out there finally. I’d like to add an extra note to this video since it’s been annoying me since I posted. When braking, you should almost always be mostly centered on the bike. I exaggerated the body lean back to better show the heel drop on the easy dirt rode portions but that wouldn’t be the best position on the trail usually. It felt somewhat more natural/justified since I was braking to a complete stop in those shots but you don’t usually do that on the trail so that’s not exactly great technique. Body should stay centered with bent elbows etc. I’ll clarify/cover body position in detail in a future vid. Word!

Out of all the thing's we talked about, this is the title Pinkbike chose to post? lol Dang, the media gonna media. Another reason why podcasts are awesome to understanding someone further than what a clickbait title suggests. Ps- Still love you pinkbike ;)

@Batipapo: Well man, it look's like we're about done. There is no profit in continuing this conversation when you have proven yourself to be a delusional, unreasonable person. It seems that your political beliefs are blinding you from anything other than what you want to believe. It makes no sense to say that I'm somehow attacking the scientific and medical community when they're the people I'm quoting and getting the information from. Here's just one of many studies, the research speaks for itself. https://www.newsweek.com/key-defeating-covid-19-already-exists-we-need-start-using-it-opinion-1519535 There are lots of these articles out there written by leading doctor's and epidemilogists if you truly wanted to educate yourself, as I sought to do. Instead, you somehow say that by me mentioning these doctor's studies (of a longstanding FDA approved drug), I'm now encouraging people to ingest fish tank cleaner (which isn't the same type of chloroquine). Are you serious? You keep twisting words, jumping subjects and stating your own baseless speculation of random events as fact. So far in these comments (including the ones you made before I started responding), you have proven yourself a liar, a hypocrite, and you even went all the way to the point of basically calling me a racist, which is possibly the most idiotic and insanely offensive comment I've ever read. I sincerely wish you the best and I think we can both agree that we only hope the best for our country. I also hope you wake up, for your own good. Peace.

@hamncheez: I completely misread the context of your comment. Please ignore my response, my bad.

@hamncheez: Do you actually hear the thing's you're saying? If you're actually being serious. Jeez man.

@G3V162F: I'm not religious either (another broad box that some people automatically slot me into without understanding) but I appreciate the love and kind words dude. It is sad to see that so many people choose to be unreasonable and refuse to look at thing's objectively because of their political affiliation. Atleast that seems to be the trend. Pride stands in the way of progress and instead of seeking to understand they only seek to be right, based on their own original opinions, with authority that they do not have. Need more bike riding and less of this madness. lol

@Batipapo: The fact that you are a pharmacist doesn't give you automatic supreme credibility in the world as a doctor and expert in an infectious disease that popped up months ago. My mom is a nurse, has been for the past 35 years years. She's worked everything from the OR to hospice and now teaches a variety of nursing classes at a college including pharmacology. My dad is a physical therapist. That gives them great experience but it doesn't mean that they know everything, and they would agree with me. There have been numerous studies and doctors providing solid evidence that Hydroxychloroquine is working for them when used at the right time, with the right dosage, and with the correct other medicines combined. People have been helped and many lives seem to have been saved. The fact that you think that is somehow "fake news" despite the mountain of evidence is interesting. I've seen it personally as well when someone close to me got very sick. I'm not saying it is a cure, and obviously there can be risks with taking it, as with any medication. But, when there is so much evidence presented that it is working for some people and Twitter starts censoring the doctor's who are presenting those studies, I don't think that's right. The censorship is the main issue with me. If you are in a situation where you could die, you should have access to all information and be able to make the choices with your doctor, for yourself. Also, you convieniently skipped over everything I said in my last comment. You've been spreading that "Shapiro lover" hate on every post containing my name this past week and then just move on to the next topic when you're presented with reality. I'd actually enjoy continuing this conversation on instagram or even a phone call possibly. Not interested in arguing but if you're down to chat as a reasonable person just discussing our own points of view and being ok if the end result is still disagreement, send me a DM.

Thanks guys for all the kind words on the video! Clay and I kinda set off on our own with this project wanting to make something a little different than the average edit and tell a story. Was hoping it would mostly inspire people to enjoy life and riding a bike while giving a little view into my personal life for a year. Looking forward to the remaining videos, we've got a lot of cool footage stacked up!

@Batipapo: I like how me simply listening to a podcast in the background of a workout now labels me as some sort of Ben Shapiro super fan. I think some of what he has to say is valid but some of it is way off, in my opinion. I listen to all sorts of people from different backgrounds and points of views, doesn't mean I automatically agree with everything they believe in. You've never had a conversation with me, you don't know anything about me. You're just making huge judgements based on your own biased views and limited perception of me then spewing that all over the internet as fact. If there's anything messed up in America right now it's people doing exactly that. Maybe stop and think rationally for a second before you judge so harshly on topic's or people that you know nothing about. Or better yet, just skip all that drama and go enjoy your life.