Episode 195 - Getting to Know Pinkbike Fast Guy Matt Beer

 Best part of that is at 3:01 "F-ing Beer is F-ing good, eh?"

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 HA I was the guy on the Pole who was not having fun. I remember Matt looking at the rock roll all quiet so I rode the chute next to it and got to the bottom. I told the guys 'get your cameras ready he's gonna hit it for sure' and he did. It was wild.

 Thanks - they're super fun to record. I discovered this in my searching and it's great. I have to say, I haven't really gotten into them apart from the obvious hits but perhaps I should do some digging - it's a fantastic song.

 @mrchrisj @Darkstar187 @mrchrisj @darkstar187 - Seems like it would've been easy & courteous for PB and/or Mike to say "hey guys, Levy's taking a year off & will be back (or leaving, whatever)..." - but instead - only angry replies from the "privacy" types & Mods saying we're a*sholes for wondering & asking and that we're invading Levy's privacy - as if Levy's not already a public figure who divulges all kinds or personal info on the podcasts for years we didn't ask for, and as if a prominent figure just disappearing from media is actually normal. It's not and no normal media biz does that.

One thing if he was a behind the scenes type, but he was front & center, was PB (fo me) and was the Bike Voice of the Pandemic that literally got me laughing through covid...shit like that is important to lots of us. I honeslty don't care if he stays or goes & I'm not asking for his address or phone #, details - nothing. Just wanted to know if he was still on or not, doing the pod or moving on - simple thing to expect & wonder given his awesome pod-personality & presence for PB. Instead is just "f*ck you, ya privacy invader" and only in random comments on articles here I couldn't even relocate if I wanted.

Anyway - not to overshadow Matt's inteview here - clearly a down to earth & humble guy, helluva dude, killer rider and this is his moment. His contributions online & on the pod are great. I'm sure he's an even bigger asset to friends & family, BC riders, etc. And likewise if he were to disappear w/o another word - I'd also ask why if PB just went radio silent about it.

 @Mtn-Goat-13: I stumbled into this one… I listen to (and love!) the podcasts every week, but I’m not in the pb loop, I don’t live in the forum, so I honestly don’t know what has happened to Levy. Google told me he’d joined Velo (cue interwebs roasting for trusting the interwebs). I’ll be sure to keep quiet on matters I don’t have an intimate knowledge of in future (which will make me something of an oddity these days (opinions being like arseholes and all that)). Best wishes to Mike, hope he’s well.

 @Mtn-Goat-13: I agree pinkbikes info behavior on their staff sucks. I work with a large group of people and if someone here is sick or injured people are informed in a way that is not personal but informative. With PB, one of the editors is nearly killed in a crash and not a word- the staff sits together in a podcast and act as nothing happens, another editor goes for maternal leave and just falls off the edge, not sure what's up with Mike but after many questions the answer is "It's personal- how dare you ask!" .. I think everyone misses Levy - hope he is OK.

 @chrsei: I hear ya, tho I don't think the behavior sucks...from what I can tell in the comments (since PB still has never made a formal statement) Levy didn't want to make a statement whatsoever - just wanted to vanish so - what can you do but respect that wish. Totally get Alicia's crash too - we didn't need any details but w/o even a generic PR 101 statement from PB... we only caught wind of it through whispers in comments...and that's "respectful" of privacy? Not at all.

It's unsettling to me, but - whatever. These guys talked about themselves for years, enough so that you know what cars / vans they drive, dogs they own, food they eat - whatever & I'm not taking notes and I could care less really but when you've got a charismatic, funny, front-man like Levy & then one day he's just gone. Two months later you can only find info in obscure comment threads - I just don't see how that helps quell speculation - after all we are the product here. Live & let live - Mike can do whatever he wants & we don't need details at all - just seems like diplomacy would help. And ditto - only want the best for Mike, PB and everyone

 @mrchrisj: Me too - and I expected the downvote Russians to pile-on (its how the net works you know). I am not in the forums either (seems more useless than comments) but was a weekly pod devotee...I still follow and Henry's entirely fine, but its not the same w/o Levy.

Dunno what Velo is - don't even care. I'm not gonna hunt Levy down, much as I enjoyed his weekly humor & jokes, insight, anecdotes & experience... as I said, his life is his, but I'm as much annoyed by the downvote Russians here as I am w/ PB (and Mike) for having is us post 100's of "wheres that guy we can't name or get downvoted" as if that's normal or respectful. Its just dumb. And yeah - all best wishes to Mike.

 What you did there... I see it.

 people who like to race their bikes