The Pinkbike Podcast: Episode 27 - The World Champs Special

 Idea for future podcasts: You did the three most important bikes. How about the three worst bikes in history or components or inventions. Or a round up of the most absurd inventions like those zip on tires for example.

 Shout out to Mike Levy for sneaking in "pinkers" right at the end. Can't wait for his ad read next week.

 Nice one fella's. This podcast is quickly becoming my go to as soon as it is released!

 Proposal for the field tests of the larger bikes. The impossible descent. A ridiculous timed descent. Grim donut is the special feature as the pace setter.

 Could you get some interviewees from like "traditional" sports media to talk little a bit about how mountain biking and downhill's (lack of) popularity compares to some other sports? After the world champs, I was curious to see what kind of coverage they got and from what I've seen, the answer is pretty much zero all around. Only mention I found was a short blurb from BBC. Seems like even scottish newspapers didn't cover Reece's win from what googled. I mean it's not a surprise to anyone that mtb (and downhill especially) is a pretty niche sport, but I was still kinda surprised.

Would be interested to hear perspectives from "normal" sports media on how the mtb scene is viewed (or rather isn't at all atm). I'm sure there'd be some voices who'd be familiar enough with both sides to offer some insight.

 I think @vapidoscar should call himself Vapido Scar instead of vapid Oscar. Vapido Scar sounds like a bad ass hero in a cheesy action movie.
"My name is Vapido Scar. My family was kidnapped by the derailleur cabal, and the only way to save them is to jump the Pemberton train gap."

Coming soon to a theater near you. Starring Rémy Métailler as Vapido Scar and Yoann Barelli as Fabio, the derailleur cabal's laughing assassin.

 I love that @mikekazimer calls out the Pinkbike Academy as being like the great british bakeoff. I was telling my wife about the academy and referred to it as "bike bake off". I think its time to change the name of the academy.......

 QUESTION FOR THE PODCAST (I posted this last week, but super late! Sorry!): We're starting to see more brands have bikes that have proportional dimensions that scale with bike size (Norco's 'Gravity Tune' being an example). What do you guys think about scaling TRAVEL with bike size? For example, someone who is 6'4" tall (76") is ~27% taller than someone who is 5' (60"). Should this person be looking for a bike with ~27% more travel? All other angles being the same, should the 5' person be on a 130 bike, while the 6'4" person is on a 160mm bike? The travel on these bikes is proportionally the same when compared to their height.

 I live in wisconsin and the winters get really harsh so I store my and my families bikes indoors during the winter months. What should I do about the sealant in the tires, will it dry out? Do I have to worrie about the oil in the forks and shocks? What else do I need to do to winterize my bike for a long winter in a dry basement?

 question.
as a person in a country thats not Canada/usa us outsiders look at Canada as the holy grail of mountain biking
what do canadians think of other countries other than Canada/usa for mountain biking?

also what wold you say your top 5 countries for mtb are?

(and levy did say my name right the first person online to say it correct CONGRATS!)

 About Bike Magazine: way back in the 90's they ran an article where Bob Roll called the current (then) crop of pro mtb riders as pussies- Bob's words, not mine. He compared the dirt riders to road riders in Belgium who rode kermesses for a handfull of dollars, and how Greg LeMond (le Monster) cut a hole in his bibs so he could finish the Tour de France while his sickened large intestine rained digested food on his rear wheel while motoring at 50km per hour in a peloton of 180 riders. Bike Mag had the balls to print the article as a way of calling-out the current pros, who at the time had sponsors flying them from venue to venue. I admired the editors of the time for their brio and bravery (considering advert and readership pushback).

I hope you all have the capacity to keep parts or all of their staff employed: we as a community will benefit from your largess.

 @mikelevy @mikekazimer -- question: given all the advancements that we've had recently, with geo, wheel size (pick one and be a dick about it?), etc. what if you could have ALL the advancements, except you can only have 26" wheels? So think Grim Donut on 26" wheels, basically everything on the bike has changed except the wheel diameter.

 Looking back through the older photos of my riding areas from the pre-Facebook days, Pinkbike was an original social network. I think Sarah, Mike(s), and Brian might be in that age group that was active on Pinkbike as teenagers during this time. Any funny/embarrassing comments, forum posts, photos, squad rivalries, or usernames?

 I laughed way to hard at scrutineering ships. So funny!

 Not connected to this podcast but I'm wondering if we will see reach measurements get so long that it will an option to mount the stem behind the steerer tube or you could think of it as a minus stem length. Thoughts Pinkers???

 I also do not have an interest in Friday Fails.

 I agree about not watching fail video's. Not sure why people like them but each to their own. As part of a video crashes are fine to show that no one is perfect but when crashing is the topic I'm not keen.

 @mikelevy I came here to defend your correct usage of scrutineering but then you used the word Pinkers again so you're on your own.

 Guys. Where is this week's podcast?

 Does anyone have a link to vlad application video?

 Question on the StumpJumper Evo, is the 2021 version more progressive than the previous model? Which version is more coil friendly?

 Can someone copyright “pinkers” so Levy can’t say it anymore?

 LEVY, expect a full ad read for your sign off to "all you Pinkers" at the end of the POD cast....do it

 Mike Levy I need relationship advice, if the girl I like doesn't like Mountain Biking is she worth it?

 The great pink-bike off. I literally watched episode one between episodes of #GBBO

 question for next podcast @mikekazimer @mikelevy What happened to Dan Roberts behind the number series?

 question.
Tim Hortens dunken donughts or crispy cream what is better?

 The GBBO is awesome!

 I like this podcast a lot, but I would like it even more if there was less talk about the nity gritty details about races.

 What World Champs?