You read it right, you can win my personal race bike, the Airborne Taka. It saddens me to announce this contest because I simply love the Taka. However, due to health insurance issues, I am having to give up racing downhill. Rather than having this beautiful bike sit in my garage collecting dust, I’d much rather see it go to a good home.
There’s nothing wrong with my Taka, in fact, I even have the Cane Creek Angleset installed with a 1.0 degree off-set.
In order for you to win this, all you have to do is leave a comment below. All comments will be held in purgatory in order for us to filter through the spam. If you’re a legit comment, we’ll approve it. We’ll randomly choose one lucky winner from the comments.
We’ll be announcing the winner this “Sunday”. Good Luck!
The other day, Team Racer, Art “Jedi Master” Aguilar and I were having a conversation about racing. We got on the subject on amount of skill level that it takes to race in the Expert Category. While on a drunken stupor, Art began to explain that there is a HUGE difference in skill and talent. Basically he was telling us sport and beginner guys that we suck compared to him…
Here Art illustrates the “big difference” between Beginner and Expert.
He also mentioned that Beginner/Sport racers have small balls…again he illustrates it in this photo.
In this photo, he depicts something that I won’t even describe, I think you know where he’s going with it.
With that being said…one can only dream about being as good as Art….(sigh)
I recently read an article where a study found something interesting….this study showed that a compared the testosterone levels of group of men who drove around in 2 different cars. One was a Toyota Camry and the other was a Convertible Porsche. The study showed that when the men drove the Porsche, their testosterone levels rose. To quote the article;
In other words, just put a guy in a Porsche, and his testosterone levels shoot up, whether people watch or not.
That got me thinking, riding a downhill bike is pretty much like driving a Porsche. In a sense, downhill bikes are super exciting to ride, plus you get to go fast! Hmm…could it be that riding a downhill bike would have the same effect on testosterone levels just like how the fancy car did to those men in the study? Who knows, it might! Let me point something out that might help convince you that this is possible (testosterone levels going up), riding and racing downhill takes some balls to do. It really does! Ya I know, you can try and argue with me that riding a XC bike for 50 miles takes balls too, true. But downhill, takes BIGGER BALLS and we all know that the bigger your balls, the more it produces testosterone.
Here’s a perfect example of BIG BALLS. Watch the entirety of this clip, but pay attention near the end, 3:04, you’ll hear my favorite part of the video, “How does Danny Hart sit down with BALLS THAT BIG!?!” Well? Did you hear that? BALLS THAT BIG and Danny Hart was on a downhill bike.
Not sure if you all knew this, but once you hit 35 your testosterone levels start to go down. Rather than spending money on a sports doctor who will put you on testosterone, why not just do downhill? Just look at Team Racer Art Aguilar, he’s 48 YEARS OLD! But his testosterone levels are sky high because he rides downhill!
It’s not often you get a mountain bike movie that is not a documentary, or downhill jump fest. Don’t get me wrong, I like all those. But its nice to watch a movie that has a real plot, and real mountain biking. The Potential Inside is about professional XC bike racer, Chris Carmik, who suffers a tragic loss, and his world is forever changed. I don’t want to give anything away so I’ll stop there. The race scenes were done well, mostly filmed on East Coast trails, and they even used real race bikes (Carbon Giant Anthems).The man responsible for the screenplay (Scotty Curlee), is also the Director, and Lead role in the movie. I enjoyed this film, good story line, descent acting, and a great message. If your looking for a bike flick you can watch with your lady friend, or family, check this one out. You can watch the trailer below.
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