Shotgun Jones

Worst dialogues ever?

Sweet.



This gift is from Eddy Merkin. They put the "sex" in "convicted sex criminal."

Sam Hill runs innertubes

Being a dedicated internet nerd, I've seen this photo of Sam Hill's wrecked bike at Fort Bill a million times. There were 65 comments on pinkbike talking about whether or not DT rims are strong enough for Downhill, but no one realized the most interesting part of this photo:

Sam Hill runs innertubes.

I've been running tubeless for two years in my race wheels. No flats so far, and they are much lighter. I could feel the wheels moving more freely over bumps, and my suspension felt less dead. Then again, I never had any flats with tubes in my practice wheels, either. Additionally, there were always little wet spots around the bead of my tubeless race tires from burping in my runs. Never was a problem, but it obviously could become one.

Let's review:

Tubeless
Lower mass=lower moment of inertia=more responsive to bumps=better bump absorption
Less likely to flat? Maybe?
Cooler/more ballin
But harder to fiddle with or set up in a hurry or change tires
Less sidewall support from tubes in sidewall, so more likely to fold over in corners
Burp air in hard corners


Tubes
Simpler and quicker to work with
Heavier
Stiffer in corners
More likely to flat?
No burps

I remember a poll from, yes, pinkbike, where they interviewed all the riders at World Champs in Mount Sainte Anne to see what type of equipment they ran. The link is here:

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/world-champs-stats-2-2010.html

93% of the riders were running tubes. NINETY THREE PERCENT! That means that tubeless is basically an endangered species at the World Cup level.

Time for me to reconsider tubes for my race wheels? Feel free to leave a comment, but remember that robots are smarter than you, so I don't really care what you have to say. This post is more a public service to the incompetent humans.

WARNING: from TEAM ROBOT

We're still sorting things out here at Robot HQ, but damnit when these machines are operational you humans can kiss your collective ass goodbye.

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LIVE IN FEAR, MORTAL HUMANS!!!

Celebrities with Justin Beiber Hair/21st Ave/Robot Unicorn Attack

Patrick Bieber



Justin Palin



Mini Bieber



Lindsay Beiber



LaBieber James



Eva Beiber



Dr. Beiber



Carrie Underbieber



Bruce Bieber



Seal Bieber



50 Cent Beiber





Here's my new favorite song, "Always." Pretty much the dopest music video of all time. Look for this song in the new Clay Porter movie, along with lots of sweet slow mo and interviews. Watch it all the way through or perish in the robot apocalypse:



You might recognize this song from the new robot game: Robot Unicorn Attack. This game is probably old news to the robots in the audience, but still thoroughly awesome.

Merry Christmas from Team Robot

More digging

This jump is the first real jump at the trails, with a setup stepdown into it. There's going to be some serious hangtime this summer. P.S. that landing is going to go up another foot or two before it's all said and done.


Big jumps require big nutrition. I was unable to fit any more peanut butter in this peanut butter/nutella sandwich. I've had people tell me this looks like a frog, like a heart attack, and like #2 in a bun. Delicious.








More digging to come. So many leaves.

Glorious

Probably a viking in a past life.

Going fast is cool.

Follow me in Andorra... from COMMENCALbicycles on Vimeo.

Gee Atherton goes fast on a really, really good looking downhill trail.

WARNING: from TEAM ROBOT

7 months til freedom day

Jets are cool

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things that don't suck

Ryan Popple Vinyl/Case Exclusive Feat. Tom Arkus from Vinylbmx on Vimeo.

PFUNK

Cutting edge

The roaring twenties

Live to win.

More to kill your brain with

These are all ugly

Okay, maybe the one on the right isn't that ugly, but what is it? It's not a table top. It's not an invert. It's a shoulder buzzer. What the hell is that? Is that a "I can't do a real table top" table top? And why does your foot come off? WHAT IS IT?

The Worst Person in the World

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This person truly is the worst person in the entire world. There is a special seat in hell that satan is keeping nice and warm.

If not, there is no such thing as justice in this world.

Kim Jong-Il Looking at things

Probably my new favorite website. I check it everyday: http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com/page/4