Friday, January 23, 2015

Your daily dose of Verdone




The mega pucker as he drops in on "the elevator" is sweet, but my favorite part is the concrete curb drop before it, where he's in full pushup postion and almost bottomed out an 18 inch drop:

Obviously the 100mm negative rise stem on the Nomad is still funny, but listen to his tire pressure when he lands the drop. Sounds like he's running 60 psi. And where did those trim yet shapely shorts come from?






Can't make this stuff up. There's an endless wellspring of material here.
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23 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2015 at 12:24 PM

    What the fuck do you know about jumping curbs? How many curbs have you designed? None? Then what do you know about jumping them? I designed at least 3 curbs for myself so I know that 60psi is the optimum tire pressure for jumping them with all my weight ahead of the front axle.

    These are doses of crazy pills.

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  2. DaveJanuary 23, 2015 at 1:15 PM

    Is this man in any way aware of your existence? Because it seems like you might crush his soul if he were ever to discover these posts.

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  3. TrivialMTBJanuary 23, 2015 at 1:22 PM

    Butt dart.

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  4. StanJanuary 23, 2015 at 2:28 PM

    So sassy with those elbows

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2015 at 2:46 PM

    That's funny he did it once, and appropriately labeled that segment "SLOW" then he replayed that segment in slow motion.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2015 at 2:46 PM

    How the hell did you miss his "three tries" follow up vid? :O

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  7. lumberjackzachJanuary 23, 2015 at 2:52 PM

    Doesn't that stem void the warranty on that bike? As in, if thats your cockpit setup, you're obviously going to JRA a bike into oblivion somehow.

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  8. DerpJanuary 23, 2015 at 3:21 PM

    holy fuck he's one of those guys who pulls up with his feet. Off a curb no less. What is he trying to teach here? Stuff that can be done on a beach cruiser?

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  9. General BaggystyleJanuary 23, 2015 at 4:31 PM

    OMG that drop got me laughing hard but i can't laugh about baggy pants humiliation .. gotta steal it for the good fight of the Baggy Army.

    Sorry my dear Team Robot!

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  10. Extreme GuyJanuary 23, 2015 at 5:30 PM

    The trails in Marin suck ass

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  11. Not designed for the parking lot testJanuary 23, 2015 at 7:34 PM

    I like how he goes on a rant about how "Lycra kit" is the best possible attire for mountain biking.....and then wears baggy shorts in the video and then also has a set of gapered up TLD shorts.
    Side note: the TLD Moto shorts are my favorites, and I've tried many, including "Lycra kit".

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  12. Not designed for the parking lot testJanuary 23, 2015 at 7:35 PM

    Also, so there's the one idiot out there that actually runs 35%+ sag...

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2015 at 8:47 PM

    You guys all suck. I can't do any of this.

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  14. TaylorrJanuary 23, 2015 at 10:41 PM

    The word of the weekend was dust. I usually don’t wear goggles riding downhill as it’s actually rare that they are needed over the advantages of M-Frames with Heater lenses. ...that is a quote from one of his other ramblings.

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  15. KenBot3000January 24, 2015 at 8:08 AM

    The overly heavy breathing makes the whole video. If it was just a crappy video of a guy dropping something you could roll on a tricycle, it'd be one thing, but the "breathing like you're about to drop into a run at Rampage!!" elevates it to a new level of him taking things WAY too seriously.

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2015 at 10:58 AM

    If you want to see assholes who expound running more than 35% sag go check out the morons in the MTBR Knolly forum.

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  17. UnknownJanuary 24, 2015 at 12:42 PM

    Don't you guys know Verdone is the Bill O'Reilly of the mountain bike world? It's all a big hoax. A far left winger posing as a righty. It's the Colbert effect but with short Moto shorts and 100mm stems on Nomads.

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  18. JohannesJanuary 25, 2015 at 2:40 AM

    @Dave He is aware of Team Robot - http://www.peterverdone.com/?p=6639

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  19. GorJanuary 25, 2015 at 5:32 AM

    Hahahahahaha:
    "This is why I always tell people putting together a new bike to borrow or use garbage stems and seatposts until final fit is arrived after a few rides. So many people are out there stuck riding the wrong $300 stem"
    - Peter Verdone

    I guess all the testing and borrowing didn't keep him from getting the wrong 300$ stem... dang!

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  20. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2015 at 9:31 AM

    If you pay $300 for a stem....well, there's your problem.

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  21. Reformed RoadieJanuary 25, 2015 at 3:07 PM

    Do not EVER compare him to Colbert...that dude is bloody brilliant. Verdone...not so much.

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  22. gorJanuary 26, 2015 at 12:07 AM

    I actually read the article now and I'm stunned.
    http://www.peterverdone.com/?p=6639

    He took a 100mm CC fullsuspension bike and put a 150mm Pike and an angle set in there, because he likes how it pedals....

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  23. AnonymousApril 23, 2015 at 3:14 PM

    HAHAHA I know exactly where that is, that bit of trail was practically my backyard as a kid...I have a pict of me doing that "drop" and "elevator" on my $300 hardtail.

    Of course that guy is some entitled Marin-ite..

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