TPM Episode 177: Pinkbike, Brian Park, Grim Donut
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2020
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
This week I chat with Brian Park form Pinkbike. Pinkbike sets the benchmark for what action sports websites should be. They are a hub that creates amazing content and serves as a sounding board for mountain biking. On the podcast we talk about the site, the numbers, Brian's life and times and a look at the Grim Donut. It's a different type of episode and really interesting.
Pinkbike Show Notes:
3:00: Babies, comments on Pinkbike and user profiles
8:00: Numbers, sponsored content and working with brands
14:00: Site in the 90's and the impact of the virus on the bike world
19:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: Get 20% off branded product with the code Powell20
21:30: Increase in traffic, DTC, who's screwed, insurance and events
35:00: Who is Brian Park: Kites, bike shops and working for Rocky Mountain
42:30: 10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
43:35: The Grim Donut Project: Building your own bike with your own specs and your own dollars
58:00: Inappropriate Questions
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | And now, a show with inappropriate language, the Powell Movement. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:15.4 | I'm your host, Mike Powell, and what a crazy shit show of a country we live in right now. |
| 0:21.6 | While I'm not embarrassed to say I'm American just yet, I'm closer than I've ever been in my entire life. |
| 0:28.1 | And the embarrassment has nothing to do with how poorly we handled the pandemic compared to the rest of the world. |
| 0:34.3 | Our problems have to do with how our fellow humans are treated. |
| 0:39.5 | Everyone knows and a lot of us saw how George Floyd was murdered. There are no words to explain how unbelievably sad his death is. |
| 0:46.2 | While I was thinking about whether I should share my opinion about the injustice that we are |
| 0:50.2 | seeing in America or not, I mean, I'm really just a Jewish podcaster from the suburbs who |
| 0:55.4 | grew up on Dana Dane, Chuck D, and NWA.A. I don't have the slightest idea of what a black |
| 1:00.7 | person really goes through in this country on a daily basis. But since I share my opinion on |
| 1:05.5 | everything else, I'm not going to hide on this issue. And I'm going to share a little bit more |
| 1:10.4 | about what I think. For a long time, I didn't like Colin hide on this issue. And I'm going to share a little bit more about what I think. |
| 1:12.1 | For a long time, I didn't like Colin Kaepernick. |
| 1:15.0 | It had nothing to do with his kneeling. |
| 1:17.4 | It was more that he played for the 49ers. |
| 1:19.3 | And really, he was only good for one season. |
| 1:21.8 | But that doesn't matter because him not playing made the biggest statement for social injustice that we have ever seen. |
| 1:28.4 | All it took was one athlete to take a knee, and some of the military folks I know, they stopped |
| 1:32.8 | watching football, and they still don't watch it because one person took a knee at a football game |
| 1:37.1 | in 2016. And there are a lot of people like that, and you can bet they're all old white dudes |
| 1:42.8 | for the most part. And they will say that they |
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