He does build all these things himself and does his own test <https://www.peterverdone.com/cushcore/> "flights" and isn't shy about relating failures (can't find the link, but there was a recent crash involving his own carbon/metal bar and broken bones).
If you scroll down in this post, he shows a good comparison of rider contact points and where the wheels end up: https://www.peterverdone.com/baron-review-offroad/ In some ways, I agree that his style is a bit more cocky / confident / declarative than warranted. In other ways, I find it a bit more palatable than the all-too-non-committal, "everything is subjective" style that I think is more the current trend. But we're getting into philosophy... I'd love to ride one of his bikes, although my riding currently doesn't include "getting rad" offroad. - Max "feeling fast in my WFH lounger" in A2 On Friday, May 22, 2020 at 2:29:53 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > That Peter Verdone guy has a very 2020 rhetorical style. Paraphrasing: > > -Here's the way things are > -Anybody who disagrees with me is uninformed > > He may be totally right on many/most points. I guess if his objective is > to improve his designs for an audience of one (himself), then he doesn't > need to be persuasive or humble. > > That said I'd totally love to ride that Bird of Prey bike. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Friday, May 22, 2020 at 10:44:46 AM UTC-7, Max S wrote: >> >> http://www.peterverdone.com/some-bikes-are-more-evil-than-others/ >> >> http://www.peterverdone.com/airspeeder/ >> >> http://www.peterverdone.com/2018-pvd-bird-of-prey/ >> >> - Max “color me intrigued” in A2 > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b1986dc4-6e20-491c-a0d0-0b56a7793618%40googlegroups.com.
