Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Looking for Guinea Pigs!

So me and Keith were kicking around the idea of getting just a regular no-name rider whose got some skills in the slopestyle discipline to test one of the Wildcards.

Of course we'll have guys like Grant Allen and a few other guys give us feedback in addition to our own in house test pilots [namely me and Keith], but we figured it'd be cool if we'd invite a couple of guys [oops did I say that... Girls too] who were decent riders to help us out for a few months.

Basically we'd give you a Wildcard to ride and you give us a little written report on what you thought, and how it performed in different riding conditions. We'll even do all the work by making it a questionare so all you really need to do is answer a few questions.
Whats in it for you?
Well you get to keep the bike.
You'll be the first to ride it before they're even sold.
and if ya got some mad skillz the exposure wouldn't be a bad thing.

The bike will have gone through machine destructive testing so its not about you trying to break it. It is about how do you think it feels and are there any improvements you could see us undertaking. For example we had a suggestion about changing the headtube angle a bit so as to help against having the front tire hit your feet when doing bar spins... not a big deal for someone with size 9, but some of you have big freaky feet.

So what we need from you is a video showing us that you would be the perfect Guinea Pig for the Wildcard... I don't care if your old, young, girl, guy, a monkey, stupid, stoned all the time, or from Uranus. I Don't need your age, sex or any of that shit... just your name and return email address - everyone gets an equal shot and thats why only your riding really matters.
Just email me with the info to ...info@bansheebikes.com..
Throw the vid up on youtube and give me the link. I'll check it out and if we like it we'll put it up for others to see. If there are a few really good ones we can't decide on then we'll put it to the people.
The vid doesn't have to be current but if you weren't throwing down 360s, 5years ago then ya might need to give me something you shot last summer.
Also I haven't decided how many pigs so just cause someone can ride better then you, it doesn't mean you don't have a shot...
If you're already spawnzerd then its not for you.... but will accept videos from Darren Berreclothe... but only from Bearclaw himself - I don't think Specialized will go for that tho.