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That first question he asks is fair enough I think. The races were formed in this spirit. Sounds like he has enough history that he knew a time when the TD was raced by simply turning up and riding hard. Wish he'd talked a bit more about that.
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While having a team meeting and feeding a baby I had the rest of the interview on in the background. He is blind like any other influencer to social media, desperate to leverage it to create "stories" and aghast when he finds out he isnt in full control of the comment section(s). The only wise thing he said was that it was a 'teenager' spat. Not sure if he meant it this way but shows that maybe deep down he knows it's a bunch of micro-influencers argued about the 'correct' way to compete in a non-race which is non-organised. Do you think Petervary melted down all his Cowbells at the local cremetorium, or just stuck them on Butte Montana Facebook Marketplace - No Rules group
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youramericanlover
This Petervary interview is absolutely bollocks.
'I ask people who might want to do Tour Divide: would you do it if you weren't a dot on the map? Would you do if you weren't on social media?'
Which he says in an interview on a fucking podcast! Would Petervary do it if he weren't on social media and rode the most high profile off-road 'races' in the world? Would he continue to do it if he didn't somehow earn his living from being a influencer? He also completely dodges the question of how he affords to ride multiple events in the same calender year.
He questions the motives of other riders who want to ride their bike on someone else's dime in exchange for talking about their products. It's his whole fucking business model! His astounding lack of self-awareness washes away any credibility.