Ahem...Hambini?

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Aye, I've spent the last 5 minutes, which is 5 minutes too long, googling and its seems that you might be right. Seems a few folk say his claims of working for Airbus or whatever are bollox.

Edit - I've thought about this earlier then just seen a comment about it elsewhere online, having a youtube channel like his would take up a significant number of hours of your time each week.
It's surprising that, if he really works for some high flying company like Airbus, he has much free time left to produce the shite that he does. One would imagine that a high ranking engineer at Airbus would be busy af and unlikely to have the time beyond their normal working ours to fuck about on youtube.

I completely agree that DOXing anyone, no matter how much of a rotten bastard they are, is never a good idea.

Exactly, his being a complete walloper doesn’t change the fact that it’s wrong.

In this instance I'm not sure that showing his actual real name is DOXing. It's been published elsewhere and as far as I know the name is linked to his own website.

People posting details like addresses and info that could locate them of course is not acceptable but his name does seem to be out there in the open.

Anyway, I don't really want to spend any more time thinking or reading about him.

Lets all go ride our bikes, tinker and buy pointless upgrades and talk about it tomorrow instead :)

Anyway, I don't really want to spend any more time thinking or reading about him.

1+ to that man.

Please stop posting about him here.

Yep, the Hambini thread is definitely the least appropriate place to post about him.

Also, that article is disgusting.

He might a twat but he has just guided me perfectly though a Zipp 77/177 hub service. Why didn't he just stick to this good stuff?

Why didn't he just stick to this good stuff?

Do you even social media?
Controversy = engagement = $$$

Do you even social media?

I literally do not. Only here.

literally do not

In which case it would be even more surprising if you didn't understand what drives the tone of his content; in my experience, most people who choose not to engage with social media do so because they understand how it works.

Yeah obviously I get it. I'm just being stupid about it I guess. It's fucking dumb the world works like this.

Is stating someone's name DOXing? Posting their address, phone number or employer yes. Putting a name to an offensive online avatar, not so sure.

But you love posting narky responses to people to the praise and admiration of your fans on here. Same same.

That’s just real life and happens in normal life too? I know it’s been over a year since we’ve seen real people.

Taking the piss out of people and burning them online or in person isnt social media.

Given how many folks expressed a wish for less gobshite and more engineering content, I'm surprised if took until page 16 for Peak Torque to rate a mention.

Peak Torque

No closed captioning mean it can go do one >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Your annual reminder that he is a total fucking wasteman troll and you shouldn't engage at all:

https://ridewriterepeat.com/2022/01/26/six-bloopers-of-being-a-woman-in-the-cycling-industry/

As long as he's not going to shill for anyone (which is of course nearly impossible to check) I don't give a rat's ass who he offends and how, really. The guy is is a complete fucking tool, but a quite useful tool nonetheless.
I also wish he would lose the attitude and the toxic fanbase, but he won't so there's that.

I don't give a rat's ass who he offends and how, really

Have you read the article?

Endorsing a misogynist is endorsing misogyny.

He is a cycling equivalent of shock radio. Lots of drama and predictable content.

fucking hell that article is horrendous. his behaviour is definitely an order of magnitude worse than shilling!

Off topic but we had a really bad case of sexual harassment at work blow up just before Christmas.
My best coworker ( very attractive Asian lady) made a well documented complaint about a creepy asshole who had been sending texts and emails for months.
She was really upset and most of the “old boys” just laughed at her. The “she’s just a bitch who can’t take a joke” bullshit.
Hambini is one of those kind of guys.
It doesn’t matter if he thinks it’s funny, what matters is the effect on his target. If he doesn’t give a shit about his target’s feeling he is a POS and so is anyone who supports him.

I couldn't work with people like that. Might not be the most appropriate thing for you (given I know little about your work relationships) but that needs calling out. I've had to so it once or twice in workplaces as it's hard to hear.