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Friday, August 20, 2010 | 9:45 AM
ODI dates back to the 1980’s as the leader in grip manufacturing. Focusing primarily on the bmx and mountain bike industries through the 90’s and early 2000’s, ODI re-entered the motocross scene when they developed the patented lock-on grip system that eliminates wire and glue. Continuing to advance the way riders hold on to their bikes, ODI has worked closely with the teams they support such as Troy Lee Designs to create the product that is now being used by some of the top teams in the industry.
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PrintPing,
I wrote to you last month. You gave me no indication of receipt of my letter. You hurt my feelings. Do you hate Canadians?
P.S. I went 8 - 5 for 7th overall in the Vet Junior class at the Alberta Provincial series last weekend. Thought you might like to know, but probably you won’t.
Paul
Thanks for writing in; I did receive your letter. Try to understand that I cannot answer everyone’s email right away. I try to stick with three each week and it can take a while until some are answered. Some are not interesting enough to respond to and others are completely idiotic. Yours is a little of both, but I didn’t want you to think that I hate Canadians because nothing could be further from the truth. I actually love Canada. The country is beautiful, though I probably couldn’t hang there in the winter, and the people are always friendly. The one exception was my visit to Quebec, but I’ve been told that Canada doesn’t really claim Quebec. Is that right? Anyway, congrats on your mediocre finishes up in Alberta. You hang in there and you’ll end up with a fourth or fifth one day. Good luck.
PING
Dear Mr. Ping,
I'll start off my first and probably only letter to you by saying I am a big fan of the Troy Lee Designs race team. I have been sporting my TLD gear and lid since the first time I threw my leg over a dirt bike, and I was more than excited to see Troy put together a solid MX/SX program. Furthermore, whether you take credit or not, you have done a great job putting the TLD team on the podium in no time flat. I am sure the team will continue with the success that you have started them off on.
A little treasure of my Friday afternoons at work is logging on to good ol' Racer X Online and reading the creative and sarcastic ways you respond to the majority of the time incredibly ridiculous letters you receive (I wonder if we are going to see a counter argument to the counter argument of which balding middle-aged man is better at phase 10). That being said, I feel a bit shorted last week with you answering only two letters.
I understand that you are about to embark on a new journey into Emergency Medicine and maybe when you find yourself anxiously awaiting a call, you will find some other guy on the internet on which you count on for a weekly chuckle. My point being, next week, if possible, I propose you answer four letters to make up for your shortcomings this past week. I do understand that it is possible that you only received two letters this past week, but find it highly unlikely with your huge fan base.
Your biggest fan,
Michael Jones
I sent in three letters last week but only two made it to the interweb. You see, occasionally I can let my typing fingers get ahead of my brain a little bit. Somebody says something that really sets me off and I drop bombs like the Enola Gay over the sovereign nation of Japan. Thankfully there is a little bit of a checks and balances system set up here at Racer X where somebody is required to read my submissions before they go active on the web. I think this all started when we were nearly sued by the proprietor of a dodgy pizza establishment in Ohio once for what she called "slander." Well, long story short, one of my letters was a little too nasty for publication and will never see the light of day. There’s a black hole somewhere with about a dozen such letters and responses. Maybe someday I can sell them in a book. I’ll call it ‘Excerpts from a Professional… Go F#@k Yourself.’ Maybe I’ll even sell it under an alias, like, Turd Furguson or something. Keep an eye out at Barnes and Noble.
PING
Ping,
May I offer "rhetoric" as a suggestion to your vast vernacular? It is a favorite of mine and I sometimes refer to myself as the King of said "rhetoric". Have a wonderful day.
Mike
Rhetoric is a fantastic word and I’m seriously thinking about throwing it into my repertoire. I actually like repertoire because it sounds nothing like it’s spelled. I’m also fond of schmuck, dingle berry and cous cous for obvious reasons. I won’t bore you with any further rhetoric.
Cheers
PING
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Hahahaha "Turd Furguson"........ classic
Only in WVU can you find Dingle/Berry Now that is funny
Ping you realy are a funny mofo. Please keep collecting those letters and let them see the light one of these days. Fun stuff for sure.
Dingleberry, LOL! **Rightclick, Save as...**
I heard Ping just quit manager position for Troylee the other day to be a EMT. Good for him
Hell yes David Pingree!! Hell Yes!!!
That football picture reminds me... A million years ago, as a freshman at a college football game, I noticed two majorettes standing together amongst the others at the edge of the field with what I assumed were their names on their back. These two were Dill and the other Doe. A few others noticed and were laughing. I figured this was a cheap excuse to meet upperclass(wo)men by acting a gentleman and pointing out to them that maybe they should switch spots, at least. Turns out these were not their real names but an experiment of sorts. Turned out they were not looking for a gentleman at all nor did they later display any interest in artificial devices. True story. I do miss college so.
Slander is verbal defamation. In print it's libel. Clearly, the proprieter of said dodgy pizza establishment did not know her legal terms...
As a Canadian, love that first letter, ha. It's......bang on! I have a question, how do name guys like Daniel Blair, Troy Adams, Josh Demuth (I LOVE his riding style, I try to emulate it, but I'm just an old fart trail rider on an EXC) and others feel about coming up and getting their butt handed to them by the top Canadians? I always go to Riverglade, and have to say that some of the nicest riders are US riders, Evan Laughridge, Eric Nye, Josh Demuth.....but it must be a little bit of good old humble pie.
Haha that reminds me..... I went to school with 2 kids, Jason Felter & Harry Space......sounds pretty funny when you say em together...