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Great riders, you're right they probably had the "modern" style, well definitely Everts. But they weren't throwing their hat in the ring every weekend at what we now call the modern deathcross

Don't forget just how hard the sport really is. Yeah given he doesn't have as much raw speed or as few errors as the riders mentioned on most nights. The sport is still really, really hard to do at all, let alone 25 or more laps on a rutted and deteriorating track. Its something like trying to jump rope while...

Standing up deeper into the corner and keeping the feet on the pegs is the more modern riding style. You don't really see the best riders sitting down way early and sticking their leg out coming into the corner anymore. Barcia has been nailing this new riding style for the most part. I wouldn't read too deeply into whether he...

Wholeheartedly disagree with you there. First of all you mention "team" sports. Michael jordan or whoever never won a single event themselves, only with the help of a "team." And boxing is way different than moto, they face one opponent at a time as opposed to the entire field of competition. Even so, its very subjective to say Cassius clay...

I think his riding has been really good the last few seasons. Really great footwork on the bike and very centered neutral riding position. So I disagree, I don't think he needs a riding coach at all. He just seems to get flustered when he's battling in the pack with riders he feels he is "better" than. If anything the...

Capital letter for brief emphasis only, thank you

Barcia doesn't seem like the type that would benefit from having some little guy in his ear all day and a day to day contest with other riders. He's been pro since 2009, so he doesn't need to learn how to ride a bike or how to train. He needs to come into the season with a clear head, relaxed...

Just a minor trade off from having the wonderful gift of diversity. The gift that keeps on giving

I live in my camper, sir. What is your fabulous living situation, that inherently makes your existence and opinions so much more valuable than mine?

I think GOAT probably or fairly applies to RC, at least until someone else comes and breaks all his outdoor records. But honestly I cringe when hearing the term GOAT applied in other sports. You really think that because someone is the most popular guy on sportsball team that he is Greatest of All Time at throwing or catching a...

If you bet on Tomac every round with +250 odds he would only need to win about 5-6 rounds to break even. Considering he usuallt wins 7-8 rounds or more, its not mathematically a bad bet for tomac across every round. Choosing any other rider other than the heavy favorite would be a bad bet mathematically

Looks like some special snowflake gear to me if I've ever seen it. whatever happened to No Fear vibez

I wouldn't be too excited or hold my breath over the triumph. Its just a steel frame hunk of junk that will cost over $12k. Some old dudes will rush out to buy the first models just to be able to tell us what all the issues are with the first generation. I don't even think the aesthetics will be...

Take it to your friends backyard track. The neighbors will only complain about dust and not noise

I feel like they can't really even try to "spice up" the track too much. There will just be way too many injuries. Yeah some more complicated obstacles will look cool on paper but they will just have more separation between Tomac roczen and everyone else. Even a slightly more technical track will make the racing much less exciting and...

This. nothing is "free." I'm sure in a country like New Zealand where (most) people are from the same culture and heritage, a social welfare system can mostly provide for the nation's healthcare costs. This is because generally speaking most people in the society are paying into the social welfare system and not abusing it. In America, the same system...

There's just too many bikes out on the track. The riders aren't used to riding totally beat down tracks with whoops basically knuckled out or rolled down after every race. The reality is a lot of the riders entering the race just don't belong out there. The 450 main should have a maximum of about 12-14 guys lining up. With...

There is also a difference between simple averages and exponential averages But the graph I posted above just showed real median incomes after being adjusted for inflation. The median is not difficult to understand at all. The graph was from the US census bureau and says that real median incomes have increased $2k over the last 40 years. Now...

Today we all get a good lesson in what is a mean median and mode. JM485 is right, median isn't a very good indicator of the average But median and averages of large data sets end up being remarkably similar in many cases !

The graph is using the median. Any type of average will be skewed by the very high and low income earners