Hey guys,
I have been out of the mtn bike scene for quite awhile and I recently returned to see that kyle strait had been dropped by the majority of his sponsors. I looked into this as I was quite alarmed ( i used to idolize the guy) and i found a video of him claiming his comeback. What the hell happened to him? It looks like he has gained 40 pounds. It seems to me if he put as much effort into his mountain biking as he did into ordering fried chicken dinners, maybe he would still be on top. If he is a pro rider, he needs to be giving kids someone to look up to. I am thinking along the lines of ryder kasprick (family man, good bike rider), or geoff gulevich. If i was 13 and getting into mountain biking, and then I saw kyle strait, you can sure as shit bet I would get out of the sport purely out of fear that moutain bikig would turn me into a vince vaughn with long hair.
Thoughts?