Comments on: Bikezilla Interview with James Stout – Part 2

By: davecobb

davecobb — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:07:58 +0000

I’ve known James for two years and hold him in the highest regard. Truthful, hard working and witty. Great interview.

By: joshhilby

joshhilby — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:07:50 +0000

Bikezilla I think is doing the right thing in this interview, for sure. While there are always two sides to every story, I think that this demonstrates a non-leading interview. TT1, as I understand it is a much bigger organization than just the PRO cycling side of the house.

Perhaps there is a upper-management to team management issue none of us know about? We can all project on what the problem may be, but its only conjecture. Even @jamesstout in his answers, could not be totally clear as to why things went down the way they did.

TT1 seems to be doing the right thing, generally, so maybe they will make everything right in the end. Time will tell.

The bigger issue this interview highlights, as James mentions, is that many riders are and have encountered too tough a time while working with team management on compensation and work rules issues. Clearly, an effective trans-national rider's union is really needed to protect riders rights and careers.

By: joshhilby

joshhilby — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:07:50 +0000

By: joshhilby

joshhilby — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:06:21 +0000

@Bikezilla I think is doing the right thing in this interview, for sure. While there are always two sides to every story, I think that this demonstrates a non-leading interview. TT1, as I understand it is a much bigger organization than just the PRO cycling side of the house.

Perhaps there is a upper-management to team management issue none of us know about? We all conjecture, including @jamesstout in his answers as to why things went down the way they did.

TT1 seems to be doing the right thing, generally, so maybe they will make everything right in the end. Time will tell.

The bigger issue this interview highlights, as James mentions, is that many riders are and have encountered too tough a time while working with team management on compensation and work rules issues. Clearly, an effective trans-national rider's union is really needed to protect riders rights and careers.

By: joshhilby

joshhilby — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:06:21 +0000

By: Bikezilla

Bikezilla — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:23:11 +0000

Thanks, AJohnson.

I was concerned about this being a case of one bitter troublemaker out to bash his boss after the relationship went bad. But as I looked into things I saw that this seems to be a lot more than just one guy, no matter what that one guy's personality may be. This looks to me to be a serious and disturbing pattern.

I'll talk more about my thoughts and feelings on this matter in an article to be published sometime after the complete interview is up.

By: CyclismasThack

CyclismasThack — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:53:47 +0000

We appreciate your comments. We firmly believe there are two sides to every story, and sometimes someone needs to tell the story of the David when dealing with a Goliath. We’re also happy to talk to Team Type 1, however, that has not happened to date. Our interviewer has also done has research and vetted the answers given.

By: ajohnson

ajohnson — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:41:51 +0000

How anybody could take this interview serious is beyond me. This kid has the reputation of a liar and a talentless cyclist. Plus, it sounds as if the interviewer is just trying to start a bunch of rumors about one of the few teams that is actually trying to do something good in cycling.