Originally Posted by
mattcalifornia
Nah - grain of salt is appropriate. He has pointed out some very legitimate manufacturing problems that don't get much attention elsewhere, and he shows you the defects, how he identifies and measures them, and how/whether they can be fixed.
The only legitimate problems he points out are specific, extreme cases of BB being out of tolerance - from which he extrapolates into the QC of an entire company.
Then he makes up stories about finding air bubbles inside frames without any evidence to support his statements. He does things like pointing to rough finishing on the inside of a frame as an example of bad QC (it isnt). He makes absurd statements about QC based on the fact that carbon fiber does not have the same tolerances as metal (no duh. That doesnt mean bad QC, you ducking prat). He has made a sock puppet on Slowtwitch that purportedly was his colleague at Boeing or whereever. He has lied about getting a legal letter from Flo lawyers. He has provided no evidence of his alleged aero wheel test. He has not offered any evidence to support his qualifications. He has gone on a tirade against one of the Cervelo guys as well as other experts in the field (people who actually are employed for, and who have to demonstrate, their expertise - as opposed to Youtube blowhards) after they all consistently pushed back on his nonsense.
While he certainly knows his bottom brackets and machining tolerances, everything else with him is just a con show. And for everyone thinking that he is a neutral party - yeah right. He's become a minor celebrity with his army of fans who think he is an expert because "he tells it like it is".
And worst of all - he isnt even entertaining. It is the same old shtick every show. He's like the child that knows that he will get attention if he acts up. Watch the difference between his episodes from 2-3 years ago to now.