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Sean MacDonald
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Sean MacDonald is the editor of Lanesplitter.

I appreciate your point of view, and the way you expressed it respectfully, and even that you still might not agree with me - but I disagree. I know most cars are worried about us clipping a mirror or something (which is def our fault and def fucked), but it should be your responsibility to check over your shoulder Read more

I suppose just the probability of getting hit within a person’s normal riding routines. No, it is much less safe and the consequences are way greater than in a car, but I still think I have a better chance of getting to my destination okay and the other up sides are worth the risk. Read more

We’re all entitled to our opinions my man. But I’ll be the first to tell you that shit happens and can happen to the best of us. Part of why i’d never crashed until now was that I ride like it could happen at any time and that I’m not special. Read more

You bring up a super interesting point, and something I was talking to Patrick about. The auto audience is much happier to read about things they’ll never touch or won’t touch any time soon. Quick articles on bugattis and McLarens are interesting to everyone, because so many of us use cars for such utilitarian reason Read more

This is how I convinced Jensen at Asphalt and Rubber to love to Disqus. Gawker is a much bigger ship, which is harder to turn and listens to me less. Read more

Way too close to home to write about. I think Jensen at Asphalt & Rubber did a good job at it from an outsiders perspective, but my viewpoint on things with that company is way too clouded by my experience with them. Hopefully it benefits motorcyclists and the whole industry. Read more

Hahahaha, thanks man! I really do wish we could go back to a model like that, but that just isn’t in the cards for now. It’s up to the ad team at Gawker to sort that out and, at least for now, they’re doing decent of a job enough that I can just write what I want to. Gawker is hopefully working on how to do Read more

As I stated in another comment, the belief is not being an asshole. Needing to hold it over people’s heads anytime someone says they haven’t crashed is. Read more

Ok, and I disagree. I wouldn’t remind someone getting into a car that they’re probably about to crash, so I shouldn’t do it on a bike either. Give people a little credit. Read more

Thanks, I’m trying. We don’t have nearly the budget those guys do but, as I grow traffic, we’ll add more guys and get bigger and better. People’s concept of content and it’s worth is always shrinking. People want more for free, which forces us to spend more energy filling the pipeline for cheaper. I love the speed and Read more

I think I saw that and it was too late for the first week. Read more