Can you trust bike reviews? The short answer: Yes. But also no. It depends.

The fifth episode of the Pinkcast is a meaty one, with a simple question that, in 2020, has a not-so-simple answer. After all, you’ll find product recommendations from the media, from consumers, and from influencers (or are they ambassadors?) all mixing together on the internet. It’s a bit confusing. We look at the different types of reviews out there, talk about how we like to do our reviews, and some of their shortcomings. And we can’t do any of that without getting into biases (we’ve all got ’em), embargos (review tomorrow!), and some tips on making sense of it all.

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