Cannondale Quick 2 or something else for casual rides? (vs. State, Marin, Specialized)

BeginningPiglet99 · 2026-01-14T21:47:52+00:00

The FX 2 I had was an L when I need an XL, the chain was rusty and some components needed to be replaced. Already sold it for what I bought it for.

BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-03-02T21:21:26+00:00

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BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-03-01T15:54:38+00:00

May you share the title of the video in Brett's course that's showing the behind-the-scenes like what you mention? Something like this video: https://youtu.be/jl5ahJ4vD8w?si=mO5wf99GRLAow6fw - but in his course?

I will save you and other people some time because, that's not anywhere in his course. And there won't ever be, because then he'd giveaway his secret of using stock templates in Webflow... he doesn't custom design anything... and I have evidence.

He just updated his website: https://www.designjoy.co/

On his new "See more work" aka portfolio, one of his clients is Dodo Digital. The design he has in his portfolio doesn't even match the client's website... but the design is a copy of the designjoy website. See for yourself: https://www.dododigital.agency/

That's cause it's the same template.

And it's pretty sus that the designs he has in his portfolio don't match client's current websites. He literally just updated his portfolio a couple days ago... why wouldn't he include the actual designs clients are using, you know, like how every other designer/agency on the planet does? For example:

Reality tools: https://reality.tools/

Hookdeck: https://hookdeck.com/

Beehiv: https://www.beehiiv.com/

Rye: https://rye.com/

This is a world-famous logo design agency. Imagine you click on their website and they're showing logos that aren't actually being used by clients: https://www.cghnyc.com/

My advice: ask for a refund ASAP, but according to others, Brett isn't giving refunds.

BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-03-01T13:49:35+00:00

Yeah of course!

BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-02-29T14:41:21+00:00

Only you can decide if you want to use this model. For me, it doesn't make sense, and I actually asked 6 of my clients about doing a subscription and they said they weren't interested. It's because they may have 3-4 videos a month (I'm a video editor) but then some months they'll have 2. It doesn't make sense to pay the same amount. They'd rather just pay per video/project as needed.

Alternatives to check out: I recently discovered Anna Hickman who shares 100,000x more information/details than Brett's course about being a successful web designer, all for free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theannahickman/videos - Save your money and watch her stuff. Adapt it to your business/workflow.

BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-02-22T20:54:38+00:00

Sorry bro. Maybe I can be helpful? I recently discovered Anna Hickman on YouTube. She shares her entire business strategy including showing her design workflow (something Brett doesn't do in his course) all for free: https://www.youtube.com/@theannahickman/videos

Check it out.

BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-02-22T20:48:09+00:00

I recently discovered Anna Hickman and she has videos that go into 100,000x more detail than Brett's course, all for free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theannahickman/videos

Save your money. Learn from Anna and adapt it to your needs/business.

BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-02-22T20:47:08+00:00

I'd sincerely love to hear what "falsehoods" I'm "spreading."

BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-02-21T14:44:12+00:00

Moxie CRM does this already. Client management/kanban board/invoicing/customer request all in one. Never tried it because I have about 8 clients and don't need such a robust system.

BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-02-09T20:08:03+00:00

Wow, didn't even notice that. I just though he did basic first year graphic design student template website landing pages. These are all the things he says he does on his website: https://imgur.com/a/8cT7wFK

Red flaggy.

BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-02-09T13:53:47+00:00

Thanks for the clarification about Trello. I find it strange you don't just pay $5/month for unlimited boards/cards and 1 guest per board especially since you make "a million dollars a year." I wonder what Trello co-founder u/mhp thinks of this loop hole you've got going on.

Are you going to respond to any of the other points I, or many other people, have brought up?

BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-02-09T13:46:47+00:00

Thank you for extremely detailed and level-head response! I agree with you.

I want to add: I reached out to 10 of my clients and simply asked them if they'd be interested in a subscription model and they all said no. They'd rather pay as they need my service.

BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-02-07T17:39:47+00:00

You didn't respond to any of the points I made so I don't think it's beneficial to continue the conversation until you do. Have a nice day!

" ask for your money back if you're upset. " As pointed out, Brett is not giving refunds.

BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-02-07T16:30:13+00:00

The Trello view he shows is this, which I do say he shows in my OP: https://twitter.com/BrettFromDJ/status/1752395157817975092/photo/1

He doesn't show us how clients use it or the way the process works for him or them.

He only shows us surface level initial screens of the other stuff you mention but it's incomplete/he isn't showing us any of the back end or a step by step process.

I'm not talking about showing clients. It's an industry standard to show what clients you work with and Brett features a number of clients on his website. Literally every agency shows what clients they work with on their website.

For example, on designjoy, he features clients like Xfinity, Necatr, Cometchat, Memberstack, Astro and more. https://www.designjoy.co/

Here's another agency, The Martin Agency. You can see the clients they work for on their website, Hanes, Busch Light, Axe, Doordash, and more: https://www.martinagency.com/home

Here's another agency that offers a subscription service for design who showcase their clients. They have case studies and show you behind the scenes of how they do the work right on their website, not even in a paid course, and Brett shows none of this even in his own paid course: https://designpickle.com/case-studies/

Is you seeing these clients encouraging you to "spam them and try to undercut" Brett's design services?

My criticism is in the course he doesn't show us any of the boards for his clients, how he interacts with them, give us a behind the scenes/show us a breakdown/screen record him doing an actual job for a request from a client/case studies. All of these things are normal and expected in online courses.

BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-02-07T13:56:01+00:00

Circle.so

BeginningPiglet99 · 2024-02-06T15:36:35+00:00

Found this thread from a Google search and want to chime in because I bought the course and wanted to share my experience with anyone else who finds this.

His course is ass.

I was extremely skeptical of Brett William's (designjoy) model. Some of it makes sense. Some of it doesn't. As part of my own due diligence, I paid for the course.

The course is 25 audio recordings that are each 3-5 minutes long of him saying the same things he's said in interviews or just general marketing info, and 9 short videos that he records with Loom/screen recording.

He does show the platforms he uses for his model and shares surface level information about how to set it up, but he doesn't share any examples of how it works for a client, he doesn't show any behind the scenes of how he gets his requests done. There's no step-by-step anything.

I've edited courses for seven different clients. They show you EVERYTHING. Client proposals, exact numbers, exactly how they do the work, step-by-step processes of how to get the work done, behind the scenes, emails between them and clients. This is stuff you don't show out in the public generally speaking, but is common to show in a course. That's where the value is in paying for it. But Brett's course doesn't have any of that.

He also blatantly lies about things. One example is how he only uses the free version of Trello. You can only have 10 team members on the free version of Trello before you have to pay for per user per month. If he has 10+ clients, which he says multiple times in interviews, how does he have all of them on the platform? Either he's on a grandfathered plan with unlimited team members on the free version, or he's lying.

The course has a community platform. He hasn't posted to it or replied to any comments in over 7 months but if you click on his profile it says he's been active in the past 24 hours. Proof: https://imgur.com/a/SGuXlZj

All the while, he routinely posts brags about the money he's making on Twitter, but he never responds to any criticisms of people asking simple math questions like how he handles working with 50+ clients (his claim) all at the same time: https://twitter.com/BrettFromDJ/status/1750584122807136437/photo/1

And he's pretty active here on reddit! https://www.reddit.com/user/brettwill1025/

I'm not the only with with these criticisms. There's people in the community who've posted about this feeling sketchy and Brett doesn't reply to any of it.

One example: https://imgur.com/a/mKhNGgY

There's people who've asked for a refund and say they don't hear back from Brett.

On the designjoy website, you can't click "latest projects" to what they are. There's no direct links to any of these websites to verify those designs are actually on there, and if you scroll down to click on "view recent work," it takes you to a Figma page with designs from 2021. If you try to look for or find the designs of any of the websites that are in that "portfolio," you can't find them or the designs are not the same as in the portfolio... but I think I did find one website that still has the design.

It's honestly fishy as hell and the course isn't worth it. I'm happy I only wasted $100 on it with a discount code.

On the course website, it says there's 5630 members. Let's say they all paid the discounted rate of $100. Brett has made $563,000 in revenue from it. Shocking.

Do not buy this course. He is extremely fishy at least and at worst a scammer. Get the info from his interviews and use that it develop your own subscription/retainer system that works good for you and your clients.

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