if you lot...

John Stevenson

SJ wrote:

Sorry, I should have re-phrased that a bit.
'Or just for those of us who's DH riding..'.

No, that works too. "I'm not a big fraidy-cat who wants five inches of shop-bought skill between me and the rocks on descents; my DH riding etc etc..."



The marketing department would be proud of me.

SJ

john_stevenson wrote:

SJ wrote:

Sorry, I should have re-phrased that a bit.
'Or just for those of us who's DH riding..'.

No, that works too. "I'm not a big fraidy-cat who wants five inches of shop-bought skill between me and the rocks on descents; my DH riding etc etc..."



The marketing department would be proud of me.

Take it as you will.

I'm just trying to be friendly and get on but you're obviously another who won't have it.

I give up, you win.

John Stevenson

SJ wrote:

Take it as you will.

I'm just trying to be friendly and get on but you're obviously another who won't have it.

I give up, you win.

Oh dear. I'm taking the mick out of myself here, not you.

And the slightly more serious point, in answer to Steve's allegations about suspension bikes and their riders, is that we ride the bikes we ride for a vast range of reasons.

You use a full suspension bike because it allows you to push the limits of your skill - and have fun.

I use a full suspension bike because I'm a knackered old shit who likes the way modern equipment compensates for my lack of skill - and so helps me have fun.

Ultimately, we're grown-ups riding over-sized BMX bikes in the mud. We can make ourselves look like right twonks if we take that too seriously.

rustychisel

Jeeeeezuz. Well I'm glad that's all settled then. Self effacing and mocking tone so noted.

SJ

john_stevenson wrote:

SJ wrote:

Take it as you will.

I'm just trying to be friendly and get on but you're obviously another who won't have it.

I give up, you win.

Oh dear. I'm taking the mick out of myself here, not you.

And the slightly more serious point, in answer to Steve's allegations about suspension bikes and their riders, is that we ride the bikes we ride for a vast range of reasons.

You use a full suspension bike because it allows you to push the limits of your skill - and have fun.

I use a full suspension bike because I'm a knackered old shoot who likes the way modern equipment compensates for my lack of skill - and so helps me have fun.

Ultimately, we're grown-ups riding over-sized BMX bikes in the mud. We can make ourselves look like right twonks if we take that too seriously.

Re-reading that today I can see that now, I was getting very wound up on here yesterday due to some very rude posters and a ridiculous spreadsheet I was working on.
It would seem our opinions are actually the same and apologise for jumping to conclusions. :oops:

Absinthe Minded

Squaggles wrote:

Steve Austin and Red Lemon , we're not interested in your petty bickering , can't you do it via email or something ?

Who is this 'we', you speak of?

Steve Austin

I thought Squaggles might be happy that some folk hadn't deserted the forum

its quite hard to take part in a forum on your own.

as you were Squaggles

John Stevenson

SJ wrote:

Re-reading that today I can see that now, I was getting very wound up on here yesterday due to some very rude posters and a ridiculous spreadsheet

Is there any other kind?

SJ wrote:

I was working on.
It would seem our opinions are actually the same and apologise for jumping to conclusions. :oops:

You've gotta love agreeing with each other at the tops of your voices eh?

SJ

john_stevenson wrote:

SJ wrote:

Re-reading that today I can see that now, I was getting very wound up on here yesterday due to some very rude posters and a ridiculous spreadsheet

Is there any other kind?

I do believe this to be the most ridiculous of them all, however, I think I've actually completed it now (I did say the same thing yesterday only to discover much to my horror that I hadn't).
It's nice now it's done!

SJ wrote:

I was working on.
It would seem our opinions are actually the same and apologise for jumping to conclusions. :oops:

You've gotta love agreeing with each other at the tops of your voices eh?

Indeed, one of the best ways I should think!

speshcp

Feel the love...

Yorkshireman

This is getting a bit ... er ... :oops:

cpsimon

I found that road riding made me a very good XC MTB racer very quickly after buying an MTB. The technical skills of MTB riding were quite easy to pick up. Any competent road rider who chooses to do MTB can do well. Many MTBers concentrate on technical skills, which though important are not as crucial as the fitness and sheer power. Pottering about on the difficult bits at Peebles or Coed-y-Brenin is no substitute for putting in the miles if you want to do well at XC.

Red Lemon

cpsimon wrote:

The technical skills of MTB riding were quite easy to pick up.

You mean the technical skills of XC riding were easy to pick up. There's more to MTBs than XC, and they don't all use the same skill sets. It's not like road riding, which from looking around this half of the forum seems to come in two main flavours: with or without drugs.