Hey Lost_in_thought

dafruk

Littigator wrote:

They're a bit aggressive over there on the MTB thread though aren't they...a bit hairy and caveman like

As opposed to the roadies who are all sleek, silky and hairless...

sc999cs

lost_in_thought wrote:

sc999cs wrote:

I have to admit, I used to look at the MTB forum but found it a bit geeky.

INFIDEL!

Thwow him to the floor centurion... wather woughly...

I gave up visiting when one MTBer wanted to know why their assembeld bike weighed x grams (measured on bathroom scales), but the individual components, according to the manufactures weighed about 200 grams less than x. Worst thing was that other MTBers started giving sensible answers such as bolt weights, amount of grease etc. :roll:

Suppossed I'll be flamed if I ever post there again... :evil:

il_principe

hisoka wrote:

P.S. New to haunting both Commuting and Road, I wonder if I'm a strange breed or if many others do it too?

Not at all - I engage in regular cross-pollination myself.

hisoka

Littigator wrote:

hisoka and Daniel B you are both filthy tarty people who haul your carcasses across multi disciplines of forum posting you naughty naughty people, you're a disgrace!

You must nail your colours to the flag MTFU and stick with one or t'other

choose us we're much more fun

HEY calling me filthy tarty person is fair game, but Daniel B might be an upstanding member of whatever society he is in.
Mutli discipline indeed, I don't think I have any discipline and happy that way.
Is fun in both so far I have to say I might just have to have two identities to be in both.
Someone mentioned hairy and caveman like being the remit of MTB, damn I'm going to have to visit there now too!

Hisoka, Hairest and most caveman like I.T. support specialist in the "company"

rhext

sc999cs wrote:

I gave up visiting when one MTBer wanted to know why their assembeld bike weighed x grams (measured on bathroom scales), but the individual components, according to the manufactures weighed about 200 grams less than x. Worst thing was that other MTBers started giving sensible answers such as bolt weights, amount of grease etc. :roll:

Suppossed I'll be flamed if I ever post there again... :evil:

They've got a 'weight' one going at the moment. It's all so serious If that fussed about weight why buy bikes made of girders and covered in bits of pogo stick in the first place?

lost_in_thought

rhext wrote:

sc999cs wrote:

I gave up visiting when one MTBer wanted to know why their assembeld bike weighed x grams (measured on bathroom scales), but the individual components, according to the manufactures weighed about 200 grams less than x. Worst thing was that other MTBers started giving sensible answers such as bolt weights, amount of grease etc. :roll:

Suppossed I'll be flamed if I ever post there again... :evil:

They've got a 'weight' one going at the moment. It's all so serious If that fussed about weight why buy bikes made of girders and covered in bits of pogo stick in the first place?

I'm less worried about my bike's weight and more worried about my own. And it's cheaper to lower my weight than it is my bike's.

il_principe

rhext wrote:

sc999cs wrote:

I gave up visiting when one MTBer wanted to know why their assembeld bike weighed x grams (measured on bathroom scales), but the individual components, according to the manufactures weighed about 200 grams less than x. Worst thing was that other MTBers started giving sensible answers such as bolt weights, amount of grease etc. :roll:

Suppossed I'll be flamed if I ever post there again... :evil:

They've got a 'weight' one going at the moment. It's all so serious If that fussed about weight why buy bikes made of girders and covered in bits of pogo stick in the first place?

Exactly. Do they worry about the additional weight added by copious amounts of mud?

Bassjunkieuk

rhext wrote:

sc999cs wrote:

I gave up visiting when one MTBer wanted to know why their assembeld bike weighed x grams (measured on bathroom scales), but the individual components, according to the manufactures weighed about 200 grams less than x. Worst thing was that other MTBers started giving sensible answers such as bolt weights, amount of grease etc. :roll:

Suppossed I'll be flamed if I ever post there again... :evil:

They've got a 'weight' one going at the moment. It's all so serious If that fussed about weight why buy bikes made of girders and covered in bits of pogo stick in the first place?

Here here! I'm sure something such as a Giant Bowery would be very light and JA's complete Prince probably weighs about as much as one MTB wheel!

girv73

MTBs are heavy so we can crush feeble roadies under our truck-like wheels, then use our built in pogo sticks to bounce up and down on the remains, hooting and beating our chests like the wild, mud covered animals that we are.

Of course, we can't catch roadies on the flat (no shame, it's their natural environment after all), so we have to employ baboon like cunning and hide up trees and mountains waiting for one to pass so we can unleash the death from above.

Ahem.

Anyway, back on topic. Ladies on bikes. Mmm

Littigator

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

rhext wrote:

sc999cs wrote:

I gave up visiting when one MTBer wanted to know why their assembeld bike weighed x grams (measured on bathroom scales), but the individual components, according to the manufactures weighed about 200 grams less than x. Worst thing was that other MTBers started giving sensible answers such as bolt weights, amount of grease etc. :roll:

Suppossed I'll be flamed if I ever post there again... :evil:

They've got a 'weight' one going at the moment. It's all so serious If that fussed about weight why buy bikes made of girders and covered in bits of pogo stick in the first place?

Here here! I'm sure something such as a Giant Bowery would be very light and JA's complete Prince probably weighs about as much as one MTB wheel!

Actually recent indepth weight analysis in Litt Laboratories have revealedconsults clipboard, adjusts glasses

that the Bowery does in fact weigh a featherlike 9.5 kgs which is equivalent to almost 2 cats!

ahem

Bikerbaboon

I cant belive you think MTB forum is nerdy :?:

we may discuss weight a bit to much in deph but it does affect how the bike handles.
we dont discuss how best to remove leg hair or banter on about any retired riders comeing back to ride in some race in france. Never do we complain about a bloke in a white van cutting us up... we get far better thinkgs to cause us to crash like horse poo, small dogs on leashes, horses.
Our helmet debate gets summed up that we all come off and headbutt a tree once a week so riding without is a bit silly and rotational brain injurys dont get a mentioned.

only thing we dont have is the good looking ladies.


p.s. please please please take this in jest.

p.p.s. Hi lit :oops:

sc999cs

Bikerbaboon wrote:

I cant belive you think MTB forum is nerdy :?:

we may discuss weight a bit to much in deph but it does affect how the bike handles.
we dont discuss how best to remove leg hair or banter on about any retired riders comeing back to ride in some race in france. Never do we complain about a bloke in a white van cutting us up... we get far better thinkgs to cause us to crash like horse poo, small dogs on leashes, horses.
Our helmet debate gets summed up that we all come off and headbutt a tree once a week so riding without is a bit silly and rotational brain injurys dont get a mentioned.

only thing we dont have is the good looking ladies.


p.s. please please please take this in jest.

p.p.s. Hi lit :oops:

Likewise about the MTBers.

nicklouse

Mmmm Carbon wheels.

Crapaud

Littigator wrote:

... Actually recent indepth weight analysis in Litt Laboratories have revealedconsults clipboard, adjusts glasses ...

You are Dr Honeydew...



And ICM £5.

Big Red S

Plastic, dammit.

biondino

Litt looks rather more like Beaker...

Crapaud

biondino wrote:

Litt looks rather more like Beaker...

The mention of glasses screwed that one up.

Littigator

You've all lost me.

Actually, this is me...but missing the clipboard and pocket protector obviously

il_principe

Littigator wrote:

You've all lost me.

Actually, this is me...but missing the clipboard and pocket protector obviously

I knew you were gay!

OldSkoolKona

But, isn't that the joy of the Commuting Forum, you get a mix of roadies and mtbers in the one place... Not often in the world of cycling do you get different groups coming together

It will never last, I'm sure we're be splitting up in to opposing forums soon, yacf (yet another commuting forum)

greg66_tri_v2.0

Littigator wrote:

You've all lost me.

Actually, this is me...but missing the clipboard and pocket protector obviously

That, I have no doubt, is how your mind's eye perceives you Litts.

Everyone else's eyes are a little less, well, fcuking defective, frankly.

lost_in_thought

Greg66 wrote:

Littigator wrote:

You've all lost me.

Actually, this is me...but missing the clipboard and pocket protector obviously

That, I have no doubt, is how your mind's eye perceives you Litts.

Everyone else's eyes are a little less, well, fcuking defective, frankly.

He's stolen your rose-coloured spectacles...

daniel_b

hisoka wrote:

Littigator wrote:

hisoka and Daniel B you are both filthy tarty people who haul your carcasses across multi disciplines of forum posting you naughty naughty people, you're a disgrace!

You must nail your colours to the flag MTFU and stick with one or t'other

choose us we're much more fun

HEY calling me filthy tarty person is fair game, but Daniel B might be an upstanding member of whatever society he is in.
Mutli discipline indeed, I don't think I have any discipline and happy that way.
Is fun in both so far I have to say I might just have to have two identities to be in both.
Someone mentioned hairy and caveman like being the remit of MTB, damn I'm going to have to visit there now too!

Hisoka, Hairest and most caveman like I.T. support specialist in the "company"

Sorry for the delay in replying, I may have been having a beverage that may be beer.

Hisoka, you are clearly very wise, I'm definitely upstanding, but am not aware of being in any societies, unless anyone has any suggestions?

*When and why did the semi naked man appear - very strange :shock:

batch78

[sits rocking in a corner]

HELP NEEDED

I have a mountain bike

I commute

I have a road bike

I wear lycra AND baggies

I thought you were all my friends!!!!

[continues rocking]

rhext

Do you live in London? If so, it appears we can't be friends as you're a city sophisticate and I'm a mere yokel.

Greg T

batch78 wrote:

[sits rocking in a corner]

HELP NEEDED

I have a mountain bike

I commute

I have a road bike

I wear lycra AND baggies

I thought you were all my friends!!!!

[continues rocking]

You can't please all the people all the time now can you. I'll be your friend - what are you wearing - you know - underneath

Rhext - don't forget to water the Pheasants in the bottom paddock and furtle the Pumpkins - Ta

rhext

Yeah, and it's nearly time for the sukebind to start flowering so I'd better hit the road. Toodle-pip.

attica

sc999cs wrote:

I gave up visiting when one MTBer wanted to know why their assembeld bike weighed x grams (measured on bathroom scales), but the individual components, according to the manufactures weighed about 200 grams less than x. Worst thing was that other MTBers started giving sensible answers such as bolt weights, amount of grease etc. :roll:

Suppossed I'll be flamed if I ever post there again... :evil:

I seem to remember leaving a scathing post on a road thread about carbon fibre bottle cages.
I advised the chap concerned to get a bottle cage made of a non-brittle material and to have a big pooh before his bike rides to make up the difference.

See we're all as bad as each other, that said, if I had to choose, it'd be the commuter forum, just for the SCR thread, pure genius and a wonderful way to waste away the working day.

hisoka

Daniel B wrote:

hisoka wrote:

Littigator wrote:

hisoka and Daniel B you are both filthy tarty people who haul your carcasses across multi disciplines of forum posting you naughty naughty people, you're a disgrace!

You must nail your colours to the flag MTFU and stick with one or t'other

choose us we're much more fun

HEY calling me filthy tarty person is fair game, but Daniel B might be an upstanding member of whatever society he is in.
Mutli discipline indeed, I don't think I have any discipline and happy that way.
Is fun in both so far I have to say I might just have to have two identities to be in both.
Someone mentioned hairy and caveman like being the remit of MTB, damn I'm going to have to visit there now too!

Hisoka, Hairest and most caveman like I.T. support specialist in the "company"

Sorry for the delay in replying, I may have been having a beverage that may be beer.

Hisoka, you are clearly very wise, I'm definitely upstanding, but am not aware of being in any societies, unless anyone has any suggestions?

*When and why did the semi naked man appear - very strange :shock:

No idea about the semi naked man, avoiding that part of it all.
And I'm not wise, just know what to say half the time.

pigeon42

I'm less worried about my bike's weight and more worried about my own. And it's cheaper to lower my weight than it is my bike's.

LiT - a girl after my own heart! This has been my counter-attack to Daniel B's "oooh I need a shiny expensive new bike because it's lighter and then I'll be really fast and it's really pretty" statements (frequent)

From a slightly-after-the-event Pigeon42 because she actually has to DO work whilst at work (even on a Friday)