How to know you're in a MTBers house

cgarossi

You open the downstairs cupboard and all manner of mountain biking paraphenalia drops to the floor.

MacAndCheese

Written from the perspective of my Girlfriend:

There are smelly leg warmers with sixty one printed on the knee hanging off the bathroom towel rail - Apparently you can't wash them after every ride because they disintegrate, I think it's just lazy.

There's two muddy backpacks cluttering up the hallway.

There's unsightly tyre tracks across the front lawn and skid marks on the corner of the path that goes round the house.

There's mud on the floor of the garage. again.

More smelly clothes this time in the washing basket and on the radiator.

Hold on, I think i've just found a stash of porn down the side of the bed, the dirty bugger...o wait no, just more bloody bike mags.

There's something that looks like a catheter in the freezer.

Thewaylander

RealMan wrote:

Various lycra on the washing line.

Lots of things but never this! damn Lycra bet you like single speeds bleh

stuart_c-2

RealMan wrote:

Various lycra on the washing line.

Helmet by the door, next to a couple of pairs of sunglasses, a buff or two, and about a thousand different pairs of gloves.

Odd ratchet and velcro type shoes with funny metal things on the soles.

Bottle of sealant in the bedroom.

Exposure joystick charging in the bedroom.

Garmin 305 by the computer.

Several threads from bikeradar and singletrackworld open on computer.

Magazines with pictures of people riding bikes on the cover by the bed.

Empty wiggle boxes scattered in various places.

Person staring out window thinking how cool it would be to have a pump track in the garden.

And of course, a camelbak lying around in the kitchen.

What's your giveaways?

Your house sounds overbiked........

llamafarmer

In my flat it's the tyre marks on the walls and the bike mags in the bathroom

stubs

MacAndCheese wrote:

There's something that looks like a catheter in the freezer.

Aah yes the catheter thingy. First time the GF saw that hanging up in the kitchen drying out she nearly did a runner she thought I was Uncle Ernie out of the film version of The Who's rock opera Tommy

El Capitano

Sock drawer that has more spanners, allen keys and other assorted tools that socks...
You have more cycling clothes drawers than 'normal clothes' drawers.
Can of WD40 in the bathroom amongst your toileteries.
Road bike in the bedroom (currently sat on my chest of drawers).
Cracked floor tiles in the kitchen floor, from using it as a workshop.
Cracked floor tiles in the hall, from riding your bike down the stairs.
Garmin 305 on charge from the laptop.
Any cycling on TV during the week is pre-set to watch.
Downstairs toilet isn't useable most of the time, due to something bike related being stored in there after cleaning/fettling etc.
Row of helmets in the utility.
Wall of utility covered in race numbers.
Shoe rack has more pairs of riding shoes than other ones.
Camelbak bladders in the freezer.
Seperate cupboard in the kitchen for 'riding food'
You can't get any shopping in the boot of the car, because there's a bike in there, just in case.

I could go on...

miss notax

All I can say is that you chaps must have very understanding wives / girlfriends!!!

And yes - i'm ashamed to admit that our freezer is stuffed full of camelbak bladders, our utility room is full of various bits of muddy MTB stuff like helmets, gloves and other bits that I can't be bothered to wash, and our airing cupboard has various pairs of MTB shoes arranged in it to dry them out :oops:

The shame......!!!

cgarossi

My cupboard has:

2x Bontrager Jones XR tyres
1x Hutchinson Toro tyre
1xCamelbak Mule
1xCamelbak Flashflow (for short rides)
2xPair of grips
1xSLX Shifters (with cables)
Various sets of alen keys in imperial and metric
Pump
3x pairs of gloves
1xShimano Chain (used)
1xSRAM PC991 chain (nearly new)
1xBottle Finishline Wet
1xCan of 3in1 spray lubricant
Various spanners
1.5 bottles of Muc Off
Brushes
2x Helmets (a Giro Indicator, Specialized road helmet of some sort)
3x pairs of shades
Very sharp pliers
Bullgrips

Erm thats all I can think of

El Capitano

miss notax wrote:

All I can say is that you chaps must have very understanding wives

You see, it's like this...I bought my road bike (the one that lives in the bedroom) in 1981. I met my wife in 1982, got married in 1984. So, the bike came first and as such, has a much higher position than her in the household heirechy.

miss notax

Itsari

Open my door and you see the MBUK karabina keyring holding my ethernet cable.

Take a left and you see a door covered with stickers and stuff.

Open that you got my bike room which has me very limited tool set, a majority of my bike mags , spares, a buckled beyond repair rim where my clock used to be with my glasses and helmet hanging off it ready...(Who needs a clock its always ride time!11!)

Bikes placed on Fireplace, on top of a chest of draws and by the door for easy exit.

The other door takes you too ze living room/kitchen which has muddy tyre tracks on the carpet/ beer stains/other on it. Some clothes (gloves/waterproofs) lying about and a bike mag or 6. Freezer has the obligatory bladders in em Cloak room with Backpacks and whatnot in.

Go upstairs, ignoring the bedrooms you got my computer room which has more mags in opposite that you got a mountain of mag's for easy reading when taking a Dump.

Lots of posters about the house as well...Mainly to cover up the naff wallpaper.

miss notax wrote:

All I can say is that you chaps must have very understanding wives / girlfriends!!!

Mine ran off :P

weeksy59

My new Commencal lives under a cover in the garden.

I'm lucky to get my MTB shoes in the house.

If i did a fraction of the things you boys seem to do my wife would stab me through the heart.

.blitz

Our house is pretty average really. Just don't go in the garden, the shed, the garage or the loft and don't open any cupboard doors.

wobbem

El Capitano wrote:

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Can of WD40 in the bathroom amongst your toileteries.

Your probably like me and use it as a deodorizer.

RealMan

Thewaylander wrote:

RealMan wrote:

Various lycra on the washing line.

Lots of things but never this! damn Lycra bet you like single speeds bleh

Embrace it. It's cool. Although I do have 3 single speeds, but they all have 20" wheels..


What's with the keeping camelbak bladders in the freezer?

RichMTB

Man drawer has morphed i to man cupboard and has more tools and spare parts than a well stocked LBS

Decking in the garden has a workstand and a toolbox instead of garden furniture. Old chain rings are nailed to the fence!

Thread8

wobbem wrote:

El Capitano wrote:

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Can of WD40 in the bathroom amongst your toileteries.

Your probably like me and use it as a deodorizer.

I used muc off bike spray as deodorant by accident while hungover once....Not good :oops:

miss notax

RealMan wrote:

What's with the keeping camelbak bladders in the freezer?

Keeps them fresh(ish...) - all I do is rinse them out and bung them in the freezer until we use them again. I do rinse them out with milton fluid when they get too bad, but they last ages like that!

RealMan

Ok. I just keep mine wherever - in the kitchen, conservatory, bathroom, etc and they stay fine.

carbonfiend

house in desperate need of repair, redecoration and DIY jobs but all available spare cash & time spent on bike spares, upgrades, energy drinks etc and race entries

seataltea

Pebble and small stone collection at the bottom of the rubber seal in the washing machine from washing muddy clothes.

I like to imagine it's the modern version of panning for gold and one day there there will be a really big nugget in there..........rather than on the bike.

El Capitano

wobbem wrote:

El Capitano wrote:

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Can of WD40 in the bathroom amongst your toileteries.

Your probably like me and use it as a deodorizer.

Indeed. Its also a pretty good hand cleaner.

dunnnooo

There's wet lube, lycra and a lot of silicon in the kitchen, not the bedroom.

RealMan

dunnnooo wrote:

There's wet lube, lycra and a lot of silicon in the kitchen, not the bedroom.

You might have to explain the silicon one for me.. :?

dunnnooo

Camelback bladders...

RealMan

They're made out of silicon?

biff55

"Itsari wrote:

miss notax wrote:

All I can say is that you chaps must have very understanding wives / girlfriends!!!

Mine ran off :P

cherish that moment
unlimited nag-free bike time began.

spongtastic

Hmmm, well today,

In the kitchen as reported by the other half there are 2 Clee cycles packets containing KCNC bar plugs and KCNC Chainrings sat behind the chopping board
There is a Blackburn Mars rear light on one of the shelves next to the boiler
There is a pair of Lidl glasses, park patches, 1st set of pedros tyre levers, 4x 18650 batteries on the shelf below
On the key rack there are 1 p7, 1 501b and a Q5 led torch
In the bits drawer there is an Evans multi tool, Superstar pads, more park patches to replace the others above that I couldn't find, a set of metal tyre levers that I couldn't find and were replaced by the pedros.
In the letter rack there's the 2nd set of pedros purchased to replace the 1st when I couldn't find them, and I think 2 sets of cleats
There's muck off, WD40, GT85, wet and dry lube, paper towels, milton, non bio powder, waterproofer, and an old WTB saddle under the sink.
In the cupboard under the stairs there's a frame, wheels, various tubes, 2 waterproofs, 4 helmets (1 for each of us), set of pannier bags, various cheap gloves, another set of glasses.
Upstairs there's 4 shortbread tins filled with various bits and pieces, from chainring bolts to stems, including set of Pedros number 3, camelbak filled ready to go, clothing and wash bag.
We don't mention the shed. :oops:

Thewaylander

Bout say, Girlfriend? got rid of each of them when the question
"Do you love your bike more than me?" came upof course i damn well do heheh