Unscientific Test...
cgarossi
Posts: 729
So theres a lot of debate about which is better, FS vs HT, expensive vs not expensive, trail centre vs single track etc etc.
Being bored at work, I assigned most of the aspects I could think of that improve the enjoyment of mountain biking a value. A base value of 100 is used as the 'defacto' riding experience with all things being equal.
So, find out what your score is. With 100 has your base score, subtract or add the values below and see what the result is, the will be your ride enjoyment value.
This is of course totally unscientific and does not go into the very fine details of mountain biking, nor does it reflect your personality, sexual orientation and/or night time habits. It's just for fun.
Suspension
Front + 10 (+1 per whole 20mm of travel)
Rear + 10 (+1 per inch of travel)
Skill Level
Novice (0 to 1 year experience) + 0
Amateur (1 to 3 years experience) + 5
Pro-Am (4 to 6 years experience) +10
Profesional (7 to 9 years experience) + 15
Elite (10 years+ experience) + 20
Bike Component Level
Entry Level (sub £699) - 10
Good (£700 - £1000) + 0
Medium High (£1001 - £1300) + 10
High (£1301 - £1600) + 15
Professional (£1601 - £2000) +20
Elite (£2001+) +25
Riding Surface
Road -10
Canal/Tow Path -5
Single Track XC +10
Trail Centre +15
Downhill Only +10
Ride Frequency
1 to 2 times a week + 0
3 to 4 times a week + 5
4 to 5 times a week + 10
5+ times a week + 15
Being bored at work, I assigned most of the aspects I could think of that improve the enjoyment of mountain biking a value. A base value of 100 is used as the 'defacto' riding experience with all things being equal.
So, find out what your score is. With 100 has your base score, subtract or add the values below and see what the result is, the will be your ride enjoyment value.
This is of course totally unscientific and does not go into the very fine details of mountain biking, nor does it reflect your personality, sexual orientation and/or night time habits. It's just for fun.
Suspension
Front + 10 (+1 per whole 20mm of travel)
Rear + 10 (+1 per inch of travel)
Skill Level
Novice (0 to 1 year experience) + 0
Amateur (1 to 3 years experience) + 5
Pro-Am (4 to 6 years experience) +10
Profesional (7 to 9 years experience) + 15
Elite (10 years+ experience) + 20
Bike Component Level
Entry Level (sub £699) - 10
Good (£700 - £1000) + 0
Medium High (£1001 - £1300) + 10
High (£1301 - £1600) + 15
Professional (£1601 - £2000) +20
Elite (£2001+) +25
Riding Surface
Road -10
Canal/Tow Path -5
Single Track XC +10
Trail Centre +15
Downhill Only +10
Ride Frequency
1 to 2 times a week + 0
3 to 4 times a week + 5
4 to 5 times a week + 10
5+ times a week + 15
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Erm, how does this work if you have 5 bikes; you commute on two different bikes, both of which cost lest than £1K neither of them have suspension, but get ridden the most mileage, you race on a bike that cost well over £2,000, which has full suspension and play around at trail centres on a bike that cost about £1,500 that has quite a bit of suspension travel and a road bike, which lives in the bedroom which cost again well over £2,000 hardly gets ridden at all?0
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Like I said, unscientific test.0
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Meh, I did it for each bike:
NRS = 168.5
Coiler = 161.5
Road = 135
TT = 125
CX/Commuter = 130
TBH, fun though it is, your science doesn't work for me.
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Well I could spent more time working out values based on research across these boards, but that would take forever. I just took a general consensus value for each one.
So you enjoy riding your NRS the most? Would that be true?0 -
cgarossi wrote:So you enjoy riding your NRS the most? Would that be true?
Actually, no. Granted I get a lot of pleasure out of riding it, but the most enjoyable ride for me, would be the CX bike that I commute on. Ironically, that's the bike that does the most miles, but gets the least spent on it.
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I never really thought about commuting when I decided on the values. Riding an MTB on the road (for me) is boring as hell, so gave Road a -10 score.
The test is probably about as accurate as Russel Grants horroscopes, but nonetheless interesting to see what number of people have the right result.0 -
197 for the Mojo? Everything is exactly the same on the Meta except it cost £1899, so it drops 5 points, hehe.0
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-20, I have to take prozac before and after rides0
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69 here0
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146
Oh no! I'm not having enough fun
Mind you, 69 has a nice ring to it. What sort of equipment would I need to score that?Canyon XC 8.0 '11
Whyte 19 steel '100 -
150
Do you enjoy riding more the longer you've been doing it?Rock Lobster 853, Trek 1200 and a very old, tired and loved Apollo Javelin.0 -
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So some idiot who goes off and buys himself a super expensive DH bike to ride afan on once a week would be 35 points off the highest score.
But a fantasticly skilled rider who rides a £1000 rigid 5 times a week on his local singletrack XC rides scores 210 points below the highest score.
That's not just unscientific, that's dumb lol.0 -
177 for the 456
But we all know HT is better than FS so it dosent count 0 -
165 for the Zaskar. And has absolutely nothing to do with enjoyment lol.0
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130. but its well unscientific. damn you 100mm of travel!0
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175 for my stumpjumper FSR because of my FS and the fact i have been riding since like forever Bikes are OK, I guess... :-)
2008 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Comp.
2013 Trek 1.2
1982 Holdsworth Elan.0 -
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I like the way you've so willfully mixed Metric and Imperial, in the suspension section! 0 -
156 But i feel stupid for even having bothered. Do you really think I'd have more fun at a crowded trail center than riding out into the wild 50 miles from anybody else?
"So theres a lot of debate about which is better, FS vs HT, expensive vs not expensive, trail centre vs single track etc etc."
And you've answered nothing here with these scores.
Assigning scores based on your own opinion serves only to reinforce your own (uninformed) opinion.0 -
