do people waste money???

mr joey

was out today doing west of ambleside with the grizedale loop,was doing the loop when we caught up to these group of riders dressed in all the gear and on top of the range oranges,cubes cannondales etc,but slowed us really down and i mean really down,considering were on ht and were not that great,do people really need to spend that kind of money if they dont push the limits?? or really know what there riding,i dont know,all the gear and no idea springs to mind

CraigXXL

It's their money so why not spend it on an expensive bike if they want to.

Andy B

It's their money they can do with it what they want

They can ride at whatever pace they want to.

mr joey

fair point lads,but i cant help thinking they dont know what the bike is capable of,buying a freeride bike and using it for xc

neninja

Why are so many mbt'ers so worried about what other people are riding or doing?

If someone wants an Orange, Remedy etc and can afford one and they enjoy riding it then fair play to them whether they are experts or novices.

CraziScot

neninja wrote:

Why are so many mbt'ers so worried about what other people are riding or doing?

If someone wants an Orange, Remedy etc and can afford one and they enjoy riding it then fair play to them whether they are experts or novices.

What he said. Too many of these threads of late.

Anonymous

im with the OP, all the gear no idea riders are ruining this great sport.

hoochylala

Agree with all the other above - who care what others are riding - just get on and enjoy
your own ride!

Don't feed the troll

grim168

I bought an orange crush last year on bike to work scheme. Not mtb'd for years. Hardcore hardtail and at 42 I'm certainly not hardcore. I'm unfit and sh*t but love it and have fun. Enjoy your riding and leave them to theirs.

bennett_346

Sometimes its nice to just have an expensive piece of kit. I bet most people who have expensive cars don't track race them limiting them to the road, and therefore 70mph, but you wouldn't complain about them. Jealousy :roll:

Tim.s

Move along please, nothing to see here............

njee20

Why are so many mbt'ers so worried about what other people are riding or doing?

If someone wants an Orange, Remedy etc and can afford one and they enjoy riding it then fair play to them whether they are experts or novices.

This.

Anonymous

I think the OP has a point.

If your not a top rider you don't need top need.

But then again, if you got the cash and want top gear why not.

CraigXXL

No he doesn't he has penis envy.

Dobbs

There's lots of things we don't need.
We don't need cars that do 120mph, we don't need 3 bed houses unless we have at least 2 children. We don't even need to ride our bikes, we do it because we like it. And we buy things because we like them.
If we only ever got what we needed, life would be very boring indeed.[/i]

MrChuck

RichardSwt wrote:

I think the OP has a point.

If your not a top rider you don't need top need.

But then again, if you got the cash and want top gear why not.

There are probably people who could outride the OP on a cheaper bike than his. Does that mean he should get a cheaper one, or that he's ATGNI?

So, basically what everybody else said- leave them to get on enjoying themselves and do the same.

Anonymous

i think anyone who rides a big pricey bike should know how to handl it first.

so many people buy massive bikes or expensive lightweight bikes which they ride in inappropriate places, its ridiculous!!

if the blokes on their 5 or 6 inch trail and all mountain bikes were to learn on a hardtail instead, they would be better riders and have more skill and know how to deal witha trail instead of just crashing along it.

it just annoys me when im a better rider than most of the peopl i see and never get overtaken but people are dawdling along on superbikes when they would be better suited to something cheaper and spend themoney they save on something that is acually usefull to them elsewhere.

rant over, sorry but it just needs to be said.

njee20

You don't need a bike at all, and if you want to ride a lot of people wouldn't break BSOs in the normal course of things, and certainly a £400 MTB would almost certainly be adequate in most situations.

That's not to say that a more expensive bike isn't nicer to ride. My girlfriend doesn't ride much at all, but she can instantly tell how much nicer my Top Fuel is to ride than her Rockhopper, and that in turn is better than the Raleigh she had before.

Who's to say when it's a waste of money? I think CraigXXL summed it up perfectly in his last post.

Anonymous

CraigXXL wrote:

No he doesn't he has penis envy.

He dose have a point.

His point was "need".

No they don't need.

But they do want, which is fair enough, but they don't need it.

dave375

Are you really bothered what they ride and wear???

And did it really ruin you enjoyment that much ???

Come on[/i][/b]

Radioactiveman

you dont need a BMW M3 to to get from A to B but plenty of peolle have one when a fiat 500 would don the job

People buy what they want and its their money at the end of the day. If they are pumping money into LBS and the bike industry it can only be good right?

Miggins

I think it comes down to what makes you happy, at the end of the day. I think Mr Joey's
got a point; what's the point of having all the gear when you don't use it and you end up over-biked? But if it makes them happy, well, you can't argue with that. Personally, I would only upgrade something when I felt that I've reached a certain level of skill and the current piece of kit/compoment is preventing me from progressing. I'm happy in the knowledge that I'm getting the most out of what I've got. Others, though, are happy to know that they've got more than they need and can therefore grow into the bike. Whatever puts a smile on your face.

njee20

I think Mr Joey's got a point; what's the point of having all the gear when you don't use it and you end up over-biked?

But what is over biked? It appears to just be someone on a nicer bike than you who's not as good a rider, which just makes people look like jealous morons.

Surely unless you break the bike then technically you're over biked!

Anonymous

but people dont deserve bikes they cant ride to their fullest potentil, these people make me sick.

Miggins

njee20 wrote:

But what is over biked?!

Overkill, basically. But if it makes you happy, then why not?

njee20

But what is overkill!? If you don't break the bike, or at least come close, then are you not overbiked? I just don't get all the self-appointed judges of over biked, like I said, it seems to be anyone with a nicer bike who's not as good a rider.

_jon_

I don't tend to look at what others are riding or wearing, and even if I did I wouldn't be able to distinguish the more expensive bikes from the cheaper ones.

I'm just not interested; it doesn't bother me in the slightest what others ride. All I'm bothered about is enjoying myself and improving my fitness.

Tim.s

Maybe there should be a practical test at bike shops then they could allocate people bikes according to thier performance during the test.

Intense would probably only need to make 3 or 4 downhill bikes a year.

njee20

And they could stop production of all road bikes above £500, they all do exactly the same thing after all!

Anonymous

I think there should be a test to determine what mountain bike you're allowed. All bike shops should have a nice gravelly path, a chairlift assited DH course, ans some sick-to-the-power-of-rad northshore.
Unless you can ride the nrothshore, you're only allowed an Apollo Shockwave.

Miggins

...with Jon's post above.

njee20 wrote:

.....it seems to be anyone with a nicer bike who's not as good a rider.

I'd agree with that, njee, it would appear that many see it like that. But I don't think there's anything wrong with that opinion. To go back to Mr Joey's original question of, "Do people waste money?", it really comes down to personal preference and priorities; some would see having top kit but not the skill level to match as not justified (over-biked, they might say). And that opinion is not wrong. But if having such a bike puts a smile on your face, then that's ok too. Different priorities. Different opinions. Live and let live.