Cycling taxonomy

UpTheWall
UpTheWall Posts: 207
edited October 2010 in The bottom bracket
Cracking article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ ... ing-tribes

“Mountain Bikers … do extremely irritating things like try to race Roadies who are simply out for a ride, which, if you're a Roadie, is sort of like being goaded by a hillbilly while you're browsing an art gallery.”

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  • simonaspinall
    simonaspinall Posts: 645
    UpTheWall wrote:
    Cracking article:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ ... ing-tribes

    “Mountain Bikers … do extremely irritating things like try to race Roadies who are simply out for a ride, which, if you're a Roadie, is sort of like being goaded by a hillbilly while you're browsing an art gallery.”

    Priceless, though I suspect a bit harsh! :D
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  • Cheshire_Cat
    Cheshire_Cat Posts: 464
    For your daily dose of Bike Snob NYC

    http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/

    He seems to becoming quite a celebrity these days :)
  • rickyrider
    rickyrider Posts: 294
    edited October 2010
    This line really made me laugh:

    "Specifically, the area in which the Triathlete and the Roadie are most similar is in their ability to reduce cycling to a fitness-building exercise, suck the joy from it and discard it so all that is left is a desiccated Lycra shell."

    But seriously, this whole 'cyciing tribe' thing is a bit tedious no? I happily commute, ride road and mtb, and know plenty of others who do too... but then life would be that much duller without stereotypes I guess.
  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    I love it! Of all the articles I've seen about "bike tribes" (and there seem to have been loads), that has to be the funniest!
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  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    UpTheWall wrote:

    “Mountain Bikers … do extremely irritating things like try to race Roadies who are simply out for a ride, which, if you're a Roadie, is sort of like being goaded by a hillbilly while you're browsing an art gallery.”

    Other roadies to that to roadies usually. The MTBers don't get near :wink:
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    I love the following:

    The Roadie's life is full of disappointed people – spouses, friends, family – all of whom have involuntarily funded their depraved lifestyle in one way or another.

    While some Roadies do ride off-road as well, many are put off by the presence of distasteful things like mud, rocks, fun and a spirit of camaraderie

    And just like Mr Magoo would wander into a construction site and a girder would materialise right as he was about to walk off the scaffolding, the Beautiful Godzilla blithely rides through red lights and busy intersections, emerging on the other side unscathed and just as photogenic as she was when she entered it.

    Roadies are the junkies of the cycling world; they're skinny and untrustworthy, and they'll do whatever they need to in order to keep their habit going.
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  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    A really enjoyable piece of writing, well found! And so even-handedly cruel with the satire that I have no idea what kind of bike the author rides.
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  • LazyBoycp
    LazyBoycp Posts: 320
    He likes all kinds, I think. Except tri, obviously. :D He uses a cargo bike quite a bit. Wish I had space in my flat for one!

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