what do you hate most about Mountain biking?

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  • bennett_346
    bennett_346 Posts: 5,029
    Ive had it spray up my back before, hence why i now carry round a packet of cleaning wipes. I've seen an owner walk away and notice i was watching, and out came the excuses, "i always pick it up i just dont have my bag today mate, honestly".

    :roll:
  • lastwords
    lastwords Posts: 304
    got to be dog sh!t, dogs that run along yapping at your ankles, and some dog walkers who cant be arsed to clean up the dogs mess.

    pick up a stick and flick it off the trial ffs
  • poppit
    poppit Posts: 926
    Having to get off and push, bikes work better when you're sat on them!
    Eddy Merckx EMX-3
    Dolan L'Etape
    Cougar Zero Uno
    Genesis Core 50
    Planet X TOR
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    The large credit card bills that seem to accompany it.
  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    I'm with Richard on this one. The expense of this sport kills me.
    My London Road
  • Briggo
    Briggo Posts: 3,537
    People who type 'u' instead of 'you'

    Thats what I hate most about MTB'ing.
  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    Dog sh*t and horse sh*t near me because of al the gypsies, its everywhere, pavements, roads, trails, fields. Its endless.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,398
    Having to drive to get to any decent moutain biking :cry: The price of living where I do...
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    Same here, cannock is about 40 minutes away and its hard to get my dad to take me there anyway so I'm struggling to find places which I can ride to which are any good.

    Any ideas near dudley, west midlands?
  • x-isle
    x-isle Posts: 794
    Here's my list in no particular order;

    1) Dog poo
    2) Empty drinks bottles/food wrapers left out on the trail
    3) Discarded inner tubes (and even tyres!)
    4) Riders who think they have the god given right to barge their way past slower riders
    Craig Rogers
  • craig_jackass
    craig_jackass Posts: 102
    Briggo wrote:
    People who type 'u' instead of 'you'

    Thats what I hate most about MTB'ing.

    if u want to type you instead of u, 'you' also should type 'Mountain Biking' not MTB'ing
    jAcKaSs

    If in doubt, Foot Out Flat Out
  • psymon
    psymon Posts: 1,562
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    i want a teflon coated bike where the mud just sheds off like water off a ducks back.
    FAST

    FASTER
  • craig_jackass
    craig_jackass Posts: 102
    Briggo wrote:
    People who type 'u' instead of 'you'

    Thats what I hate most about MTB'ing.

    this guy for being a twat, and ruining forums by acting like this. its all a bit of banter mate just banter...
    jAcKaSs

    If in doubt, Foot Out Flat Out
  • x-isle
    x-isle Posts: 794
    psymon wrote:
    ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike > ride the bike > clean the bike.

    i want a teflon coated bike where the mud just sheds off like water off a ducks back.

    Ha ha :lol:

    Don't know if you do this, but when I wash the bike, which is about as often as you've stated above!

    I cover the entire bike (except the brakes!) in MucOff Bike Spray. The dirt doesn't stick and indeed does slide off.
    Craig Rogers
  • RevellRider
    RevellRider Posts: 1,794
    People starting and people moaning in threads about what they hate in mountain biking..

    Oh shoot, that means I hate myself now
    Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Epsilon.
  • Briggo
    Briggo Posts: 3,537
    edited October 2010
    craig_jackass wrote:
    Briggo wrote:
    People who type 'u' instead of 'you'

    Thats what I hate most about MTB'ing.

    if u want to type you instead of u, 'you' also should type 'Mountain Biking' not MTB'ing

    MTB is an acronym for Mountain bike/ing.

    U is just ruining our planet.
  • singlespeedexplosif
    singlespeedexplosif Posts: 1,564
    baggy shorts
  • psymon
    psymon Posts: 1,562
    Briggo wrote:
    craig_jackass wrote:
    Briggo wrote:
    People who type 'u' instead of 'you'

    Thats what I hate most about MTB'ing.

    if u want to type you instead of u, 'you' also should type 'Mountain Biking' not MTB'ing

    MTB is an acronym for Mountain bike/ing.

    U is just ruining our planet.


    people who think MTB is an acronym when it is an abbreviation.
    FAST

    FASTER
  • craig_jackass
    craig_jackass Posts: 102
    edited October 2010
    psymon wrote:
    Briggo wrote:
    craig_jackass wrote:
    Briggo wrote:
    People who type 'u' instead of 'you'

    Thats what I hate most about MTB'ing.

    if u want to type you instead of u, 'you' also should type 'Mountain Biking' not MTB'ing

    MTB is an acronym for Mountain bike/ing.

    U is just ruining our planet.


    people who think MTB is an acronym when it is an abbreviation.

    Yes, thats classic :D both mean the same, but clearly the thesaurus on Microsoft word gave him an other option
    jAcKaSs

    If in doubt, Foot Out Flat Out
  • singlespeedexplosif
    singlespeedexplosif Posts: 1,564
    'people who think MTB is an acronym when it is an abbreviation.'

    it is both an acronym *and* an abbreviation.
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Most people at trail centres
  • sam_anon
    sam_anon Posts: 153
    northstar wrote:
    Horse shoot on bridleways etc

    That did make me chuckle, but I hope you're joking!

    Mine would be other riders with no manners, and those on full carbon, full sus, etc etc who can't ride for toffee!
  • NatoED
    NatoED Posts: 480
    trail centres full stop. Just no fun . When i started 16 years ago MTBing was just riding where ever you wanted not led like sheep about a ring with a bunch of no fun yuppies with their 2K off the peg bike and not realising they could build a really special one off bike for that much. where most of the climbs are fire road . where most of the riders have no idea who Kirk industries were (my brother had one the magnesium started to fizzle on him in a rainy ride(?) or that Nolan made awesome parallel linkage forks.

    heck I'm 29 but sound like a 40 year old .......... i even like the cure and the smiths.......am i old before my time. .......

    I also hat the fact that most modern parts are way more expensive than 10 years ago but seem to be really badly made or not feel as well engineered (new zocchi forks for example and even the new hope brakes, and don't get me started on commencial cable routing for front mechs....)

    Not being able to find a big enough soap box to fall from while in internet forums.
  • RevellRider
    RevellRider Posts: 1,794
    NatoED wrote:
    where most of the riders have no idea who Kirk industries were (my brother had one the magnesium started to fizzle on him in a rainy ride(?) or that Nolan made awesome parallel linkage forks.
    I also hat the fact that most modern parts are way more expensive than 10 years ago but seem to be really badly made or not feel as well engineered (new zocchi forks for example and even the new hope brakes, and don't get me started on commencial cable routing for front mechs....)

    You talk about products not being as nicely made as they once were, yet you talk about two of the worst products ever designed
    Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Epsilon.
  • PaulBarman
    PaulBarman Posts: 35
    Bearings constantly getting mud in them - bb, jockey wheels, hubs, shifters, headset - it's neverending maintenance all bloody winter!

    I don't have to take my car to bits every fortnight to regrease the bearings.
  • Barteos
    Barteos Posts: 657
    living in the South, gates, sticky pistons and...












    mud :oops:
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,152
    cleaning the bike & the speed the parts wear out compared to my road bike
  • mrfmilo
    mrfmilo Posts: 2,250
    The price.
    Marin
  • x-isle
    x-isle Posts: 794
    Getting grit stuck between my teeth.
    Craig Rogers
  • pugaltitude
    pugaltitude Posts: 191
    Another thing is people that stop in the middle of the trail to fix the puncture.
    The bike is upside down, wheel off and then somebody fly's round the corner. You get the picture.
    I hope my spelling is correct and iv used the correct abbri/ecr wotever u uz in a sentence b 4 any1 else.
    Then again I dont give a BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8)

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