MTB

itboffin
itboffin Posts: 20,064
edited November 2010 in Commuting chat
O o o o No!!! I seem to be drawn ever more towards muddy dirty sweaty MTB riding, I blame the Athertons ................

Think i've found tomorrows ride :roll:
Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.

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  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,973
    likewise, hence the new acquisition
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  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    Not just me then :wink:
    Whippet
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,355
    You should try night-time riding through forest trails. It's a lot of fun.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,181
    Always good to see some new converts to the Dark Side :wink:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    I've RTM'd this thread on the grounds of public perversion.
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    Another for the dark side then :D
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Alas no cycling of any kind today, spent the whole day doing visio network diagrams :(
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    embrace the mud!

    I'm very much MTB at heart I grew up on the side of hill in the Breacon Beacons before moved to london some 4 years ago the only road riding I did was very short stretches connecting the muddy rocky bits.
  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,973
    what mudguards would you recommend for a hardtail? spent the afternoon in the mud and Mrs GB was less than impressed when I return sporting a fair proportion of the countryside.
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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    gbsahne wrote:
    what mudguards would you recommend for a hardtail? spent the afternoon in the mud and Mrs GB was less than impressed when I return sporting a fair proportion of the countryside.

    i'd expect to get wet and muddy. this said a crudcatcher at the front saves picking sheep poo out of your teeth so well worth it to be honest.
  • Alphabet
    Alphabet Posts: 436
    everyone knows mtbs are cooler. when you're a kid, noone wants to be stuck with just going on the roads. it's all about gettting muddy in the woods while the nerd with racing bikes pootle in circles in their cul-de-sac
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  • Canny Jock
    Canny Jock Posts: 1,051
    Perverts.
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Canny Jock wrote:
    Perverts.

    No. CX riders are perverts, and proud to be.

    MTB riders are just dirty
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Canny Jock wrote:
    Perverts.

    No. CX riders are perverts, and proud to be.

    MTB riders are just dirty

    I am therefore a Dirty Pervert! :shock:
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Ah no.

    I found my original summary thread (seems to be a 6 month resurrection for this thing:

    My list of bike types:

    Snob (Roadie)
    Freak (SS)
    No-knee Freak (FG)
    Perve (CX)
    Clueless (MTB)
    Beginner (Hybrid)
    Grandad (Folder)
    Flat cap man (Tourer)
    Child (BMX)
    Porn-Star (Recumbent)
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    It's the night riding that does it for me. Really good fun. Spent most of the summer on the Tricross, commuting and touring.

    Now spending more time on the MTB, and loving the new Kona Kula Deluxe.

    Regular Monday night club run up round Mugdock and Carbeth, some great trails and plenty of mud and mayhem for all. 2 Magicshines and one P7 lights up the night.

    Great fun.
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • Fireblade96
    Fireblade96 Posts: 1,123
    itboffin wrote:
    O o o o No!!! I seem to be drawn ever more towards muddy dirty sweaty MTB riding, I blame the Athertons ................

    Think i've found tomorrows ride :roll:

    Dirty boy !

    MTBs rock. I like to be able to choose MTB or road depending on weather and inclination.

    As for mudguards, I run Crud Catchers front and rear on the MTB, while I like playing in the mud I don't particularly like being covered in it (or getting hosed down in the front garden before I'm allowed back in the house...)
    Misguided Idealist
  • OldSkoolKona
    OldSkoolKona Posts: 655
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Canny Jock wrote:
    Perverts.

    No. CX riders are perverts, and proud to be.

    MTB riders are just dirty

    Did someone mention dirty?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru2Dpe1LkNU
  • Canny Jock
    Canny Jock Posts: 1,051
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Ah no.

    I found my original summary thread (seems to be a 6 month resurrection for this thing:

    My list of bike types:

    Snob (Roadie)
    Freak (SS)
    No-knee Freak (FG)
    Perve (CX)
    Clueless (MTB)
    Beginner (Hybrid)
    Grandad (Folder)
    Flat cap man (Tourer)
    Child (BMX)
    Porn-Star (Recumbent)

    Hmm - in that case I am an ex-perve freakish snob, with designs on becoming a pervert again (I miss those days). I also have something in the shed which could turn me back into a beginner.

    Reminds me of the Bike Snob definitions - roadies are the junkies of the cycling world, skinny and untrustworthy (due to their energy conserving drafting manoeuvres).
  • jejv
    jejv Posts: 566
    uh.

    Uh. Umm.

    He

    Hello..

    Uh.

    Uh.

    I

    Oh dear.

    Monstercross

    I've said it now.
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    That makes me a flat-cap perve - just need the dirty raincoat then :wink:

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