breeds of biker

joshtp
joshtp Posts: 3,966
edited November 2010 in The Crudcatcher
accidentally stumbled in the roadie section... and found this:

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

awesome!



:lol:
I like bikes and stuff

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  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    Ha ha most excellent!

    Have to say that most of those categories are a state-of-mind and the bicycle is purely incidental :)
  • joshtp
    joshtp Posts: 3,966
    .blitz wrote:
    Ha ha most excellent!

    Have to say that most of those categories are a state-of-mind and the bicycle is purely incidental :)


    yeah... probably... its still dead true though!
    I like bikes and stuff
  • psymon
    psymon Posts: 1,562
    woop im a real mountainbiker.
    i like pearl jam
    i have a goatee
    i have a big dog





    i have a peak on my helmet :wink:
  • I really enjoyed reading that article, it's well written and humerously explains the different "types" of cyclist very well indeed. Excellent..
  • D-Cyph3r
    D-Cyph3r Posts: 847
    In fact, there's a traditional rivalry between Roadies and Mountain Bikers, which leads Mountain Bikers to do extremely irritating things like try to race Roadies who are simply out for a ride,

    Hehe, love doing this. :lol:
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    psymon wrote:
    woop im a real mountainbiker.
    i like pearl jam
    i have a goatee
    i have a big dog
    Me too, sort of. I used to have an enormous dog, I used to have a goatee, and I like pearl jam.
    These things are daft generalisations, but the MTB one is pretty bang on :lol:


    psymon wrote:
    i have a peak on my helmet :wink:
    Same here, I'm not Jewish either.
  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    Fantastic article, i just sent it on to the girls in my cambridge office because of the godzilla part, thats exactly how they are!

    I too have a overly large dog, have had a goatie, peaked helmet, unshaven legs but i only know one pearl jam song?

    But i also ride a 29er HT and am currently sporting a beard, so by this rationale i am a self proclaimed surfing hippy! :wink:
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  • That was an awesome read for while on the train. Killed a good 15 minutes and had me chuckling. I fit the mtb categorie well :)
  • IcarusGreen
    IcarusGreen Posts: 1,486
    Laugh? I nearly shat!

    In fact, there's a traditional rivalry between Roadies and Mountain Bikers, which leads Mountain Bikers to 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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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,287
    Pretty good considering it's written by the newspaper of choice for Volvo driving sandal wearers.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • joshtp
    joshtp Posts: 3,966
    Actually , looking at this again... it really is flipping funny! I def am a true mtber...


    love the bit about mtb'ers racing the roadies.... its soooo true!!! If I see a roadie go not too fast (I.E I know I have half a chance) Then I totally burn myself so I'm going really fast, and then cruise past no handed, going twice as fast.... and if they retaliate I find that last reserve of power to sprint of on my 2.5 knobbly's.... And then find a small wall to be quietly sick behind.
    I like bikes and stuff
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    I particularly like how he compares cyclists looking at recumbent riders, like a dog barking at a plastic bag in a hedge :lol:
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    he appears to have missed the "legendary cyclist" out of his list:

    likes bikes enough, doesnt get too much of a hardon over them. likes to tinker about with his bike and ride it very slowly off road.

    thinks everyone else is a mental and should be more like him.

    also, is hilarious.

    Why other cyclists don't like them: They are so hilarious and mis understood as an 'orrible knobhead

    Compatibility with other cyclists: like to go to bike rides with normal non hippy cyclists who dont mind them pushing their bikes uphill.
  • he appears to have missed the "legendary cyclist" out of his list

    Ah, the author probably hasn't met El Cpaitano...
  • psymon
    psymon Posts: 1,562
    i was just thinkin he missed:

    packs of BMX emo's on battered 35lb colour matched P.O.S. in skin tight black denim.
    and
    Chav kn0b heads riding a Shockwave with the forks on backwards and disconnected brakes from his grans to his dealer on its back wheel.