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  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    Gazlar wrote:
    What you need to remember is that the internet is a hive of desperate perverts and very few diamond in the rough.
    Same as society at large, then.
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    Gazlar wrote:
    What you need to remember is that the internet is a hive of desperate perverts and very few diamond in the rough.
    Same as society at large, then.

    Yeah just picking them out that's the problem. I mean it's hard on the internet for really normal straight laced guys like me not to get lumped in by association with all the nut jobs and freaks on a forum like this, especially as I try really hard to make sure people know I'm not some kind of desperate sex pervert. I think I manage quite well but you never know?
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • MissCMC
    MissCMC Posts: 545
    All I can say Miss Notax is I know exactly what you mean! I've tried it a couple of times and the trail of morons I have been through is depressing...
    Sarcasm: Because punching someone in the face is illegal.
  • Why are there women mtbers who are struggling? Surely someone is interested you have met on the trails? You seem pretty decent from what I can tell, inthatyou are female and ride bikes.id give it a chance info could.
  • miss notax
    miss notax Posts: 2,572
    MissCMC wrote:
    All I can say Miss Notax is I know exactly what you mean! I've tried it a couple of times and the trail of morons I have been through is depressing...

    Exactly :?
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away....

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  • MissCMC
    MissCMC Posts: 545
    I'm seriously considering leaving the country to find one. A night out round here means men who are shorter than me and who dress like they want to be in JLS. What happened to the real men?
    Sarcasm: Because punching someone in the face is illegal.
  • miss notax
    miss notax Posts: 2,572
    :lol::lol::lol:

    The New Forest isn't known for it's nightlife so I may have to resort to pinning a WANTED notice to my Camelbak :wink:

    At least if they can read that I know they're fast enough to keep up with me! (unless i've come off and am lying in a ditch...)
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away....

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    miss notax wrote:
    :lol::lol::lol:

    The New Forest isn't known for it's nightlife so I may have to resort to pinning a WANTED notice to my Camelbak :wink:

    At least if they can read that I know they're fast enough to keep up with me! (unless i've come off and am lying in a ditch...)
    just hope a Crudite does not find you.

    :wink:
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    MissCMC wrote:
    I'm seriously considering leaving the country to find one. A night out round here means men who are shorter than me and who dress like they want to be in JLS. What happened to the real men?

    Are you tall or live in a town of dwarves?
  • MissCMC
    MissCMC Posts: 545
    Well I have just come back from Denmark - they all seem to like bikes out there, they are tall and know how to party all night so its an option at the moment... :)
    Sarcasm: Because punching someone in the face is illegal.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    MissCMC wrote:
    Well I have just come back from Denmark - they all seem to like bikes out there, they are tall and know how to party all night so its an option at the moment... :)
    My Aunt did just that and married a Dane. they now have bought a house in the UK. in an Ikea Village.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    supersonic wrote:
    MissCMC wrote:
    I'm seriously considering leaving the country to find one. A night out round here means men who are shorter than me and who dress like they want to be in JLS. What happened to the real men?

    Are you tall or live in a town of dwarves?

    Should be grateful, have you never had a bloke go up on you?
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Maybe we need a new forum dating section.
  • MissCMC
    MissCMC Posts: 545
    I'm in Cardiff. I'm not particularly tall, but Welsh people tend to be shorter than average. Danes appear to be tall and have good taste in interiors. :)
    Sarcasm: Because punching someone in the face is illegal.
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    edited November 2012
    Actually just read that your another of us crudcatcher Cardiff crew, as an outsider living there there is a fark load of fat midgets here dressed head to stumps in henleys......obviously me and northern monkey are doing our best to improve the local gene pool but it's a tough task ;)

    From Gazlar, 6ft 2, Cardiff
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    MissCMC wrote:
    I'm in Cardiff. I'm not particularly tall, but Welsh people tend to be shorter than average. Danes appear to be tall and have good taste in interiors. :)
    I'll taste your interior in a minute
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Now this is an interior:

    livingroombikes.jpg
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    MissCMC wrote:
    I'm in Cardiff. I'm not particularly tall, but Welsh people tend to be shorter than average. Danes appear to be tall and have good taste in interiors. :)
    Great Danes?
    GreatDanealmost200%20lbsdogAlemao.JPG
    Whatever turns you on I guess.
    If by interior you mean kennel.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    supersonic wrote:
    Maybe we need a new forum dating section.
    the old Sandbox was used for that on many a time so the CC will do.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    supersonic wrote:
    Now this is an interior:

    livingroombikes.jpg

    That's an impressive box you have
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    MissCMC wrote:
    I'm seriously considering leaving the country to find one. A night out round here means men who are shorter than me and who dress like they want to be in JLS. What happened to the real men?

    hey, not all guys around that area are like that....but i am short though...damn it!! :lol:
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,706
    MissCMC wrote:
    I'm in Cardiff. I'm not particularly tall, but Welsh people tend to be shorter than average. Danes appear to be tall and have good taste in interiors. :)

    Holland is quite good too, particularly The Hague so I ve heard?!?!

    *innocent face*
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    What, William Hague?
  • foxc_uk
    foxc_uk Posts: 1,292
    I haven't joined in until now because I'm voluntarily single after having to break up with a really nice guy (who ticked all the boxes) that I just didn't have the proper feelings for...

    Anywho, here's why girl mtbers can't find men while out biking:
    A lot of male mtbers are already married/cohabiting/long term relationship types.
    Generally I (and I don't know if this is true for Miss N or MissCMC) go mountain biking with men, because I only have 2 girl mates who are as awesome as me (what?! I am!). And usually I'm seen out and about with my mate Mr Smug Married. Generally the presumption is that I am the female part of that particular smug married equation.

    Right now this isn't a problem. But in a couple of months when I actually want to find a guy... then it's back to the internet dating probably...
  • miss notax
    miss notax Posts: 2,572
    foxc_uk wrote:
    A lot of male mtbers are already married/cohabiting/long term relationship types.
    Generally I (and I don't know if this is true for Miss N or MissCMC) go mountain biking with men, because I only have 2 girl mates who are as awesome as me (what?! I am!). And usually I'm seen out and about with my mate Mr Smug Married. Generally the presumption is that I am the female part of that particular smug married equation.

    Yep - this is indeed the problem :?

    Similarly, i'm not ready to jump on the dating bandwagon just yet but am starting to think that it would be nice to meet someone in the future..... How to do that is the issue! I ride LOADS but can't really see normal-trail-type conversations (nice bike / your rear mech is broken / do you have a spare inner tube / watch out for that bloody great drop etc) developing beyond that....

    Hey ho :?
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away....

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  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    foxc_uk wrote:
    A lot of male mtbers are already married/cohabiting/long term relationship types.

    And usually I'm seen out and about with my mate Mr Smug Married. Generally the presumption is that I am the female part of that particular smug married equation.
    You're overthinking things, and making assumptions.
    About half of the lads I know and ride with on occasion are single. They're just not broadcasting a desperation siren because they're generally quite content.

    You sound like a great catch, with the whole "I was in a relationship with a perfect guy, so I broke it off" thing. I got annoyed about this when talking to a female friend of mine recently, it seems quite common for women to have these strange fantasies/ideas about what aloving relationship is. I'm not sure where you get it from, if it's soppy films or books or whatever. Anwyay, when you find yourself in a great, pretty much perfect relationship, but it doesn't match these impossible expectations, you throw it away because surely it can't be "right".
    There's another female friend of mine, who repeatedly throws away great relationships with genuinely fantastic people, almost as if she doesn't feel worthy of such positive affections. A number of her friends are now worried that she has serious self esteem issues.

    Of course, this isn;t true for all women, but it does seem common that "you lot" expect the impossible, and throw a hissy fit when you find it doesn't exist.
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Sense from Yeehaa, who'da thunk it.
    I'm off outside to look for frozen flying pigs in hell.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • foxc_uk
    foxc_uk Posts: 1,292
    Oh I know I'm a heartless b1tch believe me. Heart made of stone.
    I had my reasons for breaking up with him. I've put myself on the naughty step and I'm not allowed to go out and play until I've had a good think about what I've done.
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    foxc_uk wrote:
    Oh I know I'm a heartless b1tch believe me. Heart made of stone.
    I had my reasons for breaking up with him. I've put myself on the naughty step and I'm not allowed to go out and play until I've had a good think about what I've done.


    ooooh, you on the naughty step, i like the sound of that :wink::lol:
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    I have to disagree with yehaa on this one (still luv ya though lol) but it takes a lot of guts to walk away from something that seems perfect on paper but doesn't feel right, there's no harm in being picky but ladies, remember not every bloke can be like me so allow then some slack ;). The way i look at it is the world is full of single people trying to be in a relationship and people in a relationship trying to be single so make the most of the things you enjoy that your current relationship status allows, both are good situations.

    Key she's lying she's not on no naughty step, i can see from here, a naughty girl shouldn't be having a luxurious bath as punishment lol
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp