I just dont get it.....

mudcow007
mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
edited December 2012 in Commuting chat
There is a few things I cant get my head around in this world, one of them is hurting your self an basically enjoying it

Take S&M, how someone can get off on the fact of having electric shocks to their nips or having other “stuff” clamped to them in the interests of pleasure is beyond me – which brings me onto mountain bikes as a commuter

I left my road bike at home today an brought my mountain bike….eugh!! its horrible to ride on the road slow I was sweating more than a dog in Korean restaurant

Ok granted the 2.3 tyres prob don’t help, an the fact that as your pedalling along it sounds like a ww2 bomber from the tyre noise

But why people ride mountain bikes to work when there nowhere near a mountain is madness….madness I tells yeah


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  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    edited December 2012
    Because those skinny road bikes won't be able to last what with lumps, bumps, potholes and kerbs.
    You need suspension - the guy at the shop said.......

    If I said that, it would be sarcasm but there are people out there that think like that. :roll:
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    My last resort backup bike is a Steel framed Surly 1 x 1 singlespeed MTB. 2.7 tyres, No suspension and a 33 x 16 gear....used for junior carrying or MTB duties across various Welsh mountains.

    IMG_1547.jpg

    Pic has 2.3 tyres on. I tried commuting on it a few months back after a p*ncture on the fixie - It was knackering, slow and I felt like a right tit.

    Back on topic; about this avatar.....
  • vermin
    vermin Posts: 1,739
    mudcow007 wrote:
    My tyres are well inflated and bouncy, for a comfy ride, look ...
  • aleslie22
    aleslie22 Posts: 26
    I use a mountain bike because it was a present and i can't afford another bike.
  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    Sorry, I very much wanted to read your post, but I spotted your avatar :shock:
  • kelsen
    kelsen Posts: 2,003
    Jonny_Trousers wrote:
    Sorry, I very much wanted to read your post, but I spotted your avatar :shock:
    That's really her y'know. All this time we thought she was a bloke.
  • davmaggs
    davmaggs Posts: 1,008
    If you are riding for the fitness benefit then heavy and hard to propel is the way to travel.
  • cyclingprop
    cyclingprop Posts: 2,426
    When I used to have one (since sold) it got ridden in on 2.5s the few times a year we had substantial enough snow. Safer than walking.
    What do you mean you think 64cm is a big frame?
  • bobbygloss
    bobbygloss Posts: 317
    Depends on your commute...
    I can have a lot more fun / scare myself silly if I take the mountain bike. Some sections are still on-road, but 5 or 6 miles of forest makes it worthwhile and I arrive at work with a sense of achievement.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,856
    My MTB is the only bike I can use the brakes on at the moment due to my manky hand. I would have changed the tyres but the manky hand also prevented that.
    More importantly, where's the avatar gone? Did you get a bit shy now that we've got the hots for you?
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  • eyko
    eyko Posts: 68
    Because I bought the bike to do XC, then fell in love with riding on the road as I was going from A to B. So started commuting. Don't have the money, or space, for a new bike atm, so I ride what I have.
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    Veronese68 wrote:
    My MTB is the only bike I can use the brakes on at the moment due to my manky hand. I would have changed the tyres but the manky hand also prevented that.
    More importantly, where's the avatar gone? Did you get a bit shy now that we've got the hots for you?

    i thought it was causing too much distraction... an causing a kerfuffle within the ranks

    <
    better-er?
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,856
    mudcow007 wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    More importantly, where's the avatar gone? Did you get a bit shy now that we've got the hots for you?

    i thought it was causing too much distraction... an causing a kerfuffle within the ranks

    <
    better-er?
    Betterer in terms of less distracting perhaps, but not as easy on the eye. So, if it wasn't you who was she?
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    Veronese68 wrote:
    mudcow007 wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    More importantly, where's the avatar gone? Did you get a bit shy now that we've got the hots for you?

    i thought it was causing too much distraction... an causing a kerfuffle within the ranks

    <
    better-er?
    Betterer in terms of less distracting perhaps, but not as easy on the eye. So, if it wasn't you who was she?

    god knows i googled "busty bint" an found that in gem lurking, felt rude not to add it...
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  • kieranb
    kieranb Posts: 1,674
    oh, just add a pair of MTB slicks on, lock out the suspension and it should be fine. I commute every day on a rigid steel MTB with 2" schwalbe marathon ATB tyres, it's just the acceleration that is a bit slow.
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    well to be honest once im up to speed (about 16/ 17mph) it was cruising along, stop pedaling though an it basically grinds to a halt

    im think off using it as a bit of resistance training though

    id forgotten how good discs an hydraulic magura brakes were too
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  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    My wife uses a rigid MTB with studed tyrers for commuting when it icy and aorad bike with mudguards when its not. MTB can be made to work on the road so lomg as they are rigis and with the right tyres.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    mudcow007 wrote:
    There is a few things I cant get my head around in this world, one of them is hurting your self an basically enjoying it

    Take S&M, how someone can get off on the fact of having electric shocks to their nips or having other “stuff” clamped to them in the interests of pleasure is beyond me

    Have you never had a hand job/sex/BJ which is a little too rough and you enjoy it all the more?

    Basically the feeling of pleasure and pain transmited to your brain is exactly the same signal (carried by the neurons I believe). The difference is the intensity of that signal - too much and the brain may register it as pain as oppose to pleasure. There are some who are conciously/subconciously turned on by exploring the line between pleasure and pain - (the whole 'can't take no more' sensation).

    Because the feeling of pleasure and pain is transmitted on the same signal to the brain, individuals have different pain thresholds and equally people can increase their pain threshold through experience/exposure to pleasure/pain. Therefore what may be painful to you - like a pinch, punch, slap, bite or thumb in the bum (though that is also determined through muscles being relaxed/used to being stretched) - may be on the side of pleasure to others.

    S&M, my understanding of it, isn't so much about pain but the exploration of the line between pleasure and pain. A proper S&M session shouldn't hurt when in the moment but should come very close to doing so... (may hurt in the morning though...)
    – which brings me onto mountain bikes as a commuter

    Oh, there was more to the OP than the opening sentence......
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    DonDaddyD wrote:

    Have you never had a hand job/sex/BJ which is a little too rough and you enjoy it all the more?

    is that where you think your banjo is about to be plucked?

    yep an it felt in no way erotic no thank you please.....
    DonDaddyD wrote:

    Oh, there was more to the OP than the opening sentence......

    but im but a simple creature......
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Not into American Bluegrass myself actually...

    As for Mountain Bikes, in general, why would you?
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Not into American Bluegrass myself actually...

    As for Mountain Bikes, in general, why would you?


    a man of the world like you should know what your "banjo" is jeez louise

    click here to be educated
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    mudcow007 wrote:
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Not into American Bluegrass myself actually...

    As for Mountain Bikes, in general, why would you?


    a man of the world like you should know what your "banjo" is jeez louise

    click here to be educated
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    Ultimate fail on your part....

    You don't like your banjo string being plucked. American Bluegrass is a genre of music where the banjo is a key instrument. I don't like it ("my banjo string") being plucked either = I don't like American Bluegrass....
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    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    As for Mountain Bikes, in general, why would you?
    Because it's fun? As a Londoner I'm sure the thought of air that you can't see and ground that isn't black and hard confuses and scares you, but it's really quite good :wink:
    MTB/CX

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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,856
    bails87 wrote:
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    As for Mountain Bikes, in general, why would you?
    Because it's fun? As a Londoner I'm sure the thought of air that you can't see and ground that isn't black and hard confuses and scares you, but it's really quite good :wink:
    As a Londoner I'd like to say you're quite right.
    Mountain bike off road = lots of fun.
    Mountain bike on road = hard work.
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  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    edited December 2012
    I definitely think mountain biking is in my soul, but I've never lived anywhere to justify owning one, though. One day...
  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    Because I wouldn't want to tackle that on slicks:

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    But yeah, suspension is for pussies, real men go rigid!
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Don't you mean real men like it hard up front and out back?

    :roll:
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