You Know You're an MTBer When....

oxocube1

You look at every bike you drive/ride past and quickly examine the spec on it.

You hate being called a 'Cyclist'.

You have loads of spare 'bike bits' in the garage that you will sell on the internet....one day.

Any money in your Paypal account is from/for second hand bike parts.

You have BikeRadar/PinkBike/CRC/MerlinCycles/WinstanleysBikes/JeJamesCycles etc. bookmarked in your web browser.

You go on those websites daily to watch videos, read forum posts, and check for offers.

You think of money in terms of bike parts i.e. I have £60 spare, that's a new SLX shadow+ rear mech!

Your pile of MBUK Mags grows taller each month.

You have countless MTB stickers.

You've developed rough patches of skin on your hands from gripping your bars for hours at a time.

Even though you tell everyone else not to do it, you jetwash your bike occasionally because you are too lazy to do it with a hose.



Add more as you see fit!

ddraver

You have as much riding kit as normal clothes (especially shoes)

When you move house, the number 1 priority in your new flat/house is bike storage

bluechair84

Spending more time on the road driving to destinations than you do actually riding the trail is seen as an acceptable way to spend your spare time.

Long_Time_Lurker

You stop washing your trail clothes after every ride because "they will get dirty again tomorrow".

Or is that just me? :oops:

Plyphon

You know you're an MTBer when you ride a MTB and refer to yourself as such.

ddraver

Plyphon wrote:

You know you're an MTBer when you ride a MTB and refer to yourself as such.

Wow, you must be such fun at parties :roll:

paulneenan76

When your Missus tells you you only ever talk about your bike and yesterday's ride - and you tell her she's exaggerating when you know she's right.

When the weather makes conidtions un-rideable for a night ride but you are still giving it the opportunity to improve 10 minutes before your group ride is supposed to start - and you know no one else is going.

When on the way to work you drive past the hills which contain your favourite trails and wish you had the day off.

stubs

When getting cold, wet, covered in shit and scratches counts as a good day out.

pesky_jones

When nature becomes an obstacle

RandG

When you are worryingly all of the above :oops:

ddraver

People just stop bothering to ask where that/those scars came from every monday morning

You drive along country roads using the best line for an MTB, even if that's nothing close to the best line for a car

You go to a bike shop every weekend, even if your in the depths of Siberia, that bike shop is 99% a Cross Country Ski shop and only has 2 Cheap as chips Merida bikes in it ( :oops: )

bartimaeus

When you have to remove the 20kg of mud which is blocking your shower-drain... accumulated from a year or more of post-ride still-in-all-your-gear-including-shoes showers.

sofaboy73

you get caught by a bunch of walkers p*ssing on your bike to try and defrost the block of ice that has become your rear mech after a few wintery puddles and zub zero down hills

mcnultycop

You have boxes of shiny things delivered to the office, not to bypass the missus of course - just for convenience.

bluechair84

You have been knocked out by a blow from the saddle to the danglers.

raldat

The most expensive set of shoes you own have SPD cleats on the bottom.

nicklouse

raldat wrote:

The most expensive set of shoes you own have SPD cleats on the bottom.

nope.

has 5:10 stealth rubber on the bottom.

ddraver

nicklouse wrote:

raldat wrote:

The most expensive set of shoes you own have SPD cleats on the bottom.

nope.

has 5:10 stealth rubber on the bottom.

Gonna say this forum needs a "like Button" cos that one really struck home!

frankspencer1979

You spend far too much time at work staring at shift patterns trying to figure out how often you can get a day trip out riding in

cloudynights

you realize it never gets any easier

miss notax

Sadly I agree with all of the above, which i'm not sure are a particularly feminine set of traits to have :oops:

In my case, I can add; When your best mates excitedly tells you about a lovely pair of shoes she got in the sales, and I chip in about my new fabulous AND discounted mud tyre.....

scarbs85

miss notax wrote:

Sadly I agree with all of the above, which i'm not sure are a particularly feminine set of traits to have :oops:

Especially the bit about a saddle to the danglies :shock:

miss notax

- ok, apart from that bit then!!

oxocube1

ddraver wrote:

You drive along country roads using the best line for an MTB, even if that's nothing close to the best line for a car

Hehe now this I cannot deny!

Stu Coops

When it affects your job because your planning your meetings on rainy days around your weekly riding

stubs

When you check whether your bike fits in the car before buying a new motor.

SteveH28

When you convert the dining area into a warm bike storage area!

Thewaylander

When your misses offers you some in a morning and you refuse as you must go out on the bike

anj132

...you find yourself subconsciously trying to pump the car over small raises in the road on the way back from a ride.

ddraver

anj132 wrote:

...you find yourself subconsciously trying to pump the car over small raises in the road on the way back from a ride.

Ha Hah! Yep, done that one!

kirby700

stubs wrote:

When you check whether your bike fits in the car before buying a new motor.

Spot on!

and looking at weather forecasts every Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday for the weekend to work out where's best to ride