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

DCR00

when you happily throw yourself down hills surfaced with things that hurt and break bones

ThePriory1978

When your bikes tyres cost more than your car tyres.

Thewaylander

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:

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.....

Also remember mud is good for the skin :P

mattbarnes

When you go out to a posh eatery and the missus points out you've still got mud in your ears (usually because you've come home late from the trails and have had to rush the post ride shower...)

bluechair84

mattbarnes wrote:

When you go out to a posh eatery and the missus points out you've still got mud in your ears (usually because you've come home late from the trails and have had to rush the post ride shower...)

I'm like a shit magnet, no amount of showering gets me fully clean! My OH is always finding flecks of dirt than managed to remain :roll:

How about; you know the price of replacement parts better than you know the price of fruit and veg.

TheRollingDoorLAD

When CRC is loaded before Facebook

cookymonster

when you split from the wife because she says you think more of that bike than her ( well thats whats happened to me )

Woodmonkey

cookymonster wrote:

when you split from the wife because she says you think more of that bike than her ( well thats whats happened to me )

And you know she's right

VWsurfbum

bluechair84 wrote:

you know the price of fruit and veg.

True.

When the new house you bought has to be near some decent trails

gregwari

you spend months researching & planning your trip to the alps (or similar) and leave the wife to book / organise the family holiday

raldat

When your wife wants to go to a nice restaurant and all you can think of is the tyres that meal would have bought.

nwmlarge

when your gf rings you up to see what you've been up to when you aren't seeing her that evening and she already knows the answer will be "in the shed"

CedricTheBrave

You wave and smile at all other cyclists no matter what the reply/blank looks you get in return

fyldesmurf

you go on a walk with family and pretend you're railing every turn on the gentle footpath, making occasional wooshing sounds as you do so

ddraver

MBUK have opened this up to Twitter...

Splitters!!!

bluechair84

The trail has made you bleed your own blood

seancleverley

When after a crash you assess the damage to your steed before yourself...

bennett_346

When you spent more time analysing the weather than the Met Office.

bluechair84

You know how many teeth are on your cassette, but not in your head

ChrisG82

I've been thinking about this most of the day and came up with ones from my own experience. (Sorry if some may have been mentioned before) Hopefully others can relate to some of these and I'm not just completely weird! :-)

- You phone the bike shop and they know who it is without you having to say.
- You spend days studying tyre brochures and weighing up the pro's and cons of each one.
- You turn down a night out with mates because you are saving money for the tyres you finally decided on.
- You turn down a night out with mates because you are getting up early the next day to hit the trails.
- Your Youtube recommendations are all downhill videos.
- You are constantly trying to find new places on your bike to attach a mini cam mount.
- There is no room for your car in the garage.
- You always ask for money for Christmas/Birthdays to put towards new gear/equipment/components.
- You can justify spending £100 on new bike shoes, but not on any other type of shoe.
- You spend hours studying OS maps looking for bridleways and possible trail locations.
- You have had a *ahem* heated debate with horse riders on the usage of bridleways.
- You consider a week away on your own with your bike in the Yorkshire Dales as one of the best holidays you've ever had.
- You get so carried away on a downhill road section you forget about the T-Junction at the bottom.
- You'd rather date the likes of Chloe Woodruff, Anneka Beerten or Emeline Ragot than Angelina Jolie, Katy Perry or Mila Kunis.
- You wish your Surname was Atherton.
- The words Cube and Felt don't refer to a shape or material.

pesky_jones

Not that I don't agree with a lot of these but...

ChrisG82 wrote:

- You'd rather date the likes of Chloe Woodruff, Anneka Beerten or Emeline Ragot than Angelina Jolie, Katy Perry or Mila Kunis.

Mountain biking isnt beer

ChrisG82

That was meant more in terms of 'they would be more understanding of your obsession'

pesky_jones

ChrisG82 wrote:

That was meant more in terms of 'they would be more understanding of your obsession'

Ha yeah I know buddy, shallow bugger aren't I!

ditchit

...when you turn up at your mates wedding wearing a shirt and tie and your black 3/4 legnth Endura pants!
...when you refer to your gear as 'wet or dry' not 'clean or dirty'!
...when hillwalkers give you the evils and tell you to f*** off!

ChrisG82

Pesky Jones wrote:

ChrisG82 wrote:

That was meant more in terms of 'they would be more understanding of your obsession'

Ha yeah I know buddy, shallow bugger aren't I!

Maybe, although I don't think I would turn any of them down. But that may be owing to the fact I'm probably less shallow and more desperate! Ha ha!

Gobs

When after a crash you assess the damage to your steed before yourself...

Every single time

raldat

I really do not understand why scrubbing my cassette in the kitchen sink is not ok.

concorde

You drive along in your car and look at the hills etc and ask yourself... 'Could I ride that?'

Woodmonkey

you read an article about how 90% of mountain bikers have some sort of testicular damage from their sport and you think " fark it, balls aren't that important, and anyway i've got kids already"

bluechair84

you know that annodised parts makes you a 25% better rider