I thought Mountain Bikers were helpfull

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

That is pi$$ poor! I always thought one of the main differences between MTB’ers and Roadies is that MTB’ers always offer to stop and help?????? I know my riding buddies do.

 

They probably were roadies - dirt roadies.

[Mojoman]

Funny who helps and who doesn't...a few years back I was busy fixing a puncture on my bike on one of the back roads of the area I ride in. An old bakkie goes clunking past...and slowly turns around. I felt a bit apprehensive as I watch the bakkie approach. The passenger side window opens and its an old, old tannie and her husband. Turns out he used to be a cyclist many moons ago and felt it was his duty to see if I needed any help! Hopefully most of us will have that attitude even when we can no longer ride!

[Eddy Gordo]

Ja, that seems to be the attitude these days. I remember a few years back, people would always ask, are you ok, do you need help etc. But these days, guys try to look the other way, make like they dont see you etc.

[Wil6]

They probably were roadies - dirt roadies.

O please.Like Joe Low said there are tjops everywhere in life.

 

Edit - Typo

Edited October 15, 2012 by Wil6

[patches]

hmmm... I've seen this trick before when a women is on the side of the road trying to fix her car. Just as I'm about to pull over and help, I hear my inner-Admiral Akbar shout:

 

http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4fad386beab8eac843000000-960/admiral-ackbar.jpg

 

...so I put my millenium falcon into hyperdrive and fly past!

Edited October 16, 2012 by patches

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

O please.Like Joe Low said there are tjops everywhere in life.

 

Edit - Typo

 

Rofl... You clearly didn't get the sarcasm in that post!

 

But yeah, tjops are everywhere. Not confined to roadie-dom or anything.

[HappyMartin]

No way its a roadie mtb thing. Its a noob thing. Never had a mechanical on a road ride and not had a cyclist stop to help. Even had people stop and offer help in the race on Sunday.

 

Mountain bikers will nearly always stop and help as well in my experience but there is a lot less camaraderie on the trails these days. Just too many noobs that are unaware of the traditions and etiquette. Cant blame them really. Mountain bikers have become very judgmental and if you dont cut it they can really look down on you. If they suspect you are a roadie or have the wrong wheel size you get all sorts of comments. I mean just check out this thread if you want an example or two.

 

You see cyclist stopped you ask if they are OK and if not you help. Finish and Klaar. No need to find out if they are roadies, fixies, single speeders, 26ers or 29ers. They are cyclists so get over your little issues and just help.

[GTRacing]

Maybe they could not help? But I have helped plenty and given away many a tube and pump. Being a mtbiker

[Wil6]

Rofl... You clearly didn't get the sarcasm in that post!

 

But yeah, tjops are everywhere. Not confined to roadie-dom or anything.

Sorry, long day .

 

Maybe it is a noob thing.Remember last year with the Ofm classic Mtb event I did not train at all, and went for the fun ride/stop at all the water points thing.

 

On route there was a girl with a puncher and there were probably 50+ riders in front of me just riding past her.Well I stopped and she had a sidewall cut.Gave her my spare tube and helped her get back on the road.

[andydude]

I usually find it is newbies or the high speed dirt roadies who don't stop to help. The chances of them being able to assist is doubtful anyway.

 

A bit of a superiority complex?

 

Edit: I was referring to you and not roadies

Edited October 15, 2012 by andydude

[Zook]

Mountain bikers have become very judgmental and if you dont cut it they can really look down on you.

 

But...but you're being judgemental! Hopefully that sentence is meant to overflow with irony.

[ibruegge]

my rule is to ask anyone if they are OK. If not, they would hopefully tell me. I even stop my car to ask a cyclist who is stranded - but I've never even been asked for tools. Anyhow, I am sure one day I'll be the one stranded without a working tube and hoping someone asks me...

[RockCoach]

 

A bit of a superiority complex?

 

Edit: I was referring to you and not roadies

 

Not at all. Merely an observation. Someone else mentioned the converted golfers on their latest greatest machines. These are the guys I'm referring to who have little mechanical knowledge as well as those new to the sport. I did state that it is 'usually' these groups so as not to completely generalise.

[DaLoCo]

Helped a damsel in distress once, local pastor's wife...

 

Next day I was given a new tube, smallish Park Tools multitool and 2 kg biltong

 

I will always stop....

['Dale]

Oh, Lifebuoy...

 

Before MTBers are cyclists, they are people.

People are different - some helpful, some could not care.

 

However, there is a code in cycling to 'help when someone is in need'.

[Thug]

I usually find it is newbies or the high speed dirt roadies who don't stop to help. The chances of them being able to assist is doubtful anyway.

 

Have to agree, was on my way down from Alberts Farm to Conrad Drive yesterday morning and just under 2k's from home my chain broke (my own fault, loose pin from taking chain off the previous day). Anyway, not having a quicklink, I started walking home.

 

Probably 6 or 7 riders passed me and not one asked if they could have been of assistance. 80% of them were "racing snakes / dirt roadies".