Eldron Posted August 11, 2008 Share I'll never understand why mountain bikers think they're so cool.On the road the obstacles weigh 1,600kg, travel at 100kph on the wrong side of the road and are piloted by drunk and/or high drivers.Mountain biking? A piece of dirt, sitting still, doing nothing, static, waiting to be ridden over at your own choice of speed. Wow. The adrenalin rush is awesome. Pish tosh.And when you fall? Nice soft dirt you can slide over and get a few scratches that you mommies have to wipe with Dettol. On the road you donate skin/flesh/muscle/bone. Off road when the piece of dirt flings you off you break a collarbone - wow - knarly. On road you get stuck between the rear wheels of an 18 wheeler. See? Proof that mountain bikers are tree hugging pansies. You should take up golf - the ball doesn't move at all. Tennis is probably too scray for you - AAAARGGGHHH the ball moved - get me my full face helmet!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted August 11, 2008 Share The real purpose of this thread was not to pour scorn on the unfortunate roadie. You see Mampara' date=' a former roadie himself, was merely making sure that his status as a mountainbiker is not in dispute. Mampara is such a mountainbiker that he refuses to ride naked carbon, drinks Windhoek Lager on training rides, and can spot a roadie by his footwear. What a man! [/quote'] Hey, I pust carbon spacers on my MTB. And I'm still a roadie but turned to MTB for the fun part. Road is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring. I even got baggies now and my helmet has got a peak. So maybe one day an can be called a MTBer and not just because I've got the money to buy a bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Posted August 11, 2008 Share You just got to do a ghetto conversion now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MintSauce Posted August 11, 2008 Share I guess we can play that one both ways...? Fair is fair' date=' no...? Anyway, I ride my bike because I want to and don't give f^%$ what anybody else think!!!! Especially those self appointed mtb gurus who can't descend a technical singletrack to save their lives and then expect the whole world to jump out of the way when they hurl their skinny asses up the hill! learn to descend or go and play on your own Next time a better climber catches me on a singletrack climb I'll be sure to prevent him from passing me like has been done to me on technical descents(even when I ask very politely 'If possible....?') Which is 100% fair. If you can't descend and you get stuck behind some lard ass plonker on the climb on his fancy DS bike, then you desrve it (happens to me lots on my hardtail!). At least you can relax behind him and admire his beautiful over-priced Chris King hubs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfm1 Posted August 11, 2008 Share The real purpose of this thread was not to pour scorn on the unfortunate roadie. You see Mampara' date=' a former roadie himself, was merely making sure that his status as a mountainbiker is not in dispute. Mampara is such a mountainbiker that he refuses to ride naked carbon, drinks Windhoek Lager on training rides, and can spot a roadie by his footwear. What a man! [/quote'] Hey, I pust carbon spacers on my MTB. And I'm still a roadie but turned to MTB for the fun part. Road is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring. I even got baggies now and my helmet has got a peak. So maybe one day an can be called a MTBer and not just because I've got the money to buy a bike. JA WARA WARA WARA WARA WARA WARA WHATEVER, go spray some mud on your bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtbreath Posted August 11, 2008 Share Jules, you recovered yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowpoke Posted August 11, 2008 Share dfm1, i dunno if he can spray dirt on his bike... as has been mentioned he's a recovering roadie... i suspect he may still be a tad dirtophobic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted August 11, 2008 Share I bet all these "roadies" that jumped in must be the same ones that jump in when a Scampy topic comes up. So I guess the culprits are the Scampy lovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Drew Posted August 11, 2008 Share I'll never understand why mountain bikers think they're so cool.On the road the obstacles weigh 1' date='600kg, travel at 100kph on the wrong side of the road and are piloted by drunk and/or high drivers.Mountain biking? A piece of dirt, sitting still, doing nothing, static, waiting to be ridden over at your own choice of speed. Wow. The adrenalin rush is awesome. Pish tosh.And when you fall? Nice soft dirt you can slide over and get a few scratches that you mommies have to wipe with Dettol. On the road you donate skin/flesh/muscle/bone. Off road when the piece of dirt flings you off you break a collarbone - wow - knarly. On road you get stuck between the rear wheels of an 18 wheeler. See? Proof that mountain bikers are tree hugging pansies. You should take up golf - the ball doesn't move at all. Tennis is probably too scray for you - AAAARGGGHHH the ball moved - get me my full face helmet!!!! [/quote'] so a cyclists worth is determined by how badly he can potentially get hurt? Now that's just silly... oh the word you're looking for is gnarly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfm1 Posted August 11, 2008 Share dfm1' date=' i dunno if he can spray dirt on his bike... as has been mentioned he's a recovering roadie... i suspect he may still be a tad dirtophobic...[/quote'] They sell the aerosol dirt can's in Sandton for the 4x4's ,should work for his bike , just off William Nicol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Posted August 11, 2008 Share Why you looking for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowpoke Posted August 11, 2008 Share dfm1' date=' i dunno if he can spray dirt on his bike... as has been mentioned he's a recovering roadie... i suspect he may still be a tad dirtophobic...[/quote'] They sell the aerosol dirt can's in Sandton for the 4x4's ,should work for his bike , just off William Nicol ahhh, ok, that dirt.... cool... he should manage to survive that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted August 11, 2008 Share Did the weather warrant the guy wearing booties, if so, I dont see a problem with wearing anything that is going to make my ride a bit more comfortable.Would you rather let the poor guy freeze his toes off ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitusTi Posted August 11, 2008 Share Would you rather let the poor guy freeze his toes off ?/QUOTE] Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bored girl Posted August 11, 2008 Share Did the weather warrant the guy wearing booties' date=' if so, I dont see a problem with wearing anything that is going to make my ride a bit more comfortable.Would you rather let the poor guy freeze his toes off ?[/quote'] I had to buy knee warmers as they seem less woosie like than leg warmers. Never crossed my mind to put anything over my shoes though. 1 MTB socks are thicker and 2 I think it gives you character if you come home with a show covered in um.....whatever. To take a bootie off and wash it would not score any points in the hard @ss building trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted August 11, 2008 Share It was not cold enough to warrant booties. I had short on and thin arm warmers. And no one in their right mind should wear lycra booties. Not even on the road and definatley not yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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