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Are you a mountain biker or a cyclist?

52 posts & 47 voices | Started 1 year ago by TooTall | Latest reply from AnalogueAndy

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TooTall - Member

I used to be a mountain biker - now I'm a cyclist. Is it an age thing? I swore off road bikes as bad thing, but I have a hybrid for commuting and (probably because a 27" frame is hard to find) now have a road bike as well.

I'm more interested in reading about other forms of cycling as well - I just like to hear about what other people do on other types of bikes I guess - I know what mountain bikers do on theirs.

Have you evolved / regressed? How do you see yourself as far as bikes and riding them goes?

Posted 1 year ago #
andy7t2 - Member

petrol head

Posted 1 year ago #
rootes1 - Member

cyclist

Posted 1 year ago #
trickydisco - Member

Post up a pic and that video of your road bike please

Posted 1 year ago #
JonEdwards - Member

I think of myself as a mountainbiker, but I'm probably actually a cyclist - commute 5 days a week on a fixie, roadie once or twice a week, ride offroad once or twice a week.

It's the mtbing I live for though.

Posted 1 year ago #
rusty trowel - Member

No labels here.

Bike wise i hardly ride my mountainbike much these days. Road is much easier to fit in around the family and on a good day more enjoyable too.

Posted 1 year ago #
organic355 - Member

Someone who swings to both dark and light sides

Posted 1 year ago #
thomthumb - Member

cyclist. but i only race off road...

Posted 1 year ago #
stumpy01 - Member

Dunno, really.

I only ride on the road to commute or get miles in my legs for fitness. Sometimes I enjoy riding on the road, but normally after 20 miles or so I am very bored and have had enough.
When I'm out in the countryside on my mountain bike I enjoy it 100x more, although I would probably enjoy the road more if they weren't arrow straight/flat and the accompanying scenery wasn't so flat & boring where I live. When I mountain bike I am normally deep in woodland or drive to more 'interesting' parts of the country.

Thinking about this, I am not sure you have phrased the question quite right.I don't think 'cyclist' implies 'roadie' which I think is what you were getting at.
I guess I am a cyclist/mountain biker, definitely not a roadie......

Posted 1 year ago #
seosamh77 - Member

cyclist, i just like getting about on the bike, whether offroad or road, my one and only bike will go most places, albiet slowly, well that's just me not the bike, but it's all good. Mind you i try to go offroad most weekends, the road is really just for commuting or getting from A to B.

Posted 1 year ago #
RealMan - Member

because a 27" frame is hard to find

What?

I'm a mountain biking road riding bmxer who likes to unicycle.

Posted 1 year ago #
888trojan888 - Member

Well i love mud on my face, grit in my eyes, scratches on my shins have a taste for fine ale and GT85 and enjoy the solitude of hard to get places.......gunna have to say mountain biker!!!!!!

Posted 1 year ago #
pixelmix - Member

Mountain biker here (although the mug on my work desk says cyclist).

I don't own a road bike, and my riding on the road is only to get from A to B, to get some miles in close to home, or to get to some off-road riding.

What if I get a CX bike though? Would that make me a cyclist?

Posted 1 year ago #
Hicksy - Member

Mountain Biker for me, although I have got a Kona Ute cargo bike on order to do my shopping and visiting friends on. I'm not keen on riding on the roads really. This will be the first non-off road bike I've ever owned, so things may change (although I'll probably fit some Small Block 8's to make it ideal for xtreme off-road picknicing!)

Posted 1 year ago #
soobalias - Member

when im riding im a cyclist
when im in the pub im a mountain biker

Posted 1 year ago #
roadie_in_denial - Member

Bike rider.

I hate with a passion the posturing that goes with either branch of the sport so refuse to label myself as either.

Posted 1 year ago #
RealMan - Member

roadie_in_denial
I hate with a passion the posturing that goes with either branch of the sport so refuse to label myself as either.

Posted 1 year ago #
ahwiles - Member

bikes are ace.

Posted 1 year ago #
pixelmix - Member

I hate with a passion the posturing that goes with either branch of the sport so refuse to label myself as either.

I had a cheap secondhand road bike briefly. I rode it in baggies (the only shorts I had at the time) with a helmet visor and was probably frowned upon by certain roadies.

I'm probably also frowned upon by some mountain bikers as I occasionally wear lycra and don't have a 6" travel bike.

I didn't really care though - it's all about riding bikes.

I'd describe myself as a mountain biker, but don't care if people refer to me as a cyclist in conversation.

Posted 1 year ago #
TooTall - Member

Thinking about this, I am not sure you have phrased the question quite right.I don't think 'cyclist' implies 'roadie' which I think is what you were getting at.

Not at all. I used to see myself as a mountain biker, not a roadie. Now I just like bikes and riding them and find that I don't really class myself as one or the other. I do prefer the exploration and lack of traffic montain biking brings, but that isn't just my thing any more.

Trickydisco - you're not bullying my bike here!
RealMan - 27" - yes. 72cm Centre to Top

Posted 1 year ago #
Surrounded By Zulus - Member

Mostly i'm just me.

Posted 1 year ago #
Three_Fish - Member

I sometimes ride a bike, but don't feel the need to base my sense of identity upon it.

Posted 1 year ago #
jedi - Member

i have always been a cyclist.

Posted 1 year ago #
5thElefant - Member

Definitely not a cyclist, but I'll wear a mountainbiker badge if you like.

Posted 1 year ago #
clubber - Member

Cyclist and have been since soon after I started cycling. I really can't understand how anyone would limit themselves to just one type of cycling be that mtb, road, cx, racing, touring or whatever.

Posted 1 year ago #
ampthill - Member

I've often wondered about posting this. I'm a cyclist. The only bike I ride is a mounatin bike and only off road. But the tarmac is in my past and future

maybe I should say unfit cyclist

Posted 1 year ago #
ton - Member

cyclist.

Posted 1 year ago #
rOcKeTdOg - Member

Cyclist, what's not to like about bikes

Posted 1 year ago #
gordimhor - Member

MTB is the passion ride on the road for transport fitness and sometimes even fun

Posted 1 year ago #
neilsonwheels - Member

Cyclist. Don't care what I am riding ( oooer.!) as long as the pedals are spinning.

Posted 1 year ago #
paulosoxo - Member

Cyclist, biker, pedestrian and motorist. Oh, and caravaner.

Posted 1 year ago #
Bazz - Member

Definitely cyclist, i own a full suss and HT mtb's a road bike a cx bike and a folding bike, i cycle on the roads as a means to commute and also for fitness, i enter a couple of roadie sportives a year and try to enter a couple of mtb events every year as well and would really like to dabble at cx racing, mtb is by far the most fun though but variety is the spice of life!!

Posted 1 year ago #
gavtheoldskater - Member

neither, i just ride bikes. similarly i surf, but i'm not a surfer.

Posted 1 year ago #
devs - Member

I hate with a passion the posturing that goes with either branch of the sport so refuse to label myself as either.

This. I'm a too old for rugby player who likes to stay fit so I can enjoy my skiing holidays but also quite likes the adrenaline aspect of it too conquering fear and challenges. I also like getting out there and enjoying the landscape and company of myself, my friends or my dog.

Posted 1 year ago #
loddrik - Member

I just ride my bike. If someone need to label me then I'm probably just a lazy ****

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