From another thread..."likely to be riding an expensive/quality mtb"
I'd be hoping for more like: "rides >x hours a week" or something, you?
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Define "serious MTB'er"
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Critizises other people's cheaper kit and choices, but only rides a badly maintanied but expensively purchased bike once a month?
That's pretty much it surely?As opposed to somebidy who will ride anybike,anywhere just for the sheer F88koffedness of it
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Someone who talks about how much they enjoy riding, not what kind of bike they own.
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Someone with too much money who constantly buys the latest gear in the hope it'll make them a riding god...
A suprising amount lurk on here..
Makes for some decent kit in the classifieds.
Oh, and anyone who sessions the Surrey Hills...
Hang on, are they the same people.....?
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I'd class myself as a comical mtb er
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someone that puts the hours in.
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Similar to a Friday night. It's not what you ride but how much you enjoy it
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Someone who frowns a lot whilst riding a MTB, and hardly ever smiles. Obviously not U31, who clearly thinks it's just a big laugh.
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I'd agree with earnie. Surely a "serious" mountain biker, is by definition serious, ie somber, humorless, or as we would say in scotland "dour".
Hope I'm never a "serious" mountain biker, sounds dull.
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Yeah, i'm too busy smiling or shouting and screaming when my wheels leave the ground to be "a serious MTBer".
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Anyone who can pull a gnar fuelled attack face like matey from MBUK means serious bizznizz.
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Hours is good, but doesn't work. I know people who ride bikes for transport for hours every week, but couldn't give two hoots about bikes.
I think riding a decent bike is actually a better measure, or at least taking an interest in what they ride.
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Not owning a car. Thats the true mark of a serious cyclist.
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It could be the sign of a serious bus passenger TJ
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On a more serious note
. I couldn't give a monkeys about the bikes - I can't identify any without reading the name on it and don't care what folk ride. I do enjoy having a decent bike tho
However I do ride a bike almost every day, ride real offroad half a dozen times each month and consciously practice to get better.
So for me - its definitely about the hours riding but not only that - you also need to be riding for pleasure as well as utility.
Someone who drives to a trail centre a couple of times a month and never touches a bike the rest of the time don't cut it - no matter how bling their bike collection
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Some one who has realised that it's just a hobby and not get too wound up about putting a label on it?
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Some one who has realised that it's just a hobby and not get too wound up about putting a label on it?
Absolutely. Problem with my current club is that it's become a little too concerned about racing and road bikes. Nothing wrong with those per se, but it's a level of seriousness I could do without. I ride to de-stress (and because I enjoy it) rather than to be thought of as a serious rider.
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To me a "serious MTBer" is someone that you can ring /email/ text out of the blue and they'll be up for a ride there and then.
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Someone who, when asked "Are you a mountain biker?" replies "Yes."
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someone who rides regularly with even the smallest intent at improving their skill level..
EDIT: someone who is willing to make occasional sacrifices to ride regularly with even the smallest intent at improving their skill level....
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To me a "serious MTBer" is someone that you can ring /email/ text out of the blue and they'll be up for a ride there and then.
That's pretty much my definition, also, someone who loves bikes in all shapes and forms (me
). Re. my original post, you'll not I put 'serious' in inverted comma's, I wasn't meaning serious in a hardcore racer sense, or an anorak obsessive sense, more in a 'just loves riding' sense...
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owns a SS can spot a niche bike at 100 metres knows what tyres for every type of terrain and has ridden with Hora
Personally I would say rides at least 3 times a week for fun rather than commuting etc.
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Someone who races.
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+1 SinglespeedStu and Yunki.
If offered the ultimatum it's me or the bikes..... what do you choose?
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singlespeedstu - Member
To me a "serious MTBer" is someone that you can ring /email/ text out of the blue and they'll be up for a ride there and then.That's me and anyone else with a family out then!
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finbar - Member
Someone who races.
Exactly what I was going to say but I would add often to the criteria. Surely to the layman a serious sportsman/woman in any sport is one that competes. For example I would consider a serious football player someone who plays in a competetive league or a serious skiier as someone who races often.
The ring/email/text out of the blue and turn up for a ride wouldn't define a serious mtb'er in my mind as if you rang up Steve Peat he probably wouldn't be able to pop out for a ride at any given time due to training/sponsership commitments.
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DezB.... Commitments may prevent you... but would you be up for it?
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someone who can pull a rad wheelie an aint afraid of a 15ft drop off! has a rad bike an can ride a bike anywhere without fear!! thats a serious rider! amen.
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Mountain biking isn't a sport its a pastime with a sporting offshoot, I would rather spend 2 weeks biking through Norway than 30 mins racing, doesn't make me any less a mountain biker.
I ride too much, I spend too much on bikes and kit and holidays, I read books about it, I watch dvd's about it, I go on websites and discuss it, all in all I am a little obsessed with my hobby but it makes me happy so I don't give a sh..
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Surely to the layman a serious sportsman/woman in any sport is one that competes
not too sure about that applying to MTB personally... I know that MTB can be legitamately called a sport but I wouldn't say that sport is it's only function.. I am the least sporty person I know and won't even compete in a bragging competetition but I'm still pretty serious about MTB..
MTB is much more than a sport maaaaan.. (cue surferesque poetic romanticisms)
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yeah, I reckon "no fear" has to be in there ...
(well, probably a healthy dollop of fear, but the skill/nerve to harness it ...)
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DezB.... Commitments may prevent you... but would you be up for it?
I'd probably already be out with the trailhound
Hang on, was that an offer?
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*races home to get suede jacket*
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Hang on, was that an offer?
Meet you in the woods up the road in half an hour.
Oh and bring that hound. I love riding with dogs.
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now, this is serious.
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