Admittedly I only went in one part of the Nant Yr Arian car park as it was a bit chilly and I didn’t have a North Face puffa jacket on. But there was rich pickings in my section anyway.
Grey Vw T something. Points for on trend colour, private plate and “gives me something to moan about over a Frappuccino” dent in the rear. Could be more pimped though. As could the other two, who to be honest weren’t really trying that hard were they?
4 to 8 our of 10
Nothing screams “ooh free bikes” than a crew cab pick up with bikes slung in the back. Points for it not being a L200 and looking pretty nice but some mods should be on the cards eg private plate, tints and some phat wheels.
7/10
Lowest on the rankings is this. Not grey or black so pretty uncool, no seats in the back as far as I could see and no tints or ironic stickers. Even the wheels aren’t really trying hard enough.
2/10
And finally, now I’ve made your blood boil and set you on rant level bazillion, here’s a 😉 but you’ll probably miss it like last time.
As a middle aged IT person with a bling bike or 2 this has made me realise I need to up my game a bit in the van stakes to generate true frothing at the mouth
My T5 bike bus doesn’t have any ironic stickers, it’s not pimped, it hasn’t even got alloy wheels like all those vans above. I’m not sure I should even be parking it in trail centre car parks unless I up my game considerably 😐
It is amazing how vehicles in trail centre carpark have evolved over the years. Vans / lifestyle vehicles were outnumbering the normal cars at CyB last time I was there.
My T5 bike bus doesn’t have any ironic stickers, it’s not pimped, it hasn’t even got alloy wheels like all those vans above. I’m not sure I should even be parking it in trail centre car parks unless I up my game considerably
I have no problem with stealth. There’s nothing like a T5 with a private plate, big alloys and a “My other bike is also a Santa Cruz” sticker on the back to tell the tea-leaves “Avast maties, for treasure doth lie within…”
I love it when a chip of someone’s shoulder makes them receive “messages” that the owners of vehicles may or may not have sent. Most people I know don’t give a shit about what other people’s motivations for choosing a car are, nor care what other people’s misguided/assumptive conclusions based on observing their car are.
OP has serious insecurity / underachievement / reverse snobbery issues.
Posting pics in car parks and posting them : weirdo central, IMO.
You should check out Saunton car park. It’s awash with VW T5s and Mazda Bongos, all with surf related stickers on them. I feel very out of place in my Golf.
The whole truck thing is weird. It’s as if people come over to BC, see people throwing their bikes on the backs of trucks and think it’s cool. I can’t really see it working too well in Britain though! I’m not sure I’d leave my bike in the back of a truck in Squamish let alone Birmingham….. And zero points for not being a Tacoma 😉
Some pretty poor parking in that first picture. If it was a busy day, I hope they did the decent thing and paid for two spaces each…
But then someone might open their car door into the van?
(To be fair, this is why I park at the other end of the carpark when at a supermarket. The neighbour’s son has already dented the car enough – I don’t want any more)
Most people I know don’t give a shit about what other people’s motivations for choosing a car are, nor care what other people’s misguided/assumptive conclusions based on observing their car are.
There are 3 very undestated and quite old vans, one reasonably newish VW people carrier and one nice new ford truck. Plus lots and lots of other ‘normal’ vehicles in the background.
Am I missing something here..? Looks no different than my local supermarket carpark tbh..
I get far more attention in a trail centre car park whenever I get my Mobi out to wash the bike that anyone who has a T4/5/6 or a pickup! I think I spent more time taking to people about it than it took to wash the bike at Cwmcarn on Sunday.
My trail centre car park is somewhat unsuitable, a 15 year old MX5.
I wear my helmet when driving too and from mountain biking as it has no roll over protection and safety first.
A Volkswagen T5 in a trail centre car park, you can almost guarantee they’ll have 160mm travel full suspension bikes aswell.
There’s been a rise of it recently; the “all the gear, no idea” types; the “follow the herd” mentality. The yuppies have returned, and this time they’re dressed in patagonia rather than barbour jackets.
I guess a weekend away in the van riding your mountain bike is a good way to craft an image that your peers will admire. But it’s the very safe option; the trail centre, and no doubt a campsite aswell. And that’s what these people all have in common, the colour beige (or is it grey?).
God forbid anyone owning a T5/6, a BMW/Audi riding a bike!!…terrible they must be all the gear no idea kind of arsehole…I do love some of these judgemental threads. I’m not sure it matters what people ride or drive? As long as they are not harming others and enjoying themselves…I certainly can’t understand the logic of starting a thread to poke fun at them. Way I look at it if you can afford a transporter to lump your bike around in then you have the last laugh!