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  • Which of these 'STW Niche' items do you own? Tick all that apply ?
  • Drac
    Full Member

    Missing category = single speed bike.

    That’s so 2002.

    Klunk
    Free Member

    That’s so 2002 retro.

    FIFY

    Houns
    Full Member

    None here 8)

    tomhoward
    Full Member

    Beard
    IT
    Watch

    welshfarmer
    Full Member

    Nope, no poll to see here! But based on previous posts

    German estate car .. check
    Beard… check
    Woodburner… check
    Job in IT… still do a bit of fixing on the side, so check
    Glasses… check

    Not sure what else is on the lest so can’t see how much worse it might get!!!

    aracer
    Free Member

    Mondeos are made in Germany aren’t they?

    bigblackshed
    Full Member

    Only things missing for me are:

    A “quality wristwatch”, I’ve got a couple of very nice Nixons, but I don’t think they count.
    A job in “playing Angry Birds” / forum browsing.
    A Halifax filing cabinet.

    😉

    A few niches missing from the poll. Bean to cup machine, SS, Fat or CX bike, and as said it should be a Soul or 5.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    Liar, liar, pants on fire

    Bregante
    Full Member

    My Casio g-shock is very good quality 😀

    Northwind
    Full Member

    Drac – Moderator

    Front page to the right of the News feed.

    Ah, I’m running Pollblocker Plus

    mcmoonter
    Free Member

    1 1/2.

    Wood burner and reading glasses.

    No vices or Swedish hand forged axes?

    DT78
    Free Member

    Can you link the poll to this thread as I genuinely cannot see it, nor can my wife (i asked in case Im a numpty…)

    onewheelgood
    Full Member

    Beard
    Glasses
    IT
    Children
    German ceramic wristwatch
    Just traded A6 Avant for a V60

    bikebouy
    Free Member

    Ahhh now you see I only ever look in here, if you are going to put a poll for us to play in, put it in here there’s a luv.

    😆

    llama
    Full Member

    29er from a bike company normal people haven’t heard of
    Coffee machine
    IT job
    Crap beard (soon be time to dust of my DE)
    Don’t really do cars or watches but a t5 is on the cards next year

    GJP
    Free Member

    Glasses
    Job in IT
    German Car
    Naim black, olive and chrome bumper boxes
    Ball watch
    Far too many bikes

    Beard, no thanks

    aracer
    Free Member
    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    Beard
    Stove
    IT

    No car currently but was looking at octavia’s
    Not seen a five in nearly 3 years
    Hate children
    Good eyes
    Phone tells the time perfectly well
    Beard removed need for razor

    samuri
    Free Member

    I don’t give a toss about the rest but the ‘work in IT’ one has always wound me up. Glad to see it’s finally been laid to rest as complete nonsense. Try again with ‘work in the health service’ for a much higher mark.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    “laid to rest”? Hardly.

    Have a think about all the people you know. I’d guess that at least half of them are parents (if anything the poll seems to under-represent these)

    A substantial number of them will use glasses for reading, distance or just for cycling (so a high number not exactly unexpected).

    34% with a “quality” wristwatch? That’s way above what I experience day-to-day so does indicate some sort of niche.

    28% with a beard? Even assuming right up front that this is a male-dominated site, that’s got to be higher than in the general population. Maybe many (like me) are doing a seasonal beard?

    Wood burning stove – 25%!! Really? Most of the folk I know don’t live in houses big enough for one.

    Job in IT. 23%. Do you reckon that’s fairly standard across the general population? Think of all those shops, hotels, restaurants, bars. Think of folk in public transport, think of the number of folk in the NHS etc. 23% is way, way higher than you might expect.

    somafunk
    Full Member

    Just the stove for me, when the council decided to refit their (my house) housing stock with an air source heating/hot water system and radiators they removed existing open fires and bricked up the fireplaces so I promptly knocked mine back out, lined the chimney and fitted a multi-fuel stove as I have an unlimited supply of seasoned wood, I saw no reason to pay for heating when I get it for free (as long as the stove is on that is).

    maccruiskeen
    Full Member

    genuinely surprised that neither ‘sciatica’ or ‘periumbilical hernia’ made it into the top 10

    samuri
    Free Member

    Someone started a thread on here a while ago. ‘What’s your job’. The vast majority of people who responded were in the health service.

    Of course, outside of that run a survey online and the vast majority of people who will see and respond will be people who work in IT, you know, what with them being online 100% of the time and everything. I know what the reality is (I don’t work in IT any more), the stereotype is ridiculous and inaccurate.

    If people want to believe it, that’s up to them.

    glasgowdan
    Free Member

    The list is missing – disc braked road bike, fat bike, 29er, one other daft bike with weird curly bars that aren’t drops, hip flask, good quality tent for biking, cheap rockshox reverb…

    senorj
    Full Member

    I have a child and a german estate vehicle.I once owned a sub5….
    That list also needs shedfetishist , of which I have an interest. 😀

    bensales
    Free Member

    7/10 Must Try Harder.

    njee20
    Free Member

    None here.

    breadcrumb
    Full Member

    Glasses- for reading/telly
    Wrist watch- Seiko, well its quality to me.
    Log burning stove- made a portable one, is that another niche?

    Wally
    Full Member

    Yak
    Full Member

    Children, Stove, Glasses.

    Thought there might have been a cheap-as-you-get casio watch niche too….

    teamhurtmore
    Free Member

    Children and watch

    Surprised my 26 HT isn’t niche anymore (especially with the mega manitou slate forks – pikes, CTD….pah!)

    redthunder
    Free Member

    So from the statistics it looks like you have to have a special watch with thousands of miniature dials, this makes you blind. This obviously attracts the female of the species and after which you can own a child 😉

    Bet Darwin didn’t see that coming.. but then again he had a beard 😉

    Edukator
    Free Member

    I dry my shoes outside in the sun under a roof overhang.

    nullpointer
    Free Member

    I see we’ve moved on.

    DaveyBoyWonder
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    Missed this first time around but lets give it a go:

    Children – Yes x2
    Glasses – Yes
    Quality wristwatch – if you can count a very first W001 Animal one a quality watch yes. I suspect no though!
    Beard – more of overlong, gypsie stubble but yes
    Wood burning stove – Yes x2
    Job in IT – Yes
    German estate car – been there and done that x2. Loaded T5 camper now.
    ‘DE’ Razor – No. See above for reference to gypsie facial hair
    Orange Five – Yes

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