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Ok... I'm probably being a bit optimistic here, but as a counter point to all things annoying - what are the things you love about mountain bikers?
Me, for one, it is their shared affinity for [b]mud[/b], [b]tea[/b], [b]cake[/b] and [b]blue anodising[/b] (probably in that order).
Well, that's 4 things already..
They're more likely to [b]drink beer[/b] and [b]puff weed[/b] than roadies 😉
Nothing, they're all knobs.
most if not all i have met are usually very nice friendly people, and not up their own arses like most roadies i have met in the past.
simonfbarnes is the exception.............. 😉
I really love the way mountain bikers feel obsessed to talk about roadies all the ****ing time as though they are some sort of alien force. The immaturity this portrays is so appalling. It's all bikes.
'blue anodising' 🙄
the willingness to get wet cold and muddy!!!!!
shared affinity with all things outdoors, sitting down after a good ride having a chat and a beer, discussing at the top of a good climb about what to buy next (needlessly) ha ha are the good things.
Bad - people not asking if you've got tools when your on the trail side, people not saying hello at all!!!! people who push in ques at the jet wash there's loads but just goes around the topic of general argogance.
The escapism after a long hard day at work then a huge piece of cake and the feeling after getting up 'that' big hill.
The cakes that seem to be appearing on more rides now 🙂
What's this obsession with cake?
Is it a subtle ploy to try to get more women into MTBing?
Regular doses of buttock clenching life affirming near misses and big stacks that you can walk/limp away from.
The fact that folk well into their 50s still 'play bicycles' in the woods with their mates.
Most folk can be laughed at when they do something daft and don't really mind.
The simple mechanical pervery of a well fettled full suspension moutain bike, preferably smelling of GT85. I'll get my coat ....
The ploy worked with me!
They're inabilety to reed a froum post without chequeing the grammer. 😉
Those occasional days when it all comes together the weather is right the trail is right nothing breaks and you seem to be able to pedal faster and further than usual.
Unfortunately it only seems to happen to me a few times a year but they are all the more memorable for that
Oh also Beer and Chocolate
or spelling for that matter 🙄
the unquentiable desire for new shiny bits.
lycra clad bottoms.(of opposite sex)
Speaking for myself here, the fact that they can get about 1" of air off a crappy little jump and still think it's the best thing ever. 🙂
1.Escapism
2.Group banter
3.Cake
4.Scenery
5.Fun
Riding (on your own) through the morning mist, the only thing you can hear is the birds and the only living thing you see is wildlife.
The adrenaline shot from pinning one of your fave downhills.
Endorphin buzz after beasting yourself on a hard ride.
Grinning like an idiot at the end of a cracking fast/technical section and seeing the same look mirrored in the faces of your riding chums.
Post ride cake and the fact that you can eat huge slabs of it safe in the knowledge you've earned a massive carb deficit to cover it.
[pedant mode]The thread title says "bikers", not "biking".[/pedant mode]
Funny how this thread's a lot smaller than the "hate" one.
Helpful types sorting you out when you've had a mechanical.
A lot of them are happy to give you a lift somewhere if you're a car-less scummer.
Hipflasks! 🙂
simonfbarnes is the exception
m-u-s-t r-e-s-i-s-t :o)
(but of course he meant exceptionally nice, handsome and [b]THIN[/b]!)
Their Dr Jekyll (on bikes) and Mr Hyde (on STW) nature
They like trees
cameraderie
banter
piss taking
cake
bike geek chat
riding tales
tales of far off lands and epic singletrack adventures
beer drinking
The urbane witty banter on the way to A&E
competitive hip flask wielding on the top of the hills*
*Graham wins this hands down for the truly mental Absinthe fireworks evening where no-one remembers getting home 🙂
The fact that they have bodging down to an art form. I've seen some amazing examples of engineering with zip ties and gaffa tape. I've even seen a picture of a cardboard chain device. 😯
I like mountain bikers because in the main they are friendly and usually like being a little bit silly. I especially like the bikers who like being a lot silly.
The ones I ride with generally dish out support and banter just when you need them.
Even the ugliest Sidi disco slipper or special edition 5:10 wrongle shoe is cheaper and more practical than an Ugg boot.
They are all closet Botanists.
They like heavy forest plant and tractors 🙂
We even tolerate Emma's on there ponies..... Woof Wooof.
[pedant mode]The thread title says "bikers", not "biking".[/pedant mode]
Ah yes I'd read the title then misread the OP, I thought if he could have tea cake and blue anodising I can waffle on about riding. Of course it actually says [i]"their shared affinity for"[/i]
OK I love that mountainbikers aren't afraid to point out your mistakes 🙂
"Urbane witty banter on the way to A&E" - Classic!
Their tendency to assume that somehow anyone who rides a mountain bike shares their own character traits and motivations, as if mountain bikers were some sort of big, uniform mass rather than a bunch of individuals with their own personal drives and character traits.
I love that about mountain bikers, but strangely I don't expect anyone else to share my viewpoint 🙂
They sell you nice bike bits for cheap. And give you shonky bike bits for free.
They're not triathletes.