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Following the logic of posters on here that taking an mtb off-road is like taking a performance car to a track session, then wouldn't you look a tool if you could only pootle around the track at 30 mph in a performance car with all and sundry overtaking you? It's kind of willy-waving in reverse ie - look at me even with all of this assistance I can still only manage this p!ss poor performance...
Indeed, but it seems many people are quite happy to use "I'm rich" as an emotional backup in such situations.
[i]Nick_Christy - Member
i got a more expensive bike than £600 i was using that as a example of what we were all riding yday when i borrowed the bike from a friend.[/i]
You obviously don't need this more expensive bike then do you, you sanctimonious ****.
I suppose it's a bit like a kid wanting to dress up like an astronaut, a footballer or a superhero. If you've got the cash you can buy the mtb pro look.
That's mountain biking for you - you get the cool* look without having to work for it; no apprentiship required.
* replace the 'c' with a 't' as required.
You obviously don't need this more expensive bike then do you, you sanctimonious ****.
He does because he's a better rider than everyone he saw riding anything more advanced than a penny-farthing and also he shreds the gnar in the alps rather than the surrey hills. Apparently.
Well atlaz I could put up my experience of english riders shreding the gnar on the alps but then I am not sure a lot of people will like it...
On the other hand what would I know I ride a more than 660€ bike... 😉
"i said i was talking to people there WHO ONLY RIDE AT LEITH HIL WITH THESE BIKES"
How the **** do you know where they all ride?
In all the time I've been riding on the hills I have never come across anyone who solely rides on leith hill, or the Surrey hills in general. This leads me make the assumption that you're a complete ****ing tool.
Nick_Christy I ride a hardtail on the north shore in Vancouver, that makes you a pussy for riding a full suss in the alps 🙄
I have a Posh full Susser and a 456 that cost 300 quid to build. I might be a bit faster on the FS but not 1000 quid faster! I ride the 456 more, too (to work, out with the dogs..up the beacon from work)
So why did I buy it?
I bought it 'cos I thought it was pretty
😉shreds the gnar
I bought it 'cos I thought it was pretty
That's a bloody good reason to buy something, if you ask me!
Dancake wins! 😀
were these over biked people having fun? i think thats the only thing that matters!
I bought it 'cos I thought it was prettyThat's a bloody good reason to buy something, if you ask me!
Dancake wins!
+1
I also like "the wife said i could"
I also do as i'm told. 😆
My bikes cost me 3k (overs the years) now its worth about 300 SH.
Therefore one can wipp asses having spent 3k on a bike. or one can just buy a bike for 300 SH and still wup someones ass. So whether one spends 3000 or 300 one call still ass wipp and enjoy the wonderful sport of mountain biking.
So which begs the question if one can wipp an ass on a 3k bike and on a 300 quid bike.....why on earth would you pay 600?
So which begs the question if one can wipp an ass on a 3k bike and on a 300 quid bike.....why on earth would you pay 600?
Over to you, Mr Christy....
Very poor troll, but to stretch it to 4 pages takes the piss. 😉
Make it stop!
Sorry to rake this one up, but the answer has just come to me!!
Add up all the RRP's of all the bikes produced, divide by the number of bikes available to find the price of "a bike" and then have a massive skills session to see who gets what, best rider getiing highest RRP bike before they were all changed to be the same price!!
There's always a logical answer 😉
but surely the 'winner' of the most expensive bike doesn't need such an expensive bike as a skills compensator.....
Oh no, what have I done 😯
I should have kept quiet 😆
Can see your point yeah u have ur 600 quid bike i have my 2.5k stump fsr and yes u maybe a tad faster but ill guarentee you my spine doesnt feel like its about to snap or my muscles arent bunched up after 8-09 hours riding yes its far m0re than most of us need but ill also guarentee you that plushness the looks there worth every penny,also if you do wanna go crazy ull be left for dust on ur hard tail at the end of the day.i also ride a marin hard tail but 5" of full sus is just so plush why batter urself when u can ride a sofa
if you do wanna go crazy ull be left for dust on ur hard tail
not necessarily.....
Can see your point yeah u have ur 600 quid bike i have my 2.5k stump fsr and yes u maybe a tad faster but ill guarentee you my spine doesnt feel like its about to snap or my muscles arent bunched up after 8-09 hours riding yes its far m0re than most of us need but ill also guarentee you that plushness the looks there worth every penny,also if you do wanna go crazy ull be left for dust on ur hard tail at the end of the day.i also ride a marin hard tail but 5" of full sus is just so plush why batter urself when u can ride a sofa
Could Babelfish translate this? Any ideas? 🙄
you = u
i'd like to know how much time people save by not hitting those first two keys.....
I know and seen riders on cheap hardtails shoot past full susser £2K jobbies.Same on the roadbike- cheap giveaway steel 1960s roadbike, fit rider and pi55es over Trek £4K Madone.
I'm sure this happens but I've never seen it. IME the opposite is usually true.