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hee heee......that's the spirit!You mean there are other forms of cycling?
I'm MTB only and have been for years now. As happy with natural trails and finding my own way as with trail centres - it's all good. I think several years of having to use a road bike for at least two to three hours a day 5 or 6 days a week turned me off 'em. I guess the increasing levels of traffic over time didn't help, oh, and all the associated roadie/club/team cobblers - TBH, ever since myself and my mates went 'dirt tracking' our old bikes off road when we were about 10, I've always found road cycling a bit dull. If I had the need to, I'd use a bike as a means of local transport (not my posh MTB though.......ooo, maybe that's an excuse to buy another bike?!!)
Yep, zero interest in road bikes.
Trail centres, yes but usually on a weekday very early in the morning.
From 1991 until two days ago, I had mountain bikes with a few commuter bikes thrown in. But I have always looked at bikes - [i]all bikes[/i] - with admiration - road, Dutch, California Cruisers...
If it's got two wheels, I'm probably interested.
Strictly a mountainbiker, riding mountain's, hills, through woodlands, quarrys, anywhere technical and prefer it natural!
I wouldn't class trail centre riding as mountain biking, and I also wouldn't class myself as a 'cyclist' This is just my opinion though 8)
Only got MTBs, but am strangely attracted to the utilitarianism of these new* road bikes with off road tyres and proper brakes...
*relatively speaking
Mountain bike only, bar the commute but even that is 2/3rds off road and done on a mtb.
I prefer riding natural stuff from the front door, but also enjoy trail centres. Good for when its been wet or just a change of scenery
I am planning on getting a cheap cx bike to speed up the commute but have no interest in 'real' road riding.
My road bike has 6 inches of travel. Where do I stand on this?
Stand on the pedals.
It used to mandatory to hate roadies in the good old days.
Still is in my eyes 😆 😉
MTB only for me. Have a set of spare wheels with slicks for weekday/commute whenever I can. But other than that have no urge to ride on tarmac. I'm very lucky to be only 5 miles from the peak district and there are quite a few trails/woods within half an hour of where I am.
Yes I commute on a HT & ride FS on the moors most weekends, occasional trail center makes a nice change.
Never owned a roadbike - doubt I ever will.
Though I've been temped to buy a cyclocross bike as a gateway to lycra and shaving, I just can't bring myself to risk it.
There is a very strong likelihood I would feel the need to bust out bunny hops, manuals and nose pivots and I'm scared of folding wheels and whatnot.
Have 3 bikes, all are mountainbikes, though do ride a fair bit of street on the hardtail.
I only mountain bike.
I only Mtb and trail centres leave me cold.
Looking at a cx bike at the moment to supplement my FS, most of my midweek rides are a regular loop to try to improve fitness and the idea of a cx bike kind of appeals and would save wear and tear on the MTB
Not sure if I can fit flat pedals to a cx bike though...
[quote=TheBrick ]Odd to hate cyclist, even odder to hate cyclists when you ride a bike for pleasure. Maybe its the equivalent of the gay homophobe in denial?
Nah - "cyclists" are just a subset of "folk that sometimes ride bikes". Cyclists need you to know that they ride bikes, even when they're not riding one. Hence the heavily-branded casual wear and the need to paint their bodies with something bike related. Vans will, of course, be covered in some gash stickers (advertising to the world that there might be something inside worth stealing) and bikes are kept in pride of place in their house, probably on some expensive, but ultimately crap, hook disguised as modern art. No Barbecue can take place without the Park-branded cooking utensils and even the pizza cutter has to look like a penny-farthing. The only cafes they'll enter are also boutique bike stores and they wouldn't be seen dead without a cap on.