[Closed] Benjis' rant in the new mag

I also think it's time to get roadie posts in the chat forum, it's not mountain biking.

Yes it is.

I also think it's time to get roadie posts in the chat forum, it's not mountain biking.

Speaking as someone who has never ridden a road bike, and has little interest in either doing so or reading about them, it does say 'Bike Forum' rather than 'Mountain Bike Forum'.

Agree it was a good rant though. 😀

Yes it is.

Care to explain?.

They are ridden on mountains.
They are bikes.

Personally thought it was a "everyone who is not like me is a nobber" article...but there you go.

Who is Benji, and whats the new mag then.

Surely we are all cyclists, watever bike we choose to ride, unless its a bmx, which is just for children.

it is a bike forum
ridelife!

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They are ridden on mountains.
They are bikes.

That's an interesting point, I've ridden my road bike on more mountains then my mountain bike.

Bike stuff is bike stuff. Put road into chat, and where do you put cross? Or commuting? Or bmx? We seem to be having this thread every day now.

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There's a magazine?

I've ridden my road bike on more mountains then my mountain bike

you talk out your arse more than your mouth too

jedi - Member
it is a bike forum
ridelife!

Hang on you started a BMX thread this week I remember. Hmmm. Not too sure about that.

Really rather pathetic when you start to pigeonhole folks IMO.

+1 with RealMan.

you talk out your arse more than your mouth too

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Really rather pathetic when you start to pigeonhole folks IMO.

Divide and rule.

Bikes Rule.

End.

thebrick, thats what im saying!!! all bikes rock

I'm gonna ride my bullit up a mountain tonight on the road, which forum should i discuss this in?

Can someone tell me WTF a "rounded mountain biker" is? Perhaps Benji would care to explain? Personally I think he's talking pish just to get a reaction. The rest of the article wasnt too bad & some good pics but what's with the attitude??? At one point he makes a point about trail centre users & non-trail centre users & how both are missing out by not mixing it up. He even mentions the words sneer & snide of which there as been plenty of that on here lately regarding different forms of cycling..

Do I need to go on?

I thought the entire article read like a fairly effective STW trolling attempt. At least, I hope it's a troll, as otherwise it's simply a pompous, divisive rant from someone who's clearly a little too defensive about one sub-category of what it's surely all about...riding bikes.

Rode with Benjiaman once and showed him some nice trails and centre stuff mixing it up promised me some rad pictures! 😕

Not seen any yet 😉

Jedi

thebrick, thats what im saying!!! all bikes rock

If your bike is rocking about all over the place I'd suggest that you're not looking far enough ahead, your footwork is shonky, you're going at the wrong speed and you're not using the energy in the trail properly. 😉

you talk out your arse more than your mouth too

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What's a troll? I keep reading it in all the threads... 🙄

Personally thought it was a "everyone who is not like me is a nobber" article...but there you go.

I thought the entire article read like a fairly effective STW trolling attempt. At least, I hope it's a troll, as otherwise it's simply a pompous, divisive rant from someone who's clearly a little too defensive about one sub-category of what it's surely all about...riding bikes.

Agreed. I thought it was fairly self-indulgent and lacked objectivity.

And what's going on with the 29er vs. 26er article? No action pictures, and quite poor in content. All a bit lame this month... 😕

Was written as a discussion starter wasn't it? Don't think he was trying to prove an objective truth, just putting forward an opinion. I thought it good + fitted well with Mr Ferrentino's collumn.

I thought it was shit.

Ferrentino's articles are a beacon of light at the moment...

sbz- high5 🙂

Well I've still not read the last 2 months mags so the way I'm going it will be April by time I read that article so by sounds of it I'll get it in context, did see the pics though and they inspired me to ride tomorrow so that's good
I agree biking is biking whatever size of wheel, trail centre, natural or road all have their time, place and function, I'm just glad I'm physically able to ride whenever I can around whatever commitments I have. surely no one not even stw can argue with that ??

Just read the article.
Passionate, yes.
Stating the bleedin' obvious, yes.

Doesn't do it for me. (whereas cycling does)

Particularly dislike the "Bought houses. Got careers. Had children. They just don't have time to ride bikes"
I'm luckily enough to have a family who support my love of cycling. My wife spent 18 months cycling around NZ, Australia and USA with me, my son loves riding. So I put them first, and if that means a sunny saturday afternoon gardening, then that's fine because I know they'll give me a chance to go riding another day. But they come first. The bike is just a machine that can wait and I'm mature enough to accept that.
Riding does come before career in termas of what I'd like to do on a weekend, but as I'm not a bike-journo, the career pays for the bikes, so again, its a compromise, I sometimes work when in theory I'm "off".

everyone who is not like me is a nobber

I've met Benji a couple of times and he's a decent guy. I read the article and enjoyed it for what it was. It's well written and has provoked more discussion than anything since the access issue so job done. I can't say I agree with a lot of what he says though.

I'll wait to Ben has kids and then eats his own words, I'll never mention it Ben don't worry.

I read it as an amusing dig at some of the fabulously narrow-minded attitudes banded about on this here website. I really liked it.

Of course, that's just my opinion, based on no more evidence than my own opinion. So it must be true and everyone else is a fool and deserves a bashing if they don't agree. 😀

B. 😉

Can someone type it up here so I don't have to go and buy the mag? Not that I really care... anyone who actually rides is a knobber.

Surely we are all cyclists, watever bike we choose to ride, unless its a bmx, which is just for children.

Tell that to Jamie Bestwick, Rueben Alcantana, Matt Hoffman, Dave Mirra, Scotty Cramner, Daniel Dhers or any number of BMX riders that have more bottle and riding ability than anyone on here could ever dream of.

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Surely we are all cyclists, watever bike we choose to ride, unless its a bmx, which is just for children.

Particularly dislike the "Bought houses. Got careers. Had children. They just don't have time to ride bikes"

That sounds a lot like when Blur brought out "The Great Escape", having a go at all us middle class commuting sell-out types with jobs and a "very big house in the country".

......Alex James makes cheese in the Cotswolds and that other one is a lawyer. Come back to us in 10yrs Benj......

Surely we are all cyclists, watever bike we choose to ride, unless its a bmx, which is just for children.

Tell that to Jamie Bestwick, Rueben Alcantana, Matt Hoffman, Dave Mirra, Scotty Cramner, Daniel Dhers or any number of BMX riders that have more bottle and riding ability than anyone on here could ever dream of.

LOL

I bet that hook really smarts ;-P

Way to take things too seriously chap 😎

Tell that to Jamie Bestwick, Rueben Alcantana, Matt Hoffman, Dave Mirra, Scotty Cramner, Daniel Dhers

Who ??

Ah, yes, [b]those[/b] household names.... 🙄

i've got a mountain bike, a road bike and a cx bike. HELP!!!

bmx= true legends

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