[Closed] Is mountian biking the dirtiest sport?

bog snorkelling.

Mud wrestling.

Caving.

Motocross. FAR dirtier.

Bog snorkelling?

Rugby (by which I mean Rugby League, not kick and giggle)

A lady I once knew was dirty and a good sport as well!

Is mountain biking a sport - or merely a past-time?

Dog walking with my bloody dog! If its not mud its slob

coal mining?

Up hill gardening ,allegedly

Is mountain biking a sport - or merely a past-time?

a sport

Marmite mining, allegedly.

Scat

peachos - Member

> Is mountain biking a sport - or merely a past-time?

a sport

Surely it's only a sport if you're competing? In which case that rules out the majority of the UK mountain bike population.

Motocross and enduro make mtb look like an indoor sport.

speedway..

peachos - Member

> Is mountain biking a sport - or merely a past-time?

a sport

Surely it's only a sport if you're competing? In which case that rules out the majority of the UK mountain bike population.

i don't think a sport necessarily has to be competitive. dictionary.com says: [i]an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature[/i]. often competitive, but doesn't have to be.

i guess that most people don't see it as a sport or training as you would say footy practice or a sunday afternoon football match. just not a traditional sport - man vs. nature instead of man vs. man vs. time perhaps. competitive in a different way?

MX and Enduro is by far the dirtiest sport.

i don't think a sport necessarily has to be competitive. dictionary.com says: an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature. often competitive, but doesn't have to be.

I have argued for a while now that the competitive element of sport is actually destructive for many ordinarily able people, putting them off partaking because they know they'll be so effectively outshone 🙁 I favour instead cooperative effort.

What's the point of it without competition?

Fun.

Is mountain biking a sport - or merely a past-time?

a sport

Nah, it's a way of life innit?

Druidh is right. Mountainbiking is a pastime unless you are competing. A sport must have a competitive element with winners and losers

Mountain biking might be, I'm not sure about mountian biking though...

I have argued for a while now that the competitive element of sport is actually destructive for many ordinarily able people, putting them off partaking because they know they'll be so effectively outshone I favour instead cooperative effort.

You're one of those killjoys that has ruined school sports days, aren't you? 🙁
No winners any more - bloody pathetic it is & it's all your fault 😉

Dunno how you worked that one out Bregante seeing as the RL nancy boys switched to the summer because it was too wet, cold and muddy in the winter! And before you get on your flat capped high horse, save it, I'm Scottish, couldn't give a toss about what the RFU did way back when and I play(ed) both codes.

Trojan Games??

Dunno how you worked that one out Bregante seeing as the RL nancy boys switched to the summer because it was too wet, cold and muddy in the winter! And before you get on your flat capped high horse, save it, I'm Scottish, couldn't give a toss about what the RFU did way back when and I play(ed) both codes

I also played both codes. In winter.

Druidh is right. Mountainbiking is a pastime unless you are competing. A sport must have a competitive element with winners and losers

Dont know about you lot but there's always a competitive element when I bike with mates, who can get up the hill first, who can get down the hill first, who can do the biggest drop.

I dont care what it's classed as, and I hate organised competitive sports because there's always someone who can dedicate more time than you.

coffeeking - Member

Dont know about you lot but there's always a competitive element when I bike with mates, who can get up the hill first, who can get down the hill first, who can do the biggest drop.

Are you 13?

Are you 13?

No. Do you have to be 13 to enjoy friendly rivalry?

Are you 13?

A trifle unfair that Druidh I feel. I dunno who you have ridden with all your life but just about every club ride I go on there is an element of this. It's natural to be competitive. I'm guessing you've never been in the military where every activity becomes a point scoring exercise to the point where going skiing with your work and rugby mates becomes down right dangerous!

What's the point of it without competition?

fun, excitement, companionship, exhaustion etc ??

Dont know about you lot but there's always a competitive element when I bike with mates, who can get up the hill first, who can get down the hill first, who can do the biggest drop.

it's possible to do the same things but in a spirit of personal challenge rather than competition

it's possible to do the same things but in a spirit of personal challenge rather than competition

Yes, but that's for riding alone, not riding in groups. Groups are a social event (for me at least).

fun, excitement, companionship, exhaustion etc ??

It is a sport... Look in the f'ing dictionary and read the definition. And being sompetetive is for me a key part of it... If you didnt allways want to be that bit quicker than the people you ride with, no one would get better.

lyons - Member
If you didnt allways want to be that bit quicker than the people you ride with, no one would get better.

Are you being serious? The only reason to improve is to be better than your "mates"?

If you didnt allways want to be that bit quicker than the people you ride with, no one would get better.

not true

I've got miles better over the last few years - 95% of my rides are solo & non of the rides with others have been competitive at all

Without a system of scoring it is not a sport - it remains a pastime.

So dominoes is a sport and mountainbiking isn't?

I agree with Mansonsoul - it's a way of life

Muff Diving?

Groups are a social event (for me at least).

oh definitely 🙂

Karinofnine - Member

So dominoes is a sport and mountainbiking isn't?

apropoa of nothing - Darts is reckoned to be a sport - but I could never quite see it myself.