[Closed] Mint Sauce to Singletrack Petition

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You either get it or you don't.

I'm trying to work out if I can be done for shop lifting by Sainsbury's if I razor mint sauce out of MBUK and offer to pay £1 for it... I reckon it would be worth getting a record for....

gtg- got a washing machine that won't ride itself....

I still have the MBC newsletters with some JB in them . At the time I probably thought they were maybe childish , or something .
MTBing was new , and it was mine , and it was punk , and it was dirty , and it was mine , and it wasnt Kid Keen , or any of that .
or something .
But I was wrong .
It's very clever , and now I kinda like it , but , as a piece of art , I'm sure you have to want to do it .

I do remember in that newsletter though , the MTB with the back end with caterpillar tracks on it , which looking back really summed up the sprawling unrelenting gadget growth of the sport .
or something .
I wanted a bike with caterpillar tracks .

In the end I got a Hite Rite.

I papered my entire bathroom wall in it,in the about the mid-90's I had years worth of the mags in a box in my spare room and did the wall facing the throne.Used to sit and read them while doing a sfb.

the main reason i get mbuk now and again! as a young un i got star struck sitting next to jo burt jmc and dave hemming at 91 malverns! ive got 'one more hill' up atm and the recent father strip was poetry.

Is that the 'bumpy cow field'?

I have a bundle of MS's taken out of MBUK's from 1992 - 1996ish, plus the calendars and posters of the time. I'm just waiting to get a spare room or garage so they can all be put back up.

You either get it or you don't.

since no one seems able to say what "it" is I think there [b]is[/b] no it.

Some of Jo's best work is in The Outcast (so only seen by a small audience).

Seem to remember a recent(?) copy having a multi-page strip concerning the internal mutterings of a group ride and what people really think of each other - might be educational for sfb?......

Simon, [b]it[/b] is a cartoon about mountain biking. Sometimes it's good, sometimes its rubbish. There's nothing to [i]get[/i].
The sheeps' limbs were always too thin for me.
However, this one definitely meant something to me ...
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I've still got a Mint Sauce t-shirt awarded to me by Jon Stevenson for oozing the most blood at the MBUK Red Kite weekend downhill race...just realized that was over 17 years ago 😯

Mint Sauce t shirt in a drawer somewhere and a Mint Sauce mug that still gets used.
"Splashing through the puddles of spiritualitea, riding the ruts and ridges of cream donut climbs and buttered toast."
How about a Mint Sauce collection book? Put one together before my birthday please. And whilst I'm making requests I'd like Bill Watterson to bring back Calvin and Hobbes.

There's nothing to get.

ah, so my expectations of irony are unfulfilled...

+ 2 for anniversary poster reprint!

Or is the fact that SFB doesn't get it make it more ironic?

Or is the fact that SFB doesn't get it make it more ironic?

or that those who claim to are just pretending ?

A wave of nostalga(sp) confirms what I already know, I'm old(er than I was when I got my Muddy Fox). Do think the MS book idea is a good one.

No-one has come closer to capturing the subtleties of mountain biking than Jo Burt. I've only been a biker since 2003, but Jo's cartoons have gifted many a wry smile.

He's a damn fine writer too, I read a piece he wrote a few years back about why he hates biking in the winter. Spot on.

I read a piece he wrote a few years back about why he hates biking in the winter.

couldn't agree more, bitter cold, frikken snow everywhere, falling off on ice and slicing myself open, I hate* it!
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No-one has come closer to capturing the subtleties of mountain biking than Jo Burt

edit: * honesty forces me to admit I wasn't being truthful. In fact I look forward to those rare ice/snow rides all year round

a little [b]too[/b] subtle for some of us it seems...

Must agree with sfb. What the **** is it all about? Seems childish and peurile to me. Not remotely funny.

i think that though SFB and Mint share a love of the same sport they see mountainbiking through very different eyes, and long may that continue, for then they won't get in each other's way

while doing a sfb

And did anything come of the mint sauce keyring request?

Seems childish and peurile to me. Not remotely funny.

I'm not sure it's even supposed to be funny - but it's obvious a lot of effort has gone into creating it, so I'm left puzzled.

i think that though SFB and Mint share a love of the same sport

can I be drawn better next time please ?

PJM1974 - Member
No-one has come closer to capturing the subtleties of mountain biking than Jo Burt.

Agree. And the ones about Mint and his dad/grandad (new bike, learning to ride) create such a strong image for me of milestones in my youth, and remind me so much of my Dad, who died in '96, that they make me well up.

SFB Can I be drawn better next time please?

SFB: Squadron Leader of the reality squadron perhaps?
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Squadron Leader of the reality squadron perhaps?

now [b]that[/b] would be ironic given my sketchy grasp of the concept :o)

Love the art work (stunning!) but never cared much for the storylines.

I don't think you have to 'get' Mint Sauce. The strips are very, very, very simple IMO.
You just have to relate to them. As an MTBer, it's not hard to relate to a puncture, or the differences between riders, or the coming of Summer, or a mechanical, or cake, or a slow downhiller, or the beauty of nature and the starkness of winter.

Sometimes I just read them, and think, yeah, that's about spot on.
How can you not understand this? Even if only the last 2 pictures....
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SFB: Squadron Leader of the reality squadron perhaps?

How can you not understand this? Evin if only the last 2 pictures....

not the slightest flicker of comprehension 🙁

But I did read "Remove your blindfold. What do you see ? Nothing left to do here. There's nothing new here. It's all the same." across the top

Which reminds me of a story my wife told me about going to see a famous guru, Sri Ramakrishna. He sat in front of the crowd saying, "You don't need me, you can work this stuff out for yourselves", and the clueless accolytes said "Master, tell us more, we bask in your wisdom" (ie not listening)

DezB (and Jo) that is well funny and would be ideal for Singletrack!

Peter Poddy: You just have to relate to them

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maybe now?

Works for me

hmmmmmmm cake............

maybe now? Works for me

it raised a slight smirk, but I was more interested in "Now he's got a wife and a baby and a garden and no life of his own. It sounds like hell, but it beats life alone", which seems to characterise parenthood as an act of desperation rather than fulfillingly life affirming...

*drools*

substitute a greggs savory too though

I love the nature ones, Mother Nature answering back, that kind of thing.
I'd love to ride in Mint Sauce world, it would be a colouful day out.

I'd love to ride in Mint Sauce world, it would be a colouful day out.

I quite like the world I imagine we have...
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The words you see scribbled, are usually lyrics. I actually like the bitter sweet sentiment, and I can't count the number of times riding buddies have suddenly realised their freedom pass is about to expire and they have to amble back to the car and check back in with reality.

But the cartoon is not anti family or anti anything, it just seems to capture our sport perfectly. Especially if you know the South Downs Way on a windless summers day.

Seems to be designed for those who think that Coronation Street presents an intellectual challenge.

phillistines

A lot of good reasons here why it wouldn't work in ST.

I think that Simon's adopted one of his 'I don't get it and nothing you can say will make me' stances perhaps we should all just move along and find another thread?

My favourite thing about Mint is how Jo seems to rip the p*ss out of what one might call the 'core' MBUK readerships chosen riding styles most months and yet it still gets printed.

This months 'shore' strip seemed to sum up my thoughts and fears every time I do something vaguely challenging 🙂

I think that Simon's adopted one of his 'I don't get it and nothing you can say will make me'

by no means, I'm trying hard, and have read about 10 different strips, but am none the wiser. I would love to be able to get them, and in any case I never adopt the suggested position, except about hifi, homeopathy & the 'soul' in metalwork...

I have been having similar thoughts, especially the one about the gnarly down hill, and waiting for the uplift...that was class art!
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My favourite of all time is this. I had the sticker of mint and the revolver on my '96 P7.

😛

Went and dug out my old MTB magazines last night to have a look at the Mints (well I was also seeing if I could find a Bow-Ti review 😉 ) - first one I ever bought was March 1994, where Mint is washing his bike in the bath to his girlfriend's disgust (with a clever punchline). Shows how things don't change as that (and another one about buying expensive bikes) seem really relevant today - if anything I probably get them more now than back then.

I'm actually slightly surprised sfb has so much trouble - I'd have thought a lot of the themes were right up his street. Though enjoying JoB's subtle digs 😉