Yes. We are!
My example: I had to return early from Bike Park Wales last weekend, my son wrecked his wheel, so kinda left in a disappointed state. In that state, I managed to leave my Camelbak behind!
Someone lovely handed it in...
BPW posted it back to me!
Not only that, but all the tools were still in it, including some that can't be replaced and a few I can't afford to replace anyway. Plus the bank card I'd stashed in it, all the cash and the glove I thought I'd also lost! Oh and the water 😀
This has made me so happy, cos when I discovered I'd lost it, I was very stressed out.
So if one of you was the hander inner, thanks! And thanks to the lovely folk at BPW.
Lovely.
Whilst not universally true, I tend to agree, met plenty of very good eggs through riding, all that fresh air seems to do the soul good.
Glad to hear it turned out well.
Waiting for the "ebike motorcyclists are different" posts to start.
Most people are nice and honest.
Unfortunately the minority cloud what people see... like squash it's only 5%of the drink but colours everything
Glad you got it back!
Studies have shown that a wallet or bag found with money in it is more likely to be handed in that one without.....
I like that BPW didn't even empty the water out before sending it back. 😀
I like that BPW didn’t even empty the water out before sending it back. 😀
They probably figured he lived in SE England and it'd be worth more than the tools...
They probably figured he lived in SE England and it’d be worth more than the tools…
Maybe they refilled it with nice, soft, drinkable Welsh Water. Or maybe they were just scared to empty it out because it might contaminate the whole of the Welsh water system. 😀
Most people are nice and honest.
Unfortunately the minority cloud what people see
^ exactly this.
Don't let the (few) b*st*rds grind you down.
Look to the nice people, like the OP highlights.
I meet very few arseholes, and when I do I tend to apologise to them. It completly messes with their world view and sends me off with a mishcievous grin.
In the MTB world there are even less arseholes than in the real world, so I think we must be up to something good.
In the MTB world there are even less arseholes than in the real world, so I think we must be up to something good.
I've met so few that I can remember all of them, which either says something about the people who ride MTBs or maybe just that when you've got a shared enthusiasm you may ignore some obvious character flaws. Especially if they've got a van and company fuel card. 😀
Maybe they refilled it with nice, soft, drinkable Welsh Water.
You think I carried local Southern Hampshire chalky water to Wales with me!? 😆
I was doing a Derbyshire based Polaris years ago & was on the road into Bakewell when I spotted what I thought was a camera case in the middle of the road. After doing an impression of a Wimbledon ball boy to retrieve it I found it was a big fat purse with cards, cash notes & loads of coins in it. I took it home & next day called at Lloyds Bank to hand one of the cards in & tell them what the crack was, I gave them my number to pass on to the owner who called me later on. Not only did the bank give me £10 for just handing the card in the lady owner insisted I kept all the change so it was lighter to post back.
Yes, us MTBers are awesome.
@thols2 - I also have found MTBers to generally be pretty friendly and decent people especially when out in the alps.
Ebikers though are thoroughly terrible beasts, not only would they have kept your camelback but they’d have popped around and stolen your children and had their wicked way with your wife. Horrible creatures they are. 😜.
(Caveat - Please note the sarcasm in this post before starting a war between bikers).
I did a bit of a poll with the folks at work about whether they'd hand in a wallet or purse they'd found.
Not one person out of about 10 said that they'd hand it in without taking the cash out first.
More about the type of people who work on construction sites? Maybe.
The reason I asked this was I'd found a purse the day before and had handed it and had mentioned this to a guy at work who thought I was a mug for not taking the cash.
Happy for the OP, and it was a nice thing that the person who found your bag did as well as the bike shop.
Couple of years ago we were riding our local trails in pretty grim winter weather.
there was a roadie event on at the same time, and we were just having a rest near the road.
along came a guy on a road bike with no jacket on who was clearly struggling and was not in a good way, borderline hypothermic. Not one roadie has stopped to check on him all just went on past.
we gave him some food and one of our jackets as we were not so far from home and got him to the next checkpoint, which did not have any first aid or thermal blankets, but they had a van that could pick him up in a bit.
He did post the jacket back with a thank you note, but I do wonder what would have happened if we hadn't helped.
Just highlights the different roadie/MTB attitudes I guess
So true. I road ride a lot in Surrey where there are a lot of ****ts, my mates are ace (ex Kingston rowers mainly).
I have always thought mtb'ers are really chilled. I was in Lenzerheide last week and had a couple lovely conversations with German mtb'ers whilst me and #2 son where bike/hiking to different locations. Was amazing.
Audaxers I have always found to be lovely people.
Not one roadie has stopped to check on him all just went on past.
I was doing one of those killer loops out of MBR a fair few years ago from Gargrave & I came across 2 kids on road bikes, maybe 14-16, maybe brother and sister. The young girl's rear mech had exploded & the pulley wheels were down the road somewhere, they had no tools whatsoever either. Anyway I managed to single speed the bike but I found it shocking that they'd been on a group ride with a bunch of adult roadies, non of whom had been keeping an eye on them. They were due a cafe stop in Gargrave but didn't even know where they were so out came the map & I pointed them in the right direction.
Happy I could help.
Couple of years ago we were riding our local trails in pretty grim winter weather.
there was a roadie event on at the same time, and we were just having a rest near the road.
along came a guy on a road bike with no jacket on who was clearly struggling and was not in a good way, borderline hypothermic. Not one roadie has stopped to check on him all just went on past.
we gave him some food and one of our jackets as we were not so far from home and got him to the next checkpoint, which did not have any first aid or thermal blankets, but they had a van that could pick him up in a bit.
not wanting to defend roadies friendliness and helpfulness, but is this not the difference between heading out for a ride, and being in a supported [as it transpires, poorly] event?
Now now, lets not get nasty about our mizzer road brethren. You know they have heartrates to measure and wattages to calculate, not all bicycling is about FUN after all 😀
I offered support to Team Lesotho, just one guy, today in Les Gets. I'm from Jamaica but since then have lived in USA, England and Wales for the last three decades. Spent a bit of time in Lesotho as well, always thinking that it would be a great place to ride.
His name is Tumelo Makae, number 100 in the men's elite xc. It turns out that he is from the town I worked in. Small world eh?
Go Go Lesotho!!
@didnthurt- I think the consensus growing up around our was used to be had everything in but keep a tenner as a finding fee.
I’ve never been lucky enough to find one some haven’t had the chance to make that moral decision.
Although a duffel bag filled with cash was ok to keep as it was probably drug money.