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I like it when people describe their bike in terms of the amount of travel it has.

Why?

Because I can't help imagining that they're talking about the frame size and that there's loads of people riding gnarly trails on teeny bikes.

Anyone else do this or simlar?


 
Posted : 03/03/2011 6:00 pm
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No.


 
Posted : 03/03/2011 6:01 pm
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Anyone else do this

Now I do.

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Posted : 03/03/2011 6:02 pm
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Ummm..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................No.


 
Posted : 03/03/2011 6:03 pm
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No


 
Posted : 03/03/2011 6:03 pm
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Cuh. Some people have no imagination.

How about imagining what it would look like if your bike really did have 140mm forks?


 
Posted : 03/03/2011 6:14 pm
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i think that terms like trail bike are so wide ranging (eg rigid to 7 inch sus travel) that people want to qualify it a bit more. Its a bit more usable to use sus travel than give a full geometry spec sheet (which might be more acurate in determining where in the spectum of trail bikes it really sits)

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Posted : 03/03/2011 6:27 pm
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"trail" bike is just a buzz word.

It's just trendy way of saying you have a bike that rides a bit of everything.

It really annoys me that people equate travel to a particular use.

A bike goes where you tell it.


 
Posted : 03/03/2011 6:52 pm
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TBH 'trail bike' kind of makes sense and isn't too offensive.

'All mountain' on the other hand.....


 
Posted : 03/03/2011 6:57 pm
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some people may have a 4", 5", 6" and 8" collection though....


 
Posted : 03/03/2011 7:16 pm
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some people may have a 4", 5", 6" and 8" collection though....

I do....but it's nothing to do with cycling and everything to do with my boyfriends ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 03/03/2011 7:19 pm
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mmmmmmmmmm... LOL ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 03/03/2011 7:24 pm
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Utter genius. I may never be able to get over this concept now that you've planted it ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 03/03/2011 8:32 pm