Following on from the bike products thread, I was inspired to start this one. I'm sure some pretty petty comments will be made, maybe including mine, but I'll get it started......
Night riding - when off road and blasting DH through woods, please turn off your frikkin red strobe led in front. I can see where you are perfectly well without that annoying the hell out of me.
Slower riders - and you know full well you are a slower rider, please don't be rushing to be second down the best hill of the night, because even leaving a good minutes gap someone will be up your arse and all over their brakes at some point.
Top of the hill - the bloke at the back is generally at the back for a reason. This doesn't mean it's ok for the fitter riders to hang around having a breather, then set off when the slowest rider is 20yds away - and no, it's not [b][i]always[/i][/b] me at the back 😉
If you've stalled, or come off your line, the world doesn't revolve around you getting back on your bike - other people might want a clear run...
Any more?
Riding bikes without brakes around cities and endangering other road users
RLJing cockwipes
Chavs being able to wheelie far better than me! 😉
30 minutes of faff before actually starting to ride.
Stopping everyone to faff.
As for the red rear lights on a night ride, nothing wrong with them, as long as they're not flashing.
Top of the hill - the bloke at the back is generally at the back for a reason. This doesn't mean it's ok for the fitter riders to hang around having a breather, then set off when the slowest rider is 20yds away - and no, it's not always me at the back
It's usualy me, and I quite like not waiting as it mean I'll (hopefully) get fitter and therefore not be at the back.
actually riding my bike (as i don't ride anywhere like as much as i'd like to due to depression/laziness and cough jeremy kyles 😯 😳
I'd like to see myself remember when I'm out on the mountain bike bursting my knees to get up a steep climb that I have 26 more gears at my disposal than the SS commuter I ride every day.
Plenty wrong with them on an off-road night ride! Distracting, even if on steady. As for the morons who have them on at night races [u]after[/u] being specifically told not to by organisers 👿As for the red rear lights on a night ride, nothing wrong with them, as long as they're not flashing.
Fat people not pulling their shorts/trousers up, so i've got their fat arse crack in my face as I pull up behind them..
Why the **** would any mong want/need a rear light at a night race?
skidding, riding too close behind me
going so slow i have to ride right behind them 😛
in all seriousness though, i hate to see slower riders make too much of an effort to get out the way. i dont mind being held up for a bit if you want to pull over somewhere good.
and...riders that have stopped for a break dont have to adopt the Professor Brian Cox/catalogue man pose... biking gear doesnt make you look like a hero you know.
jeremy kyles
Riding is excellent treatment for them, no excuses there!
you have a lot of people around when you go night riding it seems.
I find I dont get any of those problems when It's just me out there 🙂
High fiving on the trail. Also skinny fitness freaks who smugly cruise past on the uphills then hold me up on the downhills. OI TWIGGY, FATTO COMING THOUGH!!
riding with a half-inflated tyre...
I saw hundreds of commuters with tyres with 10 psi in
get a pump you dumbass
Seeing people riding with their instep on the pedals, it's so wrong it makes me want to shout at you! You clearly have no idea how to ride a bike!
people who ride inappropriate bikes for the conditions- you wouldn't head off into the mountains with trainers and a tracksuit on, and no coat, so why hit Llandegla with a rigid or short travel xc bike.
Sessioning. Hanging about while someone "sessions" a bit over and over and over till they've "nailed" it. booooring.
Only one park here that sanctions night riding here, and then only once a month 😥you have a lot of people around when you go night riding it seems.
You should all go on a ride together, I reckon there'd be a punch-up within the first 500m.
Slow riders that for some reason think there fast and should be up at the front on a Wed night club ride u know who u are
'muggles'* riding/commuting with their saddle too low.
(*a term i'm using to describe normal human beings - you know, those human beings who don't spend every waking moment thinking about bikes)
Tossers riding full pelt down the blue at Glentress on a busy Saturday morning, thinking they are cool and barging past less experienced riders (for whom the blue is aimed at) and putting them off. If you're really a good rider go ride the black. All you're doing is showing off.
No harm in going flat out on the blue, but wait till the trails are empty. And if you come up behind a slower rider then be polite.
Sessioning. Hanging about while someone "sessions" a bit over and over and over till they've "nailed" it. booooring.
To be fair though, they might just be practising a bit to get it right, thereby becoming a better rider. Especially on trails where there may only be one or two difficult bits.
people who faff,
people who stop to have a picnic in the middle of the trail.
people who think that it is ok to blast public trails with walkers/dogs around.
Not checking over your shoulder before you set off again after your little breather....
I'll go for the nobs who try and ride "urban" on mtb's, I mean the trails are where it's at around me, not the pavements near schools and blind alleys where the oldies live.. leave it aaaart, ride the woods man.
And another one.. long compression socks.. You look like a footballist.
Especially while racing- don't charge in front of people right at the end of a fire road climb, then ride with your brakes deathlocked on down the descents while not getting out of the ****ing way.
Actually on that note- no walking over features then jumping back on immediately in front of someone who rode it and expecting them to stop for you.
At a trail centre- if you're fast, don't wait for someone else to go first then immediately chase after them. I don't care how much of a man it makes you feel. Leave a gap or go first. But MOST OF ALL if you absolutely must do it, don't complain about being held up!
Never describe a trail or feature as unrideable to someone who you've just seen ride it.
Also never ride a trail using all the chicken runs and shortcuts, then complain afterwards that it's too easy. And as a wee extension of that, never take a 160mm bike to a manmade trail and complain that it's too smooth.
People of Glentress! Don't pretend that the hire bike you're on is your own. It says HIRE BIKE on it with massive stickers.
????Northwind - Member
People of Glentress! Don't pretend that the hire bike you're on is your own. It says HIRE BIKE on it with massive stickers.
so why hit Llandegla with a rigid or short travel xc bike.
Because Llandegla is fine with 100mm.
People who don't look after their bikes and faf with them on every Wednesday night ride.
people who ride inappropriate bikes for the conditions- you wouldn't head off into the mountains with trainers and a tracksuit on, and no coat, so why hit Llandegla with a rigid or short travel xc bike.
That's a bit of a contradiction, anything but short travel is inappropriate for there.
Sessioning. Hanging about while someone "sessions" a bit over and over and over till they've "nailed" it. booooring.
I got invited out with the 'Dudes' once to 'own the track'. I was a sceptic, but had a conversion. It's very sociable, loads of taking the piss and my riding improved no end, as did my pushing. 'Secret track' - naturally!
So you're wrong. You need to find some 'Dudes' to hang out with.
Marko
People who don't maintain/have noisy, rattly bikes. FFS set your gears up properly and oil your chain!
The whole long travel thing and the attitude that it is absolutely positively necessary....bollocks.
I was riding the same sort of terrain i ride now back in the 90s as a teenager on a rigid GT Avalanche....i was probably making a better fist of it then too!
Noticed all those trials riders taking jumps, drops and negotiating far more technical obstacles than you'll find at a trail centre?....they're doing it without 160mm of suspension travel at each end....is Danny MacAskill riding full suspension?....is he bollocks, its down to rider skill....if you genuinely feel you 'need' 160mm of travel then i suggest you take a long hard look at your riding techniques.
Baggy Shorts
Slack geometry
Wheel suckers
Soft pedalers
crystal crankers
hairy legs
people who ride inappropriate bikes for the conditions- you wouldn't head off into the mountains with trainers and a tracksuit on, and no coat, so why hit Llandegla with a rigid or short travel xc bike.
It was absolutely fine on my 100mm travel hardtail, including all the black runs... am I missing something? 😕
The whole long travel thing and the attitude that it is absolutely positively necessary....bollocks.
I was riding the same sort of terrain i ride now back in the 90s as a teenager on a rigid GT Avalanche....i was probably making a better fist of it then too!
....if you genuinely feel you 'need' 160mm of travel then i suggest you take a long hard look at your riding techniques.
deviant - Member
The steep soil section at the bottom of stage 1 had me over the bars twice, glad to see i wasnt the only one having problems with it....in retrospect i should've pushed the bike down like the bloke in the video....probably wouldnt be typing this from the sofa loaded up on ibuprofen and tramadol with a stiff back!
🙂 Sorry, couldn't resist but your comments had stuck in my mind when I read it the other day..
People who are stressed about everyone else on a bike.
Chill out, smile and look up or you'll crash.
Oh and gobshite glentress syndrome.. shaddup... your twisting my melon man
Absolutely.
....and 160mm of squishy front end wouldnt have helped me, never ridden anything that steep and loose, severe lack of talent had me off....a 14 year old on this forum (getonyourbike) rode it with a hardtail....like i said, not the bike.
people who ride inappropriate bikes for the conditions- you wouldn't head off into the mountains with trainers and a tracksuit on, and no coat, so why hit Llandegla with a rigid or short travel xc bike.
You are trolling right?
Llandegla is the least deserving trail of any suspension travel I've ridden in a long time. It's the one Place I've ridden recently that I actually thought the ideal bike for it to actually make it at all interesting would be a rigid singlespeed. It's just a groomed motorway of a trail, and I'm including the black bits in this too. Seeing people on £3K+ 160mm travel rigs there walking down sections they thought too extreme really shocked me!
Anyway... Biggest pet hate for me is also people riding offroad at night with a flashing rear light. FFS turn it off! I don't fancy an epilleptic seizure thank you very much! Otherwise You'll find me a very easy going individual in general I think... 😉
people riding brand new (still being made!) unopen trails, past barriers and signs just because they can.
Folk exaggerating their road riding speeds.
But you know I average 30 mph easy on 2.3 knobblies!
druidh - Member????
I've had a few conversations with people at Glentress who're on hire bikes, but try and pass them off as their own for some reason. It's very odd.
It was absolutely fine on my 100mm travel hardtail, including all the black runs... am I missing something?
I was there for the first time this last Sunday - on a lightweight 100mm hardtail.
Did all the blacks (following mates, one on a 5" full suss, the other on an Inbred..) they were rather quick, only thing 'holding me back' was my lack of ability... Simply not used to tight (to me) trails and jumps...
What surprised the 3 of us - car-park very busy, overflow car-park open. Bikes of all descriptions, including a lot of big money, big travel kit, to be seen around the car-park / cafe and we saw next to no-one on the blacks, seriously I'd say less than 10 other riders (on the blacks) on the 2 loops we did....
anyway - back on track - I'd like to see the back of my inability to keep my chin up and look ahead.... it's a habit that been a lot of years in the making though... 😳
we saw next to no-one on the blacks, seriously I'd say less than 10 other riders (on the blacks) on the 2 loops we did....
Maybe you were just travelling at about the same speed as most others then. 😉
I'm fed up of being told to put a helmet on by some nob out with his family riding past the tea shoppe, I've been riding for far too many years to be told your opinion on your thoughts thanks.
Leaving disgarded inner tubes on the trail.
How does riding for many years make you a mind reader though?
Personally the only riding habits I want to see the back of are my own bad ones. I'm quite happy to let other people do what they want but if we're going to be bitchy, I'd be quite keen to see the end of people riding down trails they could roll sitting down with their arse hanging over the back wheel.
Soft pedalers
crystal crankers
What now?
so why hit Llandegla [u]with anything other than[/u] a rigid or short travel xc bike
Fixed for you.
[b]deviant[/b]- You can have a shed load of internet awesome points for saying that 😀
People who ride with their saddles too low because they think they have to be able to get their feet flat on the floor whilst still sitting in the saddle.
I can hear their knees creaking at the top of every pedal stroke! 😯
Dropping my back foot slightly when coasting.
using there heels to pedal
Actually, on the pedal being on the arch of your foot thing, for descending this is desirable. On flats you use the ball of your foot when climbing or on smooth terrain and move it forward so that your arch is on the pedal for descending as it lets you dorp your heels easier and is more stable.
But, I'm guessing that you're tlaking about 'non cyclists' who do it all the time
"people who ride inappropriate bikes for the conditions- you wouldn't head off into the mountains with trainers and a tracksuit on, and no coat, so why hit Llandegla with a rigid or short travel xc bike."
no never a tracksuit, shorts training t shirt and trainers is normally fine for a nice run in the hills though
People who queue/fight to get to the front for a race start, then hold everyone up at the first bit of singletrack.
At a trail centre- if you're fast, don't wait for someone else to go first then immediately chase after them. I don't care how much of a man it makes you feel. Leave a gap or go first
Ahh, sorry, will leave a bigger gap next time! of-course would also help if you put a big 'SLOW RIDER' sign on your back NW. 8)
Maybe you were just travelling at about the same speed as most others then. 😉
2nd time round I didn't do one of the blacks - hit the fire road and waited for the boys at the end, no-one else passed through... 😉
2nd time round I didn't do one of the blacks - hit the fire road and waited for the boys at the end, no-one else passed through...
He's right, it was dead quiet. Too quiet...
(I did feel a bit over-equipped on 140mm, to be honest, it would have been fine on my mincey hardtail. Didn't stop me having a brilliant time, though, and it probably helped me to land a few overcooked jumps and that. If it annoyed a few bike snobs too, then all the better!)
I can't really think of any riding habits that annoy me. Erm. Not acknowledging me when I say hello? That's always a bit of a downer. I absolutely don't want a chat, just a nod will suffice.