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That stupid 'turning the front wheel while jumping' look. You know the one, when somebody does a jump on their bike no matter how big or small and they have to turn the front friggin wheel!
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The word 'chillax' - you may relax, you may chill but chillax boils my urine.
I could add so many things but I'm in a good mood so will leave it at that.
As you were.
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Looks like somebody was actually able to read the OP:
Am I the only person who finds certain items and [b]brands[/b] they dislike without any real reason?
Trek - it's a given
On One - they actually still produce some good bikes, but I couldn't ever bring myself to actually buy one cos of that naff logo written in font 96 on the downtube
Islabikes - yes and hadn't realised that I did until now.
Intense - might as well be called 'redneck bikes'
Surley, Jones - totally
items and
Pedants who are wrong
Whoever came up with that must have been a complete cugina. 😀
The word 'chillax' - you may relax, you may chill but chillax boils my urine.
GT bikes for same reason as Convert in above post.
Sports direct coz they charge a fiver to click and collect from there own store!
Location location location tv programme
Adverts
Cricket
what's with all the trek hating?
Boost
Comic Sans and its users
Comic sans walks into a pub. The barman says, "We don't serve your type here."
Jools Holland, love Later but really want to trap his fingers in his piano
Tears of laughter at 7am, thanks 🙂
Sorry, being dense - what's with the Islabike hate? Don't have kids but when I see them I just think nice little bike I wish I'd had as a kid that works without weighing the same as the moon.
Is it the spendyness and therefore the fact that only 'posh' kids ride them (or not posh kids who's folks value kids bikes over a tv the size of a football pitch)?
Go in a lever frame box, you normally get a cup of tea and all the local gossip, go in a power box and if you presence is acknowledged at all, its like they've stepped in something unpleasant.
what's with the Islabike hate?
Are they the Audi of children's bikes? That could be why. That and probably because they are expensive. There is something about them that makes me cringe when a parent tells me they have bought their child an Isla bike.
I used to hate Thomson seat posts and stems.
Ming, its because we are all too busy 😀
Isitafox I thought that about control until they moved them into the West Mids Signalling Centre, best thing that ever happened IMO..
Renthal bike stuff.
Rapha - i actually the slightly understated look of the clothing and no doubt it is quality - BUT it is the pretentiousness, i can't just be chamois cream, it has to be:
[i]"Rapha skincare products are made from the aromatic plants and herbs that grow on the Giant of Provence, Mt. Ventoux, and their scents will be familiar to any rider that has made the pilgrimage to the great mountain.
Ingredients include:
Atlas Cedar – a mild astringent reputedly good for relieving stress and tension.
Lavender – a natural antiseptic and anti-inflammatory used to help ease aches and pains.
Pine needle – reputed to ease rheumatism and respiratory complaints.
Rosemary – characteristic Mediterranean aroma and general tonic to stimulate the senses.
Juniper Berry – a centuries-old boost the immune system.
Lemon – refreshing citrus is naturally anti-bacterial.
Cypress – aromatic conifer rumoured to have anti-rheumatic properties.
Patchouli – anti-inflammatory often used to treat skin conditions.
Cistus – produces a soothing, aromatic resin"[/i]
Hmmm, that seems like a very real reason to me.
Santa Cruz
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German cars
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Sorry, being dense - what's with the Islabike hate? Don't have kids but when I see them I just think nice little bike I wish I'd had as a kid that works without weighing the same as the moon.Is it the spendyness and therefore the fact that only 'posh' kids ride them (or not posh kids who's folks value kids bikes over a tv the size of a football pitch)?
Pretty much. They're more expensive than most other bikes out there so they attract a certain buyer, and a level of hate.
The fact that they're good, encourage kids to ride, and cost of ownership is lower than any other other bike out there is besides the point.
[i] what's with the Islabike hate?[/i]
.. is the first line of the thread...Am I the only person who finds certain items and brands they dislike without any real reason?
Things I dislike?
'Hate threads' in this forum. There's a couple a month on avaerge and they all boil down to the same thing and the same responses.
^^ says he posting on a hate thread 😆
People who only read thread titles and then post.
Smeg
Michael Kors
Bose
BigDummy's new bike.
I want another go...
Specialist cycling clothing and excessive safety equipment.
Inspired by a regular on my commute, CDF with full guards, endura jacket, lashings on hi viz, yellow glasses, camera, helmet light, multiple lights on the bike. Specialist shoes, panniers, trousers etc all for a couple of miles commute.
How you gonna get more people on bikes if you give the impression a) lots of stuff is required b) you have to look like prat.
[quote=LAT ]Are they the Audi of children's bikes? That could be why. That and probably because they are expensive. There is something about them that makes me cringe when a parent tells me they have bought their child an Isla bike.
I get that this is an irrational hatred thread, but you really cringe at a parent giving their child a good introduction to riding by spending a fraction of what most of us here spend on [s]our own bikes[/s] a suspension fork? No they're not the Audi of kids bikes, because Audi is an upmarket branding exercise which costs their owners more over the lifetime of the car for the privilege of having a certain badge 🙄
I wear full lycra on my commute, its more than a couple of miles though? I also have a bike with mudguards and TWO lights on the back.
What annoys me? Anything made by Crank Bros. And the bloke in my office who is CONSTANTLY coughing. Every day. For the past two years.
Hipster artisan ****y rubbish.Does that include sour dough?
Sourdough is nothing to do with hipsters. It's the best bread EVER.
German cars and their drivers
Ah, was that you I upset driving into Poynton the other day?
Old folk on here that moan about anyone riding 160mm bikes, wearing bright coloured clothing, and basically class it all as 'Enduro'.
'Everything was fine before Enduro/strava/colourways ruined it'
**** right off.
People who use the expression, "reach out"
What? Even the Four Tops?
[i] Even the Four Tops?[/i] 😆
or Midfield General 🙂
He means non-American people, I believe. Same goes for 'heads up', 'touch base' etc.
Eyeball"? that's pretty naff.
Bikes with vertically mounted shocks.
Christmas, at any time other than Christmas - which is, as far as I'm concerned a 3-day thing - Eve, Day, Boxing - done.
Coffee both the taste, and the pretentiousness in which is sold and consumed. Love the smell, funny old world eh? Yay, I’ve just paid £5 for a cup of fat and sugar from a tax avoiding mega-corp, I’m so bohemian.
Gym Bunnies, in particular male ones who pretend they’re super tough mega athletes or muscle bound warriors, when they never do anything outside the confines of their air-conditioned vanity boxes – and post lots of videos of themselves on social media prancing around– or worse the ‘hardcore’ cross-fit nut who thinks they’re Chuck Norris because they’ve got an owie on their hands from picking things up badly.
The Beach, Yay let’s all get skin cancer whilst lying in grit.
Internet bullshiters, I’m not talking about a bit of humblebrag or straight up exaggeration from normal people, that’s all part of the fun – no, the really dangerous ones who spout made up ‘science’ usually about food to sell crap who are genuinely making people sick – yes you David Wolfe are full of shit, a shyster, a con man and ****.
News Papers, all of them, they all have an agenda now, they hide behind ‘freedom of the press’ to spread lies and twist the facts – happy to let the masses suffer to make a few quid for themselves.
Israel – horrible country, run by horrible people, that does horrible things and screams “anti-Semitism” at anyone who dares challenge them and employs murder squads to silence anyone that doesn’t shut up.
[i]Bikes with vertically mounted shocks.[/i]
Yes! It's irrational, but I hate them too.
Well done P-Jay best rant so far. 🙂
Pointy shoes
Red trousers
Rolex watches
Diamond rings especially really really large engagement rings
Cravats or any indoor neckwear
John Inverdale
Capers
Birmingham
Paper cuts
Tinned mandarin orange segments
Success in others
'Best' threads
Threads that start 'Tell me' or Talk to me'
stones in yer shoes.
I hate everyone but especially people who post on hate threads that they hate people who post on hate threads. Also as I'm sat in the dentists waiting for Mrs team trying in vain to get on their free wifi but having to register. God I hate life...good job I've got biking.
Bikes with vertically mounted shocks.
I hate them as well. Apart from mine, mines great!!
Whilst I nodded at some of P-Jay's comments, I have a bike with a vertically mounted shock. It's quite nice.
Hmmm...
Anything containing dried fruit, specifically dried grape products.
Politicians - mainly (but not exclusively) those on the right of the spectrum.
+1 for the British press.
Privatised rail transport and sky high fares.
Potatoes.
Sorry, being dense - what's with the Islabike hate?
Look at who buys them....it's not the single mother who just wants to send her kids off to the trails or skate park so she can have some peace......
It's the "cycling" middle classes. THey're gonna force their kids to mince round a trail centre with them at the weekend. How's that gonna develop their childs cycling skills base?
The parents obviously think they're great; spending quality time with their kids. THe kids on the other hand are thinking "I don't want to grow up and not be able to bunnyhop, why can't I just get a BMX like all the cool kids and learn how to grind rails outside the job centre?"
So really, it's the fact they prevent kids from reaching their full cycling potential
Anything from Vauxhall
Bose
Beats headphones
Homeopathy
Extremists
Middle lane w4nkers and those twunts who drive all the time with side lights and front fog lamps...idiots
The delusionally rose-tinted Victorian representation of Great Britain because so many people still think that we're oh-so-important. We're not, deal with it.
Anything "on-trend" including the words "on-trend"
Parents/dog owners who think little Chardonnay/Dexter/FooFoo/Snuffles can do no wrong