I've always thought that riding mountain bikes in typical British winter slop is f*cking tedious. I know some people like to wear it as a badge of honour, but, whatever. I'll stick to my 'cross bike with mudguards till it dries up, thanks.
I bought a gravel/adventure bike with mounting points for rack, mudguards, various bikepacking stuff etc and I don't intend to use any of them.
I mainly bought it because it was two-tone purple and green.
I prefer riding my mountain bike up mountains to coming back down.
I’m more likely to buy a bike if I like the colour rather than if it has the latest must have geometry.
Every bike I’ve ever purchased has been done so under these three rules.
1: Do I like how it looks.
2: Is it a colour that I like.
3: Is it less than £1.5k.
I’ve only ever purchased two bikes new. A Trans AM 29er (in the sale) and an Escapade.
I spent lots of money buying all the tat for tubeless
I managed 2 rides with a tubeless front. The valve moved and it all went south.
I've been with tubes ever since
Thanks to evil inventions of Credit Card, PayPal Credit and so on I constantly buy various, quite often unnecessary bike parts or even whole bikes.
Most of that now obsolete and still unused sitting under stairs.
Can't even recuperate costs as most of that is un-sell-able...
Once in a while I'm managing to clear my debt of only to end up in red 3-4 weeks later.
Cheers!
I.
It's vanity that stops me from shaving my legs. The layer of hair makes my skinny calves look slightly thicker. Especialy on a cold day!
A big muddy strip up your back – now that looks stupid
I always think it looks cool. I use mudguards myself in the winter though.
When out on the mtb I'm going to get muddy, it's part of the fun, don't really worry about a wet / muddy back, it's about dicking about in the woods again like when I was 13. However mud in the eye when heading downhill is less fun.
Oh and mtb rear mudguards are bloody ugly to look at 🙂 have you seen the RRP rear? It looks like a shoulder pad for a 10ft cylon!
I was really glad when 1x came along, as I could never truly get my head around 3x or 2x
I have a pink Endura women’s gilet, because it was indistinguishable from the pink Rapha men’s one I also ordered, except that it was £9.
#womensslacks
It was my dream to go to ciclomontana when the Swedish ladies MTB team were there.
It was my dream to go to ciclomontana when the Swedish ladies MTB team were there.
The Swedish ladies netball team always seem to be there the week before we go.
Ha.
As an ex roadie, who had Dura Ace and hand built frames (snob), a Boardman FS Pro is way better than I am off road. Post broken spine vs car, I don't use the posh bikes. I love my Boardman.
I wear mtb kit on my road bike
I wear Ronhill Tracksters in winter
Ive owned 3 different orange 5s Over the years and I want another.
Respect. Houns
I have one functioning bike, 26", hardtail, 3x9, rear mudguard (in winter), tubes, Brookes B17 saddle. Not cool, but don't really care as it gets ridden at least twice a week and is tons of fun. I don't mind mud either. I also have a mountain of spares for it, courtesy of online 'bargains', which is both a blessing and a curse…
My gloves and jacket sleeves are plastered with the results of trying to clear my nose at the wrong time whilst riding. 🤧
I'm fully aware I have enough spares to build two extra bikes but don't because then I'd have too many bikes.
Whilst in bits, in my mind I don't have too many bikes.
I want an XC bike.
Not a modern long low slack ride anywhere bike, a short travel race geo XC bike. Because it wouldn't make sense otherwise.
i absolutely hate bright coloured anodised componentry. especially Hope orange.
i cannot tell the difference a couple of clicks back and forth on any of the dials make on my forks.
I do all my riding wearing jeans , trainers , and a soft shell work jacket from screwfix.
Cycling specific clothing in all forms is a complete rip-off.
I could happily have thrown my bike in the river this morning on my commute.
Absolutely this is a result of me not wanting to replace my drive train until spring.
Gooch = what in Texas we call your "taint". As in, "'taint your balls, 'taint your butthole either."
i cannot tell the difference a couple of clicks back and forth on any of the dials make on my forks.
I always assumed nobody could and those that say they can are feeling the power of placebo?
I've only ridden a bike once this year, but compared with some of you that sounds quite regular 😉
Also, considering my name I'm not very pink either. In fact those who know me on here would probably opt for something closer to pale pasty off white.
Gooch = what in Texas we call your “taint”. As in, “‘taint your balls, ‘taint your butthole either.”
See also: Barse
I cringe in shame when I think about some of the stuff I used to post on here
I know you bastard you really didn't love me long time. 😵
I only use Putoline because I'm really lazy at bike maintenance on my daily commute bike. Once the exterior of the chain is starting to rust then regular applications of wet lube start. On top of the dirt. Will ride like that for as long as I can get away with without cleaning. Eventually the wire brush comes out and then a whole new dip in the molten Putoline while I use an old hacksaw blade to scrape the rest of thich black gunk from rest of the drivetrain.
I have cut a ride short due to an obsession. . .
With a Tesco Rotissori Chicken , Waldorf salad and crusty French Bread
Woeful excuse , but what can I say
With a Tesco Rotissori Chicken , Waldorf salad and crusty French Bread
My Tesco never has any Waldorfs.
I get really annoyed when people spend thousands on a bike and don't care about it's functions and set up obsessively.. Suspension being one...!
There's SO much to fiddle with to get right!
DrP
I own more cycling clothes than I do regular clothes.
I cannot recognise different makes of bikes at all and I don't care!¬ people say to me "you must know so and so he rides a such and such". I tend to reply - "is it red ?" I simply have no interest thus cannot tell a yeti from a boardman!
I bought a gravel bike.
Hated it.
I don't actually own any bikes or even know how to ride one.
I just really like talking about head angles.
I have zero interest in tuning my suspension. I'll get it roughly right then leave it forever more.
Right now, I much prefer running to cycling. Which meant that last year I rode reasonable mileage but almost all of it was commuting. I reckon I did under 10 rides that weren't commuting, and that included Ride London and Velo Birmingham.
But irrelevant of the above, I still stockpile bargain kit, mostly tyres. So if anyone needs a pair of well aged, fast road tyres then let me know, I have a selection available.
I hate any form of bike maintenance. Love riding the things, but maintenance is just a chore.
I never do or pay for maintenace.
Nor do i clean my bikes. My commuter hasnt been cleaned in over 2 years. My fs mtb in over 6 months
Hi five for you! My kinda maintenance
I couldn't care less about MTB racing of any kind and have absolutely no interest in who's racing for whom.
I struggle fixing punctures. takes me 1-2 hours to do it at home, never had one out in the wild but 90% sure I wouldn't be able to cope.
When the inevitable happens, and I can't fix it, its time to turn to Tannus tyres (jees, alliteration much!) 🙁
Roadie btw, only here for the craic 🙂
(1) When the weather is good, I'd rather ride on the road than in the forest...
(2) I got a dog primarily for trail buddy purposes as none of my human friends are reliable enough☹️
(3) <Darwin Award nominee> I occasionally ride double black North Shore trails at night and solo, apart from said doggy trail buddy. Doggy has not yet mastered calling 911 on my phone either...</Darwin Award nominee>
(4) My idea of tweaking the suspension on my bike is to drop or add in a few PSI to the tyres
