If you’re new to the world of mountain bikes, you might find it an unfathomable world of tech jargon, incompatible standards, and marketing babble. To cut through it all, you might go in search of advice, from other humans that ride bikes. Maybe you find your way to the Singletrack World Forum. Here, surely, you will be able to ask a sensible question like ‘Hello, I’m new here, maybe you can help me. I’ve got £1500 to spend on a bike, what should I get for riding around blue trails, maybe some reds when I get better?’. Yes, you will probably get some answers. But you will likely also get cryptic responses. What follows isn’t so much a glossary, as a bingo card. Welcome to the Singletrack World Forum, in all its wonderful weirdness.
Advice. Often sought, sometimes received, always conflicting.
B is for Bees. To be carried ceremonially on a Laura Ashley cushion. And Big Hitters.
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By stwhannah
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Where are the references???!!! 😁
Oh, I like.
"Joe Cocker. Recently deceased?"
Really? When did that happen?
Too funny
B Behind the Nationwide Building Society in Swindon
Very good, loved it!
This is brilliant!
🤣 excellent.
How do we get additions added?
Some alternatives, although I ran out of steam
A - Are you Fred?
B - Badger
C - Conti Vert Pros
D -
E - EvilZone L33T Hackerz
F - Flashheart, paperclip magnate
G - Gateway (Bad 502)
H - Hate likes
I - IMO said after something contentious
J - Juan, French stalker
K -
L - Log Burner
M -
N - Neil, Tango, Fruit...the same shill
O - Octoporn
P - Paging. Disallowed
Q -
R -
S - Secret Mods
T -
U -
V -
W - What tyres for...
X -
Y -
Z - Zoo Fighter, trolling
H - how much is this worth!
B - bladder or bottle.
H – how much is this worth!
or just ‘HOW MUCH??!?!’
You didn't read our list, did you...
🙂
I did this morning, then went to the forum thread directly this evening having totally forgotten what the canonical one contained...
T surely should be for TJ? I certainly don't agree with him 100% of the time, but surely he is the STWer Supreme: cantenkerous to the max, a man capable of drawing a disagreement out of an internationally recognised treaty, a vile yet loveable landlord, he wears Crocs yet doesn't hesitate to offer satorial advice, a milllenial man from the last century...
T 4 TJ!
B for bombers
C for crown race
I think T should be for ****OS. I consider this my legacy. 😉 Well, the wife's really
M is already quite a crowded category, but surely there’s room in there for Magnetodog?
X - Xmen? No need, we have Magentodog! (Well, had 😢)
V for VAT - £500 plus
Edit, already coverd once I read the article
I for Irony
Providing a guide for curious newbies but hiding it behind the paywall
T - TJ goes into orbit
V - Volvo for sale
Came for the ****OS, Not disappointed
I do not actually wear crocs. Otherwise.............
O is for oxo tower, for special occasions with the other half.
Needs completing for mugs and cartoons.