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VTT or ATB/ MTB; the French already 'own' road cycling with their language, so MTB needs to be different and reflect the US origins. I already have an issue with MTB commentators using road terms in MTB races.....
And I find it a little ironic people having a problem with E-MTBs, but not people who use a lift to get to the top of a run; that's worse in my view - can't people pedal? Or is pedalling not the done thing for lots of gravity riders.
That was kind of my point. You have stayed true Singletrack World over the years. If you hadn't I would have stopped subscribing.
Whatever process you go through to decide on what goes in the magazine is working.
I think I'm with Chipps. And Hannah!
I think the essence of Singletrack should be about a journey, an adventure, a ride, getting out there, escaping 'everyday life' primarily OFF-ROAD. That can be a quick escape for an hour into the local woods within the city limits ... or it can be a multi-day epic into the back-of-beyond.
Clearly, all those things can be ridden on quite a range of bicycle-shaped objects. And before 'Mountain Bikes' existed, people (eg The RoughStuff Fellowship) were doing it on the bikes they had, ie steel flat/curly bar tourers.
Since those days, we've invented and evolved bikes better adapted to doing that activity, aka 'Mountain bikes'. Generally, I would see these as being something with treaded tyres upwards of 2in in width, usually flat bars, usually with front or front-and-rear suspension. But, most of that 'being out there offroad activity' can be done on a range of bikes, with some overlap on what is rideable, but different limits/compromises.
I would hope that all of us who do a variety of riding off-road, can continue to find a place at home here at STW.
MTB needs to be different and reflect the US origins.
Mountain biking as an activity didn't start in the US. It's just that they named it that. Would you like to buy a bridge?