Just avoid Pinkbike comment section, problem solved.
I’ve been told twice in the last few months I’m obviously not riding challenging terrain because I don’t own a sufficiently modern bike
Meh, you want to try being "overbiked" to really attract sneering snobbish comments from the riding gods.
Yep – MTBing now is where roadie-world was back in the 90’s / 00’s.
In Roadie-World, all the folk who had to get through the 60’s – 80’s with downtube shifters, tubular tyres, crappy brakes, 2 x 5 or 6sp, carrying headset spanners on every ride and navigating by unfolding a big paper map got proper grumpy at newfangled indexed gearing, brakes that worked, decent lightweight kit, carbon fibre etc so they felt compelled to begin every sentence with “in my day…” and turn into miserable sods.
Our local Tri club coach is like that. He complains every year that when it comes to winter rides no one else turns up on a heavy steel fixed gear bike and rides slowly - everyone just turns up on last years race bike - something aero, carbon and with deep section wheels and bangs out 100+ miles at 20mph while he struggles to hang on the back on his 1970s winter special fixie.
The world has moved on...
…you’re no longer allowed to like… mountain biking… because… gravel bikes! #BiteMe
Am I alone in nothing really changing
When I was a wee boy on a tricycle, me and mum(Raleigh shopper) would go out into the countryside/coast/etc with sarnies, crisps and a flask, bimble about, enjoy the tracks, view, animals, countryside and find somewhere nice to sit and eat and come home tired and happy. Mums gone but I’m still doing it just on a levo and I’m about 60 years older.
Riding my Five though I'm not sure you were ever allowed to like them on here.
100+ miles at 20mph while he struggles to hang on the back on his 1970s winter special fixie.
no wonder he’s complaining!
Love an Orange 5. Obviously you're not allowed to like them as they were too popular. I'd have another.
Am I alone in nothing really changing
You're not alone @towzer the tradition of a bimbling picnic is being kept alive with me and my family.
Don't care - I'm gonna continue doing my thing which is basically good old fashioned trail riding on what ever trail I happen across. I shall continue to do mountain bike racing mainly stage races in different places all of which involve riding up hills and shall also continue moan about people on e-bikes, trails with jumps that have holes behind them and anything else I can possibly get grumpy about.
I do quite like a 120mm trail/xc bike though (is that downcountry?).
That's a personal favourite. I usually reply with 'better than being devoid of personality'.
Meh, you want to try being “overbiked” to really attract sneering snobbish comments from the riding gods.
WCS foam grips 🙂 Loved them
Things that you're no longer allowed to like in Mountain Biking : everything that hasn't just been released as a new product with the obligatory multi-channel gushing PR spaffed across the whole cycling media.
My name is RT and I'm still riding a 2000 Spesh Stumpy HT.
🙂
PS XT Rear mech conked out today... only been on the bike for nearly 20 years.... rubbish kit.
PPS Good job I had my old faithful triple chainset 😉
Also Superboost frames.
Although I never had an active/cycling family to share my adventures - I still do what I’ve done since a kid getting his first Raleigh, ie go out and explore from the door, throw in some road climbs, some rough stuff, coastal paths, fields, bridle-ways, towpaths, mountains, woodland trails, moorland, whatever comes my way. Stop to smell the wild garlic/pet the horses/marvel at tadpoles etc. And my bike is still rigid with cable brakes (but with bigger wheels these days).
In short - still like pushing self/single-speed up big hills just to see what’s over the other side. Essentially the same peanut butter sandwich wrapped in tin foil, same tap-water in a bottle. Also still have my first Nike ‘bum-bag’ - it’s just that the waist doesn’t match it’s 1990 counterpart
I blame crisps and beer/pub-stops. A welcome (if unwise) addition to my bikexplorating.
No need to revolutionise, just need to tweak the ratios from time to time…
Mending things, until it’s properly worn out
Nowadays I like to spend five times more than I need to just to avoid the embarrassment of someone seeing my fettled repair that has been like that for two years!!
