[Closed] Who is the most stereotypical STWer?

And I have a beard/gypo stubble.

I'd like to see us change the stereotype myself. Can we not change it to be 'works in the health service' although I appreciate while more factually correct, it's not as much fun.

If we're continuing down this path though, we need to include

doesn't actually ride much at all
Wears full body armour for riding down the shops
Goes to the alps on holiday, or Whistler which is in China or somewhere
Is fat but considers themselves 'chunky'
Considers 3 grand on a bike entirely appropriate.

Well its not me though my Bike choice is fairly sterotypical for here

I have a beard, an open fire ( cheap axe ),work in Mechanical design, I have a veedub estate not an Audi but I do have Orange Alpine and an on one

I live in Calderdale, work in IT, have a beard, drive a VW estate and ride a 456.

Do I win?

No such thing.

There’s left (mainly left), liberal, right, conformist, non-conformist, low, medium and high wage earners. Swathes of experience from all walks of life with a huge range of experience and skills. The sort of place where if you talk BS on a subject, someone’s likely to know and call you on it.

I drive an Audi and a ride bike with more suspension than I have skill.

Oh, and I'm middle aged. DBW is a whippersnapper 🙂

Think you need a 456 [i]and[/i] an Orange Five to really clinch it TBH. Maybe a fatbike too.

Molgrips has to be up there!

IT worker
VAG car
Owns an Orange
Starts myriad inane threads

No offense Molly 😉

Be interesting to know if you're STW traits are actually influenced by STW or were in place before you signed up? I think I've become more STW since coming here 😕

I'm a graphic designer, capable of growing a beard, have a bike van (VW... Caddy... Pimped), a Santa Cruz, a Cervelo, a Soul, a Single-speed, a Roadrat, a Merkur, a guitar, a coffee machine, a mediocre hi-fi with awsomes cables, I have a wood, an axe and lots of 2-stroke-engined man toys.

And I'm an argumentative f***er!

I'm halfway there in driving a VAG, working IT and having stubble most of the time.

No orange 5 or living in a nice part of the country for me though 🙁

I think there is more of a chance that the stereotype will change following the jobs thread.

I think I've become more STW since coming here

+1

I've had an Orange 5 in the past.....

I was a Tory MP before I started posting on here, then I saw the light and became left wing, ditched the Bentley, bought a Ti HT SS and moved into IT.

My step dad comes close. Are you on here Chris? I've long suspected you are/lurk....

Works in financial services.
Drives a white audi, having just got rid of a black one.
Ride a trek Ex8, but wants a five.
Doesn't ride as much as he used to.
Lives in Huddersfield.
Owns Woodland, measured in acres.
Has a log store.
Swapped out an open fire for a stove.
Has a proper coffee machine.
Has iPhone and iPad.

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maybe?

I could be the least stereotypical:

Poorly paid caretaker's job, no car, ride GT/SE/DMR (no helmet), economy 7 storage heaters warm my flat, drink tea out of a mug and made with a teabag, live in Sale Moor (no hills) and I shave with, get this, an electric shaver!

Audi
iPhone
iPad
Macbook
Orange
Santa Cruz
Log Burner
ChainSaw
Posh Razor
Faux Bivvi
Talk about riding more than riding
Border Terrier

Yeah I fit in there somewhere.

Not me. I don't live in Calderdale, I don't have a beard, I don't have a coffee machine, I don't drive a VAG vehicle, I [i]do[/i] have an Orange but it's a 10 year old P7, and... sod the woodpile, I work in a sawmill 8)

I'm not particularly stereotypical but I do meet the following criteria.

Own a 456
Own a BFe
Own a bike with much more travel than local trails necessitate (Enduro Evo/North Brum)
Own a Merker
Am overweight
Don't ride as much as I should/want to
Am generally unshaven

Hmm thats quite a few things isn't it.

I've had a 456 in the past. I also own a singlespeed.

I'm not sure whats becoming more STW-ey though - riding Orange Fives/steel hardtails around Calderdale or mincing around the South Downs on a 6" full bouncer from Lapierre/Canyon etc.

doesn't actually ride much at all

I'm about to sell my bike, which is pretty hard to imagine having waited so long to obtain.

🙁

Interview with an STW'er

Rides - 29 inch, singlespeed Fat bike
Best Riding Location - Mind your own business! I don't want anyone else riding my trails!
One essential Cycling accessory - A beard
Lives - Somewhere in the hills
Drives - Skoda Octavia estate, Land Rover Defender or nothing as cars are for people with small genitals
Reads - Anything but the Daily Mail
Favourite Music - Anything that nobody else has heard of and absolutely nothing you can buy in HMV or has been near a commercial chart, ever.
Favourite Film - Anything in black and white with subtitles
Other hobbies - wood carving

Beard - Tick
Coffee Snob - Tick
IT - Tick
Log Burner - Tick
Roadie - Tick
Don't actually own a MTB - Tick

I've just had another thought - I don't own a cross bike (although part of me would like one, despite them being wrong on so many levels). Nor do I own a road bike, or know what a sportive is, or a cat 1 climb.

I have a Gransfors Bruks axe if that helps?

And another (based on S_J's comment above). My VAG estate is actually a Skoda Octavia. And I had a Mondeo before that. And I've been thinking about an Audi A4 to replace the Skoda. Or a T5 camper.

I think that puts me up there again despite lack of fat/road/cross/29" bikes...

ride a Cotic and a Marin, live in Scandinavia, Corolla estate, no land, state central heating, skinny, bikes cost less than a grand and always have atleast 6months of tea stored in the flat

not STW, at all.

I reckon the classic STW-er also has the latest POC and Häglöfs gear, and more mudguards on their helitaped, handpolished nichemobiles than ever considered reasonable

Can't drive

My chameleon is currently at my parents house, can't remember the last time I rode it

Not in IT

Haven't got a beard ( can't grow one either!!)

Any old coffee will do

And I'm an opinionated d*ckhead. That surely gives me the win!?

it - check
cant be arsed shaving properly - you bet
on-one owner - yep
that's about it

Whilst on the subjest, what's the deal with "VAG" owners, why the need to put that instead of VW skoda audi etc? is this an accepted (in the rest of the world - not just here) convention I'm unaware of or is it shamed skoda/audi owners who don't want to own up? Or aspirational types hinting that it might be a porsche?

emsz - Member
[s]Can't drive

My chameleon is currently at my parents house, can't remember the last time I rode it

Not in IT

Haven't got a beard ( can't grow one either!!)

Any old coffee will do [/s]

I'm a girl.

FTFY, you're well down the order!

I'm 37, slightly overweight, an Engineer (civil), ride a 29er inbred and an Orange 5, sometimes have a beard, used to live in Halifax, drive a Passat estate, soon to be replaced by a Sharan or A6 though (love the VAG), have a coffee machine (although I never use it).

So i'm pretty STW I think 😀 or 😳

VAG motor: yup
Orange 5: yup
29er: yup
Espresso machine and grinder: yup
IT nerd: yup
Real Ale wierdo: yup
Beard: no
Wood freak: no
Lefty hand wringer: no

VAG motor: Nope
Orange 5: Nope
29er: Nope
Espresso machine and grinder: Nope
IT nerd: Nope
Real Ale wierdo: Very much so
Beard: Nope
Wood freak: Nope
Lefty hand wringer: Nope

What do I win?

Can't stand coffee, and don't use a [s]posh[/s] poncy, old fashioned razor.
So that's me out.

I don't own a car, a log burner, a 5, a 29er or an expresso machine. I don't work in IT, can't stand real ale, and if I grew a beard I'd look like I'd put my head on upside down.

I really don't know what I'm doing here

Oh... hang on a minute... I'm fat, bald and middle aged, and love spouting opinions, and loftily pontificating on subjects I know little or nothing about, as if I was a world authority 😀

Whilst on the subjest, what's the deal with "VAG" owners, why the need to put that instead of VW skoda audi etc? is this an accepted (in the rest of the world - not just here) convention I'm unaware of

Could be because that's the actual name of the Group that owns those Brands and is used worldwide? Plus, it's a lot quicker to type... 😉

Another NHS employee

Mid (*cough* late) 30's

Drive a Toyota

Live in E Lancs

Currently ride a Cannondale HT but planning to swap for an El Mar

No beard

Do have a log burner though.

Starts myriad inane threads

No offense Molly

I think he's a bit of a reformed character now, though he may have stolen Kryton's login details for a year or so.

Molgrips is probably too busy pushing his car home every night to post on here so much.

I'm not sure whats becoming more STW-ey though - riding Orange Fives/steel hardtails around Calderdale or mincing around the South Downs on a 6" full bouncer from Lapierre/Canyon etc.

Erm, road bike surely.

Even the Peaslake posing posse appear to be getting into road riding.

Oh I forgot one another thing I do score on - owning an original British made Record vice (no 1). 🙂

DBW is still doing pretty well but there's some other contenders.

Anyone brew their own 'craft' beer (as well as fulfilling all the other criteria)?

I think a Solarstorm X2 light is becoming [i]de rigueur[/i] as well these days (tick). I think listening to 6 music is probably quite important also.

I'm a lesbian*, surely that makes me more stw??

*trapped in a man's body, naturally.

Could be because that's the actual name of the Group that owns those Brands and is used worldwide?

Plus, it's a lot quicker to type...

Anyone brew their own 'craft' beer

[url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/tell-me-about-your-job/page/4#post-5430021 ]Yes[/url]

Since joining STW my bike fleet has grown to include a Ragley, an On-One, a Nukeproof, a Planet X, a Cotic and a Giant. One of which may very well be a 29er. I think there may have been some STW influence here!

Also got a Seiko 5, a Gaggia classic, an Iberital grinder, a VW and a Beemer. Oh and a wood burner.

I wouldn't consider myself as working in IT though most people would probably think I do.

I ride more on road than off these days.

I am however fairly skinny, have a full head of hair, and can't grow a beard never mind how hard I try 🙁

I am also slightly obsessed with bikes.

Hmm. Mrs Rickmeister

Audi
KTM 990
Works in IT software development
Orange 5
2 bean to cup machines
2 woodburners
Chain saw
Weisbier drinker
Own log stack

Can't / dare not comment on beard....

Overweight - Check... 🙁

VAG Car, KTM 950, IT Job; One working open fire, the other "in progress"; Alpine 160, 29er; Real Ale; 5 Coffee devices + STW mug; Chickens; Border Collie; Record Vice, Winter Tyres swapped at precisely 7C, Skier [i]and[/i] Boarder, Opinionated-done-everything-polymath.

Could be because that's the actual name of the Group that owns those Brands and is used worldwide? Plus, it's a lot quicker to type...

Could it also be a case of people owning Skodas and VWs wanting people to think they might own an Audi?

(2 x VWs here...)

It's because a VAG car is ladybits.

Me
I talk a lot of shit
(Plus most others here)

On the lifestyle/possessions front I'm a total bust.

But if STW-ism is a state of mind I'm not doing so badly. 😉

also
vag
vw
seat
audi
skoda

so longer than one and the others are hardly war and peace compared.
I'm sure if someone owned one of those other even longer named brands they wouldn't be typing vag. Unless they couldn't spell [s]lambageeny[/s] [s]bewgatty[/s] [s]poorsh[/s] bentley.

FTR I own a 4 wheeled hatchback 🙂

Sounds like everyone wants to be like the STW stereotype!

Otherwise people would stop going on about it... 🙂

ps..In answer to the questions..... I have no beard but could grow one.

🙂 🙂 🙂

Perhaps the steroetypical STWer needs to feel part of the STW massive and therefore creates (regular) screens to benchmark him/herself against....

....therefore, Grum is the stereotypical STWer. QED.

(except he takes better photos)

VAG motor: nope, old focus
Orange 5: nope kona fanboi
29er: nope, just got a 650ber tho
Espresso machine and grinder: nope, not big on coffee, worked in a coffe factory for a while, not pleasant
IT nerd: nope closer to NHS
Real Ale wierdo: yes
Beard: no
Wood freak: no
Lefty hand wringer: yes
'Chunky': yes
Iphone; android for me
Ipad: cheapo laptop
late 30s: 🙁
Argumentative: guilty

Erm, I brew my own beer too. Its undrinkable filth but I try!

Grum is the stereotypical STWer

🙂

I've met him. He's not. Far too nice.

[i]It's because a VAG car is ladybits.[/i]

I almost hate to do this but....y'know I'm gonna anyway ...using "ladybits" as a derogatory term isn't cool, ok?

VAG motor: My next car would be, but Hondaaaa for now
Orange 5: [b]Guilty[/b]
29er: Nien
Espresso machine and grinder: Negative
IT nerd: Nope
Real Ale wierdo: [b]Yessir![/b]
Beard: [b]Yes, has been known[/b]
Wood freak: [b]Yes - totes[/b]
Lefty hand wringer: Maybe

4.5 out of 9 - I'm not exactly pinning it really?

Edit: ^ My joke wasn't derogatory (*waves flag*) - just hopelessly daft and silly. Apologies if it read this way to you ...my inane humour perhaps gets a little lost here.

DBW - when are we off for a ride again anyway? We can compare beards and have some kind of car park "I'm more STW than you" face off 🙂

You can give me a go on your 5 so I can feel truly epicSTW

Oh, and you can bring some of your homebrew!

Plus, it's a lot quicker to type...

you must teach me how to type VAG quicker than VW

I must agree that using the term VAG does seem a bit of an affectation.

Erm, I brew my own beer too. Its undrinkable filth but I try!

I think DBW has just won the thread after all - sorry guys.

therefore creates (regular) screens

Eh?

I've met him. He's not. Far too nice.

Love you too, sexy.

I don't even know what a VAG is, let alone own one? 😳

I shan't attempt to answer this.. 😳

Well according to the stw hit list, I'm so un-stw I may as well depart for pastures new 🙂

Is it ok to use "fanny" as a derogatory term? I can never keep up with what's cool or not 🙁

I'll just leave this here, shall I?
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VAG does seem a bit of an affectation.

Not really as there's a certain type of person who considers VAG vehicles to be classier than Fords, Vauxhalls etc. and buys into the reputation they (used to) have.

Possibly someone who places image or perceived quality above performance, reliability or actual quality.

Am I making any sense?

Well according to the stw hit list, I'm so un-stw I may as well depart for pastures new

I think Tattoos should be on the list if that helps.

Not really as there's a certain type of person who considers VAG vehicles to be classier than Fords, Vauxhalls etc. and buys into the reputation they (used to) have.

It tends to be owners of VAG vehicles from lower down the food chain that refer to it as VAG, rather than owners of Audis. It's a bit like saying you wear Armani when you have an Armani Exchange T-shirt and everything else is from Next.

Not sure about tats as most folk on here are un-inked...double posting though 😉

Is it ok to use "fanny" as a derogatory term?

I hope so, it's one of my favourite derogatory terms.

And there are far more derogatory terms derived from male genitalia, if we're going to have sexual equality in such matters we'd actually have to make up more front bottom-based ones.

Listing things that you own as a vague attempt to establish how stw you are when in fact the only aim is showing off your niche, middle class, high earning credentials is in itself very stw.

I think the only thing I have in common is a bit of stubble in a goatie stylee..

😉

Mrs Mitch has the car (not an Audi, a completely impractical 4x4), I have a completely impractical motorbike (harley streetbob).
Ride a hard tail cannondale, I also have a full sus with far more suspension than I'll ever need, and there's a pitifully underused cyclocross bike in the garage.
Tattooed and unshaven, and I work in the NHS (been a registered psychy nurse for twenty five years). Fancy coffee machine, but no woodburner.
Used to own an orange (but not a 5). Not an atheist, and not sure if I believe in ghosts. Lefty, and used to enjoy the more physically robust aspects of anti fascism. Adopted kids,and one of my son's is gay (my life's like an extract from the Guardian some days).
All in all, a bit of a mixed bag.

Jason - yes. Must do that ASAP (although looking at November now!).

Not sure about the beer - I'm afraid to decant it into something for fear of splashing it on myself and it burning through my skin.

Listing things that you own as a vague attempt to establish how stw you are when in fact the only aim is showing off your niche, middle class, high earning credentials is in itself very stw.

So be it 😀