Mountain bikers, why do they do it?

That’s great. I’d love to hear your palmarès. Why don’t you start a thread listing and discussing them? That would be far more interesting that slagging off some other random bloke on a bike. Perhaps he just didn’t like the cut of your jib and stopped keeping up with you.

So… what this eventually boils down to is that instead of maybe going for a post-ride pint, and maybe some crisps, after being out on the mountain bikes, we should be going out on road bikes for ‘a century’ then nipping down the gym to admire our trim physiques in the mirror as we work on our abs

And to think, I’ve heard people say roadies are joyless dullards who take themselves too seriously? What rubbish. No, seriously – that sounds great

I quite like following faster riders up hills irrespective of the bike they’re riding. As some other posters said, it gives me some extra motivation, particularly on the longer climbs. If I can keep up with some roadies when on the MTB without ruining myself, great but I’m equally happy keeping up with anyone quicker than me.

Why are all roadies such bitchy, cliquey, gossiping, moaning, joyless humourless, posing elitist ****ts obsessed with proving themselves and/or deriding anyone else at any opportunity?

davidtaylforth – Member

I think he just wanted to live up to the “rad” image of a classic weekend warrior/mtber and show the roadies a thing or two. He failed.

“Weekend warrior” – how I hate that f*cking expression 👿

Why are all roadies such bitchy, cliquey, gossiping, moaning, joyless humourless, posing elitist ****ts obsessed with proving themselves and/or deriding anyone else at any opportunity?

Have you been on the STW forum long? You may find that it’s not just roadies you could level that one at.

Why are all roadies such bitchy, cliquey, gossiping, moaning, joyless humourless, posing elitist ****ts obsessed with proving themselves and/or deriding anyone else at any opportunity?

“Some” and “people”.

When I see mountain bikers doing this, I ride up behind them and give them a push with my arm.

Not only do I get to feel their fleshy behind but I also get to increase the load I’m pushing up the hill.

More Load = More AWESOME!!

Phil – you need to watch Mark Cavendish… he doesn’t do a warm down until after the finish.

Whats even more annoying is catching up a bunch of cyclists on my humble hybrid & knowing that they are gonna get all competitive when I pass them – FFS I’m just out for a nice ride & don’t want a race!

For the sake of balance …as I turned onto a short stretch of road on my 7 inch All Mountain beast I saw a roadie about 50 yards behind me. He saw me waiting to turn into the road ,put his head down all streamlined and began to chase me , to catch and overtake me, presumably seeing me as a (training ?)target to aim for. I carried on riding one handed fiddling with my backpack and he only overtook me when I slowed down to turn left back into the park.He didn’t even say hello.
You’d never catch me on a cycling forums bitching about it… 😀

Great work DTF!

iDave
Read my post again. It was’nt me I was posessed!
Maybe I should have added a smiley or something – did’nt realise this was a serious thread …..
Get a life fella

FFS I’m just out for a nice ride & don’t want a race!

Don’t have one then? If they want to get all competitive just leave them to it!

FFS I’m just out for a nice ride & don’t want a race!

Exactly, you don’t want one but as soon as someone passes you, you have no choice. Same goes for this poor overweight bloke on the mountain bike.

Why are all roadies such bitchy, cliquey, gossiping, moaning, joyless humourless, posing elitist ****ts obsessed with proving themselves and/or deriding anyone else at any opportunity?

Oh so true, all the roadies here love each other and themselves, I don’t give them the time of day even if I’m on a road bike. In fact I used to work at a place that has a road track and I have to say they are weird, they wax their legs ffs 😀

David, what percentage of your riding is off road? You sound to me like the typical roadie to55er who gives them all a bad name… why the attack on mountainbikers when your one yourself?

Wow, there are some cocks around aren’t there!?

I don’t give them the time of day even if I’m on a road bike

How do you differentiate between ‘you’ and ‘them’? How do you know if they’re not a mountain biker, on his first ever road ride? Are they not good enough for you because ‘they’ wear lycra? You sound like a far bigger **** than the OP!

I imagine plenty of decent riders have cried their way home because the fat duffer with the baggies and peak ignored them 🙄

You sound like a far bigger **** than the OP!

Thats debatable!

…you should be tucked into the side so as to let road riders/motorcyclists/cars passed…

Ahem. 👿

…only an idiot tries to race roadies on a MTB…

Quite what the MTB’er was doing we’ll never know, he probably didn’t know. It won’t be any of the following though.

Racing
Slipstreaming.
Admiring Road bikes.
Cheating.

Unless he just wanted to give the OP a few seconds of clean (but sweaty smelling) air

If you’re on the road on your mountain bike then you should be tucked into the side so as to let road riders/motorcyclists/cars passed, you shouldnt be floundering about all out of breath in the middle of the lane. You’ve picked the wrong tool for the job.

You obviously haven’t passed any English exams. 😉
You should be past caring about about the speed of others – it’s just you versus the trail/road. 😀

Im not quite sure what he was trying to achieve. Obviously one of the ultra competetive types, fair enough if he had the speed and athletic prowess to go with it but whats the point if you’re just an average bloke on a bike. It was embarassing.

Are most of us not just ‘average’ blokes on a bike?

even the fat blokes on brand new carbon machine’s in team kit. Now that’s embarassing.

Maybe a ‘Pro’ rider went past you later on in the ride and thought that you were pretty average?

Dont take it too serious fella. There is always someone else 10x better than you out there 🙂

Roadies why do they do it ?
Riding side by side holding up traffic oblivious to those stuck behind them !!

Heh. I know a guy that will keep up with pretty much *any* roadie along a particular 2 mile stretch of road on his 30+lb full-susser.

I think his having been a TT superstar at a young age might have something to do with it, but it is quite amusing when we’re out on a MTB amble and we get overtaken by roadies only to see Uncle P take it to the next level.

What these roadies don’t like is when a bearded SS’er goes past them uphill whistling merrily 😆

You havnt got a beard Dave

What these roadies don’t like is when a bearded SS’er goes past them uphill whistling merrily

Not happened yet 😈

I found people kept cycling right up behind me, sometimes grabbing onto my backpack to be towed up hill. A few weeks later I found out my Lycra was see through in bright light. I’ve converted to baggy shorts.

I’ve never raced a roadie because my bike wouldn’t let me (generally). What I find though is if I give nod to a mountain biker on the other side of the road, I always get a nod back. It’s never so when I nod to a roadie… I honestly wonder why. Anyone?

I’ve never raced a roadie because my bike wouldn’t let me (generally). What I find though is if I give nod to a mountain biker on the other side of the road, I always get a nod back. It’s never so when I nod to a roadie… I honestly wonder why. Anyone?

I think its probably that sound of agressive new world disorder music that seems to surround you, especially when you’re cycling up hills.

The roadies probably just assume your nodding your head to the beat and dont want to infere with your moment.

Roadies why do they do it ?
Riding side by side holding up traffic oblivious to those stuck behind them !!

Roadies are TRAFFIC, just like all other cyclists. Come on, we’re all cyclists together. **** the motorist!

David, I already told you mate, Morbid Angel for me! That would put most off though so maybe you’re almost there! 😉

🙂

Here we go again le de da de la…

1) Pointless chasing anyone.
1a) you don’t know the story
1b) you look needy
2) Never leave your group to chase another rider
3) Acknowledge anyone passing you with a nod
3a) Let them go, upping it just shows youve been riding lazy
4)Not everyone with a road bike is a roadie
5)Not everyone with an MTB is an MTB’er
6)Not everyone knows to wave or nod
7)The big one…..most don’t give a flying chuff about you in any way whatsoever

What I find though is if I give nod to a mountain biker on the other side of the road, I always get a nod back. It’s never so when I nod to a roadie… I honestly wonder why. Anyone?

Only acknowledge those of an (perceived) equal standing.

Not my philosophy, something I read somewhere…

Haze: Understand it’s not your personal point. Hmm, pretty sure my bike & I could be equal to most others on the road though…

Is it because there’s a genuine devide between those who pedal different types of bikes?

oh come on there’s nothing better than hunting down power rangers

I suspect like many on here, I’m a mountain biker and I also train on a road bike. However, I tend to have a different mindset when on the road bike. I’m generally concentrating on three things…my heart rate, my route pointer, and most of all my eyes are glued to the road ahead, scanning for pot holes because of these crappy roads we have over here. I still try & acknowledge other riders (I couldn’t give a monkey’s what they’re riding), but frankly sometimes I’m just a bit too busy trying to breathe and not crash. This whole division thing between roadies and mtbers is rubbish. It’s about personalities, not how skinny your tyres are.

I hope you’re right Pedalhead, would hate to think there’s a real devide.