[Closed] Too much Roadie content?

All cycling, innit?
I have mtbs and a roadbike and a city/pub bike.
Why label people?

I'm honestly not bothered. i ride a mtb and a road bike and I like this forum so don't see the point of going elsewhere.

If the thread doesn't look interesting generally don't read or post in it.

I dont think many on here give a shit to be honest.

No. this has come up before. I don't understand people's problem with it. Thread titles are usually obvious enough to be able to choose not to read if it's about road stuff

Couldn't agree more. TdF threads definitely outnumber WC Downhill.

Many folk on here swing both ways.... It's all good!

Do you include drop bar 29rs? Or any 29ers?

don't bother me at all

TdF threads definitely outnumber WC Downhill

Possibly because the TdF is the worlds biggest annual sporting event?

Look at the stats at the top of the forum page. 53000 topics in Chat, nearly 100,000 in Bike and well over 1,000,000 posts in each since this forum was set up in Christmas 2009 just after the website got hacked. One of the busiest biking forums in the world, it's rare that a topic no matter how obscure goes unanswered.

There are plenty of roadie forums that struggle to get more than a dozen posts a day but you can actually pretty much follow a stage of the Tour on here, it's often just as good as the live feed! So people come back to it.

And hey, it's all biking. No-one is forcing you to click on a topic...

Anything goes ...................… 'cept unicycles 👿

Yes, and all commuting and BMX topics can piss off to other forums too.

8)

russ - I thought I'd have a look at your forum activity. Inactive might be unkind and pointing out that 60% of the topics started by you have been in Sales and Wants.

This place sort of exists on the input by the users. If you don't post much / anything / mostly sales and wants, then you are pretty much part of your perceived problem.

Better then these sort of threads.

It's a fairly childish attitude to take really. If you don't like a thread then don't open it. If you want more mtb threads then start some.

not enough roadie for me - there are no other decent roadie forums imo. Although with most roadies being in their mid 40's they probably dont know that the web is much use away from porn.

I agree, road bikes are ridden by ****s.

3/10 mate, poor effort.

Edit.....

Maybe there should be separate mtb and road forums? I say not but I'm mostly roadie these days anyway.

Separate road forum would be nice IMO. I'd be happy to live there. There's more road talk on here than there is on most road forums anyway.

Maybe there should be separate mtb and road forums? I say not but I'm mostly roadie these days anyway.

I wouldn't mind that, it might attract a lot more people to the forum.

But you'd need another section, otherwise it would put people off asking questions or talking about stuff like cross, bmx, unicycling, etc. etc.

It's a very relaxed forum here I think, which is why it's so good. Also I think that because everything is mixed together, you get people who see all the threads from a type of riding they don't do, and start getting curious.

Road.cc is the sister site to this place, but tumbleweed blows thru the forums compared to here. So might as well have this place as a one stop shop for all types.

Maybe there should be separate mtb and road forums?

[i]I agree, road bikes are ridden by ****.[/i]

Gents? Girls? Guys?

Oh and you need a section for the hybrid riders, don't forget those bad boys.

you get people who see all the threads from a type of riding they don't do, and start getting curious

I don't think there's any call to start questioning folks sexuality..

There's more road talk on here than there is on most road forums anyway.

There's more talk on here full stop than pretty much anywhere else that's cycle related isn't there?

What about cyclocross? Will someone please think of Cyclocross!

Just stick road bike stuff in chat. Job done.

Just stick road bike stuff in chat. Job done.

Makes no sense to stick the road bike stuff in anything other then the bike forum.

And where does bmx/cross/track go? Monster cross? 29ers with drop bars?

Its all bikes. Happy to have all types on here, even tandems.

Its all bikes. Happy to have all types on here, even tandems.

Let's not go too far..

my MTB has 35mm touring tyres on it, i don't know where to go!

(set that one up for someone)

And a car forum, and a tyre forum...

Mostly this place is a forum where most stuff gets discussed and MTBing is a common thing that most people do and probably brought them here in the first place.

I wouldn't worry about road topics, I think the chat forum get's more topics than the bike forum.

too much Fatcha *shuddders* content, not enough road IMO

Mind, I bet Dennis was an audaxer

It's all Cycling.

Are you just a Mountain Biker, or are you in love with Cycling?

I'll ride anything with 2 wheels and have MTBs, DH bike, CX bike, Road Bike and a hack.

Frankly, I think there's too much separatism in our sport. We're all cyclists.

Why do people want to classify themselves into a category at all? Is it to take on an identity? Is it because they're lacking something in their lives and need a herd to join?

yeh, I'm not a number - except maybe 26, 69, 150x150, 34x17 and sik^rad

I'm probably 60 - 70% riding on the road (road cycling / commuting / touring) 30% mtb'ing, so more 'roadie' stuff on here suits me.

As others have said, there isn't really any other forums which are as active (or as amusing!) as this one.

And anyway, I cycle on 'singletrack' roads a lot of the time, so it still counts 🙂

surely more relevant than folk discussing what cars or worse those ****ing watch threads.....thankfully the titles make it easy to ignore stuff you want to ignore...have you tried this?

Nice to see you've found your level again Lodders.

I'm all for more forums, can we have a ****s forum where I can hang out and just generally hurl abuse at everyone I don't like... ?

I'm all for more forums, can we have a * forum where I can hang out and just generally hurl abuse at everyone I don't like... ?

I've taken my posting elsewhere lately, as I was clearly upsetting some folk here with my road biased posts. And admiting to wearing lycra seemed to confuse some men on here.
Road is usually 'big' over the summer. Come winter all that changes, that's all.

To be fair, the fat knackers that ride mountain bikes would panic if a few superbuff roadies starting taking over. I'm all for it.

I'm all for more forums, can we have a **** forum where I can hang out and just generally hurl abuse at everyone I don't like

no. I like bikes. I like riding bikes. one of my bikes is roadbike shaped that I ride on a surface that it will accommodate. The other bikes accommodate different surfaces and have different labels. It's all good healthy fun and all the same to me 🙂

Don simon & junkyard, I trust I'll be seeing you both in there when it opens... ?

I doubt it.

Mine was said mainly in jest I will take your comment in a similar light.

DUUUUHHHH IT'S REALLY SIMPLE

Bike Forum for stuff about bikes
Chat Forum for stuff not about bikes

Mine was said entirely in jest, and as for don simon, he's just a fool I'm afraid.

The fact that this forum is busy enough to even debate whether or not some topics should even be included on it is testament to it's health IMO.

I read topic titles, if it's something that interests me, or something I think I might be able to help out on, I'll click on it. If not, I don't. Do all you non roadies that are complaining about the number of road bike threads have "must look at the car crash" syndrome or something? I can pass a thread title by and if it doesn't interest me I couldn't care less, I'll read the ones that do!

not enough roadie for me - there are no other decent roadie forums imo. Although with most roadies being in their mid 40's they probably dont know that the web is much use away from porn.

you mean I can use the web to find porn - what am I wasting my time here for?

What are people thoughts?

(oh, Im not a roadie hater, I own one and regulary ride it but this isn't the place for it)

But surely, if there are regular roadie threads, this would suggest that it is popular, thereby disproving your point that this isn't the place for it?

Just saying, like

It says "bike" forum not MTB forum, last time i looked any bicycle was classed as a bike, lets leave it as it is

More roadie stuff required, I'm looking forward to the day the last MTB'er is forced out of this place.

Judging by the what road/CX bike threads a lot of people are moving to road bikes. I wonder how many MTB riders have moved over from road riding compared to the other way round?

Judging by the what road/CX bike threads a lot of people are moving to road bikes. I wonder how many MTB riders have moved over from road riding compared to the other way round?

what i hear from shops is that road is where the market is growing. MTB is last decades fashion.

Mine was said entirely in jest, and as for don simon, he's just a fool I'm afraid.

what i hear from shops is that road is where the market is growing. MTB is last decades fashion.

Got to believe that, the home page of Keswick Mountain Bikes says it all..

[url= http://www.keswickbikes.co.uk/acatalog/ ]Keswick Mountain Bikes[/url]

I don't own a road bike.
I have no interest in road riding.
I don't see anything wrong with people that have an interest talking about it on here though.

What's the problem? Are some of you worried that it might ruin your radsik image.

Scarily stw is just about my favourite website in the whole world, dont change it.

Need a new dishwasher but not sure what to get? Ask stw. Lots of great folk on here, don't try and divide us.

Scarily youporn is just about my favourite website in the whole world, dont change it.

FTFY

I like the fact that when you click on Biking it's about bikes and Chat and it's general chat.

Sites like BikeRadar have so many sub categories that it's difficult to get an answer to a very specific question (it may have to be posted into Road, Workshop or something like that) on here it's posted, answered, job done.

As others have said, don't read topics that don't appeal to you.

Only downside to this approach for me is how quickly topics can be 5 pages down with so much new stuff appearing all the time.

It's easy enough to avoid the roadie threads where they get all evangelical about what must be worn and what mustn't and stuff. I did accidentally read that one yesterday though where someone had the effrontery to overtake someone else wearing jeans or something, but generally can dodge them. I found the recent threads on Camelbaks very odd for the number of posters getting het up about what others dare to carry around. Very odd.

1freezingpenguin - that picture is terrifying. Ruined my day!

OMG LOLZ It's so true... this place, the OP is sooo right. There's way too much road bike content. Infact there's way too biking content full stop.

It's why I don't come here anymore

Ya's need to leave this forum alone man.. It's a totally brilliant place to hang out in.

Inclusion not exclusion.

What kind of lame tool gets so wound up about the fact that some enjoy a different form of cycling that he needs to post up about it?

I am embarrassed for you.

I think it's something to be actively encouraged whenever possible..
hopefully leading to:

more roadies.. less MTBers.. quieter trails (if it's even possible for the trails to be quieter around here..)

Last time I checked the nearest sort of equivalent roadie forum, there was a throughput of about 3 posts per day. And most of those were forum member challenges chat stuff in the off-topic/misc section.

For sub-forums, forget bikeradar... try a German forum. If they have many more sub-forums they'd have 1 sub-forum per thread! PITA having galleries and "show us your" in about 3 main places too, plus about 20 brand specific ones too.

Technically I'm ex-roadie crossover to MTB, but that was in about 1996. It's only a few roadie thread here anyway. More CX afaict.

No

Next question

In qualification of my answer, I ride road bikes and mountain bikes. I like having one forum that covers my cycling.

The roady threads on here are definitely an MTB perspective on roadying though - very kit oriented and totally clueless on pro racing.

If you dont like them, dont click, it's easy.

I don't have a problem with it. If you don't want to read the road threads, don't click on it. As for road bikes being the big growth area, well that's been clear for a while, but I think it'll probably change in a few years and then there will be lots of threads along the lines of "I've been riding on the road for a few years, but I just dusted off the mtb and went for a ride, and it's great! It's actually fun, and there's no cars!" Just a thought.

Leave this forum as it is, I quite like climbing, but one glance at UKC's forum always sends me back here.

winterfold - Member
The roady threads on here are definitely an MTB perspective on roadying though - very kit oriented and totally clueless on pro racing.

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The [s]roady [/s]threads on here are definitely [s]an MTB perspective on roadying though -[/s] very kit oriented and totally clueless on pro racing

FTFY

That's just STW. Even with MTBing, most users don't seem too bothered about the fact Josh Bryceland came 2nd last week or that Danny Hart is having a great season so far. Ditto for XC racing, but I'm totally clueless on that 🙂

I like road bikes. All bikes are great, surely?

I like road bikes. All bikes are great, surely?

Would this be a good time to mention my Brompton 😀

I like road bikes. All bikes are great, surely?

Hold on Chipps, are you suggesting you guys run this forum to be all inclusive, non elitist, and for people who "just like riding bikes"?

Cos I got the impression that I had to agree with everything the nay Sayers said, otherwise I would be chastised and scorn would be heaped upon me!

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most users don't seem too bothered about the fact Josh Bryceland came 2nd last week or that Danny Hart is having a great season so far.

Just to help prove stilltortoise's point. I've never heard of either of those two people. Doubt I could name more than 6 off-road pros across all disciplines. When it comes to riding I like both road and off-road equally, but as far as spectating/following goes it's just road riding that keeps me interested.

Watching mtb racing is about as interesting as watching downhill skiing only not as interesting.

Road racing on the other hand.....I mean just look at these guys....doping/not doping WGAF. These guys are nails....

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Someone up there mentioned "other" cycling forums..

If you really want to get all angsty about roadies take a peek at CyclingNews dot com and stick your head in The Clinic..

I think you'll find that there are factions in our lovely sport/passtime that can and do stab each other with venom filled verbal typed syringes all on thier own.. Ewe..

but where would "road bike for mtb race training topics go" id we had a separate forum.

bikes is bikes