RichieBoy – Member
Such an ignorant quote! They may not have wanted to, they may have been mislead into thinking they need it…
I give up, you daft man.

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Oh what’s up with you…..cry baby :lol:

RichieBoy – Member
‘Bike that can be ridden up, along, and down, what like you’ve always done’ is a bit long winded IMO for the marketing department no?
Exactly my point

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Oh ****… Is this an enduro bike your talking about! :lol:

Northwind – Member
PW doesn’t like other people telling him what bike to ride, or what kit to wear. But he loves telling other people what they should ride or wear.

It is an enigma.

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No Northwind, it’s the magazine’s, industry telling us what to wear and ride.

RichieBoy – Member
Where’s the fun in shoving a big downhill bike back up the hill when they could be riding it on a more suited lighter bike? Flame the industry and magazines not me!
Because the individual wants to? They paid their money, they made their choice. If you update your bike so often, why not buy a 650b enduro bike next? You might like it!

Or don’t. Just dont automatically assume your having more fun than anyone else just because of the choice you made.

One mans fun is another mans pain. They arent wrong for pushing their machines up a hill.

Such an ignorant quote! They may not have wanted to, they may have been mislead into thinking they need it…

Northwind – Member
pussywillow – Member
But wouldn’t they enjoy it so much better if put on the right bike to start with?

Apparently not, they seem to be having a better time than you. Hey, maybe they need a 650b enduro bike?

Haha, says the man that’s on here 24/7 :wink:
Have you not gotten out over the weekend pal? Tracks are riding well! :lol:

RichieBoy – Member
The industry has to keep moving as it employs a lot of folk who rely on it (myself included). That said, you’ll not find me or any of my colleagues riding anything particularly new or with 650b (touring/randonneur) wheels. Thats because we choose not to.

No ones forcing you to buy anything, ride a particular way or with a particular group. I’m afraid you come accross like a bitter, older rider who thinks their kit and way of riding is best and whos now annoyed its not the latest thing. Get over it, you do your thing and let everyone else get on with it.

New stuff can be interesting and fun.

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Not at all pal, I keep updating my trail bike all the time as the geometry gets better with little tweaks made each year, if it suits my style of riding then it’s worth it, I’m all for change if it’s worth it, but lately, the past couple of years we’ve hit a platue where every thing has become spot on ie: geometry, suspension and brakes, so what can they sell when this happens? “I know :idea: let’s make the **** wheels bigger!let’s change the whole name of mountain biking!” What’s happening though in reality is it’s having the opposite affect and confusing the newcomer to the sport,

New stuff can be interesting and fun.

Where’s the fun in shoving a big downhill bike back up the hill when they could be riding it on a more suited lighter bike? Flame the industry and magazines not me! :D

Not bad for a bird! :wink:

Think your shirts got caught though on that tree! :lol:
Post it on here,
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/is-anyone-elses-mtb-clothing-rippedshredded-or-holed
:lol:

Northwind – Member
Like I summarised earlier- a term for people who like riding bikes.

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But wouldn’t they enjoy it so much better if put on the right bike to start with?
This is all down to the industry misleading riders who are just coming into the sport?
Please don’t shoot me down for all this! :roll:

Rosss – Member
So to conclude some guys were proud of their riding and maybe took safety precautions because they value their health or have others who rely on them being able to work and you though,

“Haha they’re not as cool as me or as fast, idiots”

Grow up you pathetic waster, I’ve met kids more intellectual than you

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Oooooh handbags! :lol:

Oh yeah, you’ll notice a lot of serp riders in grenoside woods, while there today, I noticed going down one track to the left hand side which has about 3 tabletops before a big right hand berm, this carries on all the way down to the bottom, however just after the berm there is a sweet left hander going down a nice steepish bit which is the nearest to downhill that greno gets…we stopped there for a while having something to eat and not one so called dhiller went down! All sticking to the main line :lol:

Anyway each to there own aye, but I’m just making a valid point of how the industry is falsely influencing them, I mean, they would have so much more fun riding greno on a hardtail right?? Lighter more agile faster on all the smooth stuff and climb back to the top so much easier, I mean, “enduro” is supposed to make light work on the climbs after all! :lol:

nealglover – Member
What’s a “serp” ?

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Good question my friend! :D

A serp is a modern day downhill boy who has all the gear, neckbraces, full face, body armour full on downhill bike…but..rides down certain tracks that don’t acquire all this. The word serp came about when we noticed this more on a certain typical so called groomed “downhill track” based in morzine called, the serpentine, while we didn’t want to go down this track as it’s not our style, we needed to use it as an a to b route, while being bored to death going down it we noticed a few of these serp riders bragging at the bottom of how good a downhill track it was and how good they were down it..this tickled us as how much the biking industry has had an influence and given them the wrong idea of what downhill really is. This is where the term serp rider derived from. :lol:

Yeah that’s me mike,
Look out for me around greno! :D

Northwind – Member
colournoise – Member
Equally special is my ‘enduro’ look – full face and no goggles

That’s just mental. Have you not been reading the style updates Pussywillow has?

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So what style do you fit under then northwind? I’m guessing maybe a serp? :lol:
Anyway, I would love to stay and chat but unlike you guys, I actually get out and ride my bike! :lol:
Gotta go laugh at some serps around greno… :D

PeterPoddy – Member
Right. OK.
Now, correct me if I’m wrong here, but the term ‘enduro’ isn’t new and nor is it MTB marketing.
I did an enduro about 8-9 years ago. It was just a big long organised MTB ride, as distinct from a race, as it was on public land. And you can’t race on public land.
The term itself comes from (possibly not solely) from motorcycling where an enduro is, err, a big long organised off road MC ride. Done on bikes that are usually less racy and more comfy than an MX bike, just like an MTB enduro bike is more relaxed than an XC race bike.
The more this WussyPillow kid flaps his gob, the more stupid he sounds…..

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Kinda changed slightly since then, no? Back then, it was more enduro as in long xc ride…
Just like the wheel size debate, enduro is confusing people the same way isn’t it peter podge? :roll:

I hope you ain’t all serp riders! I look forward to having a laugh :wink:

mikewsmith – Member
I guess PW just tried to enter an Enduro race and they made him go is a Special U IS 2 AWESOMEZ BRO category, you know in a different forest on a different weekend

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I can always count on you aye pal! :wink:

tomasis – Member
boring

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Get yourself out on the piss then! :lol:

CaptainFlashheart – Member
Dull troll is dull.

**** off then and don’t post! :lol:

Saturday night and your replying to a dull troll, shows how dull you are! :lol:

wysiwyg – Member
.everything was made up at the start.
Including youre persona. And possibly your bike skills..

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I’m sure we’ll find out tomorrow if your at greno like you say. :D

Nobeerinthefridge – Member
Everything is made up from the start isn’t it? But we don’t keep reinventing things do we? Unless it’s being marketed.
Show me a sport that hasn’t done this?

Apart from bowls no darts (not sports!)

I really can’t be arsed, I’m sure you can if you Google it. :lol:

Of course it was made up. Do you imply that XC or DH racing came into existance under other, prouder, maginificent circumstances that somehow warrants their place as a genuine race discipline, while enduro should just be regarded as “mountain biking” because you’re upset that marketing works the way it does? Boo **** hoo.

Like I said before to your fellow sheep….everything was made up at the start. :roll:

Nobeerinthefridge – Member
Pussypillow, you need to chill out dude.

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I bet you I’m a lot more chilled than you right now pal! :D

Northwind – Member
pussywillow – Member
No, it was made up like I’ve been saying.

What part of mountain biking wasn’t “made up”? Did we emerge from the sea on xc bikes?

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Everything is made up from the start isn’t it? But we don’t keep reinventing things do we? Unless it’s being marketed.

wysiwyg – Member
pussywillow – Member
What will you two be riding? I’ll look out for you both!
Your mum?

Benj where did i bump into you the other month, was that greno?

My mum died 4 years ago :roll:

As for the comment that ‘real downhillers’ ride Wharncliffe ,the steel city DH is a lot of fun to ride fast and the push up is a darn sight easier than over the road which means you get lots more runs in.

Yep your right :D

What will you two be riding? I’ll look out for you both! :D

Piece of piss, be a real man and go over to wharney where the real downhillers play 8)

LoCo – Member
It’s all just riding bikes isn’t though

Exactly loco, don’t let them tell you any different pal. :wink:

svalgis – Member
The thing is svalgis, there is no other discipline in mountain biking to be made up, but thicame out of nowhere is all marketing ploy to get u to go out and buy the latest “enduro” helmet, “enduro” bike, “enduro” gloves, u get my drift? I mean, come on, what was “all mountain” supposed to be 5 year ago? That soon dissapeared… Instead of agreeing with all the other sheep on here, try being yer own man and say what u think

You are aware that enduro is a proper race format, yes? Of course it’s going to be milked because it’s “new” (I know it isn’t actually), but so what? It’ll pass.
Keep calling it mountain biking if you want, but surely you’ll agree that it would be quite confusing if there weren’t different names for different disciplines in racing?

I do value you’re unique opinion though, I’ve never read “enduro” and “marketing” in the same sentence on here before.

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So you never read what I said about “all mountain” what happened to that then? Never hear much of it since “enduro” came out of nowhere

You are aware that enduro is a proper race format

No, it was made up like I’ve been saying.

The best thing to do loco! :wink:

svalgis – Member
OP is right of course, we should immedietly rename the race format enduro to simply “mountain biking” We’ll obviously have to do the same thing with XC, DH, 4X, DJ and trials – in respect of those who have done similar things on a pushbike without calling them by those specific names in the past.

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The thing is svalgis, there is no other discipline in mountain biking to be made up, but this is all marketing ploy to get u to go out and buy the latest “enduro” helmet, “enduro” bike, “enduro” gloves, u get my drift? I mean, come on, what was “all mountain” supposed to be 5 year ago? That soon dissapeared… Instead of agreeing with all the other sheep on here, try being yer own man and say what u think! :idea: :D

crikey – Member
Pussy willy, are you single?

No, I am up to the tatos as we speak kid! :wink:

Most of the serps off here end up at grenoside :lol:

Aye ups the ole shep is here! Haha…is that what your other alter ego was called loco? :lol:

crikey – Member
Pussy windows can’t be Northern; he whines far too much.

Another sheep following the rest! :lol:

[/quote]nickc – Member
Pussywillow reminds me of one of those fat northern downhillers you used to see at Morzine, balding head burned bright red, one of those orange and camo Endura tops, 3/4 camo humvees in size “ginormous” both of which could probaly walk about on their own, pre 2005 rode an orange, post 2005 a Santa Cruz….natch.

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Yeah, northern boys are a lot faster than you southern shandy drinking softies though! :lol:

bikeind – Member
OP
We had this similar customer in the shop a few weeks back

I pointed out some key facts in Enduro compared to other formats of mountain biking thus realisation kicked in for this said customer

And one week later he walked out with a purchase of a 29er

Enduro is the future of this sport and most certainly is a new style of riding !! With both new larger wheel sizes complementing it more so!

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Hahaha typical bike shop owner! It’s all a load of marketing drivel, keep feeding the serps!! :lol:

tomhoward – Member
PW, still selling those fake TLD shorts? or was that a stupid trolling attempt too?

No, haven’t got any left, and no it wasn’t a trolling attempt, it was genuine, not the shorts mind! :lol:

Buy (or even stock) cheap crap over and over or buy once from mtbbatteries.

Why do people always think that cheap stuff has to be crap? That’s just utter bollox, in most cases anyhow! My Chinese batteries and lights are still all going strong it’s just I choose to upgrade every year cos I can and at that price why not! I’ve only had the odd light that had a loose connection after using it for a couple years, and that’s nothing that can’t be fixed with a soldering iron.
I shouldn’t have called you greedy smudge, at the end of the day your making a living and were all greedy **** at times! ;)

Oh yeah zippy he’s only doing it all out of the goodness of his heart cos he’s such a lovely man! :lol:
Alls I’m saying is it’s strange how since people have cottoned on to buy two sets of them 18650 batteries and solder them together which works out less than half the price! he has stppped selling them, how can it be too expensive to post? Other UK companies still sell and post single batteries.
He probably is a far nicer guy than me but I’m just stating facts pal. :-)

smudge – Member
FYI

With the recent rise in postage costs it was no longer profitable to sell the twin cell batteries without putting them up in price. With the little demand anyway I decided to no longer stock them.

They were protected cells with flat caps, so it would not have been advisable to solder directly on to them unless you like the danger of one exploding in your face?!

Those £51 batteries you are referring too are made from high quality Samsung 2.6Ah cells. Replacement batteries for our light range are available on request at a cheaper price.

One thing mtbbatteries is not and that is greedy, look at our feedback and customer support on here plus our recent review in MBUK. Greed has never once been mentioned.

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Oh come on! Behave yourself! :lol:
I bloody knew it though, makes sense dunnit, but the prices didn’t, you’d charged twice as much for the £51 batteries just cos they were solded together! :roll:
This is why I always stock with Chinese, have done for the past 6 years and never had a problem, they would probably last me longer than the years use I use them but cos they’re so cheap and lights keep getting better it’s a brilliant opportunity to upgrade 8)
As for being greedy, well we all start getting greedy when we think we’ve made a name for ourselves! :D
But keep up the good work cos they all seem to love u on here. :wink: