Just a comment on empty beer....

[schuss]

Holy crap some of the people on that site take bikes waaaaaaaay too seriously. Been doing some research for a new build and some of the threads/comments are just... wow.

[kidwoo]

Yeah after reading your link I agree. I'm so well informed about the exact thread you're talking about, I see exactly what you mean.



Come on. Help US to help YOU laugh at the retartz.

[bagtagley]

The problem is the guys that takes bikes way too seriously, and not biking.

It can be a good source of information. Unfortunately, you have to know which guys are completely full of shit and which ones are actually sharing some useful, real-world experience.

My favorite are the folks that are about 3-4 years behind the times. They push their dated agenda so hard, it's almost funny....almost.

[schuss]

And here I thought the source was voluminous enough to allow for individual humor discovery. Here are some gems:
How to wash your tires:
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=478709
Cannondale font concerns:
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=475876

Also any thread with both derby and jerk_chicken (Is JC=UC?)
About to buy/build up an ibis, so seeing some of those builds is seriously mind/wallet blowing. I'll post more later, as I'm supposed to be working right now.

[kidwoo]

What's a 'dated agenda' with regards to mountain bikes?


You WILL ride 24s on your dh bike and like it?

[Particle]

I've come to find a lot of the real obsessed bike part people are say, for instance, in Ohio. They can't ride their bikes or really do anything useful outdoors for 5-6 months/year, thus redirect all their energy into niggling over every little technical detail possible. I've met a few of them while living here. And I've fallen prey to it a bit myself with upgrades and the occasional new rig just b/c I'm so mind-numbingly bored this time of year.

[schuss]

The problem is the guys that takes bikes way too seriously, and not biking.

It can be a good source of information. Unfortunately, you have to know which guys are completely full of shit and which ones are actually sharing some useful, real-world experience.

My favorite are the folks that are about 3-4 years behind the times. They push their dated agenda so hard, it's almost funny....almost.

Yeah, and when you get a thousand of them together it becomes a collective armchair qb/engineer circle-jerk. I just ride and occasionally maintain my bike, so the things I see in some of those threads just kills me. Especially the uber-weight weenie clydesdales.

[bklyn]

You wrote:

... niggling ...

That's gotta be racist.

[schuss]

You wrote:


That's gotta be racist.

Only if you ride a white bike.

[bklyn]

Only if you ride a white bike.

More than likely they ride a black bike, because they'd believe it would enhance sporting endeavors. White bikes are for math geeks, engineers and socialists.

[schuss]

More than likely they ride a black bike, because they'd believe it would enhance sporting endeavors. White bikes are for math geeks, engineers and socialists.

stop pushing your old agenda. White is the new clean hotness, as it is the least practical color for a bicycle ever. White is for the riders who are better than you.

Socialists ride red 29ers. Singlespeed, of course.

[kidwoo]

More than likely they ride a black bike, because they'd believe it would enhance sporting endeavors.

I ride a black bike because it helps the delusions of all the woman pleasing I'm gonna be up to when I get home.

[bklyn]

stop pushing your old agenda. White is the new clean hotness, as it is the least practical color for a bicycle ever. White is for the riders who are better than you.

Socialists ride red 29ers. Singlespeed, of course.

Damn, white supremacy wins again.

In other news, my mtb is 13 years old now, but oh how I love it. Blue.
Talk about old technology. And I must stop procrastinating, soon.

[XtrPickels]

More than likely they ride a black bike, because they'd believe it would enhance sporting endeavors. White bikes are for math geeks, engineers and socialists.

Ya got that right. I'm such a geek and think white is the Hawtness!

In other news, your poor bike is blue? I really think its about time you showed it some love.

[Aldo]

my bike is 19 years old and black, but maybe that's because i've never used isopropyl to clean it. Now about that font.

[schuss]

And I must stop procrastinating, soon.

Lies. I have an hour and change to go, and don't think there's anything else I CAN do at work. ugh.

[InspectorGadget]

White bikes are for math geeks, engineers and socialists.

Being none of the above, thanks for en-whitening me about why my next bike won't be white. Too bad really, I like the new Nomad in white.

Where does green rank on the hawtness scale???

[guest]

I couldn't get past the first post in those mtbr threads.

Where does green rank on the hawtness scale???

11.

[schuss]

Being none of the above, thanks for en-whitening me about why my next bike won't be white. Too bad really, I like the new Nomad in white.

Where does green rank on the hawtness scale???

it is one of many "bikes of color", all being unique and beautiful flowers from different points on the spectrum.

[InspectorGadget]

guest has some nice points on the spectrum.

[bagtagley]

What's a 'dated agenda' with regards to mountain bikes?


You WILL ride 24s on your dh bike and like it?

Well, not quite that dated.

How about we keep it simple and say high bottom brackets. That shit is pretty dated. Oh, and heavy freeride bikes for XC riding and boners for DC forks....for XC riding.

[AKPogue]

I've come to find a lot of the real obsessed bike part people are say, for instance, in Ohio. They can't ride their bikes or really do anything useful outdoors for 5-6 months/year, thus redirect all their energy into niggling over every little technical detail possible. I've met a few of them while living here. And I've fallen prey to it a bit myself with upgrades and the occasional new rig just b/c I'm so mind-numbingly bored this time of year.

That is fucking BS. When I lived in WI and used to bike race I trained all year around. I did cyclocross when there was snow on the roads or rode a trainer. When the snow cleared I was riding on the road.

[AKPogue]

Especially the uber-weight weenie clydesdales.

What is wrong with that? Unless they are some fat guys riding pushing weight is pushing weight you don't need regardless of size and it is important especially if you are competing. I am a clydesdale and no matter what I could do my body frame will never let me below 200.

[Big E]

I've come to find a lot of the real obsessed bike part people are say, for instance, in Ohio. They can't ride their bikes or really do anything useful outdoors for 5-6 months/year, thus redirect all their energy into niggling over every little technical detail possible. I've met a few of them while living here. And I've fallen prey to it a bit myself with upgrades and the occasional new rig just b/c I'm so mind-numbingly bored this time of year.

Remind me again why you can't ride 5-6 months/year? I rode yesterday and when I got done the temp had spiked to 29. Dress right and it's quite fun, particularly breaking through the ice on the stream crossings.

[guest]

Well, not quite that dated.

How about we keep it simple and say high bottom brackets. That shit is pretty dated. Oh, and heavy freeride bikes for XC riding and boners for DC forks....for XC riding.

How is a high bottom bracket dated? I think that's more a preference in handling and what you plan on doing with the bike. A higher bb is magic on a technical climb.