When did it start going rubbish?

[legrandefromage]

And as someone has already pointed out, cycling is now:


Brian: Excuse me. Are you the Judean People's Front?

Reg: **** off! We're the People's Front of Judea

 

[andrewl]

Does that mean when I'm next out on the gated 38m epic on a fully rigid 22 year old bike, I'm not taking it seriously?

38 metres is hardly an epic ride

 

[legrandefromage]

Does that mean when I'm next out on the gated 38m epic on a fully rigid 22 year old bike, I'm not taking it seriously?

38 metres is hardly an epic ride

'miles' you antipodean fooool

 

[kaiser]

If you had suspension 38miles would be a saunter not an epic :twisted:

 

[legrandefromage]

If you had suspension 38miles would be a saunter not an epic :twisted:

I wondered when you'd bite

No it wouldnt.

 

[kaiser]

:twisted:

 

[andrewl]

Does that mean when I'm next out on the gated 38m epic on a fully rigid 22 year old bike, I'm not taking it seriously?

38 metres is hardly an epic ride

'miles' you antipodean fooool

But sir which mile would you like to use? Would that be the Scots mile, the Irish mile, Roman mile, Arab mile or my own personal favourite the Croatian mile (11,130 metres) - which would make your 38m epic rather epic indeed and the story of legends...

Getting the old rigid war horse out and into your riding gear for the epic 38 metre ride from the shed to the beer fridge does have a certain style about it though

 

[andrewl]

If you had suspension 38miles would be a saunter not an epic :twisted:

That is the reality of things though. What once was an all day epic and the stuff of legends is now a summer evening ride.

 

[Neil G]

Disc brakes. Replace a design concept that's been around since the Oxford safety bicycle that a blacksmith/gifted amateur/idiot could fix and replace it with something that weighs more, is irrelevant and overkill under 15mph and required specialist parts, care maintinance, wizards and chemists to fix.
Think I'll go have a lie down now.

:shock:

IMO disc brakes are when something really right happened in MTB

 

[Andy R]

Disc brakes. Replace a design concept that's been around since the Oxford safety bicycle that a blacksmith/gifted amateur/idiot could fix and replace it with something that weighs more, is irrelevant and overkill under 15mph and required specialist parts, care maintenance, wizards and chemists to fix.
Think I'll go have a lie down now.

:shock:

IMO disc brakes are when something really right happened in MTB

I totally agree. I usually ride a rigid singlespeed (so no hateful modern technology there :roll: ) but it does have disc brakes and I wouldn't be without them.

Have these people that reckon that they're "overkill, irrelevant, overweight" ever actually used them? Don't they ever ride anywhere that having brakes that are reliable and well-modulated in all conditions can make the difference between cleaning a very difficult descent or ending up under your bike in the bottom of some rocky gully?

In other words, do they have the faintest idea what they're talking about and do they ride mountain bikes anywhere but on nice, sanitised routes or on the road :roll: ?

I can't see anywhere that "it's all gone rubbish" with mountain bikes - ride what you like, where you like and what you don't like, well, don't do it or even look at, it if it offends your eyes.