It’s an odd question isn’t it:Â What does mountain biking smell like?
But it’s a question that we’ve been pondering all day at Singletrack Towers, because we were asked it this morning. As you may or may not know, Issue #108 of Singletrack Magazine will be on its way to the printers this week (make sure you SUBSCRIBE HERE NOWÂ to make sure you don’t miss out!), and as we furiously proof articles and caption photos in the office, our Lincolnshire-based printing company Warners Midlands, has come to us with quite a bizarre suggestion;Â the offer to add a fragrance to our front cover!
“Adding a fragrance to a front cover can have many benefits for the printed product regardless if it is a magazine, a catalogue or a brochure. The fragrance on the cover could make all the difference to differentiating your publication from your competitors. It engages a sense that digital media cannot and can provide opportunities to enhance your marketing activities.”
It might sound flat-out bonkers, but a scratch ‘n’ sniff front cover could very well become the edge we need against our competitors in this highly competitive publishing industry! In all seriousness though, the question did get us thinking as to what scent we would use for the Singletrack front cover. What aroma would encapsulate everything about mountain biking and the culture around it?
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So the question is we ask to you, our readers is: what do you think smells like mountain biking?
So we’ve put out some of our ideas of what mountain biking smells like, but now we want to hear from you. If we could add a fragrance to the front cover of Singletrack Magazine, what odour(s) should it have? Let us know your suggestions below!
Surely it has to be that blast of hot pine needles smell that you get when you’re on holiday in the mountains? Mmm…
Erm GT85 surely?!
Oh, and if riding in the Howgills…sheep sh*t
+1 for GT85 but with notes of grotty gloves.
Damn fine legs who’s ever they are….
*takes feet off the table*
Wild garlic and gt-85?
..actually, that might smell like hypoid oil.
Gt 85 and inner tubes
Damp earth and gt85
Sweat and mud and cut grass.
GT85 and fresh rubber!
Although to me it’s also the smell of A&E
Got to be a hint of dog egg in the mix
Cooling brake pads, fresh rubber and the scent of rain on warm summer moorland.
That and a 2 day old chammy.
Preferably not the boggy puddle I went through the other day. Stank of rank pestilence – which thinking about it would work well with the Daily Mail
GT85…..!
Another vote for GT85
No idea but one thing I can say for certain is that none of the smells associated with mountain biking are socially acceptable…
none of them are nice
Sweat is what i mainly associate. Especially the commute home!!
Never got the GT obsession either as a smell or as a useful product
wet, musty mud… ahh the sweet sweet smell of calderdale. Love it so much i find myself rubbing my face in it.
Petricor