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I'll start with two
"Road bikes wear out faster than MTBs"
"Will seal holes up to 1/4 inch"
"Flat pedals are better for downhill mtbing"
"Carbon is the ultimate frame material"
carbon composite won't make you faster but will make you poorer
Body armour can't prevent injuries, it'll only stop bruises and scrapes
Mythy Giove?
An aluminium frame will beat you to death.
Carbon frames are really delicate.
A titanium bike is a bike for life.
Riser bars and a flat stem perform better than an inclined stem and flat bars.
Most professional cyclists are clean.
*insert wheel size* is better than any other because......
fully boingy bikes are skill compensators
the STW forum demographic is mainly made up of balding, fat, IT geeks and nerds who wouldn't know a berm if it danced through their room with a marching band, singing "la la la I'm a berm" and accompanying itself on a kazoo......oh hang on you said myth 😉
Singletrack magazine is full of quality journalism
SS ruins your knees
roadies never say hello
I dropped a roadie on my MTB
Roadies are grumpy
I don't need any more bikes.
SS makes you fitter.
SS are slow.
More travel=more fun.
You can 'buy' yourself better.
chicks dig scars...they don't, they just think you're a clumsy tool
If you are not falling off, you are not trying hard enough.
that a bit of an elastic band, some sticky tape and the end of a felt tip pen, will somehow make a ghetto tubeless system and if it fails it means all tubeless systems are gash and don't work
That tyres magically fly off stans rims when there were "just pumped up a bit"
Stuff breaks whilst "just riding along".
SS makes you fitter.
but that's true! I couldn't push a bike uphill anywhere near as fast as I can now thanks to singlespeedering
If something breaks, just warranty it.
I've never heard that one"Road bikes wear out faster than MTBs"
"You won't look stoopid in those flash bibshorts - you're not even overweight" (well, at least they were cheap 😳 )
tubeless tyres never puncture
Rorschach - MemberStuff breaks whilst "just riding along".
My Hemlock totally did! Just rolling gently along an easy pentlands forest floor path. Course it's [i]entirely[/i] a coincidence that I took it Inexpert Downhilling at fort william shortly before.
Squeeze the lever, tighten the bolts, and the caliper will be perfectly aligned.
that a more expensive bike is always better than a cheaper one.
Swans are monogamous.
That everything superstar components sells is going to break and take a child's face off
That everything 'this year' is better than previous years
High pressures make tyres roll better.
Benji speaks the truth...
(as heard at Mayhem this year)
"You need XT or better to make it round this course"
An aluminium frame will beat you to death.
Carbon frames are really delicate.
A titanium bike is a bike for life.
Ain't dat da troof!! 🙂
There is a difference between the way steel, alu and carbon hardtail frames ride (other than weight/design differences) - steel is more compliant
"You need XT or better to make it round this course"
OMG! seriously?? Don't know whether to be amused or despair!
"Red bikes are not the fastest"
OMG! seriously?? Don't know whether to be amused or despair!
There was collective chuckling and smirking at Camp Bullheart after hearing that particular (midget) gem, let me tell you. And no, it wasn't one of us who came out with it......
v-brakes are better than cantis
"Squealing brakes are caused by contaminated pads"
"A good fixie rider with no brakes can stop as well (or possibly even better), than a rider with brakes."
Reading MBUK will make you go blind.
Wheelbuilding is difficult
Bikes are complicated
steel bikes are springy, alu ones stiff, Ti ones compliant, carbon ones stiff and compliant
bike mags know anything about material science/engineering
you 'need' gears/suspension/particular ratios/whatever to ride this trail or conversely that riding without the aforementioned is fine for everyone.
You have to spend lots to get good quality/longevity
A better bike will make you a better rider
"I'll be back by 2 o'clock"
Using washing up liquid to wash your bike will destroy it
Shaving your legs is in some way useful other than vanity and 'I wanna look like a pro'
dont worry ill get rid of one of my old bikes if i buy a new one
horst link/dw/etc..... will eliminate pedal bob
The bike you ride is important.
Riding single speed is enjoyable.
Maxxis are the only tyre manufacturer.
coatesy - Member
Squeeze the lever, tighten the bolts, and the caliper will be perfectly aligned.
Winner!
Body armour can't prevent injuries, it'll only stop bruises and scrapes
This is one of my faves - along with body armour will just shift the force further away and you will break something else instead. TRIPE.
BigJohn - Member
"I'll be back by 2 o'clock"
lol 🙂
knee over pedal spindle.
Riding single speed is enjoyable.
But it is ace FACT
So this leads me naturally to
MTFU
Faffing about melting a tin of black goo, filling your home with the smell of burning oil, and possibly ruining a few carpets is better than spending a few quid a couple of times a year on a bottle of bicycle chain lube.
Fit and forget.
Maxxis High Rollers are good tyres.
29ers are no good on singletrack.
Horst Leitner invented the Horst link (you know, the one he managed to get a patent for, which Specialized now use to make money to pay for all their lawyers).
That there is anything referred to as the "cycling community".
"The horst link patent is valid in Europe"
"middleaged men look cool in lycra"
Trailquests are uncool.
As said when disappearing into garage in order to replace component "x" - " Aw, it's a five minute job..........."
you need 140mm minimum full sus for the alps
That geese will not hiss at you when riding along the canal.
Maxxis High Roller 2.1s are good tyres
there fixed it for you.
"I can accelerate out of this"
"I can get through there"
"I can do that"
"Yeah - won't be long"
... just one more hill and then we're back at the car.
"He's only playing....."
"I'll be back by 2 o'clock"
😆
Singlespeeding makes you more attractive to the opposite sex.
None of us on here ride bikes.
Anywhere in the UK has 'proper' mountains.....
"Nah, not been riding much, bit under the weather today."
"On my other bike/tyres/lucky pants that section is totally doable."
"You're right, this is as much fun as being out on the bike."
"The Rules" are supposed to be taken seriously
"Relax, head up, heels back and you'll sail over that jump"
All fixed gear riders are cocks.
... just one more hill and then we're back at the car.
Oh the times I've just that one, along with "it's not that far, you'll be fine". 😉
Yogi Bear invented mountain biking in Jellystone Park in 1967.
I really wish you were into cycling sweetheart
cycling will make you impotent.
Ive been riding and thrashed it......
thomthumb - Member
you need 140mm minimum full sus for the alps
You need 140mm minimum full sus for Cannock
😉
uplink - Using washing up liquid to wash your bike will destroy it
Depends, it certainly is a good way to wreck bearings, and could corrode steel frames and other parts in time.
Anyone who thinks that washing your bike with salt is _good_ for it, raise your hands...
Dog owners are well rounded individuals who never let there highly trained pets off the lead to bite anyone.