Not sure why people get so pissy about whether you take them up an actual mountain or not.
Does it matter?
It's MTB'ing, it's a moniker, it's here to stay, get over it
I would also assume the same people get pissy about BMX and the lack of engines...
(singing)
Maybe they're born with it, maybe it's Sertraline...
Not sure why people get so pissy about whether you take them up an actual mountain or not.
Does it matter?
It's MTB'ing, it's a moniker, it's here to stay, get over it
I'm interested as he specifically says it's his favourite bike for mountains, and I'm intrigued...
Does it matter?
As with most things, not in the slightest. But this is a discussion forum. He said something and I'm discussing it further. Hope that's ok
@scotroutes - here you go!
Charlie Kelly and Gary Fisher’s business with Tom Ritchey welding the frames:
http://sonic.net/~ckelly/Seekay/mtbikes_company.htm
This is my favourite bike for mountains, light, easy to carry, no gears or other complications (but I'm tempted to add a dropper post).
What were the last three mountains you cycled that up?
Vaguely knowing who epicyclo is I suspect he actually spends a fair bit of time cycling in and up the mountains
Not sure why people get so pissy about whether you take them up an actual mountain or not.
Does it matter?
It's MTB'ing, it's a moniker, it's here to stay, get over it
I live on a mountain. I can't ride from my house without going down a mountain, or ride home without going up a mountain. It doesn't really look like Ama Dablam though.
I'm conflicted. Am I lying to myself?
Face it, any sport journalism that isn't actually telling you what a bit of kit it like is pure self indulgent garbage serving no real purpose.
Or you could flip that and argue that what actually matters with riding bikes is what goes on between your ears, not which tyres / shock / pedals etc you're using. At which point endless reviews are kind of missing the point and just a stage in the relentless commoditisation of everything.
Sometimes the 'purpose' of writing / journalism is simply to make you think a bit about an activity or process. Maybe to sharpen your sense of wonder. And of course sometimes it's a bit ****y and self-indulgent. But having a purely transactional take on journalism / writing / whatever you want to call it, seems pretty limiting.
On that basis, pretty much every novel ever written would be 'pure self-indulgent garbage serving no real purpose' rather than something that shares thoughts, ideas and experiences and expands your inner world. All of which will, of course, be 'garbage' to you, as above, riding bikes essentially is about how you experience them rather than the minutiae of what kit you choose to use.
If you have a great weekend riding, you rave about how it felt, looked, smelled or whatever, not about how amazing your brake pads were and, oh, you wouldn't believe how smoothly my dropper went up and down...
I don't think it helps when the majority of the MTB media are gravity, bike park, gnar focussed; whether in print or online. I was looking on You Tube recently for a channel that has a fair mix of different MTB riding types - I struggled. MTBR, Downtime, The Ride Podcast all about the DH, Enduro, Gravity side......nothing for real world 'xc type' riding. Rob Warner was recently on the Gypsy Podcast, and in 3 hours there was nothing about XC racing......
I hope you noticed I specified 'easy to carry' because there's no way I could actually cycle the whole way over any of the mountains in my area on any bike, let alone that one.This is my favourite bike for mountains, light, easy to carry, no gears or other complications (but I'm tempted to add a dropper post).
What were the last three mountains you cycled that up?
I did use that bike on Ben Nevis though.
It was quite a few years back in the World Solo 24 Hour Champs. Probably a daft idea to use it when the competition was on full sus & gears, but it was more fun for me. It got me a 2nd place in my age category in the UK 24 Champs which were being held concurrently. It's pretty well acquainted with Ben Wyvis, the Corrieyairick, and sundry others.
The old black bike is a 1948 Rudge and I was trying it out on a lap of the StrathPuffer course which is more like mtb territory. I wouldn't want to carry that one anywhere. I did a 150km day on it about 5 years ago with about half of that on the HT 550 course so there were a few mountains involved.
Badly wired dog has point but the need to write about it is what I am on about. Self indulgent twaddle, a bit like all those social media accounts showing the world what you did today.
Oh yeah. All groups have a vibe but why try to explain it or even bloody well name it let alone publicise it. I blame the internet!
