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The number of relationship breakups in the recent best and worst of 2012 thread got me thinking... Seems like lots of single people of both sexes posting on the forum, although admittedly more male than female (but suspect the ratio of male to female users is about 10:1 anyway)... Anyway, common interests and all that so has anyone actually ever met and started a relationship through STW??
but suspect the ratio of male to female users is about 10:1 anyway
Hey, works for me 😉
TJ and Elfin?
but suspect the ratio of male to female users is about 10:1 anyway
I bet it's way higher than that 😆
I know of one couple but they met via forum rides so STW related.
I've had loads from here.
But being quite discreet, I've never mentioned it to them.
I believe Lanesra and Dr Dolittle once tried to get something going
Six months down the line, me and [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/katie-holmes-tom-cruise-to-divorce ]Katie Holmes[/url] are doing just fine.
IanMunro, has that rash cleared up yet?
Hora & Binners met on here. They've been enjoying sweet sweet man loving ever since.
But i believe their ratio might be a little scewed! !
Scabbing over quite nicely now.
Actually, whilst we are on the subject, I would also quite like to know on on which (if any 😕 ) dreaded dating forum all the nice normal mountain biking chaps are hiding? All the chaps i've seen on Match etc who give MTBing as a hobby obviously don't mean quite the same type of MTBing as I do - more in the same way everyone puts 'reading' on their first CV 😐
Chicks digs scars what can we say
missnotax - Member
Actually, whilst we are on the subject, I would also quite like to know on on which (if any ) dreaded dating forum all the nice normal mountain biking chaps are hiding? All the chaps i've seen on Match etc who give MTBing as a hobby obviously don't mean quite the same type of MTBing as I do - more in the same way everyone puts 'reading' on their first CV
Here we go....! 🙂
I have no useful contribution to make™
Actually, whilst we are on the subject, I would also quite like to know on on which (if any ) dreaded dating forum all the nice normal mountain biking chaps are hiding? All the chaps i've seen on Match etc who give MTBing as a hobby obviously don't mean quite the same type of MTBing as I do - more in the same way everyone puts 'reading' on their first CV
Match.....apparently...so I'm told...*ahem*
Whoops - ignore me then! I am bored at work, what can I say...!
Sometimes dreams don't come true...
more in the same way everyone puts 'reading' on their first CV
Wow, so a lot of people start their careers in Reading? Never would've thought that.
Here we go....!
<watches with interest>
Why would you want to put reading on your CV? Bloody awful place.......... 😉
Perhaps we should have a STW dating thread? I'll get my add in now:
Tall, handsome, dashingly funny mountain bike rider (not Orange5) seeks gorgeous all mountain riding gal to chase down technical single track. Promises to spend nearly as much money on said gal as on his £5k+ bling'd up posing bike.
Gal must like Whips (and shreding / skidding)............
Any takers?? 😉
maxtorque - is this your first relationship? If so, you should know that you are only allowed munters. Gorgeous is only acceptable once you've prove yourself.
maxtorque - is this your first relationship? If so, you should know that you are only allowed munters. Gorgeous is only acceptable once you've prove yourself.
😆 😆
Actually, whilst we are on the subject, I would also quite like to know on on which (if any ) dreaded dating forum all the nice normal mountain biking chaps are hiding?
If you lower your standards (quite substantially!) then this forum. 😉
(Obviously I tick all those boxes but I'm more a roadie these days... that's normally enough to put anyone off!)
Gal? LOL
That's amost as shit as babe
Wanted Mountain biking girl with own bike
Must be able to fix punctures and wash bikes and riding kit to a high standard.
Please reply and include picture of bike
audi, roof rack, trail centre cafe? Or is it that you meet them in person and they aren't the towering adonis you've come to expect after virtually hanging out with all the slim good looking fellas with muscular thighs on here?All the chaps i've seen on Match etc who give MTBing as a hobby obviously don't mean quite the same type of MTBing as I do
🙂
Me and Fred.
Me and Hora actually met on set....
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audi, roof rack, trail centre cafe? Or is it that you meet them in person and they aren't the towering adonis you've come to expect after virtually hanging out with all the slim good looking fellas with muscular thighs on here?
😆
More BSO and canal path.... (which is fine if that's your thing!).
[shudders]Me and Hora actually met on set....
I'd heard eHarmony was the choice for real mountain bikers. So a mate told me 😉
Group STW singles ride then?? Haha - what would the chances of any laydees turning up to that??!!
Actually, whilst we are on the subject, I would also quite like to know on on which (if any ) dreaded dating forum all the nice normal mountain biking chaps are hiding?
Met my other half on here: www.fitness-singles.com/
^^^
Spam surely?
[shudders]
I keep it for moments when the weird stuff ain't turning me on quite enough.
Fitness SingleSpeeds
I have the strangest.....
[shudders]I keep it for moments when the weird stuff ain't turning me on quite enough.
I have the strangest.....
I'm starting to get a thrill out of all this shuddering. 😳
You the man Binners!
😉 😀
e-harmony wouldn't accept my application 🙂 🙂
The email said something along the lines of relaxing my criteria - I think they want people who answer "maybe" to all the questions so that their success rate stays high.
All I did was state "Definitely No" to smoking, regular drinking, drug taking and eating meat.
And "Definitely Yes" to liking dogs, liking cycling, exercising every day.
Apparently this makes me unsuitable. I thought it was hilarious.
Why is that unacceptable??? Why would I want a man/woman that smokes???
edit - and I definitely would not want one that takes drugs. They only get found out in the end and thrown out of their own charity...
Rachel
man/woman
I think that there is your problem. You need to be on ShemalesRUs.com....
I've put plenty of definitely yes or def no requirements on my eharmony thingy and they accepted me, however, I am starting very much to doubt their "special matching process". For someone who said that mtbing and other active stuff was important, I seem to be "matched" with an awful lot of fatties who have no real interests. Yes, yes - we all enjoy catching up with mates and socialising, that's a given!! But you must be passionate about participating in some sport or activity???
Anyway, Santa cruz riding, non-Audi-owning, late 30s mtber with life outside of STW seeks female with same for mucky riding fun 🙂
Ok, so how does one "prove oneself"? The other day i managed a 25 yard manual without falling off? Is that enough to hook a babe??? 😉
TBH, i've go no chance on here, no Audi, No O5, no coffee maker (i don't even [b]like[/b] coffee), don't work in IT etc
I think it's probably better to just snare a "normal" woman, then slowly indoctrinate her into being a mountain biker........
(ok, i might be sounding slightly stalkerish now??) 😉
BTW: does anyone one put a deffinate "yes" to the taking drugs bit? Like, wow, she's hot, but unless she's smacked outta her head on goofballs then, sorry, she ain't the woman for me....... ?
Damn - sold my VP-Free last year...
I'm not convinced by the eharmony thing (although I am amused by the fact you can be 'not' accepted, almost worth a go for that 😉 )!
Sadly as I ride an Orange 5 I fear I would be unsuitable for the discerning STW forumites 😆
^^ you sold a pair of tight pants ^^
😯
^^ you sold a pair of tight pants ^^
huh?
I put an ad in the classifieds on here (for a bit of a laugh) - no takers though 🙂
Just as well, I really love being single.
missnotax - I ride an Orange 5! They're great aren't they?
Don't knock the Orange 5 thing. If I had a pound for every girl I've impressed with stories about adventures on my 5, I'd have...2 pounds. Although in the scheme of things I'd have then had to refund them....
If they put "yes" for taking drugs, there's always the option of getting them sky high then luring them back you your place for "something to chill out with"........
😉
missnotax - I ride an Orange 5! They're great aren't they?
Love mine, fab little bikes 🙂
I've dated 3 female stw members, all were fab. Well one was a bit barmy.
Happy to add a fourth 😀
Oh, plenty of fish you may find a handsome devil into mountain biking
f they put "yes" for taking drugs, there's always the option of getting them sky high then luring them back you your place for "something to chill out with"........
What, like Rohypnol
Well at this rate we might just get our first STW lesbian wedding, and yes, they can leave the church on there matching 5's....... 😉
All I did was state "Definitely No" to smoking, regular drinking, drug taking and eating meat.
Can it really be true that there is not many MALE teetotal non dope smoking veggies - who would have though that 😯
EDIT:
does anyone one put a deffinate "yes" to the taking drugs bit?
Only those who are honest and unashamed
Its not like folk are exactly shy about drinking and last time I checked that was a drug.
Well at this rate we might just get our first STW lesbian wedding
Houns is a bloke.
you might have a point there, Junkyard..
Rachel
VP = Visual Pantie Line doesn't it?
Anyhoo's..
Any advert spouting the word "rides" ought to get you loads of replys.. 😆
😆
Can it really be true that there is not many MALE teetotal non dope smoking veggies
I pretty much fit that bill... but I'm married.
Could I date an Orange Five rider though?! I do have standards
And there ain't nothing wrong with getting a girl high, it's just that it should involve a nice 30foot kicker gap jump rather than banned recreational substances....
30foot kicker gap jump
Not likely with me - 3 or 4 feet in the air is my self-imposed limit! (yes, I know, I'm rubbish!!)
Rachel
Yes i pretty much fit that bill but not quite too.
OH yes cheers Binners Out me why dont you 😉
At the risk of causing massive offence, do girls look like their bikes? (and i guess us blokes too) ?? (much like dog owners looking like their dogs)
That's still roughly 2 feet 10 inches higher than me ATG!
Good question:
do girls look like their bikes? (and i guess us blokes too) ??
Bright orange Nicolai Helius all covered in mud.
edit - the lights are nice and bright but the seat is a bit torn and there's a few paint chips here and there...
Ha ha maybe, explains the amount of phat bikes, Joneseseses, and melted carbon 456's on here. They're all gopping 😆
Me??
Slim, lightweight, rakish and very fast, but made out of plastic, and likely to break down a lot without warning (Lapierre Zesty)
I hope not I have a carbon 456 and an Orange 5
No one could be that UGLY
do girls look like their bikes?
Old, a bit knackered and creaky, and covered in mud?
Yes 🙄
(I also have a Santa Cruz and a Kona but i'm not sre they help either...!)
Santa Cruz, now you're talking
All I did was state "Definitely No" to smoking, regular drinking, drug taking and eating meat.
And "Definitely Yes" to liking dogs, liking cycling, exercising every day.
erm... I can see eHarmony's point. "definitely no" to regular drinking means you're mostly looking at reformed alcoholics or other teetotalers. "definitely yes" to exercising every day is also fairly niche.
How about a sliding scale - where talking about exercising also counts as exercising every day? And relaxing 'no to regular drinking' to 'no to regularly drinking alone'? 🙂
Blimey 😯




