Foo - Stereotypes about different Forums.

Anybody else ever get the impression that different forums can be stereotyped? I generally only check out the road and mtb forums, but, just out curiousity, I checked out the recumbent and BMX forums, and I was somewhat frightened. In the BMX forum there was a little argument going one, and one guy calling his BMX bike a "pimpmobile." Honestly it seemed like a bad rap video.

As for recumbent, I think those bikes are just weird, and anyone who rides them not as a joke must be a little weird. I dunno...I guess I'm just a Bike-ist.

The road and mtb forums are often the most stereotyped. First of all there's this "OCP" thing in the road forums, or that you're expected to be such a bike nut that you have all essential parts in your garage because you don't own a car. Seriously. Somebody who posted just assumed that the people reading would have a headset press.

Mountain biking, being the ever increasing sport it is, tends to attract a lot people with little experience. Which isn't a bad thing, but sometimes you get people who want stupid things on their bikes for stupid reasons. Although generally the backlash from these posts tends to be hilarious.

I dunno...shooting my mouth off. I'm sure I'll get some flak about this. Anybody agree?

So you post in the Foo forum.....where all of us "normal" people hang out, eh? I don't think I've ever been in the "normal" category before.....not sure if this is my "comfort zone".

So you post in the Foo forum.....where all of us "normal" people hang out, eh? I don't think I've ever been in the "normal" category before.....not sure if this is my "comfort zone".

it seemed like the only forum appropriate to post in concerning other bike forums, being the most general of all.

it seemed like the only forum appropriate to post in concerning other bike forums, being the most general of all.
You missed my joke.....I was trying to be sarcastic and sterotyping this forum.....but its hard to get that across with just words I guess.

Words are never enough.
Try oil painting.
Works every time... except most of the time.

Back on topic: there's a reason for stereotypes.

I've done the same thing you did: read other forum's threads. Then close the door quietly and get out before they notice you.

It's an eye-opener.

How about expanding it a bit? I thought this was going to be about different types of forums, like gaming forums and gun nut forums and all manner of stuff. Now there you can see some real stereotypes.

I happened upon some Warcraft gaming site the other day and almost every avatar was some pathetic cartoony anime-style character. It's like these people are at the extreme end, living in their own little world. I couldn't believe how excited these people got over imaginary stuff in a stupid game!

Stereotypes are fun. I'm glad I'm not one :D

I ventured into the mountain biking forum and posted a couple of times. My own stereotypes of them came charging out and I haven't been back in there since. I still ride my mountain bike, but probably won't do it with other 'mountain bikers'.

I went into the fixed forum thinking I was walking into a drunk and high hippy liberal messenger fest. Wasn't so bad. They're just as obsessive as the roadies. Instead of "do you wear a team jersey" thread, there was a "do you have spokecards" thread. Hahha Cycling is f'n hilarious :)

Oh, let's not forget the BMX kids. I'm not even going to attempt to go in there (I still BMX) because of how I see these kids at the LBS and LBT (local bike track). :o

it seemed like the only forum appropriate to post in concerning other bike forums, being the most general of all.

The normal thread was deleted 4 months before the Bikeforum started. I need a SpiderMike forum. Since I commute on a Single Speed mountain bike, go mountain biking, and have a Vintage BMX cruiser. This would eliminate the need to jump from forum to forum!

How about expanding it a bit? I thought this was going to be about different types of forums, like gaming forums and gun nut forums and all manner of stuff. Now there you can see some real stereotypes.
My main forum ( www.abxzone.com ) is a computer forum. And a buddy of mine over there (Spookyload) is a great guy who really helped me get started when I got into cycling. I'm surprised he's not over here....he's way into it with $6000 bikes and everything.

Can't always follow the sterotype.

They're just as obsessive as the roadies.

true. i like when there is a thread in the fixed forum saying how they like to drop spandexed roadies on hills, and then there is a thread in the road forum saying how they like to drop hipster fixed gear riders on the hill.

always with the hills. hehe.

true. i like when there is a thread in the fixed forum saying how they like to drop spandexed roadies on hills, and then there is a thread in the road forum saying how they like to drop hipster fixed gear riders on the hill.

always with the hills. hehe.

Yea, but it's always the both of them getting dropped by the old guy on a rusty mountain bike carrying golf clubs! :p

Yea, but it's always the both of them getting dropped by the old guy on a rusty mountain bike carrying golf clubs! :p


I thought it was by a bearded guy on a recumbent.

Yea, but it's always the both of them getting dropped by the old guy on a rusty mountain bike carrying golf clubs! :p
The trick is to leave the woods at home.

Yes, it's true. Just wait'll you explore the fixie forums...

Classic and Vintage is the clamest place, though. Great people over there.

Foo, where those who think they are normal go to get their strange on. :eek:
And where the strange go for company. :eek: :eek:


My main forum ( www.abxzone.com ) is a computer forum. And a buddy of mine over there (Spookyload) is a great guy who really helped me get started when I got into cycling. I'm surprised he's not over here....he's way into it with $6000 bikes and everything.

Can't always follow the sterotype.

Thanks for the link, so many computer forums are over run with gamerz.
Found this IBM Thinkpad forum this spring, nice place, not offical.
http://forum.thinkpads.com/index.php?sid=aa9b99c266a8aa352ffc28eb5b9ab658

I saw an article in the paper where George W. is a MTB devotee. Sounds like he is pretty hard core...took the press on a 2 hour ride and kicked butt.

I wonder if he lurks on the bike-forums! What would his handle and avatar be?

Wow, those Advocacy people are f'n tightwads!!!

Let me summarize:

Everything a car does is bad!
Everything a bike does is good!

Original poster: The cyclist ran a red light taking a left turn into a one way street and I had to slam on the brakes just to avoid him while he flipped me off and said, "I have a right to the road!"

Advocacy turd: Well, cars don't stop at stop signs, so it's okay for bikes to do whatever they want!

Original poster: Even kick over baby carriages?

Advocacy turd: Yes, as long as they are on their bike.

El Twe,

Shhhh don't tell em.
There are some forums that as a mod, I don't go into.
Roody, that was freakin hilarious, you should undelete it.

Marty

I agree with lotek Roody :D...

I side with the other one.

:D

Koffee

I saw an article in the paper where George W. is a MTB devotee. Sounds like he is pretty hard core...took the press on a 2 hour ride and kicked butt.

I wonder if he lurks on the bike-forums! What would his handle and avatar be?


His riding habits just haven't been the same since he ran into that Scottish cop at the G8 Summit...

Thanks for the link, so many computer forums are over run with gamerz.
Found this IBM Thinkpad forum this spring, nice place, not offical.
http://forum.thinkpads.com/index.php?sid=aa9b99c266a8aa352ffc28eb5b9ab658
I'm sure you'd like it....ABXZone is a great computer forum. Best feature is that average age is much older than most computer forums so you have REAL experience and less immaturity (like flaming, etc...). I'm probably around the "average" age at 34. Many guys over there are in 50s and older. Great bunch of pals too. :)

Classic and Vintage is the calmest place, though. Great people over there.

I appreciate that people over there like to respond to each other through mime and interpretive dance. It IS very calming.

Wow, those Advocacy people are f'n tightwads!!!

Let me summarize:

Everything a car does is bad!
Everything a bike does is good!

Original poster: The cyclist ran a red light taking a left turn into a one way street and I had to slam on the brakes just to avoid him while he flipped me off and said, "I have a right to the road!"

Advocacy turd: Well, cars don't stop at stop signs, so it's okay for bikes to do whatever they want!

Original poster: Even kick over baby carriages?

Advocacy turd: Yes, as long as they are on their bike.

Ha! I made the mistake of posting in the Advocacy forum (bunch of freaks). I'll never do it again.



Yes, it's true. Just wait'll you explore the fixie forums...

Classic and Vintage is the clamest place, though. Great people over there.

As a fan of old cars and old motorcycles, that forum is good reading w/ some great bikes

Here is something to pi$$ everyone off. :

[:rolleyes: :p ;) :o :) :D SARCASM]

Advocacy & Safety: earnest safety nazis
Alt Bike Culture: Boys from the 'hood
Bicycle Mechanics: Antisocial gearheads
BMX: Trash talking taggers from the burbs
Commuting: Freds
Classic & Vintage: obsessive number matchers
Fifty Plus (50+): Geezers on cruisers
Folding Bikes: Wierdos on clown bikes
Living Car Free: Granola munching hippies
Mountain Biking: Pot smoking trail destroyers
Recumbent: Fat guys with beards
Road Cycling: weight weenies and Lance wanabes
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear: tattooed hipsters
Touring: Ultra Freds
Triathlon: steroid munching amateurs
General Cycling Discussion: Lurkers and newbies

[/SARCASM]

Don't worry, I fit in at least 5 of these catagories.

what's a fred?

Here is something to pi$$ everyone off. :

[:rolleyes: :p ;) :o :) :D SARCASM]

Advocacy & Safety: earnest safety nazis
Alt Bike Culture: Boys from the 'hood
Bicycle Mechanics: Antisocial gearheads
BMX: Trash talking taggers from the burbs
Commuting: Freds
Classic & Vintage: obsessive number matchers
Fifty Plus (50+): Geezers on cruisers
Folding Bikes: Wierdos on clown bikes
Living Car Free: Granola munching hippies
Mountain Biking: Pot smoking trail destroyers
Recumbent: Fat guys with beards
Road Cycling: weight weenies and Lance wanabes
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear: tattooed hipsters
Touring: Ultra Freds
Triathlon: steroid munching amateurs
General Cycling Discussion: Lurkers and newbies

[/SARCASM]

Don't worry, I fit in at least 5 of these catagories.

ROFLMAO!!! that is so funny!

but yeah, whats a fred? I'm guessing a nerd...

Think: Fred Flintstone

I think

what's a fred?

fred
1) n. a person who spends a lot of money on his bike and clothing, but still can't ride. "What a fred -- too much Lycra and titanium and not enough skill." Synonym for poser. Occasionally called a "barney".
2) n. a person who has a mishmash of old gear, does't care at all about technology or fashion, didn't race or follow racing, etc. Often identified by chainring marks on white calf socks. Used by "serious" roadies to disparage utility cyclists and touring riders, especially after these totally unfashionable "freds" drop the "serious" roadies on hills because the "serious" guys were really posers. This term is from road touring and, according to popular myth, "Fred" was a well-known grumpy old touring rider, who really was named Fred.

http://www.bicyclesource.com/you/culture/bicycling-glossary.shtml

According to the car free nazis I should drop out of grad school so I can have enough time to tool around town and shop on my bike while paying 3x what I would in any other city.

Wohoo I am a pot smoking trail destroyer...yes I have acheived enlightenment ... :D

Wohoo I am a pot smoking trail destroyer...yes I have acheived enlightenment ... :D

Yeah but Mael, you showed us that sometimes the trails fight back. Hope your not going too crazy on the D.L. I got you trumped as a pot smoking, trail destroying, tattooed hipster - Fred.

I am bored stiff...arg I hate not riding. I have been able to put in 10 minute commutes but even then my lungs enlarge and hurt my ribs. I am half hipster half whatever the bmx was too. My street bike is a ss mtb which is basically an adult sized bmx :D

Hey, I'm an obsessive number matching weight weenie lance wannabe. . .
yup that's about right!

marty

Politics and Religion-350 pound IT geeks who used to own a tricycle as children. :p

I dunno...shooting my mouth off. I'm sure I'll get some flak about this. Anybody agree?[/QUOTE]

i like how you didn't ask if he disagreed.
interesting words you have to say.
i think mountain biking attracks people because it is fun.
i would pick that over an exercise class indoors. and to meet fun people mtn biking is a place. exercise, be outside, drink beerskies.

So you post in the Foo forum.....where all of us "normal" people hang out, eh? I don't think I've ever been in the "normal" category before.....not sure if this is my "comfort zone".

i don't think i have ever been normal either. woo-hoo - i love it. no different that being not normal.

Here is something to pi$$ everyone off. :

[:rolleyes: :p ;) :o :) :D SARCASM]

Advocacy & Safety: earnest safety nazis
Alt Bike Culture: Boys from the 'hood
Bicycle Mechanics: Antisocial gearheads
BMX: Trash talking taggers from the burbs
Commuting: Freds
Classic & Vintage: obsessive number matchers
Fifty Plus (50+): Geezers on cruisers
Folding Bikes: Wierdos on clown bikes
Living Car Free: Granola munching hippies
Mountain Biking: Pot smoking trail destroyers
Recumbent: Fat guys with beards
Road Cycling: weight weenies and Lance wanabes
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear: tattooed hipsters
Touring: Ultra Freds
Triathlon: steroid munching amateurs
General Cycling Discussion: Lurkers and newbies

[/SARCASM]

Don't worry, I fit in at least 5 of these catagories.


:roflmao: :lol:

Where'd you get the pot smoking part from? :D

I fit in at least seven of those categories.

:roflmao: :lol:

Where'd you get the pot smoking part from? :D

Yeah, that was a reach. I was thinking about Ross Rebagliati getting busted at the Olympic Games in '98 but he was a snowboarder not a mountainbiker. Probably does it in the off season, though. Who says stereotypes have to be based on facts anyway?

I should have stuck a Pabst Blue Ribbon reference in with the fixie forum. :beer:

:roflmao: :lol:

Where'd you get the pot smoking part from? :D

You obviously haven't met the mountain bikers in this area :p

:roflmao: :lol:

Where'd you get the pot smoking part from? :D

Quite a few downhillers have been busted, one with a grow op. And the freeride scene is amongst the largest in bc than just about anywhere else, and the whole pot smoking thing goes hand in hand with bc canada. I can see how he made the connection. I meet more than my share of americans here to ride the shore or whistler AND smoke our pot. :)

Too much info...I think you overdid it. :p :D

Bump...this is still one of my all-time favorite posts. :)


Here is something to pi$$ everyone off. :

[:rolleyes: :p ;) :o :) :D SARCASM]

Advocacy & Safety: earnest safety nazis
Alt Bike Culture: Boys from the 'hood
Bicycle Mechanics: Antisocial gearheads
BMX: Trash talking taggers from the burbs
Commuting: Freds
Classic & Vintage: obsessive number matchers
Fifty Plus (50+): Geezers on cruisers
Folding Bikes: Wierdos on clown bikes
Living Car Free: Granola munching hippies
Mountain Biking: Pot smoking trail destroyers
Recumbent: Fat guys with beards
Road Cycling: weight weenies and Lance wanabes
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear: tattooed hipsters
Touring: Ultra Freds
Triathlon: steroid munching amateurs
General Cycling Discussion: Lurkers and newbies

[/SARCASM]

Don't worry, I fit in at least 5 of these catagories.

I get a kick out of seeing the old names here, too:)

Ah, but five years ago, I never even ventured into Foo.

so, what's your stereotype of the women's forum?

so, what's your stereotype of the women's forum?Negligees and pillow fights, of course!

gossip, drinking until you drop and how to reduce chafing, I guess.

Negligees and pillow fights, of course!

I've heard that's what actually happens!