Mountain Biking - Posts

Hey has anyone else here noticed how lately some people are getting a little to aggrivated when they reply to topics and other posts on here? I mena comments like

"Since you obviously have absoultely no idea about the whole 1.5 standard except that 1.5 = manitou, why dont you go here and read up a little "

"XTR is for racers or posers"

"Sorry, but that is complete BS"

"I guess you must ride on completely smooth trails with no loose dirt or rocks...for those who have ridden on REAL trails"

"and "spinning in smooth circles" (you really have to patent that term) get me up hills pretty darn quick."

here's a good posting that doesnt' affend or rip on the person he is responding to:

XXXXX i respect your opinion although i do disagree. i've been riding hardtails for the better part of 6 years and recently swiched over to my first full suspension. although i love my hardtails ( my favorite is my 2002 marin eldridge grade steel ) i feel on technical climbs rocks, roots,ruts my full suspension helps my climbing tremendously. my cranking power seems to follow the contour of the terrain i'm riding at the time and i have less spin outs/ loss of momentum. the active rear suspension help put the power to the floor although on a smooth fire road i feel a HT can have an advantage but how often do you ride a fire road without the water ruts and rocks. back to the original post i think the newer designed full suspension bikes do make riding more pleasurable and more comfortable. do you need a full suspension, probably not. would i recommend a full suspension, absolutely.

There have been some other ones that were a little more harsh that Ive seen floating around here. I'm sure I'm being a little wimp about some of them...but I just would like to see guys get back to the reason this forum is here...to help eachother out! I'm sure we are all a little *****y because most of us can't ride do to the weather.

Anyways...just wanted to see if anyone noticed this to and had any similar thoughts....Later Guys and Girls!
:beer:

I compeltely agree!

Jes lik me momma yous to sae, "Ifn u caint say nuthin nice, keep ur flippin moth shut"

L8R

Good post Punk. Glad to see others notice such things also. Viewpoints can be put across to others without being rude and offending.

Originally posted by slcpunk21
"Since you obviously have absoultely no idea about the whole 1.5 standard except that 1.5 = manitou, why dont you go here and read up a little"


Some people say something sucks without knowing anything about it, and not every post can be nice. When I have opinions and knowledge of things, I dont like it when people degrade it. I also did help by providing the link. This is one of the nicest boards and they keep it that way, but there has to be some more rude posts because not everybody can be nice all the time. And yea, I want to ride very very very badly, but its just too cold to do it and i've been in a bad mood. If this board was perfect, then it would be boring so just let things happen and the mods will deal with the stuff that crosses the line.

It is ironic that a guy named "Punk" is possibly the politest member on the forum :-)

Ok, I'm not trying to be the politest guy here..ha ha ha. Thanks though!

hey KleinMp99guy...your comment wasn't that bad, just one that I could get my hands on right away. And yes I give you lots of credit for posting a link where he could read up on it. I'll try and do that when I can... good idea.

I belong to a few other forums and man there is one specifically that I use all the time and non of the guys have posted a bad comment, and these are a bunch of car guys....and trust me it is in no way boring!!

Yes there are alot of guys on here that post about something when they really don't have a lot of knowledge about the subject they are talking about! But if someone pisses them off then they wont bother looking for more info here and wont learn more and I'm sure someone like that will just post another uneducated reply again...I don't think that would make any of us any better off if that were to happen

I'm just trying to keep the good vibe going! That's it.

:beer:

I have to add that there have been times when I want to post something very neutral, but I still feel like I have to stop and overanalyze every word before I post because SOMEONE is going to get offended or make an unneccesary personal comment (like 'geeze she can't spell unneccesary.' uneccesary. unnecesary. heck i dunno) because he/she disagrees. But then I think how silly it is to tip toe around people I don't even know and I just post it anyway. I've also had the thought several times lately of just not coming back. No one's been rude to me that I've noticed, but to others, very much so. My own ideas say something about me, obviously, but I think it also says something about the tone here. It does somewhat often foster those kinds of thoughts. But then again, it's not like any one of us can do anything to make anyone else on the planet behave the way WE want them to, so it's better to just sit back and take what you like and leave the rest (except for Joe. He can just delete your butt!! :crash: :) ).That's my plan ayway!

Hey JOE G. this forum must be an interesting little experiment for you, eh? :D Like your very own talking ant farm!!

Quite frankly, I try to be considerate of other and will not purposely bash another member. I do however, not hold back on my opinions. Especially when others bash thing I care about. i.e. political issues, moral issues and Cannondale! (that's a joke Peter!)

Some people are too uptight and need to realize what I say half a world away is just some guy in front of his computer spewing random thoughts.

I do try to keep things civil, and treat others as I wish to be treated.

L8R

"just some guy in front of his computer spewing random thoughts."

hehe my idea exactly about all of us onliners, but i didn't say it because...well... ya know :D:D :D