Do you get that conflict?
04-21-03, 04:40 AM
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Do you get that conflict?
I'm completely a BMX rider, I rarely even set foot on mountain bike. Still I do meet a lot of mountain bikers where I live and a lot of the time I find there is a conflict, they don't seem to like the fact we [me and my mates] ride small bikes! Am i just unlucky or do loads of you find conflict between BMX and mountain bikers?
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i have no idea what their problem is. I don't sense any animosity between mountain bikers and bmx riders here.
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I don't honestly know if there's any attitude like that around here...but I will say that in Green Bay, the adults who ride BMX bikes generally buy them because they're a more convenient size to ride on the sidewalks. I think most bikers share a certain 'attitude' toward sidewalk riders.
Or maybe it's just a city-vs-country type thing....MTBs are very rural, and BMX's are very urban, by reputation.
Or maybe it's just a city-vs-country type thing....MTBs are very rural, and BMX's are very urban, by reputation.
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I have to admit, I am a little prejudice toward BMX riders, because around here, most of them are punks. But if I do see somebody "honest" looking on a BMX, I have no problem with that, as long as they're having fun.
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my neighbors kid age 7, has a redline romp and when he comes over to play playstation, a lot of the time i'll be out riding his bike. i probably look really dumb an aging middle ager on a 'kids' bike but i get over it quick. even thinking about buying one.
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I have a big problem with a certain BMXer, but he's my little brother, so a guess that doesn't really count. I'm in the opposite situation of you, everyone around, with a few exceptions, are BMXers. It seems I'm behind in the fad, because 3 years ago the whole neighborhood was on MTBs.
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While I don't care what you ride, or how you ride it, or even if you don't ride @ all, I think that this conflict isn't an issue of BMX riders vs. Mountain Bike riders. It's really, IMHO, a generation gap - in other words, a clash of cultures.
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Originally posted by ukflatlander
I'm completely a BMX rider, I rarely even set foot on mountain bike. Still I do meet a lot of mountain bikers where I live and a lot of the time I find there is a conflict, they don't seem to like the fact we [me and my mates] ride small bikes! Am i just unlucky or do loads of you find conflict between BMX and mountain bikers?
I'm completely a BMX rider, I rarely even set foot on mountain bike. Still I do meet a lot of mountain bikers where I live and a lot of the time I find there is a conflict, they don't seem to like the fact we [me and my mates] ride small bikes! Am i just unlucky or do loads of you find conflict between BMX and mountain bikers?
