Where did I go wrong?
I have raised a bike snob! I really can't understand how this happened. It seems like just a little while ago he was tooling around on a 24" Haro just happy to be out riding but now..........it's all changed.He has been giving me a hard time about buying a "Hardrock" but now that he's ridden it he thinks it's a great little bike. Small frame,6" fork= fun trail bike. Here's where we have a problem. I told him he should build one up and he said...."I'm not building a Hardrock,I had one of those when I was 12"!I'm sure all this is his mothers fault.
Is there some sort treatment program or is he doomed to be a snob from now on? |
It's over.
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Snob? Come on now i wouldnt go that far.
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Ever since that stinky came along.... ;)
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lol,
That's funny. |
At least it's not upgraditis.
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Once they get a taste . . . .
Just wait 'til he goes off to school. He'll figure out some way to store/lock/arm his good bike in his dorm room because he won't be able to bear the thought of being seen around campus on a practical and theft-proof beater-bike :D. |
Originally Posted by mtnbiker66
(Post 9366625)
I have raised a bike snob! I really can't understand how this happened. It seems like just a little while ago he was tooling around on a 24" Haro just happy to be out riding but now..........it's all changed.He has been giving me a hard time about buying a "Hardrock" but now that he's ridden it he thinks it's a great little bike. Small frame,6" fork= fun trail bike. Here's where we have a problem. I told him he should build one up and he said...."I'm not building a Hardrock,I had one of those when I was 12"!I'm sure all this is his mothers fault.
Is there some sort treatment program or is he doomed to be a snob from now on?
Originally Posted by girlscout
"I'm not building a Hardrock,I had one of those when I was 12"!
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Dude i started out on one. I cant be ridin one now.
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Originally Posted by Girlscout13
(Post 9372567)
Dude i started out on one. I cant be ridin one now.
And there are a whole lotta worse things a teen could be doing than riding a bike.:thumb: |
Originally Posted by Girlscout13
(Post 9372567)
Dude i started out on one. I cant be ridin one now.
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Originally Posted by Girlscout13
(Post 9372567)
Dude, I started out on one. I can't be ridin one now.
You should learn to ride some then you could be a bike snob. |
Ok, when you can keep me in sight on a dh you can tell me i cant ride!
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Jeez 66, you had better slap J around a bit to keep him in line!
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Ha, this is funny. Hardrocks ARE pieces o' ****e IMO. I just sold mine, finally. Im going the cyclocross route this time around since my MTBing is more of the adventure style. The CX probably weighs about 1/2 the HR
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Originally Posted by YungBurke
(Post 9377341)
...I just sold mine, finally. Im going the cyclocross route this time around since my MTBing is more of the adventure style. The CX probably weighs about 1/2 the HR
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Originally Posted by never
(Post 9377366)
Good for you but, ahhh....who cares?
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Since it is a "public" forum...'never' can act like whom he chooses. You are welcome to "tell him" not to do so, but your words may have fallen on deaf ears.
For the record...I care if 66 raised a bike snob. His content on this thread is certainly more interesting than yours, YB. You will notice that most of the more interesting threads in the mountain bike forums have very little important information about mountain bikes. So when taking the extra time to type about someone needing to keep their "fingers still...buddy", think good and long about taking your own advice. |
YB, why do you keep coming here, since you obviously don't like mountain bikes or mountain biking? Did they drub you out of the road forum or something?
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i mountain bike fairly regularly. My point wasnt to discount the thread and say noone cares, I was pointing out that "caring" is really a relative term on an internet forum. I was a bit out of line, but I am just adding my .02 and not appreciating the dou-chebaggery. This forum is attractive to me because of a more genial aspect among posters. What I enjoy about mountain biking is climbing and seeing sights unreachable by any other means. The hardrock seems to be a bast*rd child of a downhill and an XC bike in my book, and really doesn't do much well. The RST fork might as well be rigid, the discs are shameful and Acera can only shift well new from the box. I know some prefer varying levels of suspension, but I dont like any. My CX will be used as a rigid 29er basically, Id call it a mountain bike therefore. Im sorry if I put you guys off, and frankly dminor my e-respect for you is far greater than any of the roadies. I didnt mean to cause trouble here, and I apologise.
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Isn't one bike snob in a family better than two hacks?
P.S. CX bikes are for suckers. |
Originally Posted by YungBurke
(Post 9378177)
dou-chebaggery
Originally Posted by YungBurke
(Post 9378177)
frankly dminor my e-respect for you is far greater than any of the roadies.
Originally Posted by YungBurke
(Post 9378177)
I didnt mean to cause trouble here, and I apologise.
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Originally Posted by YungBurke
(Post 9377975)
dont act like UMD and botto. I mean who really cares if mtnbiker66 raised a bike snob? No one probably is terribly concerned but this is bikeFORUMs and people converse on forums. The CX bike is going to be used as a mountain bike, this is the MTN forum is it not? Maybe you should have just kept your fingers still there buddy.
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Originally Posted by YungBurke
(Post 9378177)
but I am just adding my .02 and not appreciating the dou-chebaggery. This forum is attractive to me because of a more genial aspect among posters.
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Originally Posted by chelboed
(Post 9378869)
So Doug...he's saying that he likes you better than Dan-the-man;)
Originally Posted by YungBurke
. . . my e-respect for you is far greater than any of the roadies.
I don't find it believeable that anyone would knowingly dis Dan the Man. |
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