Originally Posted by
Hocam
I found other people on the trails to be a lot more talkative and friendly when I'm in normal clothes (non-baggy hiking shorts an t-shirt) vs. my collection of roadie jersey's and bibs/shorts.
Similarly, I've found people in regular clothes to be much more friendly and talkative than people in the hardcore biking gear, speaking generally.
And I don't know why some of you are getting so offended about the reduced interest in fixed-foot riding. The OP didn't mean "dying" as in nobody should use them anymore, just "dying" as in fading in popularity among the general population of offroad riders.
I also think there are way too many different styles of riding for anyone to say one is better than the other for even
most purposes.