Originally Posted by
gastro
You and wtp both seem to share the notion that prejudging someone based upon the type of bike they ride makes sense - and it doesn't. If there were no such thing as mtb's, he would still have freds snaking lines at the park. If there were no such thing as Starbucks, poughzeurs would find somewhere else to cruise. And if they stopped making girl's jeans and t-shirts, BMXers would still wear clothes.
I'm sorry but every MTB rider I've seen at the park has been a total asshat with no style whatsoever. They snake lines, act rude as hell, hack, and don't respect the basic rules of the park. Hell, DYLAN TREMBLAY! Would not leave our bowl, insisting that 'us bmx riders' should go find somewhere else to ride. He rode for a solid 35 minutes in our bowl, just pumping around acting like the king supreme hippy he is.
Also, I guess board shorts and an Azonic shovel t-shirt with either a ball cap or a fedora aren't real clothes then
Originally Posted by
gastro
I really like the way you use the collective "we" to represent the opinion of BMXers when only two weeks ago, you'd been out of the sport for over eighteen years.
I have no problem with MTB riders, hell, if I didn't snap my Jamis a few days ago I would be riding the hills more. I just have a problem with pinkbikers and people who snake me at the park.
Originally Posted by
gastro
There are skaters who feel the same way about twenties.
What are your thoughts on 24's for street/park riding?
They try to mimic our style, and fall short a few feet away from crappy. Only things that have left me floored at what a 24" can do was one fellow who was doing brakeless g-turns and other crazy spins on the pyramid at our park. any time he left the ground he was about as graceful as a brick in the wind.