Sorry, just taking a page from the Republican National Committee playbook. Works for them. Didn't mean to go negitive on you.

Nobody here can spell expect Pcad.

He probably can't remember.. it was 1971.

negative!

pcad... You have to ask ?

I am the king of Freds in any environment and love dropping guys on "better" rigs than my faithful old Trek.

Back to the bong for you, Jimmy.

I would have thought that the mud flaps would have given me an honorable mention at the very least. What can I say, I live in a rainforest.

except, not expect ...

Bongs RULE.

Oh, you are perceptive cr. That's impressive.

Only you rule Jimmy...just you.



(smacking Jimmy's nutz)

Just trying to help you out, old man. You could have been funning with us, or you could be senile. Hard to tell...

That is an early sign of Alzheimer's.

I too wondered this as I started to MTB this year. So far, I have to say the MTB crowd is substantially more open and friendly.
I go a decent amount of group rides with the local club in Indy. There is a great number of roadies that are very nice and friendly on the weekend rides. They are freds I am sure. Then there are always a good number of the better riders that come off like deeks. Giving mean looks to everyone, obviously evaluating equipment, dress, etc. The weeknight training rides have many more of the deekhead types.

But at the local MTB trail (indy has few) which can be quite crowded - EVERYONE seems to say hey. People are friendly when they come up behind and need to pass. People are friendly as they pass. People are friendly as they are passed.
Now, there are signs at the start that are posted by the local MTB club that ask in no uncertain terms that riders be nice to others, to the trail, etc. Making it clear that being nice and maintaining the trail is the best way to keep the trail and welcome new riders.

That's just the way "off-roadies" roll. We don't have to be told to be nice. (except on the forums, hahaha) Really, I think the only time we're not nice around here is when somebody waltzes in and starts bashing what we hold sacred.

We've all been beginners at some point, so we don't get pissed off if we have to put a foot down to wait for the noob in front of us on that technical climb. We cheer him/her on! We are nice to them in the parking lot b/c we could always use a new beer-buddy. (JK...I drink Dr. Pepper)

It's fun to be nice.

We won't sneer at you if you decided to go steel over carbon. We're just happy to have another person out on the trail with us. Crap, dude...as much crap as Rutnick and I threw back and forth at each other last year, I still invited him out for a ride any time he came slumming here in Kansas. I meant it. I don't care if I get dropped on a climb, I gauge my success on how well I can bunny hop my own vomit on the way down the next DH, hehe.

Welcome to MTB'ing Indygreg...as much discord as I have for Jimmy, I'd still ride with the guy as long as he threw some baggies over his tighties, hahaha.

yeah about that . . . I still rock the roadie shorts and jersey at the trail. It just feels normal. I want to get a pair of MTB shorts with a liner and chamios just to feel somewhat normal. And maybe a semi-loose jersey. But I love my jersey pockets.

And I have already had a good run-in with Rutnick. He did invite me down in a very nice PM to the trails of KY.

All MTB'ers are Freds. The elitism in road cycling comes from its European roots. Mountain Biking is an American invention so it's very red-neck. The MTB'ers who stick out are the ones who DON'T drink Bud Lite and sleep with their sister.

As for me, I don't have a sister, but my brother-father and I fit right in!

I was JK dood.

I ride with spandex-clad diehards. I don't care.

Yep, and this is why you can no longer post pictures. It makes me want to move every time.

So your mtb satisfaction comes from gloating?

Bad attitude is indirectly proportional to the length of hair on a male cyclist's legs.

One other difference I've noticed between roadies and MTB'ers:

Roadies take pictures of their clean, shiny bikes carefully positioned in front of white garage doors.

MTB'ers take pictures of their dirty, worn bikes leaning against foliage, rocks, or just lying on the ground.

and like Pcad, don't partake of the bong.

Do you put as much effort into riding your bikes, as you do into stereotyping the different genres of bike riders?

Probably not, I only rode 37,000 road miles since April of 2005.

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