better skills. roadie or MTB?
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Techno Destructo
Riding In Peace
Wow. Good response. We should send you over for the Tour de France for the downhill segments before all the other countries figure out the secret! You'll win every stage!fastrider gus said:
fastrider gus
super huck
booh yea man.. can i borrow your couch bike?
fastrider gus
super huck
no im serious!
i dont see why roadies get so much exposure and MTB riders are left in the dark..
road riding isnt impressive. would you rather see a road dude riding beside a car for half an hour or a dude blasting down a technical DH run littered with gap jumps and north shore!!
i have to admit though, it is amazing just how fit those guys are.. but nothing more..
i dont see why roadies get so much exposure and MTB riders are left in the dark..
road riding isnt impressive. would you rather see a road dude riding beside a car for half an hour or a dude blasting down a technical DH run littered with gap jumps and north shore!!
i have to admit though, it is amazing just how fit those guys are.. but nothing more..
wombat
Lives in a hole
Why do they get more exposure? Well how long as mtb been around for? what 30 years tops? How long as road racing been around for, well this is the 100th year of the tour alone, so you do the math.
I'll agree, road racing isn't as biased towards bike handling as downhill etc. is, but there is a lot more to skills than simply being able to "huck" a 30 foot gap or hit a rock garden flat out.
You're also talking down the fitness of mtbers, check who scored the highest output on the power bike at the AIS....hint: it wasn't a roadie.
While it's not fair that mountainbiking doesnt get the coverage it might deserve, we're not the only ones being hardly done by. One of our customers is a little red-head bloke by the name of Darryl, who happens to be the current karting world champ, and one of the greatest drivers of all time. You ever seen him on TV?
I'll agree, road racing isn't as biased towards bike handling as downhill etc. is, but there is a lot more to skills than simply being able to "huck" a 30 foot gap or hit a rock garden flat out.
You're also talking down the fitness of mtbers, check who scored the highest output on the power bike at the AIS....hint: it wasn't a roadie.
While it's not fair that mountainbiking doesnt get the coverage it might deserve, we're not the only ones being hardly done by. One of our customers is a little red-head bloke by the name of Darryl, who happens to be the current karting world champ, and one of the greatest drivers of all time. You ever seen him on TV?
Techno Destructo
Riding In Peace
Ok Gus. Now you're just embarassing yourself.
Trying thinking a bit about this. Road bike racing has been around since since the 1800's. Organised mountain bike racing has been around for less than 30. Heck, mountain bikes were really only discovered by the mass media and public 10-15 years after Gary Fisher and the boys started with their klunkers back in Marin County. It takes time for a sport to get established, and therefore get the prized dollars that are needed from sponsors and the attention of major networks.
Yeah, I'd rather see a MTB race on TV than a road bike race, but such is life. It's slowly changing...
But for the skill comments?!? Gus, I saw the video of that gap you did. It was awesome! You have skill. But you have NO clue about road bike racing. Have you even been on a road bike? I mean a high-performance race one?
Don't make dumb, uninformed comments until you do some research. People will respect you a lot more for it.
Trying thinking a bit about this. Road bike racing has been around since since the 1800's. Organised mountain bike racing has been around for less than 30. Heck, mountain bikes were really only discovered by the mass media and public 10-15 years after Gary Fisher and the boys started with their klunkers back in Marin County. It takes time for a sport to get established, and therefore get the prized dollars that are needed from sponsors and the attention of major networks.
Yeah, I'd rather see a MTB race on TV than a road bike race, but such is life. It's slowly changing...
But for the skill comments?!? Gus, I saw the video of that gap you did. It was awesome! You have skill. But you have NO clue about road bike racing. Have you even been on a road bike? I mean a high-performance race one?
Don't make dumb, uninformed comments until you do some research. People will respect you a lot more for it.
Try racing road gus, you should at least respect them for what they do :roll:
And have you ever noticed the people with the money follow the more prestigious sports (F1, roading etc) so of course TV will follow them, thats where the money is. Give it time and DH/FR will get more time. DH/FR is also a bit harder to capture, (like rally), so isn't the best spectator sport.
And have you ever noticed the people with the money follow the more prestigious sports (F1, roading etc) so of course TV will follow them, thats where the money is. Give it time and DH/FR will get more time. DH/FR is also a bit harder to capture, (like rally), so isn't the best spectator sport.
who has the best skills? Track riders! :lol: just to add confusion...
For anyone that wants to be close minded and diss roadies, jump in a bunch sprint, throw in some agro riding (hooks/elbows) and then rethink your opinion.
Look at Cooke and McEwen, how they stayed up even though someone leant/crashed into them in the sprint, that's skill :shock:
for you to say roadies have no skill is like me saying mtb'ers have no fitness. both are idiotic statements.
For anyone that wants to be close minded and diss roadies, jump in a bunch sprint, throw in some agro riding (hooks/elbows) and then rethink your opinion.
Look at Cooke and McEwen, how they stayed up even though someone leant/crashed into them in the sprint, that's skill :shock:
for you to say roadies have no skill is like me saying mtb'ers have no fitness. both are idiotic statements.
fastrider gus
super huck
hey guys..
the forum asked who has better skills.. i posted my opinion, dont have a go at me because i said what i thought, and if you are, dont ask the freaking question..
i could say what i REALY thought.. that road riders are a bunch of queers..."oooh!! there's gravel on the track!!! AAAH!!!"
damn pansy's..
the forum asked who has better skills.. i posted my opinion, dont have a go at me because i said what i thought, and if you are, dont ask the freaking question..
i could say what i REALY thought.. that road riders are a bunch of queers..."oooh!! there's gravel on the track!!! AAAH!!!"
damn pansy's..
fastrider gus
super huck
that would be prety cool actually! only if it was a small section of the total track though.. and realy steep and fast!
it seems strange how little the two groups mix really.
when i was racing moto's i had a supermono i rode/raced for road, and a YZ i raced MX, and there where a bunch of us who did both.
with MTB's it seems you ride DH or XC, or trials, not all of them, and you either race road OR MTB.
with moto's it's uncommon to find a WR rider who calls a GSX-R owner a faggot, or vice-versa.
considering how small our rider base is maybe we should be trying to get roadies to have a go, and convert them, instead of calling them names.
(and yes i know how weird it is for me to be saying this after starting the whole thing, but that guy really just pissed me off
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when i was racing moto's i had a supermono i rode/raced for road, and a YZ i raced MX, and there where a bunch of us who did both.
with MTB's it seems you ride DH or XC, or trials, not all of them, and you either race road OR MTB.
with moto's it's uncommon to find a WR rider who calls a GSX-R owner a faggot, or vice-versa.
considering how small our rider base is maybe we should be trying to get roadies to have a go, and convert them, instead of calling them names.
(and yes i know how weird it is for me to be saying this after starting the whole thing, but that guy really just pissed me off
)I've had a go at trials, road, mtb, bmx and track riding/racing, so I must be an exception 8) But then again, I'm a bit of a tosser for boasting about that
As for the groups not mixing, it's pathetic how some riders have terrible attitudes towards other types of riders. In the end, we're a very small minority group, we really should stick together for the one cause, being elitist wankers never helps.
As for the groups not mixing, it's pathetic how some riders have terrible attitudes towards other types of riders. In the end, we're a very small minority group, we really should stick together for the one cause, being elitist wankers never helps.
AT the elite level sure Dh's have more skill but dont write off the roadies.Did you guys see lance Armstrongs off road adventure in Le Tour today...that was skill and if he decided to race cross country Mtb hed smoke everybody.You can also ride downhill faster when your fresh and not fucked from riding kay after kay! Most people think roadies are unco coz of the 50 year olds they nearly clean up on the road everyday but 90% of 50 year olds are also orinary on Mtbs my old man is a prime example!!J bear.