I Got Dissed By a Bicyclist (Read 2804 times)

True, but try saying it backwards...."without rednecks there would be no NASCAR"....now you've got something you can work with.

So maybe we should just let all the rednecks and road cyclists duke it out, see who wins?

They are equally evil. But without the bike, the cyclist cannot be. Thus, it is wholly appropriate to label the bike as the First of the Great Evils.

I blame the bike. it is easy to be seduced by their sleek lines and promises of easy speed only to be crushed by it on a nut-numbing quad killing ride

I thought so, but apparently not nearly as much fun to answer!

I know, if she had said "thank you" it would have changed the direction of this thread entirely!

Here in NJ, I would have given them the ol "you're number one" sign. I run trails around here and these people make me laugh. Most of them could not run around a strawberry short cake, but they act like they're athletes.Give me a break.

As a runner and mountain biker I have to take offense to this. Mountain biking is a far more intense aerobic activity than running. Maybe you should try something before you bash it.

As a runner and mountain biker I have to take offense to this. Mountain biking is a far more intense aerobic activity than running. Maybe you should try something before you bash it.

Point taken, and I apologize for offending you. However, I only go by what I see. What I see is a bunch of overweight , spandex wearing people on over priced bikes. I see them walking up the hills that I run up. I also have been nearly run off the trails because they don't know what they are doing. Perhaps where you ride,it's different. In my younger days, I did ALOT of road biking around San Francisco and was in awesome shape because of it. I also took great pains to ensure that I did it safely and was considerate of others. That seems to be missing around here.

Point taken, and I apologize for offending you.

no sweat!

How do you determine that mountain biking is "a farm ore intense aerobic activity than running?". I don't have any basis to compare, since the last time I went "mountain" biking I fell going downhill at about 3 miles/hour after 30 seconds on the trail. But that's a pretty strong statement, and I'm surprised that you haven't taken some heat for it, especially on a running website.

Perhaps I haven't taken any "heat" for my statement because this is generally a friendly and open-minded group of people on this site. Ok, I should have made the disclaimer that this statement is based directly on my own experience. For me, mountain biking 2-3 days a week has made me a much stronger runner. I think it's great cross training. If you would like basis to compare, go find a trail that has 1000ft of climbing over 4-5 miles, first run that trail, then go mountain bike the exact same trail. I would wager that even a pro mountain biker would hurt more after the ride than the run.

mountain biking is HARD road biking is EZ With running it took me 3 years of solid training to get to the point where I'm at. In triathlons, it took zero training to get me to the same competitive level on the bike, after buying a cheap entry level road bike (based on the # of people I'm beating in each portion of the tri). Sure, I know I'm basing my conclusion on n=1, but it works for me. Swimming is HARD...but that's another story; let's not go there. Swimmers can diss me all they want.