X-post from the Lounge. I hope its not a repost but I think it brilliant. I want to be the spirit of Enduro too.
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Eh? the term "Enduro" came from motocross in the UK about a century agofrench were before you, they created it year 1987.
for 'muricans
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/opinion-dear-america-2014.html
Read it. It's not that.didn't watch the video, but let me guess, he talks about how it's "getting back to it's roots" and "really captures the essence of mountain biking"
you read the video? is that supposed to be ironic? careful there, irony leads to hipsterism, and hipsterism leads to enduro.Read it. It's not that.
Enduro was invented in the bottom of a wine bottle at the end of a cigarette somewhere in the Rhone Valley after some dudes in berets and mustaches watched Klunkerz.
I meant the pinkpike article. Coffee still brewing here. Derp.you read the video? is that supposed to be ironic? careful there, irony leads to hipsterism, and hipsterism leads to enduro.
the internet wasn't as prolific back then. if it had been, i'm sure we would have.Did people argue about the origins and bitch about marketing when manufacturers started making Downhill specific products? Serious question.
No because racing downhill is as natural as breathing. It's an innate part of the human existence that needs no explanation, no justification, and cultural approval is as natural as that of bacon and beer.Did people argue about the origins and bitch about marketing when manufacturers started making Downhill specific products? Serious question.
Let me help you get your focus.I don't really get what the hulabaluga is, so maybe somebody could explain it to me. Who the fyck gives a **** what they call it,
I just find it irritating, that one can not simply ride a bike now, it must be classified and pigeon holed.I don't really get what the hulabaluga .
tl;dr, the problem is marketing bukakkeI just find it irritating, that one can not simply ride a bike now, it must be classified and pigeon holed.
DH made sense, because you don't need to race to do downhill.
XC made sense, because it meant you did a lot of miles including a lot of ups and downs but generally nothing too gnarls
AM made sense, because it kinda fit in the middle of those, where you "work for your downs".
Then Enduro came along and just confused everyone, and everyone having their own little take on it.
I'm on the volunteer committee of my local Bike Park (if you can call anything a "Park" in the South East of England), and at an event... I sh!t you not...someone asked us if we could build "And Enduro track"
When we asked, what this Enduro track should be like, the answer was "Well, kinda like a Downhill track, but longer"
so the guy (maybe a gal), wants a longer DH track. where's the problem? if you don't have the terrain, tell them to go to France. You know, the birthplace of Enduro?!I'm on the volunteer committee of my local Bike Park (if you can call anything a "Park" in the South East of England), and at an event... I sh!t you not...someone asked us if we could build "An Enduro track"
When we asked, what this Enduro track should be like, the answer was
"Well, kinda like a Downhill track, but longer"
just a bad video?Let me help you get your focus.
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/362294/
If you can watch that whole thing without throwing up in your mouth, you're a bigger man than I.
Just a heads up though, that doesn't take much.
Let me help you get your focus.
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/362294/
If you can watch that whole thing without throwing up in your mouth, you're a bigger man than I.
Just a heads up though, that doesn't take much.
but it's not a new word. only a new marketing category.It's funny with resistance of a new word.
yep it is nothing new,Eh? the term "Enduro" came from motocross in the UK about a century ago
As for the French invention of riding uphill to race back down, every pikey kid I knew back in the 70s here in Scotland did that, we sometimes called it "scrambling" again, after the motorised version we were in awe of.. We even used 27" wheels and superwide moto cross bars..
None of this was new, even then.
I hate everything to do with bicycle Enduro and probably always will until the marketing wankers do the decent thing and rename it BEnduro same as the BMX pioneers had the decency to
yep it helps me to pick enduro rims, enduro tires, oddly in 26". I'm thankful for easier search on internet. I dont need heavy EX823 and 1,2kg tires for climbing.but it's not a new word. only a new marketing category.
enduro matingyep it is nothing new,
Le mans 24h since 1923
Ancient Greece, where athletes were competing each other in enduro running. That was before Jeebus birth.
or Netherlanders chasing down animals in enduro chase, then it must be 400 000 years ago.
and keep on..
Exactly. "Multiple Super-D's" doesn't roll off the tongue like Endruo does...It's a race format.
I couldn't make it past "Exploding on the scene"Let me help you get your focus.
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/362294/
If you can watch that whole thing without throwing up in your mouth, you're a bigger man than I.
Just a heads up though, that doesn't take much.
The problem is that the latter is called XC racing. It really is dirt road biking.Enduro racing as a format is awesome and just like DH, you really need good terrain to have a good race... but that's never stopped people from having a crappy DH race either.
Any other reference to enduro is silly. If you're not racing, it's not "enduro" riding, but I can say that I get why people use it:
When I go on a ride with people I haven't met before, I want to make sure I get to do this:
and not accidentally end up dong this:
in the winter time, does XC turn into CX?The problem is that the latter is called XC racing. It really is dirt road biking.
The emphatic voice inflection demanded by the scene being exploded upon caught my ear as well.I couldn't make it past "Exploding on the scene"
Did I miss much after that?
Two thingsEnduro racing as a format is awesome and just like DH, you really need good terrain to have a good race... but that's never stopped people from having a crappy DH race either.
Any other reference to enduro is silly. If you're not racing, it's not "enduro" riding, but I can say that I get why people use it: