Actually he has a Brooklyn, but he doesn't bother getting it out for anything less than 20 feetstinkyboy said:
What's with MTB snobs? People with more money than talent = snobs!
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So anything above what your bike costs puts someone in the snob catagory?Spokompton said:
Dude, you need to take the advice that's been given to you here; Why care? Shut up and ride your bike. Don't let what other folks do or spend bother you. I suspect you have money issues in general, not just with bikes. Probably cars as well.
P.S. I may be one of the posers that you're talking about, as I post in the turner forum. What's with posting a link to this thread over there? Just to stir up sh!t? What is really motivating your hate here.
Just shut up and ride.
i dont see a problem with buying an expensive bike if you have no skills, the show off thing... i see it as the other guys feeling less for not having a good bike, which is stupid..
a year ago, i found myself blaming my old GT sts carbon Lobo for my bad performance and lacker of air time.... i dropped the buck on a bike that was 5k+, and now i realized that i have a very expensive piece of furniture in my house... still ride like an old lady... but since i work my arss 70 hours a week behind a computer, i think i deserve such personal fullfilment..... if anybody tells me that i ride like shait... i can allways go like: "yeah, i know.. but you want my bike" jejeje
a year ago, i found myself blaming my old GT sts carbon Lobo for my bad performance and lacker of air time.... i dropped the buck on a bike that was 5k+, and now i realized that i have a very expensive piece of furniture in my house... still ride like an old lady... but since i work my arss 70 hours a week behind a computer, i think i deserve such personal fullfilment..... if anybody tells me that i ride like shait... i can allways go like: "yeah, i know.. but you want my bike" jejeje
Oh and back on topic I don't see what having more money as compared to talent has anything to do with being a snob. If you have a nice bike thats cool, as long as you don't put people down for not having as nice a bike as yourself. And if you are just jealous or hating people because they have better bikes than you or feel you have more 'talent' than them you better check your ego and chill a little. Don't get your panties in a bunch over what somebody else rides, just ride 
incredibly put. so true.Spokompton said:
I have talent and no moneyI Are Baboon said:I have more money than talent.
I suck.
It sucks.
Wanna trade?
The Ito
Wow, my bike is nicer than yours, and you're so lame you don't even have a cell phone.
It's pretty common for people with more money than skills to buy top notch bikes and dirt bikes. Once these guys get hurt or lose interest, they always sell their bikes for cheap! I'm keeping my eyes open for a CR250.
So what you're really saying, is that the Homers should give you their excess cash for penis enlargement sugery? I feel sorry for your girlfriend/boyfriend needledick!Spokompton said:Over 80% of penis enlargement surgeries are to impress other men at the gym. It's not often that men get them enlarged for their girl's pleasure which in fact women don't care about size as much as how you use it. How's that much different than buying freeride equipment for XC riding? Seems the forums are the gym to show off at, and the actual need for it on the trail isn't there.
HUmans are sillyink:
Echo said:
TreeSaw said:But I'm also knocked-up so I think I win!
Now thats funny.....
Ugh, this thread has degraded.
I think we can all agree that Spokompton was own3d good and proper by just about everyone who posted in this thread and his particular thoughts on this subject were short-sighted and not well thought out.
However, do we really need to degrade this thread into "needledick" insults and dragging up posting history on other boards?
If you disagree with someone's thoughts, how about hashing out what, exactly you disagree with and why, instead of ad hominem attacks?
I think we can all agree that Spokompton was own3d good and proper by just about everyone who posted in this thread and his particular thoughts on this subject were short-sighted and not well thought out.
However, do we really need to degrade this thread into "needledick" insults and dragging up posting history on other boards?
If you disagree with someone's thoughts, how about hashing out what, exactly you disagree with and why, instead of ad hominem attacks?
Are you also the voice of Dr. Phil?binary visions said:
My young Jeti, you do not yet possess the proper use of the Force, I was once young like you, & questioned some of the values that are bothering you at present.Spokompton said:
You think people paying top dollar for the best products drives up prices? It does keep Companies going to build better "bling" to grab that cash, but it also allows the normal folk to get cool gear in the filter down process.
Example =a couple of years ago, friend and former teamate of mine(who pulls in 6 figures) was lusting after the XTR grouppo for XC racing, paid almost $500 to get a Hollowtech crankset a soon as they where available. Is that wrong? I don't think so
Fast foreward to December 2005,while researching parts for my New single speed I noticed Jensen has a sale on LX Hollowtech cranks, for get this $189!! they have the same hollow axle as my buddies XTR they probally weigh 30 grams more,
That is the trickle down theory,the first batch is overpriced to get the "BLING WEENIES" suckered in, then the produce more often at " a slightly lower level" at a lower price, but by waiting a season or two
a) you get a lower price
b) you get a better products becuase by now all the bugs are worked out, Bling Weenies are the guinea pigs of cycling, They pay the MFG, to do product research.
I called you young at the beginning of my rant, but actually I have no idea what your age is because you left your profile blank, is that on purpose? Now That 's what I call being a snob....
i welcome the people with lots of $ and no skills. then again i work in a shop...
but still said people are the ones that keep the used parts market stocked with high-end products and the trails with eye candy.
there are a lot of people down here with pimp bikes and mad skills (castle, for one), but i think i fall in with the poor skilled peeps.
but still said people are the ones that keep the used parts market stocked with high-end products and the trails with eye candy.
there are a lot of people down here with pimp bikes and mad skills (castle, for one), but i think i fall in with the poor skilled peeps.
I am much faster and a lot better technically at 40 then I was at 30. I am a fine wine. I get better with age. I ride a 97 Super V.Spokompton said:
Nope. He didn't say "what the hell were you thinking".BurlyShirley said:
I can relate... im alot better at 16 then i was at 13jdcamb said:
No, but if you can get me a job, I'd love to make as much money as that rich bastardBurlyShirley said:
Lo...f'n Lbballboy388 said:I can relate... im alot better at 16 then i was at 13
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The funny thing is you are pi$$ed because guys on the Turner board are only doing 5' drops on their 6packs, while you are doing 10'r's. Yet we all no there are guys out there doing 10++++ on their hardtails. So compared to them, aren't you also a snob? Just using your logic.
On another note. I have never encountered another rider bad mouthing a fellow riders lesser bike, other then in good natured smack talk among friends (Jr High males excluded).
On another note. I have never encountered another rider bad mouthing a fellow riders lesser bike, other then in good natured smack talk among friends (Jr High males excluded).
Maybe the reason for all this is that while you were out working on your biking skills, those guys were working on their money making skills. Personally I'd rather have my crappy skills and a bling bling bike and I laugh as I listen to you whine as I ride by.
The guy we just hired here used to work IT for the Dr. Phil show. Said that the guys house is ENORMOUS. Dr. Phill has mucho dinero.binary visions said:No, but if you can get me a job, I'd love to make as much money as that rich bastard
I make a good living so I buy the best gear for everything that I love to do. Nice car, nice camera gear, nice computers, tons of travel, and sick bikes. I don't ride anywhere near the limit of my bikes, but I have more fun than anybody else and thr cool bikes make me happy, they look cool in my office, they have knobs and stuff all over the shocks, and if nobody else ever looked at then that would be just fine. If I wanted to brag I'd start a thread about being tired of poseurs.........
Hum, I have eggbeaters on my PackSpokompton said:
because I like their performance. Funny, I never thought it was a big deal
I scrap my bike together with the money I can muster up. With practice I can be good, but I have been without a frame since summer. New frame (RM7? here's to hoping) within the next month means Andrew can go ride which means Andrew will get better and be able to ride for fun. It's expensive, and I'm not very good, but I don't think that makes me a snob.
I know!Ciaran said:You better get yourself some flats before the hardcore bike police come get you.
Hum, what are the most expensive blingy flats out there?
Super bling, man. But what's the poser value of them?sanjuro said:A flat made by a road pedal company:
That's cuz I painted it with KRYLON, holmes! Odelay Cove! Barrio Loco! And other assorted hispanic gang oriented slang.kidwoo said:
The nice thing is that I paid 250.00 for my frame and 30 bucks on Krylon paint.
Bling Bling yo!
Look at me! I'm a poser! I'm posting my bike on the intarweb without any mad skillz to back it up! Of course if you look you'll see my Fox Vanilla shock on there so you instantly know it's crap and I suck. (Actually I do suck at riding but I have a ton of fun and I am getting better. Especially when I ride with riders who are better then me!)
This thread was fun. Thanks Spokompton.
you must be hard as fvck coming from squampton... definitely south central status right there
ok hold the train...speedplay makes flats? Weak!
Nobody got my cell phone joke. C'mon, think about the SB kids!
i think it takes alot of talent to read a dumb thread like this without wanting to kill yourself.