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Someone Please Define "Freeride?"

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Original section: Mountain Bikes
Published: 14 May 2004
Last activity: 19 May 2004
Original author: Wonder Worm
Posts: 46
Discussion status: Public discussion
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Topics: Heart rate training Punctures and flats Single-speed and fixed-gear Taper and peaking VO2 max

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Wonder Worm
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14 May 2004, 15:13 UTC #1

TIA

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S o r n i
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14 May 2004, 15:17 UTC #2

Troll.
Bill "freereply" S.

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Wonder Worm
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14 May 2004, 15:24 UTC #3

What the [censored]? A simple question and you call me a troll? Come on.
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Troll.
Bill "freereply" S.

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S o r n i
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14 May 2004, 15:32 UTC #4

Wonder Worm wrote (moved for coherency):
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Troll.
Bill "freereply" S.
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What the [censored]? A simple question and you call me a troll? Come on.
Correction: top-posting troll 🙂
Bill "just Google it and you'll stay busy for daze" S.

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Wonder Worm
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14 May 2004, 16:10 UTC #5

" S o r n i" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Wonder Worm wrote (moved for coherency):
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" S o r n i" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Troll.
Bill "freereply" S.
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What the [censored]? A simple question and you call me a troll? Come on.
Correction: top-posting troll 🙂
Bill "just Google it and you'll stay busy for daze" S.

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YOU!

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Michael Paul
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14 May 2004, 16:16 UTC #6

Making new friends?
" S o r n i" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Wonder Worm wrote (moved for coherency):
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" S o r n i" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Troll.
Bill "freereply" S.
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What the [censored]? A simple question and you call me a troll? Come on.
Correction: top-posting troll 🙂
Bill "just Google it and you'll stay busy for daze" S.

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S o r n i
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14 May 2004, 16:19 UTC #7

Wonder Worm said:
" S o r n i" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Wonder Worm wrote (moved for coherency):
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" S o r n i" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Troll.
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> Bill "freereply" S.
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What the [censored]? A simple question and you call me a troll? Come on.
Correction: top-posting troll 🙂
Bill "just Google it and you'll stay busy for daze" S.
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YOU!
Well, at least you didn't top-post it!
Bill "by the way, you sound like an ideal candidate for freeriding" S.

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S o r n i
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14 May 2004, 16:20 UTC #8

Michael Paul said:
Making new friends?
Another top-poster crawls out from under his rock!
Bill "yeah, I'm on a roll this morning" S.

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Wonder Worm
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14 May 2004, 17:23 UTC #9

Well, now I might not know what Freeriding means, because I am still in the
research mode before purchasing my first bike.
BUT, I am NOT new to the internet, and I *DO* know what a troll is...
It is obvious to me know that the TROLL is indeed SORNI. Placing that label
on others, Bill, won't lessen the fact that the TROLL is YOU!!!!

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S o r n i
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14 May 2004, 17:36 UTC #10

Wonder Worm said:
Well, now I might not know what Freeriding means, because I am still
in the research mode before purchasing my first bike.
BUT, I am NOT new to the internet, and I *DO* know what a troll is...
It is obvious to me know that the TROLL is indeed SORNI. Placing
that label on others, Bill, won't lessen the fact that the TROLL is
YOU!!!!
Dude, if you're truly not new to the internet, then just Google the term
"freeriding" and you'll have more reading to do than time to do it. (And
you'll see why the topic is often "trollish" -- IOW controversial -- in
nature.)
Bill "almost like a helm*t thread in rec.misc" S.

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S o r n i
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14 May 2004, 18:35 UTC #11

sittingduck said:
Wonder Worm said:
What the [censored]? A simple question and you call me a troll? Come on.
Nevermind the village idiot.
I *do not* live in a village! So there.
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Although he does have a point with the google thing....
Freeriding is freestyle mountainbiking. Usually taken to extremes. I
think people like Bill are quit jealous of the skill it takes to be
good at it, and would rather not hear about it.
It takes skill to ride off trail and destroy sensitive habitat?
Bill "that's why the TERM is a red flag, not the style of riding (if done
legally/responsibly)" S.
PS: A worm AND a duck! I must be emitting pheromones or something today!
Off to ride...

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HardwareLust
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14 May 2004, 18:50 UTC #12

Wonder Worm said:
What the [censored]? A simple question and you call me a troll? Come on.
" S o r n i" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Troll.
Bill "freereply" S.
A lazy, top posting troll to boot. Nice job.

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HardwareLust
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14 May 2004, 18:56 UTC #13

S o r n i said:

Dude, if you're truly not new to the internet, then just Google the
term "freeriding" and you'll have more reading to do than time to do
it. (And you'll see why the topic is often "trollish" -- IOW
controversial -- in nature.)
Bill "almost like a helm*t thread in rec.misc" S.
That's his next post:
"Someone please define helmetless freeriding on a SS while on poached trails
when indulging in a low-carb lifestyle while listening to a radio with
headphones and dodging moutain lion attacks?" :-)
Did I miss any?

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ctg
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14 May 2004, 19:49 UTC #14

"HardwareLust" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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S o r n i said:

Dude, if you're truly not new to the internet, then just Google the
term "freeriding" and you'll have more reading to do than time to do
it. (And you'll see why the topic is often "trollish" -- IOW
controversial -- in nature.)
Bill "almost like a helm*t thread in rec.misc" S.
That's his next post:
"Someone please define helmetless freeriding on a SS while on poached

trails
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when indulging in a low-carb lifestyle while listening to a radio with
headphones and dodging moutain lion attacks?" :-)
Did I miss any?
*mart bike

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Loomer
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14 May 2004, 21:55 UTC #15

You will find that a lot of old timers are not so open about this subject
here. I am 35 and have been riding for 30 years and yes I freeride. I ride
every type of off road biking there is.
Ok...
To me freeriding is about a combination of BMX "freestyle", trials, dirt
jumping, Urban and DH... maybe some good old trail riding in there too.
See, it isn't about doing anything the fastest or highest (to me) it is all
about reinventing the way you ride you bike and seeing new lines and tricks
on your favorite trails.
I have a Bullit and I love it.. I just got back from my first DH run in a
long time (I was on a rigid back then eeeck!).
RR will follow.

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Pete
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14 May 2004, 22:02 UTC #16

"ctg" <n/a@n/a.com> wrote
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"Someone please define helmetless freeriding on a SS while on poached

trails
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when indulging in a low-carb lifestyle while listening to a radio with
headphones and dodging moutain lion attacks?" :-)
Did I miss any?
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Using bike lanes or sidewalks to get to the poached trail.
Pete

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MattB
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14 May 2004, 22:02 UTC #17

Loomer said:
You will find that a lot of old timers are not so open about this
subject here. I am 35 and have been riding for 30 years and yes I
freeride. I ride every type of off road biking there is.
Ok...
To me freeriding is about a combination of BMX "freestyle", trials,
dirt jumping, Urban and DH... maybe some good old trail riding in
there too. See, it isn't about doing anything the fastest or highest
(to me) it is all about reinventing the way you ride you bike and
seeing new lines and tricks on your favorite trails.
I have a Bullit and I love it.. I just got back from my first DH run
in a long time (I was on a rigid back then eeeck!).
RR will follow.
I think there needs to be a distinction between off-trail freeriding and
on-trail.
Off-trail = bad in most cases because it tears up the land.
I love to on-trail freeride, which I'd define as riding for pure fun with
air and/or possible alternate lines. Kind of how I like to ski, but with
more regard to staying on an established route or only going off route when
it's all rock.
Matt

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Uncle Keith
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14 May 2004, 22:13 UTC #18

In article <[email hidden]>, S o r n i
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sittingduck said:
Wonder Worm said:
What the [censored]? A simple question and you call me a troll? Come on.
Nevermind the village idiot.
I *do not* live in a village! So there.
There's a village missing it's idiot then
--
Uncle Keith

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Parbs
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14 May 2004, 22:13 UTC #19

"ctg" <n/a@n/a.com> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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"HardwareLust" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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S o r n i said:

Dude, if you're truly not new to the internet, then just Google the
term "freeriding" and you'll have more reading to do than time to do
it. (And you'll see why the topic is often "trollish" -- IOW
controversial -- in nature.)
Bill "almost like a helm*t thread in rec.misc" S.
That's his next post:
"Someone please define helmetless freeriding on a SS while on poached

trails
Quoted message said:
when indulging in a low-carb lifestyle while listening to a radio with
headphones and dodging moutain lion attacks?" :-)
Did I miss any?
*mart bike

Toe-clips

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S o r n i
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14 May 2004, 23:11 UTC #20

HardwareLust said:
S o r n i said:

Dude, if you're truly not new to the internet, then just Google the
term "freeriding" and you'll have more reading to do than time to do
it. (And you'll see why the topic is often "trollish" -- IOW
controversial -- in nature.)
Bill "almost like a helm*t thread in rec.misc" S.
That's his next post:
"Someone please define helmetless freeriding on a SS while on poached
trails when indulging in a low-carb lifestyle while listening to a
radio with headphones and dodging moutain lion attacks?" :-)
Did I miss any?
Heart-rate monitor and front wheel disk brake ejection issues.
Bill "with a glob of grease on the tapers, too" S.

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