JD's Trek Posts

NotaKnob said:

Since the weather's changing, are you heading south anytime soon to
ride?

I've never really had the urge to head south in Germany because all the
listed trails are >3m. However, might be worth doing with a decent guide...

Dan Volker [/i]
Greg, pull your nose out of the pubic hairs in JD's [censored].
You don't even know what the real argument has been about,
even though you have been chiming in from the start. Aside
from the backslapping among you and the other circle
jerkers, the dispute has little to do with good mountain
biking....the dispute is much more about two views of the
sport. [/B][/QUOTE]

Which is funny because that is specifically not what the "dispute" in this thread is about, but what Dan V. automatically concludes...

But it gets better....

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Dan Volker
There is the SS group, that thinks REAL
MOUNTAINBIKING is about simplifying, lightening, spending
less, and somehow getting back to basics ( and of course,
forgetting that hiking would be the ultimate extension of
this) [/B]

Which is too funny considering he's never ridden a singlespeed, proclaims that SSers are slower that geared bikes (however that happens) and is about the only one that really actually contends that there is a SS group.

But if even gets better as Dan revs up the generalization machine...

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Dan Volker
....and there is another group of mountain bikers, that
is always looking for the Magic Carpet ride...they want the
technological marvel that will allow them to do more,
easier. If someone in this category was given a rigid SS
bike to ride, they would feel that they were being robbed of
a huge part of the experience of mountain biking---the
feeling that they had all these technological solutions, all
dialed in just for them, each contributing perfectly to the
ideal performance for a thrilling ride on a good trail.
[/B]

Which is really funny since Dan obviously doesn't realize that the same SS subgroup that he professes to know so much about (never mind the fact that he hasn't ridden a SS) typically rode all sorts of geared bikes prior to settling in on a SS and fully realize that simply because a bike is "dialed in just for them" doesn't make the bike any better than a POS bike that you just love to ride for the sake of riding.

In fact, Dan probably couldn't comprehend someone having a super lightweight race frame with custom wheels and gobs of carbon bits attached it hanging in a garage for the past couple of years because the owner favors an absolute piece of **** bike that they enjoy riding more, bu I digress....

Dan concludes his foray in to stand up with this little nugget of irony...

QUOTEiOriginally posted by Dan Volker said:

Actually I couldn't care less what JD thinks
Which is actually extremely funny when you consider that he spent time
researching and digging up old message board quotes regarding a Trek Y
frame only to contend that he doesn't care what JD thinks.
That in and of itself made this thread worth reading. But the icing on
this humor cake is this gem from Dan V....
The people who resemble either of these two the most, don't think THE
SPORT OF MOUNTAIN BIKING should be enjoyed any other way than their
approach. Both groups forget that we are all doing this for the thrill
and for the outdoor adventure... They are really arguing about who knows
how to have fun, and this is a pretty stupid thing to argue about.

First, this gem from TbF:

Ah, perhaps he finally gets it. After all, this is exactly what people
have been telling him in this NG since he started posting here. Then
again, I'm sure he still contends that you can't truly enjoy the sport
without racing and measuring your VO2 max and determining your min/max
heartrate and measuring your intake (most people call this food) in
watts in order to be like that guy from Texas.......

Thanks for the laughs, guys. It made my final day of the work week
a good one.

Ken

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Quoted message said:

NotaKnob said:

Since the weather's changing, are you heading south anytime soon to
ride?

I've never really had the urge to head south in Germany because all the
listed trails are >3m. However, might be worth doing with a decent guide...

Oh, don't worry, all the trails I ride on were at >one time< larger than 2m.

nk