[paulmich]

10 Reasons Why Mountain Biking is Better than Road Biking | Sacred Rides

I got into the hybrid/road biking for the past 6 years. I am finally getting back into MB'ing. Mountain biking is da bomb!

 

[terrasmak]

I ride both, road only because it's so much easier to get out after work

 

[paulmich]

I tried the road/hybrid scene. It has to be a controlled setting when riding those bikes.

 

[Mookie]

Oh brother, not this again.

I will say that the many desert rats will argue against reason #3.

 

[paulmich]

Oh brother, not this again.

I will say that the many desert rats will argue against reason #3.

desert rats would be more prone to MB
....hence the reasoning

 

[Mookie]

desert rats would be more prone to MB
....hence the reasoning

Folks who ride in the desert don't have trees and they're doing just fine without them.

 

[paulmich]

Folks who ride in the desert don't have trees and they're doing just fine without them.

Your a true roadie- the reason I left that lifestyle- please do not respond to my posts anymore

 

[targnik]

Deserts have trees ^^ They're just very prickly!!

Plus it's all true... Hollah!!!

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Opinions are like A-holes... everybody
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[Mookie]

Your a true roadie- the reason I left that lifestyle- please do not respond to my posts anymore

Where the hell do you get that?

 

[mik_git]

Riding's riding, I like the roadie and the mtb, they are the same but different. But...
Reason #1...er I ride to the trailhead...so cars as well.
Reason #3 Never been hit by a car... been hit by plenty of trees...they can hurt, a lot.
Reason #5 Not in my neck of the woods, it's the opposite here.
Reason #10 I still wear bibs on the mtb, comfort over style for me.

 

[rockcrusher]

I don't even get #10. This is wonderful internet journalism "mountain biking is better than road biking because bib shorts". So is that because a huge proportion of roadies use bib shorts and that is bad because bib shorts are the most comfortable shorts you will ever wear or because a huge proportion of mountain bikers wear bib shorts and they are the most comfortable shorts you will ever wear?

Judging by the cut through and short cut trails I see all over the place I would suggest that mountain bikers are crazy competitive, just as much as roadies. I have been on both varieties of bikes where I saw riders doing dumb things on bikes so that they could "win" over the rest of us. Leave that **** on the race track.

If you want to make yourself feel better about being a mountain biker or becoming a mountain biker then at least post something that is well written and not just some kneejerk reaction from someone that didn't like road riding because a huge proportion of us on here like to ride bikes, no matter the flavor.

 

[life behind bars]

Participating in either makes you better at the other, ride on.

 

[Finch Platte]

Deserts have trees ^^ They're just very prickly!!

Plus it's all true... Chollah!!!

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Opinions are like A-holes... everybody
has one & they're usually full of...??

Fixed.

 

[Finch Platte]

Your a true roadie- the reason I left that lifestyle- please do not respond to my posts anymore

Ooh! A sensitive soul!

 

[Ricko]

#11...There are urinals EVERYWHERE!

 

[deke505]

Folks who ride in the desert don't have trees and they're doing just fine without them.

Your a true roadie- the reason I left that lifestyle- please do not respond to my posts anymore

Yeah Mookie, you roadie you.......:ciappa::ciappa::ihih:

 

[Mookie]

Yeah Mookie, you roadie you.......:ciappa::ciappa::ihih:

After all this time I've been outed. And to think all it took was a comment about trees and the desert to do it. Who knew?

 

[BobbyWilliams]

Seems to me that this article, and many other similar lists miss one of the most important points. Being a better road rider tends to mean your a faster road rider. Being a better mountain biker could also mean that or it could mean your better at catching air, riding up and over large boulders, or manualing a set of rollers, or hitting your line through berms or climbing a nasty uphill rock garden, or ... So on.

Now granted if your riding in a pack of roadies there can be a LOT of thought and strategizing going on, but Mountain biking presents a multitude of thought provoking challenges around every corner and with every challenge comes another skill to be mastered.

 

[Mookie]

At the end of the day its all about getting on a bike and going for a bike ride. Why would I disparage somebody who rides road? If that's how somebody enjoys the sport then there's nothing wrong with that.

I've seen jerks and a-holes in both disciplines. Duh!!

 

[DIRTJUNKIE]

Whoever wrote that article is a class -A- moron.

That is all, carry on now boys and girls.