Let’s look beyond the obvious bald-spots and grey hair, and find other traits to spot ‘the lesser beer potted old-school mountain biker’.
1.) The ‘fashion victim’ wardrobe of miss-matched attire, all of which is in dishevelled condition.
2.) Coming from an era of the cantilever brake, you’ll see them employ a two fingered brake-technique, even on disc-brakes.
3.) Will own at least three mountain-bikes of which only one will be in ride-able condition, the others falling in to a loose category of ‘projects’.
4.) Maintains a relentless exercise in revisionist history, founded on the bedrock that “they don’t make em’ as good as they use to”.
5.) Possesses a ‘colourful’ brash vocabulary, include the stock reply, when things get tough to “toughen-up”
6.) Has the ability to spin-a-yarn that makes everything in the past seem like it was a by-gone age out of a Peter Jackson movie, rather than just two decades ago.
7.) Ability to consume large quantities of beer in a short time, without any noticeable adverse affects to riding ability.
2.) Coming from an era of the cantilever brake, you’ll see them employ a two fingered brake-technique, even on disc-brakes.
3.) Will own at least three mountain-bikes of which only one will be in ride-able condition, the others falling in to a loose category of ‘projects’.
4.) Maintains a relentless exercise in revisionist history, founded on the bedrock that “they don’t make em’ as good as they use to”.
5.) Possesses a ‘colourful’ brash vocabulary, include the stock reply, when things get tough to “toughen-up”
6.) Has the ability to spin-a-yarn that makes everything in the past seem like it was a by-gone age out of a Peter Jackson movie, rather than just two decades ago.
7.) Ability to consume large quantities of beer in a short time, without any noticeable adverse affects to riding ability.
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