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12-21-2006, 06:39 AM

JD wrote:
> Giant Yukon MTB Girl wrote:
>> On Dec 19, 10:24 pm, "JD" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>> wizardB wrote:
>>>> Riding XC or Free riding or Shore style which ever , armor is a must
>>>> whenever your pushing the envelope.The only people who don't are the
>>>> idiots,they might as well leave their helmets home and just off
>>>> themselves fast.
>
>
>>> You are truly programmed. I wonder how much your television viewing
>>> over the years has created this phenomenon, or if you are just another
>>> dullard lemming?
>>>
>>> JD
>
>
>> It's from too much time in front of the internet with no life as
>> reality and not enough time checking into the real reality.
>> Which is why you have a life and I gather lots of "balance" in your
>> life. Kinda lets all the other areas work at their best, esp. cycling,
>> no?
>
>
> Most kids nowdays have no idea that there is a large world out there
> with people who don't buy into the crap the media feeds them day in and
> day out. They scarf it right up and some of us enjoy sitting back and
> seeing just how severely impaired it makes some of them. Like this kid
> whizzerp or whatever. Whizzerp is obviously convinced that armor is a
> "must" for those who push the envelope and if they don't use it, they
> are "idiots". He/she/it has been so programmed by what MBA or other
> ragazines have told them, that is impossible to be sane and push one's
> limits on a mountain bike without body armor. Their narrow view has
> obviously blinded them to the fact that until a few years ago, NOBODY
> WAS WEARING BODY ARMOR ON MOUNTAIN BIKES. Would it have been
> impossible for people like Joe Murray, Ned Overend or John Tomac to
> push their limits and if they did manage to push them, they were
> idiots? This ridiculous little twit whizzerp only deserves to be
> berated for their obvoius cluelessness and programmed mentality.
>
> BTW, I'm imbalanced because I ride bicycles more than is socially
> acceptable, especially where I reside. Then again, normalcy is
> overrated and some societies just plain suck.
>
> JD
>
First JD I'm no kid and have been riding the shore since the 1980's
,having pulled many people off the mountain with major injuries many
which could have been avoided with the use of some simple armor that I
believe that to not wear armor where it is necessary is just plain
machismo bull.PS I never buy in to media hype about anything.So before
you start off on an other of your pinhead rants maybe your should look
at what's really out there other than those sidewalks you ride down there.

12-21-2006, 07:17 AM

"wizardB" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> First JD I'm no kid and have been riding the shore since the 1980's
> ,having pulled many people off the mountain with major injuries many which
> could have been avoided with the use of some simple armor that I believe
> that to not wear armor where it is necessary is just plain machismo
> bull.PS I never buy in to media hype about anything.So before you start
> off on an other of your pinhead rants maybe your should look at what's
> really out there other than those sidewalks you ride down there.

uh oh, you gonna get it now, shore boy.

saying sidewalk rider to one of the best (and fastest) technical riders I've
seen.....

this isn't going to be pretty

12-21-2006, 07:40 AM

GeeDubb wrote:
> "wizardB" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:e0xih.508966$5R2.43389@pd7urf3no...
>> First JD I'm no kid and have been riding the shore since the 1980's
>> ,having pulled many people off the mountain with major injuries many
>> which could have been avoided with the use of some simple armor that I
>> believe that to not wear armor where it is necessary is just plain
>> machismo bull.PS I never buy in to media hype about anything.So before
>> you start off on an other of your pinhead rants maybe your should look
>> at what's really out there other than those sidewalks you ride down
>> there.
>
> uh oh, you gonna get it now, shore boy.
>
> saying sidewalk rider to one of the best (and fastest) technical riders
> I've seen.....
>
> this isn't going to be pretty
>
>

Place your bets now. Even odds if you take JD. I'm giving 20:1 if your
take the grand wizard.

--
o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
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12-21-2006, 09:25 AM

Marz wrote:

> I thought I'd a quick bit of research and guess what, a picture of
> John Tomac pushing the limits winning the Kamikaze in 2004 while
> wearing, yep you guessed it, body armour.
>
> http://www.mbaction.com/archive/johntomackamikaze.jpg

Funny, I thought the subject was plastic courage for *XC* riding?

Bill "although there is the old question of why Kamikaze /pilots/ wore
helmets" S.

12-21-2006, 10:45 AM

Marz wrote:

> I thought I'd a quick bit of research and guess what, a picture of
> John Tomac pushing the limits winning the Kamikaze in 2004 while
> wearing, yep you guessed it, body armour.
>
> http://www.mbaction.com/archive/johntomackamikaze.jpg

Funny, I thought the subject was plastic courage for *XC* riding?

Bill "although there is the old question of why Kamikaze /pilots/ wore
helmets" S.

12-21-2006, 06:05 PM

wizardB wrote:
> JD wrote:
> > Giant Yukon MTB Girl wrote:
> >> On Dec 19, 10:24 pm, "JD" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> >>> wizardB wrote:
> >>>> Riding XC or Free riding or Shore style which ever , armor is a must
> >>>> whenever your pushing the envelope.The only people who don't are the
> >>>> idiots,they might as well leave their helmets home and just off
> >>>> themselves fast.
> >
> >
> >>> You are truly programmed. I wonder how much your television viewing
> >>> over the years has created this phenomenon, or if you are just another
> >>> dullard lemming?
> >>>
> >>> JD
> >
> >
> >> It's from too much time in front of the internet with no life as
> >> reality and not enough time checking into the real reality.
> >> Which is why you have a life and I gather lots of "balance" in your
> >> life. Kinda lets all the other areas work at their best, esp. cycling,
> >> no?
> >
> >
> > Most kids nowdays have no idea that there is a large world out there
> > with people who don't buy into the crap the media feeds them day in and
> > day out. They scarf it right up and some of us enjoy sitting back and
> > seeing just how severely impaired it makes some of them. Like this kid
> > whizzerp or whatever. Whizzerp is obviously convinced that armor is a
> > "must" for those who push the envelope and if they don't use it, they
> > are "idiots". He/she/it has been so programmed by what MBA or other
> > ragazines have told them, that is impossible to be sane and push one's
> > limits on a mountain bike without body armor. Their narrow view has
> > obviously blinded them to the fact that until a few years ago, NOBODY
> > WAS WEARING BODY ARMOR ON MOUNTAIN BIKES. Would it have been
> > impossible for people like Joe Murray, Ned Overend or John Tomac to
> > push their limits and if they did manage to push them, they were
> > idiots? This ridiculous little twit whizzerp only deserves to be
> > berated for their obvoius cluelessness and programmed mentality.
> >
> > BTW, I'm imbalanced because I ride bicycles more than is socially
> > acceptable, especially where I reside. Then again, normalcy is
> > overrated and some societies just plain suck.
> >
> > JD

> First JD I'm no kid and have been riding the shore since the 1980's

So, tell us all whizzerp, my anonymous little pissant, what body armor
were you wearing in the 80's?

> ,having pulled many people off the mountain with major injuries many
> which could have been avoided with the use of some simple armor that I
> believe that to not wear armor where it is necessary is just plain
> machismo bull.

Just admit that you are a punk and subscribe to punk notions and be
done with it, punk.

> PS I never buy in to media hype about anything.So before
> you start off on an other of your pinhead rants maybe your should look
> at what's really out there other than those sidewalks you ride down there.

Next thing you know, whizzerp will be dropping names and beating their
chest to show how HARDCORE they are. I've seen your kind before and
laughed at them, riding the Prime Cut in Fruita on FR bikes in full
body armor. You'd never keep up with me on a bad day out there in your
armor, "pushing the limits" and pissing into the wind at the same time.
What a joke, bringing a 105mm howitzer to a quickdraw competition.
Consider your eye dotted, dummy.

JD

12-21-2006, 07:08 PM

Bill Sornson wrote:

> Marz wrote:
>
> > I thought I'd a quick bit of research and guess what, a picture of
> > John Tomac pushing the limits winning the Kamikaze in 2004 while
> > wearing, yep you guessed it, body armour.
> >
> > http://www.mbaction.com/archive/johntomackamikaze.jpg
>
> Funny, I thought the subject was plastic courage for *XC* riding?
>
> Bill "although there is the old question of why Kamikaze /pilots/ wore
> helmets" S.

Not for XC, but for All Mountain or what ever the catch phase is this
month. I used the term extreme XC to cover the type of riding I do down
here. With very few managed bike trails in Trinidad ( less than 10miles
) most iof my riding is along hiking or farm trails which require a
combination of ride, push, carry and climb to get up and a whole buinch
of oh****oh****oh**** to get down. Plus I usualy ride alone and out in
the middle of nowhere (beyond cell phone coverage) and after my last
fall I had to ride the last 4 miles of trail home with a broken left
hand which ment reduced control and no rear brake. Something I'd like
to avoid in the future.

I linked to Tomac's picture because JD the wonder child suggested that
awesome riders like John ride without armour.

Laters,

Marz

12-21-2006, 07:21 PM

Marz wrote:
> I linked to Tomac's picture because JD the wonder child suggested that
> awesome riders like John ride without armour.

In their heyday (80's-mid 90's), I doubt you'll find a photo of either
of those three in body armor. Look at the old photos from the 80's,
they were all riding rigid bikes and hauling ass, sans body armor.
Twist it any way you want, you're still taking the wimpy "instant
gratification" road.

As an afterthought, I'd wager that at least one of them still hauls ass
on hardtail bikes and doesn't wear body armor while doing so. If you'd
care to put your money where your mouth is, you would LOSE.

JD

12-21-2006, 07:26 PM

"JustaDick" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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>
<snip same tired diatribe>

yep...whatever youy say....

12-22-2006, 05:50 AM

"JD" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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>
> Marz wrote:
>> I linked to Tomac's picture because JD the wonder child suggested that
>> awesome riders like John ride without armour.
>
>
> In their heyday (80's-mid 90's), I doubt you'll find a photo of either
> of those three in body armor.

so whats your point?

Look at the old photos from the 80's,
> they were all riding rigid bikes and hauling ass, sans body armor.
> Twist it any way you want, you're still taking the wimpy "instant
> gratification" road.

then they used their brains...something you obviously have no idea how to
do...

>
> As an afterthought, I'd wager that at least one of them still hauls ass
> on hardtail bikes and doesn't wear body armor while doing so. If you'd
> care to put your money where your mouth is, you would LOSE.
>
> JD

again, what's your point, and more importantly WHO GIVES A ****?

>