7 reasons why you should not buy a gravel bike

[scho74]

this is the best video i've seen all year. this man has great reasons, and his passion...incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRK_Qjjeh8g

i still can't wait for my gravel bike to get delivered though. :banana:

[Nomadmax]

He lost all credibility with me when he said you only need one bike. ;)

[joosttx]

Chap needs to buy a groomer more than a gravel bike. The length of his ear hair is epic.

[FlashUNC]

Our ancestors fought a war so we wouldn't have to listen to British people tell us what to do.

[joosttx]

Our ancestors fought a war so we wouldn't have to listen to British people tell us what to do.

Excellent point.

[corky]

There’s some comedy gold in there though...... “he’s gone to find lake ‘me’”

Many a true word spoken in jest.....

[Whit51]

Great hilarious rant. Of course he delivers it while standing next to his very nice gravel bike.

[Llewellyn]

That was brilliant......and very true :banana:

[reuben]

Love me a good curmudgeon.

"ever since donkeys started riding bikes"

"somebody, somewhere, in advertising in one of those open plan empty offices with scrabble tables and beanbags"

[oldpotatoe]

Our ancestors fought a war so we wouldn't have to listen to British people tell us what to do.

YES, indeed they DID!!

[makoti]

He lost all credibility with me when he said you only need one bike. ;)

Couldn't get past the clamped top tube

[jpw]

Our ancestors fought a war so we wouldn't have to listen to British people tell us what to do.

Which ancestors, from where, from when? ;-)

"British" doesn't mean that much.

[jpw]

this is the best video i've seen all year. this man has great reasons, and his passion...incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRK_Qjjeh8g

i still can't wait for my gravel bike to get delivered though. :banana:

From Kent. Almost a foreigner really. Too close to France to be truly English. LOL.

[charliedid]

Everyone's an idiot. Apparently.

Pip pip!

[FlashUNC]

Which ancestors, from where, from when? ;-)

"British" doesn't mean that much.

Eh, take your pick from across the Empire, but I was specifically referring to the American Revolution.

[redir]

"Right of ways are filled with the 4 things I hate the most, horses, dogs, children... and old people."


LOOOOL

And when he says old people he means people older the him.

Hahahha funny dude. :banana:

[weisan]

Eh, take your pick from across the Empire, but I was specifically referring to the American Revolution.

https://youtu.be/l_UegL1R3X8

[Mr. Pink]

Our ancestors fought a war so we wouldn't have to listen to British people tell us what to do.

Was that the one after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

[Mr. Pink]

Chap needs to buy a groomer more than a gravel bike. The length of his ear hair is epic.

Obviously that man is not married and has no mother.

[josephr]

Couldn't get past the clamped top tube

had to close that out when I saw that. How disturbing! :confused:

[Duende]

Definitely a mouth breather! ;)

[Spaghetti Legs]

Harumph, harumph!

Argument for only one bike - “Do I pick the Bentley, do I pick the Lambo?”. That’s exactly what I do when I get ready for a ride and I love it!

Only need one bike, pffft ...

[bthomas515]

I created a YouTube account just to dislike the video

[rain dogs]

I created a YouTube account just to dislike the video

Even if it isn't true, I have the feels for this.

On an unrelated note. I was thinking today. WHY, do they need to be called dress shoes? What is all this pretentious categorizing? Why can't all foot coverings just be seen for what they are, equal shoes?

We've been wearing sandals since like 1BC, or earlier. You can't tell me I can't wear birkenstocks with socks to a wedding.

Take your fancy shoes and your marketing and go pound coarse sand... (but not sand so coarse that it'd be considered gravel)

[robt57]

I can think of at least 7 reasons I should been doing something else for that 15 minutes...

I coulda been in the classifieds here looking for N+∞

[Spaghetti Legs]

Even if it isn't true, I have the feels for this.

On an unrelated note. I was thinking today. WHY, do they need to be called dress shoes? What is all this pretentious categorizing? Why can't all foot coverings just be seen for what they are, equal shoes?

We've been wearing sandals since like 1BC, or earlier. You can't tell me I can't wear birkenstocks with socks to a wedding.

Take your fancy shoes and your marketing and go pound coarse sand... (but not sand so coarse that it'd be considered gravel)

Heard as he pedals away on his recumbent, eyeballing you in his helmet mirror.

[zzy]

that was a flashback to my (southern english) father lecturing me on why i didn't need a full suspension MTB back when i was a kid in the 90s. he made me learn to wrench my own bike growing up and tried to convince me there were no bike specific tools. if you don't like that video, you probably don't get the tongue in cheek style of the british.

[jkbrwn]

if you don't like that video, you probably don't get the tongue in cheek style of the british.

Quite. I posted the video on and English bike forum and it was a total hit. Found it totally hilarious (as someone from South East England).

[zzy]

i think most people don't realize that's *his* bike and he's just taking the piss

[mcfarton]

I found the humor in that until he talked about having multiple bikes and always riding the one. That hit too close to home [emoji38]


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