prj71

Please explain why?

I'll sit by and have a beer or two while you explain this...

prj71

So the rest of the people in the area that drink beer don't have their act together and are just bunch of losers?

prj71

One could. But kinda boring.

Rajflyboy

they certainly won’t be in the hospital with yellow eyes and skin with severe liver disease when they are 35 or 40

Rajflyboy

Mountain biking = healthy activity

Beer Drinking = Unhealthy behavior

and beer tastes like piss water anyway

prj71

Neither will the rest of the folks that have the occasional drink every now and then.

Your description is using a broad brush that is painting us mountain bikers, that have a few drinks, as alcoholics.

Shame on you.

prj71

Yes. That stuff made by Budweiser, Miller, Coors sure does taste like piss water. That's why those companies are getting an a-ss kicking from the craft beer companies.

Lazyass

I'm not talking smack because I drank my ass off in my 20's and early 30's (haven't touched a drop since 2003), but once you become a non drinker you laugh at how stupid the marketing is. I mean the beer in that can could be Schaefer's piss water, but put a hip looking label on it with bikes and everything and charge 300% more then everyone wants it because it makes them feel sophisticated

Riv-Lantis

Truth in advertising from one of our local breweries.

Rajflyboy

Well

Why do I have to drink bear after a ride to fit into the group?

craft beer ain’t no better

prj71

Except the breweries making these beers aren't making piss water. It's very evident that it's not a bud, miller or coors product.

The little extra you pay is well worth it. Educate yourself before making such comments.

Craft Brew vs. Commercial Beer: The Importance of Quality in Beer - Craft Beer Pages

prj71

You don't have to. And it's not about fitting into the group.

And yes...Craft beer is much better than the commercialized piss water.

Rajflyboy

at least we agree a little on beer taste

Kapusta

You don't. Who ever said you did?

Rajflyboy

It’s so main stream to drink bear and ride bikes and yes I’m not a main stream person.

I get having a restaurant bicycle shop. That makes sense. Alcohol in restaurant is fine. I just don’t need to hear about beer every time I see a mountain bike.

Craft beer is about as exciting as one of them Gwyneth Paltrow candles.

Kapusta

Do you, in fact, hear about beer every time you see a mountain bike? Where is this actually happening to you?

If you don’t want to drink beer then don’t. Nobody really cares if you don’t drink beer. Why do care that others do?

Where do you get this idea that you need to drink beer to fit in?

If you are finding that you are not fitting in, perhaps it is not because you don’t drink, but rather because you are complaining about others drinking and disparaging one of their passions and pleasures (craft beer).

Rajflyboy

i don’t care about “Fitting In” but many people do care and many die because they start an idiotic habit that they may not be able to control

Kapusta

And I will say this for the fourth time:

You don’t need to drink to fit in with mtb culture. You can fit jn without drinking. Nobody expects it of you.

If someone somehow gets it in their head that the DO need to drink to fit in to MTB culture....sorry, but that is their issue. I’m not going to ask the whole world to ban alcohol because someone who has never had a drink can’t even witness a beer being consumed without thinking they have to do so themselves.

I am beginning to wonder if you have much actual exposure to people who mountain bike. Do you actually know people who have a beer in the lot afterwards? Have you felt pressure from them to drink? You seem to have this image of people sitting around playing drinking games and making each other guzzle beer bongs. This is not a frat party.
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Rajflyboy

Well

kids where I live say that it is a frat party and they nor I ride with this particular group

but I will say that alcoholism does start with one drink (those that can’t control the dopamine in their body are at high risk for addiction)

Leebo

You're in the wrong forum to rant about booze. Most of us are adults and can make choices all by ourselves. Save the preaching, no one cares. You are welcome to just keep scrolling. This a post about Dirt Rag. One year at Pedros fest Maurice sponsored me to do a whisky class. Free for all 22 who showed. Poured a TN whiskey, a wheated bourbon, a rye based bourbon and rye. Talked about grain bills, history, distilling and such. George Washington was a big whiskey maker in office, rum too. Cheers.

unterhausen

how did this turn into a beer thread?

That would be something if dirtfest went away. I imagine someone will take it up

Rajflyboy

Ok

no more beer in this thread 😂

sorry

carlosponti

maybe you need better friends? I ride with a pretty diverse group im a non religious beer drinking vegetarian not all I ride with are and guess what they are ok with it. So am I. I don't pressure them to not eat meat or have philosophical questions we just ride have fun and enjoy life. they don't pressure me at all. quite a number of craft beer places locally I enjoy them more than the water of bud coors etc. I am not drinking myself into liver damage by having one with dinner here and there. done like beer dont have one. plenty of YT mountain bikers who dont drink and ride with plenty who do. btw you misspelled beer that's one area of pressure you would need to correct

Rajflyboy

Internet is pretty much taking over for old school paperback publications

and I hate it because I like traditional books, newspapers and magazines

just the way it is

roadbuzz

Someone needs to change the thread title