Chief Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 (edited) Just another entitled asshole who likes to be anonymously aggressive behind his keyboard but when actually confronted has nothing to back himself up. We seem to living in a world of f**ktards. Edited May 2, 2019 by Chief 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biga9999 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 That no helmet thing might work it out for you. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 51 minutes ago, Chief said: Just another entitled asshole who likes to be anonymously aggressive behind his keyboard but when actually confronted has nothing to back himself up. We seem to living in a world of f**ktards. Everything you said here is 100% correct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tip Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Chief said: Just another entitled asshole who likes to be anonymously aggressive behind his keyboard but when actually confronted has nothing to back himself up. We seem to living in a world of f**ktards. Word Your post made me miss bartman. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, The Tip said: Your post made me miss bartman. 😥 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 1 hour ago, biga9999 said: That no helmet thing might work it out for you. Darwinism at work😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cafeend Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 31 minutes ago, Chief said: Darwinism at work😉 That and HoneyBadger likely scared the shit out of him and he couldn't escape. Kind of funny if you think about it. Kept running away only to end up right back at HB giving him righteous shit for being a tool. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yosmithy Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 11 minutes ago, Cafeend said: That and HoneyBadger likely scared the shit out of him and he couldn't escape. Kind of funny if you think about it. Kept running away only to end up right back at HB giving him righteous shit for being a tool. Isn't there a teen horror movie like that? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 17 minutes ago, Yosmithy said: Isn't there a teen horror movie like that? If not, perhaps there should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Magnet Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 2 hours ago, HoneyBadger said: I happened to be standing next to the yellow caution tape (East of Parmer) on Peddlers Pass when a guy in his 20's, no helmet, and wearing Beats Headphones stopped and ducked under the tape to exit the trail. I said "Hey man, that's not an exit" before I could explain the reasons why that was a bad place to exit the trail (safety, erosion, dumbassery etc.) he came back with "This is AMURICA" and rode off to the West side of Parmer. Needless to say.........TRIGGERED. Then I just "happened" to run into him again at a choke point on the trail with my bike perpendicular to the trail, with no way around. I said, "I heard what you said over there about this been AMURICA". I was fully prepared for the onslaught of abuse he was about to hurl at me. To my surprise, he calmly turned around and rode off the wrong way without saying a word. Since the trail is so twisty, it brought him close to me two more times. It gave me the chance to let him know "you're going the wrong way on the trail" and "you're still going the wrong way on the trail". I really wanted him to give me S!@# about blocking the trail so i could have responded "This is AMURICA". I know I should have let it go, but F!@#, I'm not infringing on your constitutional rights, I'm not the man keeping you down, I'm trying to keep the trail I've spent literally thousands of hours building safe, fun, and sustainable. I totally understand the frustration that HB is feeling here but I think we need to be careful with these types of interactions. The dude was obviously an entitled douche bag but he was riding a public trail on public land and we're not the boss of him. Just imagine the fun KXAN would have with a story "...Teenage son of Cedar Park mayor assaulted by mountain biker in public park." You just don't know who you're dealing with and going 'Bartman' on someone doesn't seem like the best way to protect our trail access. There will always be people like that who don't think about the thousands of hours that went into building something that they are destroying. Does anyone really think that someone who responds to a request with "This is AMURICA" is going to listen to reason when you explain why his actions are destroying the trail?? My advice here is that if he won't listen to you to accept the fact that he's not the person you spent all those hours trying to reach. Everyone that rides that trail smiling from ear to ear and making that left turn at the end to ride it again really appreciate what you've built. Every family that takes their kid out there for their first REAL ride on a REAL mountain bike trail appreciates what you've built. We fix what they mess up and we ride on. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolie Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 53 minutes ago, Tree Magnet said: I totally understand the frustration that HB is feeling here but I think we need to be careful with these types of interactions. The dude was obviously an entitled douche bag but he was riding a public trail on public land and we're not the boss of him. Just imagine the fun KXAN would have with a story "...Teenage son of Cedar Park mayor assaulted by mountain biker in public park." You just don't know who you're dealing with and going 'Bartman' on someone doesn't seem like the best way to protect our trail access. There will always be people like that who don't think about the thousands of hours that went into building something that they are destroying. Does anyone really think that someone who responds to a request with "This is AMURICA" is going to listen to reason when you explain why his actions are destroying the trail?? My advice here is that if he won't listen to you to accept the fact that he's not the person you spent all those hours trying to reach. Everyone that rides that trail smiling from ear to ear and making that left turn at the end to ride it again really appreciate what you've built. Every family that takes their kid out there for their first REAL ride on a REAL mountain bike trail appreciates what you've built. We fix what they mess up and we ride on. Well said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biga9999 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 That was way to civilized and rational. You sure you're in the right place. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyBadger Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 3 1 hour ago, Tree Magnet said: I totally understand the frustration that HB is feeling here but I think we need to be careful with these types of interactions. The dude was obviously an entitled douche bag but he was riding a public trail on public land and we're not the boss of him. Just imagine the fun KXAN would have with a story "...Teenage son of Cedar Park mayor assaulted by mountain biker in public park." You just don't know who you're dealing with and going 'Bartman' on someone doesn't seem like the best way to protect our trail access. There will always be people like that who don't think about the thousands of hours that went into building something that they are destroying. Does anyone really think that someone who responds to a request with "This is AMURICA" is going to listen to reason when you explain why his actions are destroying the trail?? My advice here is that if he won't listen to you to accept the fact that he's not the person you spent all those hours trying to reach. Everyone that rides that trail smiling from ear to ear and making that left turn at the end to ride it again really appreciate what you've built. Every family that takes their kid out there for their first REAL ride on a REAL mountain bike trail appreciates what you've built. We fix what they mess up and we ride on. I wasn't going to start anything physical with him, but I did understand it was within the range of possible outcomes when I found him. I was only going to explain why he shouldn't make his own exits of the trail. You can only lead a horse to water you can't make it drink etc. I was trying to talk in a non-threatening way. I guess I scared the AMURICA out of him when I appeared in front of him. 😉. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbetzing Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 3 hours ago, Tree Magnet said: Every family that takes their kid out there for their first REAL ride on a REAL mountain bike trail appreciates what you've built. We fix what they mess up and we ride on. For the record, I bought my daughter her first real mountain bike for her 10th birthday, and her first real MTB ride was on snow white then peddlers pass. She hasn't stopped talking about it for the past two weeks 🙂 Especially the fact that she rode a trail called "snow white." 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyBadger Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 20 minutes ago, rbetzing said: For the record, I bought my daughter her first real mountain bike for her 10th birthday, and her first real MTB ride was on snow white then peddlers pass. She hasn't stopped talking about it for the past two weeks 🙂 Especially the fact that she rode a trail called "snow white." Little know fact, I started building Peddlers Pass so I would have somewhere to ride with my kids. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larlev Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 GF's first ever mtb ride was on Peddlers. She gets excited everytime we ride. Will be taking her 10yo soon. Just bought her a little hotrock. I've had gopro on and shes excited to ride where momma rides. 😁😁 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loop_out Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 1 hour ago, rbetzing said: For the record, I bought my daughter her first real mountain bike for her 10th birthday, and her first real MTB ride was on snow white then peddlers pass. She hasn't stopped talking about it for the past two weeks 🙂 Especially the fact that she rode a trail called "snow white." Those were the first two trails I took my 10 year old son to after getting him his first real mountain bike. He can sometimes be timid, so I thought it was just awesome when he decided to immediately retry one of the features after taking a spill on the first attempt. Having convenient access to trails like Peddlers is actually the main reason why we bought him a real mountain bike. That also led to my relatively recent purchase of a HT to match his bike. Thanks to the builders, I have these great moments with my son, but much more importantly, an excuse I readily used to buy another bike. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyBadger Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Big Build #2 is happening this Saturday, May 4th at 9:00am. Meet at the Brushy Creek Lake Park (by the splash pad). 3300 Brushy Creek Road, cedar park 78613. Come see what KOM has done so far, its amazing. The dirt is going to be perfect for building. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larlev Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 We will be there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 7 hours ago, HoneyBadger said: I wasn't going to start anything physical with him, but I did understand it was within the range of possible outcomes when I found him. I was only going to explain why he shouldn't make his own exits of the trail. You can only lead a horse to water you can't make it drink etc. I was trying to talk in a non-threatening way. I guess I scared the AMURICA out of him when I appeared in front of him. 😉. Good thing it wasn’t chainsaw trimming day. 🙂 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attaboy Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 I guess it could be worse. Just saw this. Houston area rain ride - Are you tough enough? https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_fid=23347&share_tid=1102144&url=https%3A%2F%2Fforums%2Emtbr%2Ecom%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ft%3D1102144&share_type=t 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 1 hour ago, attaboy said: I guess it could be worse. Just saw this. Houston area rain ride - Are you tough enough? https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_fid=23347&share_tid=1102144&url=https%3A%2F%2Fforums%2Emtbr%2Ecom%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ft%3D1102144&share_type=t He's trolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 1 hour ago, attaboy said: I guess it could be worse. Just saw this. Houston area rain ride - Are you tough enough? https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_fid=23347&share_tid=1102144&url=https%3A%2F%2Fforums%2Emtbr%2Ecom%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ft%3D1102144&share_type=t I did like this response though: Quote If you want to separate the men from the boys, come out for an afternoon ride in the middle of August for a 20-mile ride. See how the 100% humidity and 104F treats you lol. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotdurt Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 15 hours ago, AntonioGG said: He's trolling. Almost has to be... only has 4 posts, and they are all in that thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spicewookie Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 15 minutes ago, gotdurt said: Almost has to be... only has 4 posts, and they are all in that thread... wait, there are other mountain bike forums??????😱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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