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The Insiders Guide on How to be a ‘Real’ Mountain Biker

A tongue in cheek guide to the look, the lingo and the lifestyle you'll need to adopt if you want to be a 'real' mountain biker.

If you thought bike forums were just places to gain advice, find people to ride with, and get the low down on new products, you are mistaken.

Visit a lot of MTB forums, and you’ll see that most of them are in fact a place to voice your strongly hear personal opinion about products or riders, opine about which wheel size is best (it’s the one you ride, obviously) and generally talk about how enduro you are. You do ride enduro, right?

Join one, get a suitably enduro screen name, and get ranting. Sorry, posting.

(Or if you can join the Total Women’s Cycling forum if you fancy something a bundle more friendly and useful)

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