Translation required: Mtn Bike Speak to English

[Crackle]

I bought a copy of Mountain Biking and I need some help. It's written in some kind of English but not one I understand. For instance

"I hit the big lines straight away and busted out some big motowhips"

or

"...so scout around before busting suicide jumps"

even the technical reviews are unfathomable

"A rocker-driven shock is mounted very low in the frame, reminiscent of Commencal's Super 4", Who?

Apparently 2010 will also bring a new range of decadent kit.

I could go on and on and on. Would it be fair to say I'm not their target audience, have I just wasted £4.20 and 30 minutes of my life?

 

[Dayvo]

I bought a copy of Mountain Biking and I need some help. It's written in some kind of English but not one I understand. For instance

"I hit the big lines straight away and busted out some big motowhips"

or

"...so scout around before busting suicide jumps"

even the technical reviews are unfathomable

"A rocker-driven shock is mounted very low in the frame, reminiscent of Commencal's Super 4", Who?

Apparently 2010 will also bring a new range of decadent kit.

I could go on and on and on. Would it be fair to say I'm not their target audience, have I just wasted £4.20 and 30 minutes of my life?

Yeah, and two minutes of mine!

 

[PaulB]

I bought a copy of Mountain Biking and I need some help. It's written in some kind of English but not one I understand. For instance

"I hit the big lines straight away and busted out some big motowhips"

or

"...so scout around before busting suicide jumps"

even the technical reviews are unfathomable

"A rocker-driven shock is mounted very low in the frame, reminiscent of Commencal's Super 4", Who?

Apparently 2010 will also bring a new range of decadent kit.

I could go on and on and on. Would it be fair to say I'm not their target audience, have I just wasted £4.20 and 30 minutes of my life?

I foolishly bought it once and was as annoyed as you by the exclusionist style of the writing. The copy I got was a special edition featuring the best mtb rides in the country but the contempt of the writers and the editor for the people and countryside of the North of England was dispicable. I wrote a letter of complaint but have no idea if it was published or not as I vowed never to buy another copy of the ridiculous rag ever again.

 

[trustysteed]

"I hit the big lines straight away and busted out some big motowhips"

sounds like a coke-snorting fetish party!

i'll just check with the ex-FIA president on that....

 

[Noodley]

I foolishly bought it once and was as annoyed as you by the exclusionist style of the writing. The copy I got was a special edition featuring the best mtb rides in the country but the contempt of the writers and the editor for the people and countryside of the North of England was dispicable. I wrote a letter of complaint but have no idea if it was published or not as I vowed never to buy another copy of the ridiculous rag ever again.

I bought a similar copy, maybe even the same one, just to read about the best routes as I was thinking I might like to do a bit of MTBing. I must agree that it was very 'exclusionist' and put me off the idea....

...luckily my MTBing clubmates are a bit less wanky* and I might still give it a go.


*technical term I believe and apologies if it's exclusionist

 

[Twenty Inch]

"I hit the big lines straight away and busted out some big motowhips"

I started cycling fast and couldn't really control my bike.

"...so scout around before busting suicide jumps"

Remember to look before you leap.

"A rocker-driven shock is mounted very low in the frame, reminiscent of Commencal's Super 4",

A rocker-driven shock is mounted very low in the frame, and it looks a bit like another bike I once saw.

Apparently 2010 will also bring a new range of decadent kit.

New products will be released in 2010, and they might be interesting.

 

[Andy in Sig]

I got it once and decided that it was obviously written for and by twats who fantasise about living in California but who actually live in Northampton. I've never bothered with it since. Thanks for reminding me why.

 

[darkstar]

"I hit the big lines straight away and busted out some big motowhips"

I rode the hardest tracks straight away and completed some motocross style whips (tricks)

"...so scout around before busting suicide jumps"

Look at jumps and cliffs before going off them or you may die.

"A rocker-driven shock is mounted very low in the frame, reminiscent of Commencal's Super 4"

A Rocker driven shock system is a newly developed rear suspension design, so it is lower on this particular frame when compared to the Commencal Super 4

I think MBUK is a great mag personally, it's not for everyone but it has a large following in the younger generations, so it must be doing something right.

 

[darkstar]

I got it once and decided that it was obviously written for and by twats who fantasise about living in California but who actually live in Northampton. I've never bothered with it since. Thanks for reminding me why.

Haha your a twat for thinking that.

 

[Noodley]

"A rocker-driven shock is mounted very low in the frame, reminiscent of Commencal's Super 4"

A Rocker driven shock system is a newly developed rear suspension design, so it is lower on this particular frame when compared to the Commencal Super 4

I think MBUK is a great mag personally, it's not for everyone but it has a large following in the younger generations, so it must be doing something right.

Pity the younger generations don't know what words mean

 

[darkstar]

Pity the younger generations don't know what words mean

Woops, my mistake! I've just woken up.

 

[Crackle]

I think MBUK is a great mag personally, it's not for everyone but it has a large following in the younger generations, so it must be doing something right.

That'll be it then, proof positive I'm not young, though I'm not sure even if I was I wouldn't dismiss it as dribble.

I think I mixed it up with another one I sometimes buy with route maps in the back and more trail type stuff, a bit more XC oriented.

Thanks for the translations, I'll just leave you with..

"If we don't get our daily fix we start clucking, become irritable and soon begin to resemble those smack-hungry Scots from Trainspotting"

Yeah, I can relate to that. Actually no I can't.

 

[trustysteed]

whoa, dudes, that's some gnarly linguistics!

 

[Crackle]

OK I can't resist this..

"....it was so rad watching everyone pin it through"

This is a quote from Rachel Atherton. I can watch this downhill and moto stuff but clearly I can't speak it.

 

[darkstar]

You may not understand it, but you seem to have read it cover to cover, that has to count for something