|   POLL: Is mountain biking a culture? (homework help) | fjdkla
Apr 22, 2002 6:21 PM | | Based on your experiences with everything that surrounds mountain biking, do you consider mountain biking a culture in and of itself?
If so, how and why?
Let me know what you think! Thanks!
MtbGrl |
| re: POLL: Is mountain biking a culture? (homework help) | FtHoodMtBkr
Apr 22, 2002 7:48 PM | | Yes, especially the race/festival scene.
It is very addictive, easy to get caught up in to the point that it's the only thing that really matters.
It is a way of life.
We that live the culture--well we live for it.
Easy 'nuff. Okay.
Now get to work--peruse the web and zines and go earn that "A".
Pete
http://members.tripod.com/forthoodtrailblazers/ |
| re: POLL: Is mountain biking a culture? (homework help) | skistud
Apr 22, 2002 7:57 PM | | Culture, no.
Subculture, yes. Mountain biking has it's own "language" and tends to draw people with enough similar interests and/or personality types to be considered something in and of itself. Only people who mtn bike know what the scars, bruises, clearing a big rock for the first time, and trying to beat the sunset to the bottom of the hill, truly feel like, not to mention how a few pints of IPA taste just a little better after a long ride. Cheers. |
| re: POLL: Is mountain biking a culture? (homework help) | skronk
Apr 23, 2002 2:55 AM | | more like a way of life, i'd say. |
| re: POLL: Is mountain biking a culture? (homework help) | zoo
Apr 23, 2002 4:12 AM | | I think the question to ask is; Is mountain biking a culture or is there an outlook on life, an attitude, a set of beliefs that leads a certain group of people to do things like mountian bike? (ie a love for the outdoors, a risk taking mindset, an adventurous spirit, etc...) So maybe mountian bking is a culture or a sub-culture of other cultures (like outdoor culture, athletic culture, adrenaline junkies culture,etc...), but if mountian bikes didn't exist then those same people would possibly rally around some other common cause. How is culture defined? then look around a Mountain bikers and determine whether or not they fit the description....Just thinking out loud... |
| re: POLL: Is mountain biking a culture? (homework help) | namaSSte
Apr 23, 2002 6:32 AM | | Culture implies too broad an acceptance whcih we clearly don't have. To me, mountain biking is more like a cult than a culture. It brainwashes you into tunnelvision where everything becomes mtb. It lures in unsuspecting folks who just thought they'd "give it a try" only to find themselves hopelessly spiralling into mtbdome (not a bad thing). Is it a culture? No. Is it a state of mind? All it takes is one look at someone's face after an epic day on the bike and you have your answer. |
| re: POLL: Is mountain biking a culture? (homework help) | CRASHNBURN
Apr 23, 2002 7:07 AM | | I would have to say yes, but it's no more a culture than other pursuits. Such as Gun Collecting and Shooting, Hunting, Computers and Games, Football, NASCAR, Military, Paintball, Ham Radios, and so on. It's just what people are into. Every hobbie has it's own lingo and culture. |
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