Dear Uncle Dave. I, like many hot headed fans on this site, wrote to you after your article on guns and bikes etc. My favorite line of yours was: "My problem is when your rights to own a gun infringe on my rights to not get shot in the face." So, so good. It reminded me of why I read your editorials. Because, they're editorials. For me, your "Uncle Dave" rants are an ode to the "@\#$% off, I'll write what I want, ride what I want" gritty mountain bike hoser that we all are and snarls at the pseudo-objectivism of \(oh my, another\) gear test on some anodized shit I can't afford. NSMB, and so many of the sites I read, are replete with images of dreamlike technology, buff athletes, and gag inducing positivity pieces on the endurance of the human spirit. That's not my mountain biking. I ride a mid level, aluminum, non-boutique, all-mountain, war pig. The only carbon I have are the spacers under my stem. Titanium? Never heard of it. When I ride up hill, I suffer. Terribly. When I descend, I think I'm awesome. I think. But I have as much fun on my 2000$ Giant as that hose-bag with frosted tips on his 10,000$ carbon dildo/SantaCruz. \(Sure, I'm jealous, but @\#$% him anyway.\) Now, to my point: In case you got enough flak from frenzied readers about this particular editorial of yours on guns and bikes, please don't lose your edge. NSMB is not the NYT. You are not expected to debate socially pivotal issues like gun control on a mountain bike web site. So with the benefit of time, reflection, and a whiskey, it may be that my \(personal\) disappointment in the tone of your article was not with your position, but rather that it seemed like you were too fair, even keeled and balanced in your discussion. You're Uncle Dave, for @\#$% sake! If your article had been titled "Best place to mount a gun rack on your mountain bike" I would have laughed and read it voraciously. I hope all this bullshit hasn't spooked you. Let Cam and the others write about gear and other stuff. You hold a sacred role at NSMB: the cranky ol' bastard who writes what we're all thinking. Your fan, M.
March 16, 2018, 9:07 a.m. - markisfat
Dear Uncle Dave. I, like many hot headed fans on this site, wrote to you after your article on guns and bikes etc. My favorite line of yours was: "My problem is when your rights to own a gun infringe on my rights to not get shot in the face." So, so good. It reminded me of why I read your editorials. Because, they're editorials. For me, your "Uncle Dave" rants are an ode to the "@\#$% off, I'll write what I want, ride what I want" gritty mountain bike hoser that we all are and snarls at the pseudo-objectivism of \(oh my, another\) gear test on some anodized shit I can't afford. NSMB, and so many of the sites I read, are replete with images of dreamlike technology, buff athletes, and gag inducing positivity pieces on the endurance of the human spirit. That's not my mountain biking. I ride a mid level, aluminum, non-boutique, all-mountain, war pig. The only carbon I have are the spacers under my stem. Titanium? Never heard of it. When I ride up hill, I suffer. Terribly. When I descend, I think I'm awesome. I think. But I have as much fun on my 2000$ Giant as that hose-bag with frosted tips on his 10,000$ carbon dildo/SantaCruz. \(Sure, I'm jealous, but @\#$% him anyway.\) Now, to my point: In case you got enough flak from frenzied readers about this particular editorial of yours on guns and bikes, please don't lose your edge. NSMB is not the NYT. You are not expected to debate socially pivotal issues like gun control on a mountain bike web site. So with the benefit of time, reflection, and a whiskey, it may be that my \(personal\) disappointment in the tone of your article was not with your position, but rather that it seemed like you were too fair, even keeled and balanced in your discussion. You're Uncle Dave, for @\#$% sake! If your article had been titled "Best place to mount a gun rack on your mountain bike" I would have laughed and read it voraciously. I hope all this bullshit hasn't spooked you. Let Cam and the others write about gear and other stuff. You hold a sacred role at NSMB: the cranky ol' bastard who writes what we're all thinking. Your fan, M.