Dealing with internet forums, it’s funny watching people hide behind their monitors and do their best to insult, attack, etc. Yet when you confront them and ask them to email, Pm or in some cases I’ve even PM’d my phone number. Magically you never hear from them again.
Case in point:
You are nothing but another blogging blow-hard that contradicts everything he writes. Do yourself a favor, stick to blogging with team guppy and leave your worthless ‘coaching advice’ to those that care to read your BS on your blog.
Now you have to admit this one was pretty funny. Not the most original but still enjoyable. This is persons response over my disagreement between SRAM XX/XO/XTR. I’ve ridden all those drive-trains. My breakdown:
- I find XO superior to XTR due to grip shifters and less finicky RDR. My desire to move away from XTR was due to my RDR ghost shifting really bad. It always seemed to need adjustments. I made the switch and more than happy. Is shifting smoother with XO over XTR? Not that I notice, but I love grip shifters despite being nervous about moving away from triggers. Am I a ‘shimano sucks’ ‘SRAM is awesome’ person? No. Just a set-up that works for me.
- Now XO to XX is different. I use XTR crank with XO system. The XX is 2×9. I ran a 2×9 on my XTR for a few years. I rode both XO and XX on two different trails. I did not see any difference in performance or efficiency. Given the insane cost of XX, I see no reason to purchase the group. (no experience with fork since Epic has own fork).
Here are my quotes: (this was to the original poster in the thread not the child that responded)
If XX is a quantum leap then I don’t think you had the gearing set up correctly on your previous drivetrain. At least for my racing style, I really saw no difference in shifting efficiency from XX to my XTR. No real weight savings. The replacement costs for XX are insane.
Wasn’t an insult but he took it that way (remember the response wasn’t even directed at him). His response:
Well I don’t have any training sheet for download and I am not a Gupster.com blogger, but I have ridden and raced for sometime to know a difference.
My retort:
not sure why you had to attack me personally, but I guess everybody’s maturity level is different as well as their need to put down somebody else just to make them feel good about themselves.
And that led up to the starting quote. It amazes me at the level of immaturity we see in forums. People who hide behind monitors and find the need to act like a dill-hole over nothing. All because I don’t agree with XX. If this all it takes to extract such childish behavior, then this person is in for a really rough life. Almost feel bad for him. Almost. LOL.
I’ve invited him to continue the discussion on PM, but I’m sure I’ll never hear from him. Like I said, they always vanish once that happens.
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