Republican Mountain Biking

There is an interesting story on the AP about George W. Bush's mountain biking expertise.  Apparently, Bush is quite the biker dude!  He rides a high-end Trek and has taken his share of spills.  Bush has said that his knees are shot and cannot run any more but he enjoys the bicycle rides on his ranch. 

This inevitably begs the question about whether mountain biking is Republican.  Base10 supposes that road cycling would be considered Democratic (although Lance Armstrong the Texan might disagree).  Base10 is a road bike convert but thinks maybe he will dust off his hard-tail Trek and hit some single-track tomorrow.  It makes him feel more conservative just thinking about it.

Of course a Republican/Democrat split on cycling calls to mind something Base10 said when he first switched.  While riding with a friend, Base10 pointed out that on mountain bikes we had to call each other "Dude!"  A future ride when we were both on road bikes, Base10's friend asked what you call a couple of guys on road bikes.  Base10--recalling his mountain biking roots--simply replied, "Usually faggots."

And no, Base10 is not anti-gay.

UPDATE:  My god it's true!  John Kerry is a roadie!


- posted by Base10 @ 8:09 PM