Freaks? What us?

[ededwards]

Rereading Dave Flynn's article about OWMTBC10 in this months Singletrack, we (those into getting out and riding old mountainbikes) were described as freaks. Which at first sounded pejorative. But I got to thinking whether it actually was. After all, what does freak mean?

There are a number of definitions, but I like this

Slang
a. A drug user or addict: a speed freak.
b. An eccentric or nonconformist person, especially a member of a counterculture.
c. An enthusiast: rock music freaks.

An eccentric or nonconformist person, especially a member of a counterculture ? Validation! I now feel part Che Guevara, part Banksy, played on screen by Johnny Depp. Like the Sugababes said, "let me lay it on the line, I got a little freakiness inside".

Freak? Damn right, and freakin' proud of it too.

 

[legrandefromage]

Yes - I'm a freak.

I have simply stopped moving with the masses and have achieved personal nirvana.

 

[mattbrown]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ9kBQrZXOI

 

[orange71]

my personal favourite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euod9yyI2C0

 

[kaiser]

my personal favourite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euod9yyI2C0

 

[marin man]

Most of my "friends" say that to ride a bike makes you a freak,does'nt matter what kind of bike......"why ride a bike when you have a car" they are actually confused by this saps

 

[tintin40]

my second wife said i was a freak. Coming from a Chinese i took that as a complement

So riding old mtb's makes me one great

 

[marin man]

I would not call you a freak tintin

There are other words that I would use

 

[lewis1641]

happy to be a freak

 

[sunchaser]

Part freak, part loner... & happy.