Also weirdly mountain biking has me fucking confused. So many magats on my trails, and it was my impression that cycling in general wasn’t as popular amongst the “anti-woke” crowd.
(MX Enduro and Mtn biker of many years here and I’ve observed the same thing)
It has nothing to do with liking/disliking bikes and everything to do with the toxic masculinity culture of “conquering” a hill, or trail, or just in general being more in the “bro” culture that does tend to attract more magats than other hobbies I’ve picked up.
There’s a nontrivial number of mtn bikers that are in the maga crowd, and the only link I can find is that this tends to attract a lot of people similar to the Andrew Tates of the world.
(MX Enduro and Mtn biker of many years here and I’ve observed the same thing)
It has nothing to do with liking/disliking bikes and everything to do with the toxic masculinity culture of “conquering” a hill, or trail, or just in general being more in the “bro” culture that does tend to attract more magats than other hobbies I’ve picked up.
There’s a nontrivial number of mtn bikers that are in the maga crowd, and the only link I can find is that this tends to attract a lot of people similar to the Andrew Tates of the world.