No love for the vegans?

[Nikko]

I dunno about you folks but I've noticed there's not much love out there on other MTB forums for us vegan weirdos.

Whenever someone posts a thread looking for other vegan riders or asking about vegan friendly products etc they get shot down for either "pushing" their beliefs or get told you're nuts you'll never be fit enough.

I'm really glad I found this forum for this reason. Any Brisbane MTBers in the house?? If so shout out so I know you're out there

[fredrikw]

I think it varies a lot. I don't have this experience, and I think this behaviour reflects on other topics as well and makes the forum/community useless. One thing I've noticed helps is just being there, responding in a civil and calm manner, it's so easy to shoot down stupid comments without sinking to their level. Can be a bit frustrating though

[Big Good Wolf]

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/forum/bike-chat is the only one I use regularly.
It's UK based with almost entirely UK riders and probably less than 10 vegans on there.
I don't get any problems.

[Konstantin]

or get told you're nuts you'll never be fit enough.

You may want to consult this: http://www.greatveganathletes.com/cyclists

[Talyn]

Same thing goes with just about any strength training forum I've ever been involved with.

Just have to make sure you don't make any extraordinary claims and not get wound-up/aggressive, otherwise it's very easy to alienate yourself.

[Nikko]

It's not major issue, I don't bite back when people try to start arguments I just ignore it and I always answer honest questions with honest and polite... er...answers, I'm all about making friends It's just nice to have somewhere to ask questions and get answers from like minded folks.