URBAN or STREET

[alien_scream]

i was reading the forum section on pinkbike.com and came to a thread asking what is the difference between urban and street...

so i would like to ask it here and see what you opinions are!!!!!!!

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN URBAN AND STREET DIRING!!!!!!!!

[coolangot ☺]

I not an expert at this but I think Street riding is ... well riding in the street while urban is riding in the street plus any other urban infrastructure( pavements, stairs, parks, monuments -sounds like you brad alien_scream ;D )

Street Riding is a part or urban riding...

Make sense? heh heh

[Patrick]

you can ride in the streets in rural areas too hehe

[CyBoRG]

In my opinion

Street are those law abiding responsible citizen that follow traffic rules and they just roll on the street

Urban are those pasaways ;D they are the law disobeying citizen ;D They keep rolling and rolling and rolling jump to sidewalks and bump every person whos into his/her way ;D and if in the street, riding in the middle of the road blocking the vehicles way or keep swerving. ;D Guards are uban riders best friends ;D

[konablack]

Street riding is for roadies ;D joke

I think it is different by means of the obstacles you tackle, for example in urban riding you roll down a few steps and got pito-pito by a guard cause your not supposed to be there...

In street, like the bmxer's that I see, they just show off in the street doing manuals, bunnyhops and 360's in the street...

[alien_scream]

WOW!!!!!!!!! great onpinions!!!!!!!!!!

[styxmaster69]

........from www.dictionary.com

ur·banur·ban adj.
Of, relating to, or located in a city.
Characteristic of the city or city life.

[Latin urbanus, from urbs, urb-, city.]

........styxmaster's knowledge
Wide range of coverage.... riding in decent act and mild behaviour..... yuppies type of riding


........from www.dictionary.com again

street
noun
A public way or thoroughfare in a city or town, usually with a sidewalk or sidewalks.
Such a public way considered apart from the sidewalks: Don't play in the street.
A public way or road along with the houses or buildings abutting it: lives on a quiet street.
The people living, working, or habitually gathering in or along a street: The whole street protested the new parking regulations.
Street A district, such as Wall Street in New York City, that is identified with a specific profession. Often used with the.
The streets of a city viewed as the scene of crime, poverty, or dereliction.

adj.
Near or giving passage to a street: a street door.
Taking place in the street: a street brawl; street crime.
Living or making a living on the streets: street people; a street vendor.
Performing on the street: street musicians; a street juggler.
Crude; vulgar: street language; street humor.
Appropriate for wear or use in public: street clothes.

Idiom:
on/in the street
Without a job; idle.
Without a home; homeless.

........styxmaster's knowledge again
a small portion of the urban areas.... in riding this is kinda what we call the "pasaway, a come what may ride.... no cause, simply jaz like a gang in the street.... a riders in the hood..... ;D

[warlock^_^]

From my point of view, they're basically the same, just different terminologies applied.

Well nobody ever used the word RURAL whenever they go out of town to ride

[skarhed]

Hmmmm... from what I know, Street came about from BMX, as there are various riding styles like Vert, Dirt Jump, Park and Street.
While Urban was adopted by UK / US riders who saw the use of modified mountain bikes for BMX Street riding...
Hope this helps

[feraskulio]

Hmmmnnn...Have to agree with skarhed street = bmx while urban = mtb, different names for the same style of riding... my 2 cents...

[polpan]

street riding:

--- pwede sa urban o rural pa yan

--- riding street no liko-liko... just going street like following a street line....


urban riding:

--- di pwede sa rural only in urban....

--- see those bumbays... they have something cloth like on top of their head while in their motorcycle... that's urban riding

;D

[alien_scream]

polpan said:

street riding:

--- see those bumbays... they have something cloth like on top of their head while in their motorcycle... that's urban riding

;D

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!! nice one!!!!!!

[konablack]

alienscream said:

polpan said:

street riding:

--- see those bumbays... they have something cloth like on top of their head while in their motorcycle... that's urban riding

;D

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!! nice one!!!!!!

Bumbays have developed the tURBAn riding, they use motorcycles now hehehe

[vertigo]

skarhed said:

Hmmmm... from what I know, Street came about from BMX, as there are various riding styles like Vert, Dirt Jump, Park and Street.
While Urban was adopted by UK / US riders who saw the use of modified mountain bikes for BMX Street riding...
Hope this helps

i have to agree with this one hehehe

[marvs]

Since I live in the suburbs, so I do subURBAN riding? Ü

[CyBoRG]

sus puro naman kayo kalokokohan e ;D

Okey here will be my real answer not from my opinion


'Urban trials' is a mixture of trials techniques and urban environment. The result is a kind of riding easier and usually more fun than natural trials, because of widely available riding spots, good friction, right angles, firm terrain (concrete/asphalt) etc. The difference between urban trials and urban assault is in techniques used: urban trials retain basic trials idea, which is to get over obstacles without dabbing, using same old trials techniques, sometimes a bit modified; while urban assault is all about high speed fun, usually leading slightly downhill - at least in riders mind.
Most urban trials riders mix trials elements with street tricks, so any good urban rider will know how to manual, stoppie or fakie - there is always that element of pleasing the crowd (which is abundant in cities) that original trials miss, as rarely anyone will be in the woods staring at the rider doing crazy stuff.
Urban trials require stronger bikes because of shocks delivered by unforgiving asphalt and concrete, big drops on hard surfaces. Some riders opt for short-travel suspension forks, while others ride rigid forks and make their whole bodies act like suspension. Smooth bashguards are most often used to slide in on smooth obstacle surfaces, as opposed to toothed bashguards used in natural trials to bite into surfaces like wood or rock.
Some typical frames are: Planet-X Zebdi, Echo Urban, Koxx Urban, Onza T-Rex, Thylacine X-Trials, etc.


'Street' is a discipline that originated in BMX world decades ago (and both worlds still share a a lot of same tricks), and it's based on 'eye-candy techniques', or tricks, designed to entertain the rider or the crowd, without any real use. It involves moves (tricks) like manuals, nosepicks, fakies, g-turns, rockwalks, (twisted) stoppies, catwalks, x-ups, barspins etc. Street riding on mountain bike is getting more often called jibbing, since it evolved a long way from BMX in 1980s.
Good example of an MTB frame that could be used for street riding is Goatbike Goatbike, Ashton ET24 (Edd Tongue Signature), Curtis T1 Street and KoxxST frames, Norco Moment, Author A-gang... Urban trials and street frames have very similar geometries and you can use both types of frames for both kinds of riding, but if you really want to know the difference, usually street frame will have shorter wheelbase, lesser head angle and they're usually built to accept suspension forks.


'Urban assault' is, as its name suggests, aggressive kind of riding invented to damage urban stuff all over town, usually ridden on a bike with plush-travel suspension fork and a steel frame (or fat aluminum frame), like for example Planet-X Pitbull. When you see someone doing a high-speed drop down the stairs or launching off a wall, you can sleep tight knowing your eye has caught a piece of urban assault. Lately, a lot of riders opt for full suspension frames, knowing concrete is unforgiving. However, most of dirt jump and dual slalom frames will do for this kind of riding, since it requires frames that are designed for high speed stability and suspension forks.

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skarhed said:

Hmmmm... from what I know, Street came about from BMX, as there are various riding styles like Vert, Dirt Jump, Park and Street.
While Urban was adopted by UK / US riders who saw the use of modified mountain bikes for BMX Street riding...
Hope this helps

ditto

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marvs said:

Since I live in the suburbs, so I do subURBAN riding? Ü

good one! ;D

[Patrick]

nsr3 said:

marvs said:

Since I live in the suburbs, so I do subURBAN riding? Ü

good one! ;D

what the f*@k it exist hehe