elliptic – Member

Gravelly offcamber corners are just horrible, we all hate those

i beg to differ!

Ajoten; sounds like you're in for an exciting day in the peaks! – take it easy, and accept that you'll either have to walk a few sections, and or crash a bit. (you're allowed to walk through tricky bits, really, you are)

you will of course crush your fat mtb mates with your roadie fitness as soon as the trail heads upwards, which is most of the time in the peak district…

some top stuff above. I've been Road riding it a fair bit over the last few weeks with no mtbing. I went out on MTB today and it was really apparent that on a RB you just sit and pedal, sometimes grind out the saddle, and it's all legs. but On mtb you move the bike around underneath you and use your upper body a LOT more, it's a bit like the bike is an extension of yourself, an extra bike shaped limb. It's all cycling though. Just keep riding offroad more n more n more and you'll gradually get better and more confident. start off with some foresty singletrack with roots n stuff maybe?