I'm out. Stupidly unfit currently, lousy trail skills, hate northshore etc. Constantly worry that I'm going to come off & seriously injure myself.
Can map read though, and have a great memory for routes (real routes, not trail centres) so prefer real riding somewhere interesting rather than trail centres anyway!
I was pleased with my effort at clearing the new improved TopValleyTesco-FixieJump double this morning, but still wimped out on Bestwood's Devil's Drop. Usually I'm a Riding God, but I guess we all have our off-days 😉
My moniker on here is (not that I am actually one) househusband, and I'm only a mediocre mountain biker.
There, I've said it.
I spend far too much money on bits that I probably don't really need and was only able to marginally justify to myself that I actually needed them. I fall off seemingly more than anyone I ride with and have perpetually bruised legs.
I'm so crap because I've been riding flats for 18 months and still hate them and have dreams of SPD-attached-to-the-bike-and-TTFT-my-feet-are-in-such-a-nice-place fun and frolics
I'm rubbish but still enjoy myself. Fitness doesn't seem to be improving much at the minute, which is annoying since I'm doing the 50K Ruthin in september.
I aspire to be mediocre. Drop off's scare me still, jumps look impossible, I'm still too wide on sharp turns which don't have berms and going uphill is hit and miss to the point of hilarity. But I have stupid amounts of fun learning, falling off, learning, falling off, learning and falling off. I'm a bit lucky though, atm I ride with people who are in the same boat, so we're all trying to get better.
heh, jumping is about the only thing I'm starting to get good at, give me a rough/loose/twisty singletrack descent and I'm crap! Can't climb too well either.
For me, it's not a gooder or betterer than thing. More than anything it's just about enjoying myself and getting out there. It's a form of escapism. I don't have to be good at it.
"most of the gear, and not much idea" would sum me up. I can't wheelie, can only jump clipped in, have been phased by very average drops, and my technical climbing is very hit and miss.
Basically though, whilst I wish I could get better quicker, and didn't have to worry so much about the consequences of a big off, I have a lot of fun and couldn't give a stuff what anyone else thinks. I do need to go back and get some more coaching though.
My moniker on here is (not that I am actually one) househusband, and I'm only a mediocre mountain biker.
There, I've said it.
I spend far too much money on bits that I probably don't really need and was only able to marginally justify to myself that I actually needed them. I fall off seemingly more than anyone I ride with and have perpetually bruised legs.
Apart from the alias part, that pretty much covers everything for me, too.
I am lunge and I can not climb for toffee.
I am to fat and have set my bile up on heavy side
to help justify this.
I also can't jump and get scared when the going gets steep.
In fact, really, I'm just a bit rubbish…
I try to think positive but still baulk at a lot of stuff. There is one rooty step/drop on a trail that I have been riding for years that I still can't muster up the balls to do. All my mates ride it as if it wasn't there. Does that make me mediocre or even worse? Having said that though; last time I was in Wales I almost thought I was getting better!!!
