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Things you do like about biking
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Posted 7 months ago #
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good mates, good fun, good memories.
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ton has it
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+1 for Ton
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erm..being out and about. Freedom, escape, exercise, seeing stuff, cakestops, talking crap, that sorta thing. Oh and it's practical too! for going to work, shops, pub, visiting people, etc. You can do lots on a bike. they are very handy.
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Riding lots = eating lots.
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The massive guilt free scoff you can have after an epic day out. Mnom mnom mnom
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Loads and loads and loads of stuff, but UC is on now...
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Just being on a bike, that I built, I own, I have my own adventures on....just me n my bike,,,
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Being away from people
Challenging yourself to get faster and bigger - whatever your benchmark (and mine is low) there is no better feeling imo
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Watching my bottom bracket seemingly float over the ground as I ride along a path on the way to work. It's like having a part of your bike narrate an adventure to you.
Weird. I know.
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Just riding. And more riding. The simple act of it. I forget I'm on a bike.
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LONG rides..love em..
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Meeting new people and being invited out on rides in places I wouldn't have usually gone.
The same people making every effort to guide me around unfamiliar trails safely!Posted 7 months ago # -
Just being in the woods is enough. The fact that I get a good workout and scare myself shitless is a massive bonus.
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riding
bikes
other cyclists
going outside
stwPosted 7 months ago # -
Suffering and drugs.
Hold on I'm not a roadie.
Kicks and good folk.
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Being out in the sun / wind / rain / mud / dust / dark / for ages / for a short local blast / for a two week epic abroad / on my own / with good mates. But being out.
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Speeeeeeeeeed
The challenge of a good uphill or a technical trail, swooshing back downhill, me-time, climbing into a hot bath post-ride, being out when all sensible people are in the pub, being "at one" with my bike and the endorphins!
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getting to the top of a long climb having given it a good hammering
nailing a corner
the happy anticipation of getting your bike out to go to the pub because you know that you and the others are all going to ride bikes and end up at the pub
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fresh air, pine smell from forests, exercise, being outside, riding things normal folk this would kill you, mates, views, night riding madness, speed, adrenalin, escape from reality for a bit, wildlife, earning of cake, memories, achievement, photography, behave like a kid again for a bit, laugh, skit. I could go on.
Posted 6 months ago # -
Emily Batty!
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Solitude; comradery; being at the edge of chaos; sun; lactic acid; being airborne; snow; inhalation and exhalation; perfect turns; falling leaves; being remote; flow; landing; exhilaration.
What's not to like?
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Being out doing something that most other people wouldn't because it's hard work. Appreciating our beautiful countryside - even just a stones throw from urbanisation.
Meeting other considerate trail users and exchanging a friendly 'hello'.
Doing something that tickles the non-conformist chord in my psyche - like most night riding.
Nailing some bit of technical trail feature and seeing my mates try to follow me and sometimes pull it off, sometimes not. Seeing one of my mates nail something that I can't and having a crack - developing as a group.
Lauging at ourselves at the stupidity of staying in the pub so long after a winter ride that we're now so cold and having to fumble about with locks and lights and we're not going to be in until midnight even though it's a school night.
Feeling some ownership of the countryside and making an effort to keep it nice.
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Getting a set of jumps landed perfectly is the best feeling
I like most things about biking, even kind of enjoy maintenance.
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Keeping a pack of baby wipes on my desk at work to clean the mud off my face and legs after the morning commute.
Posted 6 months ago # -
+1 ton
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That deep breath just before letting go of the brakes and hitting something for the first time, marvellous.
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The 'Hnnnnnmmmmmmmph' noise as all the air is expelled out of my body when I hit the floor again, 3 metres away from my bike
Posted 6 months ago # -
Ton has it.
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The sense of freedom rocks but ultimately it's got to be the time it gives me for myself (and to actually spend time with the wife away) from the rigours of normal life
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racing your mates but knowing it doesn't really matter
riding through leaves
bluebells
shaking when you get off the bike
kit
riding out your front door
racing people off traffic lights
skids
sore legs
that 'got away with it feeling when your front wheel washes out and then catches again, when it really shouldn't have
mud
Lots of other stuff that I'll realise next time I'm out in the hills
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Cocking about in the woods.
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Getting fit having fun. Scaring myself and then the feeling of euphoria when you conquer something scary. Scenery. After ride pints. Plus what ton sed.
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Fun.
Memories.
I've been places I'd never have seen.
The feeling that it's all done under your own power.
The simplicity that means I can maintain (most of) my bike myself.(And, even on my MTB, I can get to work in (almost) less time than it takes to drive).
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