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I'm just getting more Gnar actually 😀
I continue to live in denial, hence why I've just bought a Banshee Rune. In reality, I'd probably have been better off with its little brother but I rode the Rune and liked it so thought sod it. I like it and I'm not that fussed about what other people think if it or of me for riding it.
If the Ibis is laid for, I'd hang on to it. It's a lovely bike and you'll end up taking a massive hit on it.
A: Walk when it gets to tough.or
B: Become a better rider.
I should really have more of a go at B.
But as I'm more into easy trails, views, sunsets and good company it's difficult to get motivated to consciously try to become 'better'.
The couple of skills courses I've attended were great and really improved my riding, but if I have to get off and push, it's not really much hardship and doesn't annoy me.
I've been for some lovely walks with my bike
^ This. Although I'd still want an Ibis Mojo, because it's so very, very pretty.
I realised that the bike I had was perfect for 10% of my riding and compromised for 90%.
So now I'm building up a rigid 29er SS which will be compromised for 100% of my riding 😀
At 53 I bought a Spicy and did a season in Whistler ! That's after being diagnosed with Osteoporosis , 2 crushed vertebrae in my spine and being told never to MTB again ! No doubt the way I rode in Whistler was hardly on the Gnarr scale at all but I survived to the point that with hindsight I wondered if I should have tried harder ! Still keep thinking should I flog the Spicy , took it to Crested Butte last year and off to Utah and Arizona with it this year ! No doubt still riding like a girl ! 🙄
No doubt still riding like a girl !So is she 🙂
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Ditch the Trek and Mojo and buy a decent full sus 😆
It's not about me; It's only about the ride. I changed a bike because it wasn't right for my riding at the time or when i got bored with it, But there's no sense of either striving or resignation, just gentle and natural progression of style and approach. Hence there is no guilt. Do what you want .