[Closed] Crap mountainbiker but good at other sport?????

I am amazing on/in a bike/car/plane/boat but kick, throw and bat like a girl.

football and cricket

Great front row forward, crap at riding up hills.....

same as flamejob! rubbish at traditional sports, did outdoor ed instead of PE at school and then got into rallying aged 14.

My ability is pretty much the same at all sports. (crap at everything)

Is teenage drinking a sport...?

Ton... following you down Moor Lane the other week, I;d say you were pretty good on a bike mate. Pretty good indeed.

I was quite good at squash.

back in the day.......

if it would work...

Used to be a pretty handy No.7..

Oh, and boxed a fair bit..

But as you well know Tony, I'm pretty shite on the bike.

I've represented Britain a few times in another two wheeled sport. 🙂

I would say the mixed medley swimming relay as that is the only school record I got, but even though I swam the final glory lap, I would have to admit is did help that we had Sandra who I think was in the county team at the time which somewhat helped 🙂

I'm a classic jack of all trades, master of none - NSW decathlon champion in my youth...

I was a good prop a long long time ago... Well I thought I was good anyway..

I was also good at windsurfing and used to go out in gales whenever there was one. Did a force 9 once wow that was mad but I preferred force 8's more though.

Its odd to know you're having a wail of a time when factory roofs are being blown away and lorries are turning over.

county standard for badminton, used to run, do a bit of boxing (mostly for fun and fitness though), and road cycling?

Rugby was my passion for many years. Still play a bit but just for fun now. Unfortunately an 18 stone prop doesn't go up hills quickly!

PLayed Tennis for my county at schoolboy level
Played Hockey for my county at schoolboy level
CAptained and won(many)trophies at rugby
Captained and won trophies for football
Ran x-country for county at schoolboy level
Won british gold at Tae Kwon Do for team comp(only person to win all 4 fights) (adult level - woohoo)
Pretty good also at basketball
Come to think of it i was pretty good at anything i put my mind to. Prefer sports to tv/drinking i suppose

cricket and badminton.

(Rugby was my passion for many years. Still play a bit but just for fun now. Unfortunately an 18 stone prop doesn't go up hills quickly! )

Where I stay all the rugby parks are more or less flat 😆

I was a decent hockey goalkeeper and the little bit of rugby I played I wasn't bad at. I regret not continuing with the rugby now

was pretty good in one of these

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but just bugger about with this mountainbike thing.

and still can't bloody manual !!!

radoggair, you forgot:

Talking pish at schoolboy level 😉

im brilliant with a gun , not so bad with a hose now lol. but alas crap on two wheels 😉

I'm a reasonable skier. Mountain biking seems similar, hopefully I'll progress to the same sort of level.

I'm not a bad swimmer, and can do 1 mile in 28 minutes or thereabouts.

I was the natural build for xc running, as a youngster, but found it very very boring.

Apparently I am an excellent natural shot with a rifle, according to a group of Norwegian hunters.

At footy, I am a bit like a blend of Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, Kaka, Maldini, Zubizarreta and Ian Ormondroyd.

Actually, to be honest, I'm more like George Best. Not the footie bit, though...(nor the wife-beating bit, either).

I am a below average mountain biker in fitness and skillz.

It is hugely in keeping with the froggy stereotype but i am really quite good at pétanque and volleyball.

Does fishing count?

I am a crack clay pigeon shot - even if I do say so myself

bigdugsbaws - didn't you win Mr gay uk a few years ago?

Sure you showed me your, erm, award. 😉

p.s., check my flickr for what i met today on my inners ride

43 and still getting called up to play secondrow. Good skier. Ok centre forward. I'm never going to be the first up or down on an mtb but I try and my mum loves me.

Played in a schools county cup final at football[we lost].Member of local cricket team [opening bowler.use to be fast,age catching up with me now].Also do brazilian jiu-jitsu

Used to be god at rugby,but then again I was second row,so more brawn than brain.
OK at skiing but there its a case of bravery/stupidity over skill.
Same on the bike.......:)

Another Jack of all trades here. Love cycling, but was a better runner and footballer. Ran xc at county level for Barnet.

crap at everything here. I've never been better than county level at the things I was best at which were swimming and running so all a bit rubbish really. Not bad with a shotgun (clays) but that was always just for fun and I've not picked one up for about 25 years now.

Sailing - fairly similar skill/fitness/tacktics/map reading ratio to cycling. If you want to walk into a sport and be compettative, once you've got the basics and the rules sorted sailling is fairly complimentary to cycling, a lot of top level sailors do a lot of cycling in their trainign.

Rugby - except i cant kick or catch, but made a pretty good prop/second row. For some reason I could train with the older year groups, but when it came to matches i was lost, put it down to training with one (good) team and playing with another (rubbish) ream.

Running - wasn't too shabby at 800m and cross country

I could have been a county-level Cricketer and had to practice three evenings a week in the nets as a kid (thanks Dad). Thankfully my parents divorced.

Sh1te at Rugby and Football but good at Hockey (not played for years though).

I'd like to be good at karting but the majority of the karts are automatic and being a chubbalubs means I have to be abit 'tora tora tora'. Drove the karts at MK once though 😀

Not too bad at judo (but then being in France helps). Managed to get quite good momentum on climbing (my biggest regret in leaving the UK).
Then below average on a bike.

I participated martial arts for 9yrs as a kid as well Wado Ryu (traditional) and Tang Soo Do (great for fitness!).

Ranked third in open class mx. In NZ. In 1984.
Competitive slalom racer (skiing) in the late 80's.
Injuries from both sports have done for me now though.
Crap at anything where the blame can be transferred to other people ie all team sports.

Football. I played for my town school team (Stockport Boys), County Team (Cheshire Boys) was on school boy terms at Wrexham and also had trials at a few professional clubs. Got a contract with Luton just before leaving school but an injury and a rather problematic home life put paid to that.
The biggest regret of my life and possibly the singlest biggest reason I hated my parents.
All happy now though - I have bikes 🙂

I was a Junior and Under 23 international rower (plus a box of National Champs, Henley medal and Boat Race medals). Gave it up before the Sydney Olympics as I wasn't enjoying it. Arguably the most stupid decision I ever made as the boat I had been selected for at "GB Final Trials" went on to win a gold medal. Doh!

"Enthusiastic" is about as good as my cycling can be described though

Ive often wondered 'do you have to excel at a sport to enjoy it'? Sometimes, however look at the Sunday league footballers, most arent very good but they enjoy playing? Ok theres the TV aspect there but still. I enjoy karting- never set the world on fire but I still enjoy it.

Same with mountain biking- you can ride down the same technical/rocky bit- just at 1/2 the speed of your mates and still have the same thrill factor, plus......you get to savour that section whereas its over in the blink of an eye for them 😉

[i]Juan - Then below average on a bike.[/i]

Yeah definitely well below average 😉

I was a fairly decent runner in my youth, mainly 100m & 200m. Ran for Oxford athletic club (we used to train at Ifley road on the track where Bannister broke the 4 minute mile). Also swam at a good level. Managed to smash my left ankle to pieces in a winter cross country race at age 15 which effectively ended any hopes I had at a career in athletics. It was one of the reasons I started riding bikes, cos my ankle was supported and strengthened by turning the pedals.

Who are you hackney rider?
I really am below average... Friend I use to ride with are now so much quicker than me 🙁
EDIT oh I know who you are 😉
When are you going to take a sleazy jet to come and visit 😀

once got selected to run xc for my school when i (genuinely) got lost during the selection run, took a short cut, and came third.

i do take a certain personal pride at being a bit rubbish at lots of sports; if there was an outdoor-sports-decathlon-type-thing, i'd probably do ok...

some kind of sailing/climbing/swimming/running/roady-ing/dh-bike/skiing/snowboarding/surfing/pie-eating competition would be just my kind of event.