I haven't been able to pull a wheelie since I was 10, can't manual (had to google it) the last time I left the ground I flew to Frankfurt, rock gardens have small alpine plants in them. I still ride 26", I only fitted a dropper post in Feb, its only been dropped once since then.
Where do I sign up?
EDIT: and I run 3x9 or is that beyond the membership criteria?
Thread of the year so far-well done all, totally inspiring😀
I'm in! I can set up an Irish branch ...
Despite my best efforts to convince myself otherwise, I think I qualify here.
Went to the local trails and followed one of the lads down who 'took it steady' so I could keep up. Off he fkd into the distance... and I don't actually mind because I had heaps of fun at my own pace.
I run 3×9 or is that beyond the membership criteria?
I hope not, or I'll have to kick myself out of my own club. I'm rocking:
3x9
26" QR wheels. With inner tubes!
100mm stem
25.4 bars
I do have a dropper though.
I’m rocking:3×9
26″ QR wheels. With inner tubes!
100mm stem
25.4 barsI do have a dropper though.
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Not sure, might be a 100mm. It's something like that.
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No dropper but it does have something called a QR - apparently I have to stop, get off, undo it, lower the saddle, do it up again and remount? Sounds like a lot of hassle anyway and given the incredibly low levels of rad-gnarr that the bike encounters, the chances of me ever actually lowering it are zero.
Some folk are just no good at compensating for their inadequacies by having the latest equipment 😛
This thing seems to be picking up a bit if speed (pun intended) now, fair play @IHN
Just because I was a bit bored, I’ve created a potential logo (first draft) now if I can only work out how to post pictures…
in the spirit of sharing: I have a fail-safe excuse at the sight of anything vaguely technical
"you lot can all go first, I value my teeth"
because if we're all honest, this is what really drives us all, the risk of facial injury and teeth don't grow back (and neither does a bank account when a dentist has access to it..)
Hello, my name is 10 and I'm a hopeless rider. I'm in the US so I guess it would be "RUCKUS Y'all". I'm thinking of converting an old FS into a gravel bike because the braking bumps hurt my wrists. I crash on flat, open, easy sections of trail. And I regularly get left behind on the descents by people I ride with. The last drop I rode was about 8in high, I somehow burped my front tire and got thrown over the bars. I've spent the last 18 months refining my technique by riding Zwift. I'm not confident I have any remaining bike handling skills. I am confident that I like cakes.
Edit for IHN wunhundred!
Weeeerrrrn-huuundrouuuughrrd!
**EDIT - Gaaah!
I’m in the US so I guess it would be “RUCKUS Y’all”
I think you'll find it's the United States Union of Cycling Kindness 😉
I think you’ll find it’s the United States Union of Cycling Kindness
I resemble this comment.
further to my original post.
i crashed a couple of years ago cycling up dunkirk hill road (devizes) at less than 5 mph on my ht.
my bars got caught in overgrown hedge and slammed me onto the pavement hard enough that i couldn't get up off the floor for over a minute.
both my arms cannot fully straighten since the accident 😢
i definitely qualify for rubbish rider (46 now) 😀 have never been able to so much as wheelie,manual,bunnyhop,and take both uphills,downhills slow as you like.
i also decades ago as a late teen,didnt see a car trailer and promptly rode into the back if it,rolling over it and onto the road in a bad colt seavers parody (if you don't know who he is,ask yer parents,grandparents).
i feel more than unqualified to join this new club if you'd have me 👍
If 10 from the USA has a t-shirt with USUCK is the poor guy not in the position of people thinking he's cycling God? No pressure there 😂
I fell off my bike in the garage today.
My front wheel went out from underneath me on my patio. It had just rained so was very slippery. I felt a bit of a nana.
I learnt to trackstand last week. Age 43. I think I am anyway.
Still a fair bit of finishing touches remain but for now…
…I’ll leave this just here…
Is there anyone else in the North East? Specifically the gnar-vacuum that is Sunderland.
Trackstand? That's pushing it a bit.....
@northernmatt there's a few of us I reckon just a smidge north of you 😂 oh, and just to add there was plenty of gnar last time I peddled in Sunderland...grass (herbal variety being smoked by yutes), nobheads (in cars and one toolbag on a scooter on the pavement), and rain. Plenty of rain. 🤣
The logo would be better if the y and the R overlapped, like proper shonky, not almost shonky 😂
And the rider has the strangest thing on his head...?
I learnt to trackstand last week.
Too competent by half!
I learnt to trackstand last week
That's the only on-bike skill I have. It comes in useful for slowing to a gradual stop on a descent then unclipping, dismounting and walking down the next bit.
This is why I'm good at trackstanding. Much practice in slowing down, dismounting and walking!
Can't jump or manual, and I'll only roll the tiniest drops. I'm also comically bad at tight switchbacks (uphill and downhill), particularly turning left. I am not an ambi-turner.
That’s the only on-bike skill I have. It comes in useful for slowing to a gradual stop on a descent then unclipping, dismounting and walking down the next bit.
I think that this high level of brake control is an unappreciated skill. If you asked some gnar shredding enduroist to come to a sudden stop before a rock, root, dodgy looking patch of grass or suchlike they would certainly struggle, especially if you add in any sort of downhill gradient.
I learnt to trackstand last week. Age 43. I think I am anyway.
Hey! Don't let them talk you into accepting you're crap. To the sky, even if you are crap right now, you can be so much moaarrrr betttererer!!!!!!!
One benefit of finding out I have crushed vertebrae in my spine and Osteoporosis 10 years ago means those 2 go right to the top of the book of excuses when I chicken out on certain squirelly bits 😬 " I would ride that but...." 🙄
I bought 661 shorts with protection pads just in case, they became known as my Osteoporosis pants! 😎
I've resigned myself to that very fact. It doesn't matter how hard I try to increase my fitness or upgrade my skill level, the guys I ride with are simply better riders than I am.
For your mental health's sake, give up caring and enjoy the ride.
…what “y and r” ?!?
😂 The y at the end and the R at the beginning!
Will there be a RUCKUS keyring I can borrow to make a few copies? Is Louise welcome to join?
In any case, there's a reason for the big in bigg and it's not for my ability to send it in a big way.
I'm in
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It's a bit crap considering the 23 years I've been riding MTBs but....
My trackstand is really coming along, or isn't if you're being literal
And I'm actually managing some small but consistently achievable rear wheel lifts with flat pedals. I think I'm more pleased than I really deserve to be for achieving the skill level of a small child.
Last nights ride went like this...
Me. Is this the trail where there is a jump at the bottom I need to remember to go round?
Hubby. Yes, or you could just do the jump.
Me. .........that is not the RUCKUS away.
Keeping it RUCKUS real 🙂
Yes, or you could just do the jump.
Me. ………that is not the RUCKUS away.
Well done - there's no place for huckers in RUCKUS.
Stupid huckers 🙄
On trails that I know I can sort of give the impression that I know what I’m doing, but put me on an unfamiliar trail and/or ground conditions I’m not used to and I can get brake clenching gut wrenching “I’ll walk this bit” fear over any random obstacle.
Could have written exactly the same thing!
Indeed. I can sometimes delude myself into thinking that I'm a pretty useful rider when I'm on my own and I've just "smashed" my favourite bit of trail for the 200th time. But nothing bursts the bubble quite like riding with other people as they glide off into the distance with nary a pedal stroke.
Well, wish me luck, RUCKUS brothers and sisters, for today I venture forward on unfamiliar train with a group who, you know, aren't shit.
I'm just going out now, and I may be some time...
Is the RUCKUS founder still with us??!
Of course he is. While all the other riders recklessly hurled themselves into the abyss (e.g a 3ft drop) never to to be seen or heard from again, our correspondent made it back to the cafe in one piece, sole survivor of a doomed expedition.
I can confidently report that RUCKUS founder IHN is completely safe and in pieces that can at least put back together with little effort.
It must be pointed out that tea and cake was consumed post ride so all is well..
Is the RUCKUS founder still with us??!
Aw, Dez, I never knew you cared so much. Luv u 2 hun.
Yep, I'm alive. I have to say, it was great, for two reasons:
1) There was cake
2) I wasn't entirely crap
Where does RUCKUS stand on trail sanitisation? Out today and there's a descent that is a fast tutty roller-coaster where you're never sure what's waiting over the next drop. Except today it had been reprofiled into a gravel highway with gentle rises to take care of drainage. I quite enjoyed it TBH...
Swoops are better than jank for RUCKUS imo.
