[Closed] Mountain bike to do list

Get an Elite license, although they're changing the licences for a road style 1st/2nd/3rd cat system, so that's out the window! 1st cat just doesn't sound as good as Elite!

just to ride would be nice 6 weeks off, with bad back pain, get mri and x ray results monday, so heres hoping.

but a french alps holiday would be nice,when i get better i will value my time on bike more than ever.

Stop tinkering with my full suss frame design and actually finish it / get it built

Clean the climb behind Ladybower Inn bottom to top in one go

learn to ride ramps and DJ's properly.

Lose half a stone and get fitter!

- Clear jacobs ladder going up.
- Ride in the French Mountains
- Do more freeride stuff

Oh - and if I do manage to get 6 weeks off over the summer, goes without saying I'd like to meet loads of STW riders and go on some social rides but I will be mainly in Scotland and could be in Wales for a week or two too staying in Blaneau Ffestiniog (spelling?)

get my knee sorted (long term goal by the looks of it!)

360's (things to do before i'm 30 kinda long term)

Most of my goals for this year are Dh race related as a 1st year master.
Get a top 10 at a race - Done now replaced with below.
Get a top 5 at a race.
Get a top 10 at a Pearce DH race.

Apart from that just ride lots, stay fit and have fun.

Simon, if you're taking time off, it would be a pleasure to show you some of the Chilterns, add it to your list

fix my puncture

finish dusk till dawn solo
win friday night series (jnr)
get fitter, get faster

Nick

Hi - my best mate lives in Milton Keynes and also I knew Trimix from when I was at school so yeah, I may be there for a day or two so yeah, never ridden there but would love to.

I handed in my notice at work yesterday and it seemed to go well with my boss. I have asked to leave end of May but I am on 3 months notice so will hear in a week or two when I can leave. I've been quite stressed out and not too well these last few months so really just wanted a month to chill, get out in nature and be back in the UK.

My to do list is:

have a weekend of bike riding and alcohol in 3wks time :oD
go biking in the Purbecks
go on a bike ride with SFB
go biking in Canada
go biking on the Q's again
meet lots of new people
and go to the Big Bike Bash ;o)

Get my wife to ride regularly so as to build up some fitness and skill - nothing dramatic just enough to go out for a few hours and have a picnic.

A second option would be for her to leave me alone so I can ride whenever I want and have a meal and a beer ready for me when I get back.

Take my bike away on an extended bike tour - soon.
Build my own frame - soon.

Start racing bmx rather than just fannying about at the track.
Ride at the velodrome.
Buy a freecoaster wheel for the bmx to play on.
Learn to fall off less.

Win lottery
Buy Helicopter

Blaneau Ffestinog...Brave brave man.

Si

Ahem - it's a beautiful place and I really mean that! I still remember one New Year's Eve there and went for a night time walk in the snow with a full moon and cloudless sky, air crisp and magical.

It also makes a brilliant base for mountain biking and is very close to my beloved Dinas Emrys.

I also used to live in Holyhead and yeah, in amongst the drugs and unemployment and stuff, there's some lovely people there and megaliths and beaches and things too.

blaneau Ffestinog will be a bit of a culture shock afte Gibraltar!

Rocketdog,

Don't forget that Gibraltar has the honour every so often of having Royal navy ships dock for a day or two with their crews out drinking.

I've not lived there but have stayed there on extended visits with friends. Believe it or not I miss the place and I really miss being in Snowdonia.

Anyway, back to everyone else's plans.

Go back to Whistler and ride some gnarly sh't.

Also have the Ben Nevis triathlon in my sights for next year, so a return to fitness and then some is the target.

To ride one for a full year without weeks/months off injured.

My MTB to do list...

1. Trans UK
2. Trans Alps
3. Do well in the 2010 race seasion 🙂
4. Mega Avalanche
5. plus many more 😀

Helvellyn
C2C (mostly) off-road
Ride some hills that I usually ski on (Morzine, Chatel, etc.)
Maybe a rookie team entry in a 12hour race

Learn to jump with a little style

Ride Carn Ban Mor

Do myself justice in a 24 hr solo race maybe even strathpuffer

Build a full sus tandem from scratch with a lever front sus ( ain't gonna happen)

Keep on riding until I am 80

1. Show [b]aleigh[/b] some interesting sights :o)
2. The Quantocks
3. Ride up the track from Sadgill to Stile End (fat chance)

get a hell of a lot fitter/lighter so i can actually ride up some hills without feeling like i am going to turn inside out...

anything i do after that will be a bonus.

Well, where shall I start?

1. One week's solo riding in the hills and I won't tell anyone where I've gone!
2. Part of the Wessex Way, solo naturally, to get me out of my comfort zone.
3. Purbecks next month.
4. Dartmoor - anyone want show an old wuss around?
5. Q's again.
6. Bogtrotters ride led by the inimitable simonfbarnes and only if it incorporates a minimum of 50 folk using cheeky trails/footpaths.

That's all I can think of for now but no doubt the list will get added to!

Just this year, I will:

For the 1st time, ride further north than Brechfa or Swinley 😳
Related to that, ride in Scotland.
Ride in the alps. Cannot wait, bought a full face today.
Do a 100k road ride.
Learn to jump properly.

the inimitable simonfbarnes

only because no one would [b]choose [/b]to be like this 🙂

and only if it incorporates a minimum of 50 folk using cheeky trails/footpaths.

50 is a tall order - you might have to bring 25 with you...

sfb - any chance of you posting up that wonderful pic of one of your rides with a HUGE number of riders lifting bikes over stiles? That one really made me laugh and showed the true spirit of mountain biking! From memory I believe you got quite a bit of stick on here ... so that should encourage you 😉

You reckon 25 Southern Shandy Drinkers could cope?

Oh ... and who wants to be boring 😆

just for you cg:
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and Stanage:
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You reckon 25 Southern Shandy Drinkers could cope?

that remains to be seen - it can be hard to avoid a certain amount of 'showing off' in such circumstances :o)

My mountain biking life will be completely fulfilled whatever monumentous rides or achievements may, or may not happen - just as long as I never, ever end up on one of those rides.

just as long as I never, ever end up on one of those rides.

fair enough, only those that enjoy a throng need attend :o) I'm not a sociable person, but I love it when there are loads of riders, there's a great buzz when everyone is enjoying themselves!

I've only done 5 solo MTB rides and 1400 in company...

Improve my fitness for DH.

Ride more xc.

Get comfortable using spd's

Summer alpine road trip, 8 places to ride in just 2 weeks.

to continue to develop friendships and skills

Thanks Simon! Some great shots and the scenery really has the "wow" factor.

My mate RudeBoy would love it 😆 He would be flying the flag for the SSD. Aleigh is certainly up for a visit too but reckon my bike/bod would need to be toughened up 😉

1. Learn to bounce better when falling off on tarmac
2. get rid of the fluid filled lump on my hip
3. get on my bike
4 be fit enough to do the col de tourmalet in May
5. Ride 5 times in the lakes this summer
6. enter a race for the first time 15 years

Get rid of several of the spare frames littering my spare room.
Get the SS working again.
Ride more.
Stop falling off sideways. My ribs hurt still from last week.

Do the Reading-Bristol / Kennet-Avon ride again.

Ride more.

but reckon my bike/bod would need to be toughened up

all you really need is enthusiasm - I'm always happy to match the ride to the riders - so long as you're trying your best, you'll get the most from it:-)

Fort Bill World Cup DH in twice as long as Peaty before I'm 40 😯

- Enter a DH race
- do more freeride/jump/DJ stuff
- learn to ride faster/harder
- Get my fittness up
- have a go at a Velodrome
- meet more people

Want to continue improving. I want to get to the point where I'm at peace with my riding if that makes any sense. I think I'm 50% of the way there.

eat less kebabs
get a bikefest or transwales podium finish
ride the gap again
ride llandegla
jump alot better
paint the front of the house