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Doesn't the phrase jeyboy have its routes in down wit' da kidz MBUK mag?
This would make me very happy.
But only you....
binners - MemberDoesn't the phrase jeyboy have its routes in down wit' da kidz MBUK mag?
MBUK forum as I recall.
But only you....
😆 surely you don't think I ever think about anyone else? 😆
This is becoming more evident day by day...
No way am I doing that drop on my XC bike... Or any other bike for that matter :s
I always wear lycra and only ride cross country....
I wear nothing but a thong and ride an apollo, do I fit in? 😆
thought as much. are people taking offence? if so i'll definitely stop using it...
It's OK, we've reclaimed it...
My name is aracer and I'm an XC jeyboy.
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Where did you get photos of my pants from?!!!
Urban dictionary, never fails to amuse 🙂
Yes the top xc boys are pretty damm skillful. I've ridden with a guy who is a superfit xc type racer and he is very quick downhill.
The top guys are hard as nails, as are the top road riders. Loads of battle scars, tons of skill and supremely fit.
As for the rest of the xc/road riding pansies, the mickey taking shall resume.... 😛
Nice line I'll do it on a hardtail but with the saddle down ;-), however at this point we shall remember they are professional riders in MOUNTAIN biking. So all thing considered it is not that difficult, and you do come across similar features riding along in the alps. It's like saying your mechanics he's a very good tinkerer because he can change your cam shaft on the car.
Absalon is indeed a very skilled rider as he's one of the few top ten to attempt and finish the TV. Same way that most roadies would struggle on a road ride with the other absalon or fabien barel (yes this bastard is really fast uphill).
Blimey Yeti, never seen mountain bike racing before, did you see how fast those blokes were going from the start line!! 😯 I would be wanting my mum at that jump. LOL
Muddy girls though..... 😳
*stops thinking about wanting emsz mummy*
Errrrmm, no, sorry, it's gone... I had something to say... I'll come back to you.
It seems that the "cross country riders are soft" image come very much from people that can't really ride themselves or have very little understanding of the sport. I have read/heard many a comment from pro downhiller's complementing the cross country riders, sure I remember Steve Peat saying that a great cross country rider was proper mountain biker.
Also to add weight to the cross country riders have skills, Nino Schurter beat Remi Absalon in a 'mega' event last year.
Muddy girls though.....
Why else d'you think I bother with Mayhem every year....it may be muddy/rainy and have a rubbish course, but there are always very nicely formed and superfit female riders to cheer me up as I'm (inevitably) overtaken.
Jey just means you ride 100% of everything at full tilt.
No stopping, faffing, eating, drinking or in fact anything that stops you getting to B from A as quickly as possible.
Sometimes it looks cack handed, messy and even if they're mincing, but it's a race against other riders out there at the same time as you and the line isn't always available and you have to think or not on the spot.
Lol at the mincers in the video off the bike & running with it.
Err, guys, you're in a XC BIKE RACE, not an xc running race.
So stay on the bike & ****ing ride the damn thing.
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i love this has brought out some deamons...im jey and proud but even that line would make me think twice
These guys and girls are pro athletes, the discipline is somewhat by the by. Tracy Mosely was competitive at the Dalby XC and Peaty raced extremely well in XC class back in the day.
Just like most top XC riders have a few skills when pointing downwards.
So stay on the bike & **** ride the damn thing.
What if it's faster to run? If you've not got a good line and had to stop it's probably quicker to run down the hill than it is to faff trying to restart with other riders streaming past!
yeah cause im sure that with 10 inch of travel 2.5 tires,full armour they'd be alot slower :/Just like most top XC riders have a few skills when pointing downwards
What if it's faster to run?
Course designer should be hang...
If you've not got a good line and had to stop it's probably quicker to run down the hill than it is to faff trying to restart with other riders streaming past!
Well that's the game, you pick up a bad line, you loose time, end off.
But I double concur on the swede comment.
200 riders turn off the starting fireroad at 30mph into the first bit of singletrack, which includes a very narrow rooty descent. You have the choice of stopping/trackstanding and waiting 5 minutes for a clear line, or you get off and run, when you can go through the undergrowth, and take very different 'lines' to the single rideable line.
You're always going to get bottlenecks, unless you have a race of 100% fireroad, which would be torturously dull, and like it or not (I imagine not and you'll have some smart arse justification about what girls they all are and you can puff out your chest and feel good about yourself) it [i]may[/i] be quicker for those at the back to run.
If it's good enough for CX riders..
Everyone knows they can't ride anything though 🙄
The race is on to be first through the singletrack. If your not one of the first it's carnage. It's hard to explain if you've not been there, but the drive to keep moving is very powerfull. If you dab you just tend to run and remount rather than stop and start again.?
And if it's a world cup or similar with 200 riders you will never be the first unless you're on the front row of the grid! So you may as well limit your losses, and yes as soon as you stop just get off and run, at least you're still moving!
Wouldn't like to do it on a hardtail, did a drop of a metre on the weekend on a xc bike with the saddle up... took a fair few hours to forget that! Where is that course?
Only issue I've got with people walking/running sections is when they think it's OK to do it right down the middle of the trail, or block the trail while they restart, and end up slowing down riders who've just ridden the section they wouldn't. If I do 10UTB again there's a decent chance I'll end up slapping someone 😳
Champery, Switzerland.
TBH you don't get walkers in an XC race, and being behind is your problem unless it's lapping leaders.
It tickles me how fussy xc riders are about their bikes and kit, but when they're racing they treat them like ****.
Bikes are meant to be treated like ****
yeah i look after my race bike but if the fast line meant dinting a rim id take it
You have the choice of stopping/trackstanding and waiting 5 minutes for a clear line, or you get off and run, when you can go through the undergrowth, and take very different 'lines' to the single rideable line
Do you want to tell that to the two guys who moaned at me for doing exactly that on the first lap of SITS this year. 😀
Loved the way one of them said to his mate "It's the guy in the Go Vegan jersey" as if they were making a note so they could report me later.
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Only issue I've got with people walking/running sections is when they think it's OK to do it right down the middle of the trail, or block the trail while they restart, and end up slowing down riders who've just ridden the section they wouldn't.
Agreed! Always a problem at enduros, because of the mix of abilities and the multi laps. Not such a problem in XC as you only have similar riders on course at any one time and the only risk is when you're lapping people, and they really should know to get out of the way!
I don't quite get people being put out by others running at xc races, there is no prize for the person that stays on the bike the longest so you might as well do whatever is fastest it is a race afterall.
Iain
I don't quite get people being put out by others
Full stop. Unless of course their actions affect you directly.
Am I bi???? I wear Lycra shave my legs and ride a 5" full susser.
YepAm I bi???? I wear Lycra shave my legs and ride a 5" full susser.
I'm not being hubris, but in regard to the first few pics in this thread I would ride that on my rigid Rockhopper with my carbon rigid forks on no problems! Come on that is nothing more than a curb in a wood. Even with a high post!
seth-enslow666 - MemberCome on that is nothing more than a curb in a wood.
You're right- and the person in the picture is only 4 inches tall!
It tickles me how fussy xc riders are about their bikes and kit, but when they're racing they treat them like ****.
I'm fussy about what's on the bike, and how it's put together, so I can treat it like shit during a race and know it's going to get me to the finish. Mechanicals are something that happens to the unprepared.
Anyway, here's Katy Winton, a 17yo girl riding that drop yesterday.
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