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if it's wet enough for waterproof socks wear trousers too.
Have your butler ride the wet sections.
do not waste time and money trying to keep dry
embrace the weather. 8)
Always have plenty of excuses ready for why you: fell off/walked that last bit/are slow.
You may be going slower than the optimum/safest speed on certain technical sections - realise that and you realise that speed is you friend....
DrP
Be loose and the bike will flow over the obstacles
dont fall off, it hurts.
stay relaxed and loose. Its supposed to be fun 😀
This one works for pushbikes and motorbikes- if you can't flap your elbows like you're doing the birdie song, you're too tense/stiff. So get flapping!
druidh - MemberGet a pair of domestic rubber gloves.
Cut across each glove, just above the thumb.
Pull on over your socks so that the tightest section is against your leg, thereby creating a seal.
Put the slacker section over the top of your sock.
just buy these [url= http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2009/09/dry-feet.html ]scree gators[/url] ...cheap and brilliant 8)
always a good ride with a hip flask with slow gin or damsin vodka 😉
Have fun.
Mountainbiking is not STW.
Suckit in and man up!!!!!
Gears and suspension are for lazy ****ers with no skill...
People who feel the need to broadcast that they ride a singlespeed have issues...
To save your bikes coming off your car at 40mph and skidding across the road, buy a van.
Lack of time on a bike makes some folks [b]grum[/b]py on internet forums.
Gel pouches make great tyre boots.
Ride the line, even if it is wet and muddy.
"Ride the line, even if it is wet and muddy".Thats not a tip...it should be the law.
If it was there would be a lot of bikers doing porrige. And it's usually the same ones that don't like Crudcatchers either.
Edit; (adopts poncy voice) erggh I don't want to get muddy but I don't want to ruin the looks of my bike with crudcatchers, I'll get off or go round it.
'I STOP FOR MUD'
How much for a thousand stickers?
Its not just mud,the decent from the end of Llyn Crafnant down to Capel Curig is techfest gem.Rode it a couple of weeks ago and some arses had very recently churned up a chicken run down the side of all the best bits-turns out to be a club ride and most of them on 5 and 6" "all mtn" bikes....ffs.
Be safe carry a Beagle.
Don't turn up to what is essentially an uplift day with a 2.1 Kenda Nevegal on the rear of a hardtail unless you want to spend more time fixing punctures than riding. Dual Ply's are your friend.
Their ears get caught in the spokes-better off with a chawawa stuffed in yer camelback.
Tips?
Do not back horses.
CAKE!
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Make sure when its.....
Cold
Dark
Pi$$ing it down
People are rushing you to hurry up...
That you remember to put the front wheel (you removed 15 minutes ago) into the boot of the car before heading off on your journey... 😉
M = Mates
T = Treats
B = Bikes
F*ck all this stay loose nonsense, just get out with your mates, on your bikes and take sweets 🙂
+1 [b]Woody2000[/b] 😀
If your grips are slipping round the bar and your too cheap to buy lock ons put electrical tape round the bar wash the grips out with a a little bit of petrol and re install grips onto the electrical tape, the petrol melts the tape a bit and they are very strongly bonded to the bar. Don't put your finger in the disc when the wheel is spinning! Contrary to other posts always wear Lycra it makes you faster via the placebo effect! Finally from Henry Ford: "If you think you can or you think you can't your right."
Iain
A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.
"afrothunder88 - Member
Don't turn up to what is essentially an uplift day with a 2.1 Kenda Nevegal on the rear of a hardtail unless you want to spend more time fixing punctures than riding. Dual Ply's are your friend."
Worked fine for me at Fort William 😉
Remember to check the tube you've put in your Camelbak is the right diameter for the wheels on your bike.
Over-exaggerate the amount you move the bike around if you want it to actually have an effect on riding.
For the "what tyres for..." crowd; riding the same tyres long enough to know when they will grip and when they'll slide is much more useful/relevant than what someone on the internet thinks is good for them, on their bike, where they ride (all of which are probably different to your situation or you wouldn't need to ask online!)
For every hour you ride a trail, spend 15mins doing trail work to keep it up to scratch and give us all more trails to ride.
Remember to check the tube you've put in your Camelbak is the right diameter for the wheels on your bike.
Or just go tubeless. And never have to worry about fixing a puncture again.
Real Man - I do use tubeless - and I have also split tyres and needed to whack a tube in.
You're mad if you don't take a tube with you.
GB
Never ride too far from a pub!
Always carry a first aid kit.
And spare chainlinks
Always have your support crew nearby
Don't ride with idiots who get oil on there disks when oiling their chain, they'll hold you up!
Something I've started to do recently when riding alone:
Keep re-riding a fun section of trail, just 100-300 metres, with interesting corners, bumps and drops, until perfect. It will make you focus on your technique until you can ride it fast and clean. This will translate to faster, safer riding on other trails.
It's ok to fall off - You need to fall off to learn 😯
[i]If/When[/i] you do fall off...tuck and roll baby... tuck and roll!
Don't continue to screw that BB cup* into the frame when it really doesn't want to go and even starts go in "wonky" - it probably means you've cross-threaded it. Brute force doesn't make it better.
*Especially if it's the one that should go in the other side.
Don't fight the mountain.
I'm putting these on a t shirt. Unless they make sense in which case they're useless to me.