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Big up all the bimblers!
Who else, like me, eschews the radness and gnar?
Who else, like me, prefers the chicken run to the 6ft drop off?
Who else, like me, enjoys a four hour lap of Cannock?
Who else, like me, rides a fatbike because they look so good going slow?
Who else, like me, takes their thermos to the trail centre?
If you answered yes to any of the above, then welcome, my friend, welcome to Bimbleton, population - slow.
just about to head out on the fat bike for a follow my nose ride, no general plan just go where the trails take me, the only time the bike will leave the ground is when i lift it over a gate
Yay!
We're bimbling this afternoon.
A radical session of cross discipline interval training has been abandoned in favour of a ride to the garden centre to laugh at the Christmas tatt.
Then JJ's for a bacon butty and home.
Like the flask idea.
Tartan?
Like the flask idea.
Tartan?
Bit too jazzy for me. Good old classic brown FTW.
No flask and rarely visit trail centres, but I'm with you on the rest 🙂
Yeah, but you live in Scotland, the world is your trail centre.
Flask of tea plus an extra one of tomato soup (or Big Soup if you want extra gnar) FTW!
I much prefer a ride with a little distraction thrown in.
Say a brewery, or a cheese makers.
If you can combine any of those with a beach, then that's bimblecore.
I reckon any proper bimble should easily be rideable in Crocs?
'Bimblecore'- I'll give it three weeks until either Giant or Trek latch onto that one and release a new bike/standard/wheelsize on the back of it 😆
We love a bimble up NCR 1 via Seaham prom to my OH's mam and dad's for Sunday dinner then a slow wheeze back home, bicycles (and knees) groaning and creaking under the extra weight of three stone of meat and seventeen veg!
Yes, yes my friends. embrace the bimble...
Holy shit I hit every one of the OPs quota.
Except Cannock. Why travel that far when I have perfectly good hillocks on the south coast?
But seriously, what flask for trail riding bimbledom?.. I want the uber riding flask
Adventure not adrenaline!
'Smell the pine, not inter-face with it!'
What do we want? Tea and cake! When do we want it? About halfway through the ride if it's not too much trouble! Please. Thank you.
There's an awful lot to be said for bimbling. Most things cycling, and more so mountain biking are aimed at having the lightest, stiffest, fastest, raddest bike and kit going.
But it's not the be all and end all. For me, whilst I enjoy going flat out, measuring my pace against others and tackling ever more technical trails, that brings with it some pressure, and it's pressure I'm often aimimg to avoid by biking, so I don't want to go flat out.
A bimble is the best thing possible for me mentally, I have pretty dark moods and spells of feeling down/conflicted/lost (I hesitate to say depression as I don't think it really is and don't want to trivialise it for genuine sufferers). Just grabbing the bike and heading out with the map and only a rough idea of where I'm going to go, is so liberating.
Long live the bimblers!
This afternoon I shall be bimbling with a full on snotty head.
I only bimble
I love it
Heart rate above 160, you're not going to last
Speedo above 15, you're going too fast
You have a speedo?
You're out!
Yeah, but you live in Scotland, the world is your trail centre.
This is a very good point 😀
But what tyres for bimblecore?
Doesn't matter, as long as they weigh over a kilo each.
Yep a nice bimble with a backpack full of butties and pork pie for a nice sit down to admire the view. Pints at the end.
Have become a bimbleler, usually a 29" non sus, I'm sure I leave the ground on the odd occasion but others assure me that my bouncing inch or two doesn't count.
As long as your not doing it on purpose I think you'll probably be fine.
🙂
Raises hand, obvs
Thank god for this thread, I was beginning to think I was the only one on the forum who wasn't embracing new standards, body armour and enduro flouro
I'm in!
MoreCashThanDash - Member
embracing new standards, body armour and [s]enduro[/s] flouro
That was me in about 1990 if it helps 😆
My cross bike was my favorite and a bimble specialist (in my hands, no racing here thank you!)! Thieving scroats have stopped my bimbling! Bimbling doesn't seem to work on a enduro trail masher!
Pootling, not "bimbling".
I tick all of those boxes except the fat bike! I thought I was last man on earth who takes pleasure in a hardtail, a paper OS map and a camelback loaded with pork pies and scotch eggs!Best thread ever. Bimblecore!!
I think pootling might be a step up from bimbling?
Not sure you can pootle with a takeaway hung on your bars?
I've seen pictures of the Peaks Pootles on here.
Some people actually had gloves on.
I believe they have a picnic, which is nice, but it all looks a bit hardcore to me.
Is there such a thing as hardcore bimbling? Can it still be a bimble if it's below freezing or you're being lashed with sleet, for example?
roverpig - Member
Is there such a thing as hardcore bimbling? Can it still be a bimble if it's below freezing or you're being lashed with sleet, for example?
I'd guess that's the very essence of bimcore. Unlike other genres of bimbling, such as bimpacking or bimduro.
Rain = puddles to jump in.
Snow = fun.
Sleet = another pint, pub fire, crossword.
But seriously, what flask for trail riding bimbledom?
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Just perfect for a cuppa mid ride 8)
Feels like a club is brewing here guys..
The Chicken Runners anyone?
V666ern, you are my new best friend!
Bimble is my middle name !!
Come to think of it ,my first and last name is bimble !
Tick almost all the boxes except fat bike but do ride a plus bike so almost there 🙂
@slimjim78
im not, im your worst - I've just checked the website and they've sold out 😥
If you can combine any of those with a beach, then that's bimblecore.
Bimblecore! Word of the day.
I'm extremely bimblecore. 😛
Is there any danger of a fusion of bimblecore and jeycore?
Bimblecore! Word of the day.
Isn't he some magic bloke with a beard in Harry Potter?