[Closed] What sort of riding do you do?

Welcome, definitely an off road site coming from Singletrack magazine but people here seem to ride everything.

I used to be a roadie, but traded it in for MTB in 1991. Was a rubbish rider from that point on, although I returned to the road about three years ago where I would have argued that I was marginally better.

When I do go off-road, it is on a fully-rigid 27.5+, and either for multi-hour adventures or trail centres. No gnar for me!

Xc with as many tech DH/enduro sections as possible. Also some Road/gravel rides. Although I seem to be out less and less on the bike/s recently.

Xc.  Occasionally with a number on. Techy? Well xc techy, so some small features but nothing too gnar. Limited airtime. My bike is an xc bike and today's minorgnar (tm) has resulted in a dinged rim. Boo.

In my mind it's this-

but in reality it's this-

I think you summarised that beautifully kayla1.

Just love riding natural trails around the Peaks, Macc and Marple area. Occasional jaunt to Llandegla or similar and a few bimbles on the canal and Middlewood Way.

Most people on here don't actually ride bikes 😉

Year round short commute on rigid 26" which often become longer rides with xc. Social MTB rides xc/trail on modern 650b hardtail which I've built up to be capable but not quite hardcore. Started trials riding on a street trials bike as there's more of that on my doorstep than MTB.

Today I did 42km on gnarmac.... on an MTB. Not allowed to ride properly (post-op orders) so sticking to the national cycle routes - luckily I have a few to choose from where I am. A nice 21k out and back into the North Pennines.

Not my normal riding style, but well enjoyed none the less. I even started to think about some sort of gravel based bike if I end up doing more of this...

Mostly long distance old school XC, ITTs, things like that, see my photos on this weekend's ride thread. Can't remember the last time I went to a trail centre, at least two years I think.

XC, road, Enduro (well as much as you can get on the Sarf Downs with the odd trip to Dartmoor, Wales, The Peaks and Cannock).  Doesn’t matter what just as long as I’m either smiling, knackered or both.

Me? Natural trails, bridle ways etc.

Basically mincing around.

I still fall off though. Hence why I keep to pure mincing.

Me? Natural trails, bridle ways etc.

Basically mincing around.

I still fall off though. Hence why I keep to pure mincing.

Same here. I don't 'do' trail centres. I have done, but prefer not to.

I'm a bit odd with biking. I like the countryside as much as the biking. I'm also a bit nuts about history and love to think about the people that have travelled the routes I ride for hundreds/ thousands of years before me.

I know, sounds odd!

We all have our reasons for riding I suppose. The bike is just the common factor. 👍

"Me? Natural trails, bridle ways etc.

Basically mincing around."

Ha ha.

Yup, that is me to a tea.

How do you quote someone like essel did?

I ride XC and bridleways mostly and love exploring new areas, but I am also partial to the occasional visit to trail centres. One of my favourite rides combines both (Doctor's Gate/Hamsterley).

Probably 90% commuting on road with an occasional visit to a trail centre to remind myself how terrible my bike handling skills are.

I commute on an often bastardized fatbike, but escaping to the South Downs hills on my road bike is my passion, even better when I'm up for challenging my PBs up them.

How do you quote someone like essel did?

Quoting on here is an art form mate... Sprinkled with a bit of pure luck. I have no idea if the above will work for instance! Lol

I usually do this now:

Just bold/ or italic the words you want to quote. Lifes too too short.

Quoting on here is an art form mate… Sprinkled with a bit of pure luck. I have no idea if the above will work for instance! Lol

OK, sweet. Thanks for that. Hard to know what is me, what is the site.

Edit: LOL..... wtf?

Grarea, you shouldv'e come on here a few months ago, when the site was easy to use. It's recently been 'improved'.

Tester:

Hard to know what is me, what is the site.

TaDa!!!

Dh push up or uplift days only.I have no interest in xc, road, general pedalling trail type rides etc.

And then only in the summer. And if it's not raining.

Anything with 2 wheels and pedals on (although I must admit I've never tried either a BMX or a TT bike).

Commute by fixie, ride roadbikes, hardtails, full sus. Don't race much but have done XC, DH and Enduro races in my time. Recently hybridised an old hardtail, so that's now my "gravel" bike - more of a "mountain biking like we did I the 90's" bike though...

Favourite stuff is natural technical trails in proper mountains.

I am pretty much a "wonder round the scenery biker" these days.  I love a nice flowy downhill path like us all but for me its about getting to places and enjoying being there - a large part of my riding is also multiday wild camping touring.  NOt bikepacking as I like to get lost in the wilds for days on end and also I am getting old so don't bounce too well

If I go to trail centres too often I get  bored of them fun tho they are.

IMO MTBers split into two main camps - as an analogy there are those for who its like a rally car - ride as fast as you can in tricky terrain for short distances and for others its like a 4wd  - a tool to get to places to enjoy being there.

so for me its an all year round and all weather thing.

X/C ..always conjures up images of racing ..which I don't..

Prefer natural moorland / mountain trails in North Pennines / Cheviots / Lakes ..Scottish Borders NYM & Dales which are the nearest areas to get to from where I live ...with Kielder Forest & trail centre on my doorstep ..

We tend to ride more trail centres in the winter months when the hills are too covered in snow but also have at least one trip away with mates each year ..usually NW.Highlands / Cairngorms ..

For the first time in years I didn't get away this year due to new work commitments but I'm keen to put that to rights in 2019 ..

Based on on the bikes I have, I ride:

Trailcentre car parks

Solo 24hr XC marathons

UCI Grand Tours

Multi day gravel epics

The EWS and week long alpine tours

In the Alaskan winter/on the beach.

Am fat, lazy and not prepared to put any effort in to enjoy the purity of cycling.

Some of the above are actually true.

This thread needs the do you ride trail video.

I ride Mainly xc natural trails think steep hillsides in Yorkshire Pennines and peaks .

Although I.m trying to do a trail centre and bmx track once a month to boost my skills for a few enduro events planned

Ps. enduro is old blokes in shocking illuminous coloured pyjama sets riding big suspension bikes 150-170mm they have little skill for, that you can point down a gnarr hill and get to the bottom alive.

often these old blokes wear garrish motocross goggles and stormtrooper body armour,

gold stancion forks with 36 stickers or maroon red Lyrics are the weapons of choice

enduro format racing uses a timing chip to record time from start flag to end flag  (usually with 3 to 7 stages), the quickest wins, usually involves the exciting bits of local xc riding with bigger jumps drop offs and rocks

Enduro racing seems to have a diverse spread of individuals

namely ATGNI, ATGSI (some idea), very good skilled riders and then those who appear to have never ridden a bike off-road before that morning

I mainly ride a 100mm 29er hardtail set up with fast rolling tyres. Bit of bridleway, cycleway, three ply tarmac mixed with a bit of singletrack and the odd cheeky bit of footpath. Love getting out to ride moorland single track and trails but they are few and far between these days. Take a 27.5 hardtail to Hamsterley with my Son when he needs a lift to ride Descend apparently black and red routes are lame! Think my next bike will be a light weight 29er full sus xc. More comfort means more riding. As I get older I like comfort. Have looked at getting a gravel bike but I can't justify it yet.

XC for me mostly on natural trails but occasionally at trail centres and a trip to the Alps once a year. I also do a bit of road riding but my heart is in MTB 😊

Gravity, it's all about gravity. I'm quite happy to pedal up most things, but only if there's something worth doing it for. Ditto carrying my bike up a mountain.

Also enjoy building new tracks, especially on other peoples land, as you get new stuff to ride and also the knowledge that there's certain people on here that's head would explode in a self righteous rage.

Only time I enjoy 'just a pedal' without the gnar is with my wife and daughter.

OP this forum used to be based around MTBing,  as it was a MTB  mag. Not really any more.

Out on my own I ride trails, paths, bridleways, whatever. A ride could be considered xc but then will dive onto some flowy singletrack or downhill, maybe a jump or two (small ones). I don't necessarily go out for a specific style of riding, it's just what's on offer locally. Natural-ish stuff but there's a lot of trails dug over a very wide area near me.

Out myself I'm a wanderer. I like to explore, enjoy the scenery, but I'm looking for trails all the time.

Weekend group stuff is singletrack stuff and maybe xc loop chucked in. Night rides are a loop somewhere with a mix of stuff. Anything that fits into 2 hours.

Off road (except where road links things up). No commuting, no bloody Zwift.

OP this forum used to be based around MTBing, as it was a MTB mag. Not really any more.

Aside from the road content on the bike forum, the non bike related chat forum I believe has more posts than the bike 😁

I ride to commute into town, I ride BMX tracks, Freeride parks, and DH and bridleways and urban mtbing. I use play bikes, bmxes, a DH bike, old school xc bikes and a MTB commuter

where have all the 29inch 160mm fs riders gone? 😉

I trundle to the shops on a 29” 160mm full sus. I use a cx bike to commute and bike pack.

I have two mountain bikes, both rigid at the moment!

Plus a commuter and a Brompton

You can probably guess the sort of riding I do, I don't mind the odd bit of tech but only as long as it's not too steep and can match my very poor skills

Commute which is mostly road, and occasional trips to Peaks, Pines and parks.

I am new to the forum, I kind of see it as an off-road biased forum.

Welcome to STW. However don't expect too much bike chat. Mostly it's questions about wood burning stoves, debates about types of whisky and furious arguments about religion. Oh, and there's usually a "what tyre for......" thread running.

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I have a gravel bike and a touring bike. Most of my riding is done on Zwift at the moment as I'm recovering from a knee injury (again).

Had mountain bikes in the past but have lacked the confidence to use them for anything other than mellow stuff on the North York Moors. Hoping to do a skills course next year when my health is up to scratch and then get more off road riding done (want to try the coast to coast, sandstone way, head to Switzerland and Italy).

Trail riding, mainly over/around open moorland. Been to trail centres, but not really my bag as I don’ have required skillset to run reds and blacks at anything like half pace.

Hello. 🙂

I like to bimble. There's usually food.

https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/the-bimble-thread/

There's a lot of it about.

Ooooh, I like a bimble.

Well, the things is, I look like I am bimbling, but I am actually completely flat out.

I want to have a bimblebike.

That is now my new name for it, thanks.

The plan is (I think i mentioned) kind of a tourer type thing, but with some cyclocross type tyres.

Rack on the back for shopping. (Possibly a wicker basket on the front and a bow in my hair. (It will have to be a very small bow))

Take my camera with me and bimble about on the bridleways etc etc

One thing at a time..... I have a tyre making a hissing sound....

i am a true potterer.

but in the past i have done everything.

xc race in the late 80's, triathlon in the early 90's, polaris map reading events, ss events, summit bagging in the lakes and scotland, uplifts, week long offroad touring, month long french touring, life long commuter.

all types of bikes over the years. all good.

I'm more of a bimbler these days. I did used to search out the biggest jumps,drop offs and steep descents I could find. Till I hit a tree full pelt, fractured and dislocated shoulder, fractured multiple ribs and nose, Airlifted to the nearest trauma centre back in 2009.

Now I'm mainly cruising canals, flowing singletrack, cheeky footpaths and exploring any forest trails I come across.

My usual ride involves, short section of canal, some fireroad, forest track,a short section of road

A greenway and back onto the canal.

Use a 120mm full suss, well overbiked for what I ride but it's comfortable. Also own a 26 inch Hardtail, use this for popping to the shops,pub and when it's far too muddy for the big bike.

Usually put my main bike away from December till March but we shall see.

Mincing. That is all really. Not deluding myself as that's what it is.

I like long and fast rides to a decent location/scenary/coffee.

Don't mind if it's a bit of a train track with bridleways etc or fire road. Throw in a bit of climbing or teccy too but mostly prefer to stretch my legs.

100mm 29 is my weapon of choice but do have cx/gravel now which is okay but not as comfy.

Still have a 130mm bike at parents in law in the peak and do ride there but actually prefer local from the door as we have more unbroken bridleways and connected forests/parks.

I love trips to Scotland and particularly the Caringorms. Have recently started going to the American West and enjoying Moab, Vegas , Bend, Yellowstone etc as a riding experience which has been incredible.

Trail centres are okay, lost quite a lot of love for them these days but really like the 7 stanes.

Mince-core

Where I ride you can find pretty steep techy riding, which I then mince down.

Bike riding. I'm married so I don't get to do the other type.

I ride mostly in the Lakes. Rocks and mountains in a National Park. Apparently my all rounder FS bike can be used for this Enduro thing, but I just ride down and over stuff.

I have a Stache too, which is fun, especially when I visit my mum in the South Downs.

I have a road bike for getting work and and other boring stuff like shopping. There is no joy to be had riding on the road.

Any bike, anywhere, any time.

Commonly known as wrong bike, wrong place, wrong time.

Expert at hike a bike on the heroic stuff. 🙂

I suppose what I really meant was I am a rough stuff rider, which as I am a member of the RSF, is kind of logical.

Think gravel with occasional lumpy bits and hike a bike.

Commuting

Road stuff, the odd sportive, some group rides and lots of just going out on my bike.

”Gravel”, or just riding on easy bridleways and towpaths as it used to be known.

Riding to go somewhere. This is a rarity for a few people but as I don’t own a car, some of my riding is because I need to go somewhere or get something. Either in the fixie or my cargo bike.

I am in the same position atm.

Sort of on purpose.

I want to get my cycling to a point where going a reasonable distance to get somewhere is not an issue.

I am happy popping 5 miles each way now to get something. Including the drag out of town.

Can go further, but that is a fine distance, you know? Work to be done however still.

Like you say, it is a rarity. A lost skill almost.

I ride either techy local natural stuff or Wind Hill Blacks regularly, with a few trips to BPW and other trail centres throughout the year. Don't really bother with anything that doesn't have reasonable gradient these days - my bike (165/180 Mega) makes less technical or steep stuff feel like hard work.

Wouldn't mind a gravel bike for riding the stuff that's on my doorstep that's very tame, but would be a decent challenge with skinny tyres and drop bars.

JP

Mainly XC - natural stuff round Marple/Peaks, with a bit of N.Wales natural stuff and Llandegla occasionally. I'm ex. roadies (got my spine broken commuting to work) so I'm pretty handy going up-hill, but I take it steady going down, although I've got a bit quicker over the last couple of years - just don't fancy getting broken again).

I have 3 road bikes not being used (1 is on the turbo actually) and I tend to ride thew 130mm FS most of the time, and when very sloppy, out comes the old rigid 26".