[Closed] would you give up MTB if....

No, I wouldn't give up and what's so safe about bridleways?

bridleways have horses on them lethal-D, and its a well known medical FACT that you're less likely to damage a kids face when there are horses around, thats why the police have em.

Nope, consequences are not for me. Much a like a criminal never thinks they'll get caught, I never think I will crash.

Police have kid's faces? I though they all looked younger these days laddie.

I'd take up a hobby where if it went wrong you proceed directly to death, do not pass expensive injuries 😀

Ah, the cheap pleasures of violent masturbation...

** leaves office in a whirl of excitement. Returns, depressed and deflated, with tiddlywinks.

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Nah....if youve got to get insurance anyway then just make sure it covers biking.

it's a question for the insurance company.... do you drop the premiums because the health benefits of the activity or raise them due to the risks.

Ah, the cheap pleasures of violent masturbation...

Not always pleasures. A friend of mine was indulging whilst in the bath with such voracity, he snapped his banjo string.

His mother heard him yelp, burst into the bathroom and fainted on the spot thinking he'd slashed his wrists.

would you give up MTB

Not always pleasures. A friend of mine was indulging whilst in the bath with such voracity, he snapped his banjo string.

His mother heard him yelp, burst into the bathroom and fainted on the spot thinking he'd slashed his wrists.

biking versus masturbation - don't they both f~'k you up?

This is a weird one, as I know the potential pitfalls of coming off your bike don't bear thinking about, but I've got 16 years of MTBing under my belt now, a few scars to show for it, but never once been to hospital because of anything I've done on a bike!

I've fractured my wrist playing cricket though... And thought I'd broken a thumb! My Dad broke his finger pulling a weed out of a flower bed the other week (but then they've found out he has a condition in his bones that needs operating on now!)...

I'd carry on riding for sure...

biking versus masturbation - don't they both f~'k you up?

they both provide the same reaction from women when you tell them your hobbies when speed-dating.

they both provide the same reaction from women when you tell them your hobbies when speed-dating.

But, on the other side, they can both really keep you in trim!

Had more injuries from occasional 5-a-side than from a [s]lifetime[/s] lot of biking, never give up cycling, have kinda given up 5aside tho.

If privatisation happen and if they start doing private heli pickups and stuff are they going to refuse cheeky riders? "Drag yourself to a legal trail then we'll come get you, not insured otherwise, health and safety innit" 😉

[i]"It's a dangerous business, [b]Phil[/b], going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." [/i]

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Do most people end up in hospital from MTBing then?

Probably jinxed myself now, but I've been riding mtbs since 1989 and, although I've boken ribs on several occasions, have never crashed badly enough to bother to seek hospital treatment.

Hmmmm...Wondering if that makes me:

a) Supremely skilled
b) Very lucky
c) A Doulbe Hard B*****d
d) A bit of a mincer, riding-wise?

No, onanism only keeps your forearms in trim or, if your technique is poor, one of your forearms.

Also, a pro MTBer would probably get a lot more respect than a pro-masterbater. Well, maybe. Or not.

[i]Do most people end up in hospital from MTBing then?[/i]

I have! Busted neck. I didn't need no stinkin air ambulance - I walked to the hospital 8)

I live in a country where they [i]do[/i] charge you for an ambulance ride - trauma department, certainly sir, will that be cash or credit card? Hasn't stopped me crashing my brains out each weekend....yet.

i wouldn't give up, as solo says everything is risky. at least with riding i would've been doing something fun to end up broke/in a wheelychair, whereas driving in reading rush-hour traffic could not be my favourite way to end up disabled!

Nope, never once needed the hospital through a biking accident.

Been there a few times through skateboarding.

Hey, we're all invincible, right?

I'd still do it. But I'd MTFU and walk home no matter what the injury was.

[i]I'd still do it. But I'd MTFU and walk home no matter what the injury was[/i]

Oooo. I think some folk on here will be able to impart some stories of injuries you [b]will not walk away with[/b] regardless of who much mtfu'ing up have accomplished.

HOwever, for some, if it isn't just a teeny bit dangerous.
Then it aint worth doing...

As the old saying goes:

[i][b]LIFE !.[/b][/i]

[i][b]FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY !.[/b][/i]

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I'd still do it. But I'd MTFU and walk home no matter what the injury was

Oooo. I think some folk on here will be able to impart some stories of injuries you will not walk away with regardless of who much mtfu'ing up have accomplished.

No doubt.

My comment ^^^^ relates to ego perception, rather than MTB reality.

Sometimes I find myself long regretting
Some foolish thing some little simple thing I've done
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

I've nearly worn out one of my hips through cycling - 20+ years of aggressive hill climbing has taken its toll on my body.

I tore some cartilage in my hip about 18 months ago. An MRI diagnosed the tear and also identified a lump of bone on the top of my femur that, through so much cycling, has damaged the hip joint and now preludes osteo arthritis.

I'm 37 and built my first bike in 1994 (A Ridgeback 705RS)

It took over a year of NHS fumbling to get to the MRI scan - now having private health care I've had corrective surgery, and am currently on crutches and bored sh!tless at home.

I'll pay an excess on my health care - and will continue to pay for it... but will continue to mountain bike - if not a little less aggressively on the climbs...

S!

I'd still do it. But I'd MTFU and walk home no matter what the injury was.

Pfffttttt, pussy, I MTFU'd and rode my bike down the rest to the decent, on to the station, caught the train, then rode back up Sheffield to Crookes.

I then couldn't ride a bike for 2 years and struggled with walking at times, so maybe not the best plan!

"Banjo string"

LOL and others in the room when I read it out 🙂

Yowser!

** Rethinks MTFU policy and ride home **

Camo 16.

Excellent post.

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[i]I then couldn't ride a bike for 2 years and struggled with walking at times, so maybe not the best plan!
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But, on the other side, they can both really keep you in trim!

Beg to differ, if I was as trim as I should be (on the masturbation theory) I would be 8stone and not 18 😛

Beg to differ, if I was as trim as I should be (on the masturbation theory) I would be 8stone and not 18

That's cos you're not doing it right!

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No, and whats a bridleway? is it like a footpath only bigger?

bridleway - noun:

a slang term for a married womans vagina. example: 'i took her up the bridleway, then her hubby came home'

EDIT - i am not being misogymathingy, i'm an equal opportunities idiot.

is it like a footpath only bigger?

Why aren't they called feetpaths? You don't get that many people hopping along them.

I would wear a padded suit

I would wear a padded suit

That's a bit kinky isn't it? Most people prefer not to get so sweaty when doing the excessive masturbation bit.

I have a club foot, I hooble on footpaths.
I have on occasion worn a bridle too, not on a way mind.

I'd just get insurance. That's how it will be funded, and you'll be paying that anyway. Your insurance will be a hell of a lot less than those people who smoke or can't balance their input/output ratio.

Nipping in once a year to mend a broken wrist will cost them a billion pounds less than if you're constantly getting diabetic drugs and having heart problems.

i've been to the alps without insurance (realised after day 1). Still rode, so I guess no

Not always pleasures. A friend of mine was indulging whilst in the bath with such voracity, he snapped his banjo string.
His mother heard him yelp, burst into the bathroom and fainted on the spot thinking he'd slashed his wrists.

Really struggling to stifle a real LOL!

People on low incomes will give up exercise and prefer to suffer the health consequences. Is this a Tory policy?

In all the time I've been riding (started off bmxing about 7-8 years ago 😯 )I've only had two injuries/crashes serious enough to warrant a trip to A&E. So I'd probably take the risk.

I have been to hospital a few times. I'd insure if i had to pay, or not and pay as I went. Which works unti lyou break your back or do something truly horrendous. Insurance then. Have ridden with a broken elbow, fingers, thumb, concussion, etc. Wasn't a fan of the grating bone and pitiful yelps it elicited.

The last time I went to hospital for a riding related problem was about 2004/5 which means one of two things, I'm a mincer or I'm AWESOME. I see more tags calling me AWSOME than a mincer so I think the answer is quite clear.

MTFU and think what would Jens do?

He'd say "Shut up, legs!"

Insurance? No different if you go riding on a foriegn holiday surely.

nope would carry on never had to go to hospital with a biking related accident mind you only had one semi serious bike accident and that was on a bmx landed funny and hard and bent my prince albert(not the bike) 😉 and there was no way i was going to hospital to get that sorted out waited for the swelling to go down and took it out with a pair of circlip pliers myself dead hard me(not really rolled around on the floor and cried like a girl when it happened). 😀

I see more tags calling me AWSOME than a mincer so I think the answer is quite clear.

It's the lightweight hardtail and being able to deal with the masses of "braking bumps" at Llandegla that make you so awesome don! 😉

There must be something. 😛