Tracey needs you, she’s alone and feeling neglected.

All she wants is for you to enjoy yourself, put a smile on your face and see you making the most of the fun and freedom she can give you.

Remember the good times you’ve had together, there are many more to be had and it just keeps on getting better.

She can take you to places you’ve never been and give you experiences that will stay with you for life.

The hardest part is putting your gear on and walking out the door but when you’re out there the rewards are endless and the more you do the more you’ll want to do.

Forget the car, it’s just a tin box that wants your money.

You two get out there and ride!

Because riding bikes is what makes us cool.

Anyway, when you say one mile from the Peaks, where exactly?

Buy a new bit and ride some new trails,drink beer afterwards.

Maybe you’re just not really a mountain biker…

A quick edit of last weekend. Rider, editor and switchback-master is another member on here….

I’ve never genuinely really understood ‘I need motivation’ threads, runnersworld.co.uk abounds with them. I tend to need motivation to do things I don’t really want to do. Given the generally optional nature of mucking about on bikes, if you don’t want to do it, don’t do it. If you do, do.
Simple 🙂

Crochet is nice at this time of year. I can sit in my conservatory and watch birds feeding in the garden. A nice space heater will help keep you warm and I find a packet of Rich Tea biscuits and a cup of Earl Grey invaluable. Once conditions improve, in the summer for example, I often venture into the garden and sketch still lifes of flowers, plants and the odd dead animal. Very calming.

Alternatively if I’m feeling more active, I opt for a game of croquet with my neighbour, Mrs Carruthers. She’s a game old bird and the play can be surprisingly energetic. Since I discovered these more civilised pursuits, my mountain bicycle has been untouched.

You might want to give these alternatives a try. I find that they give me much the same buzz as mountain biking, but without needing to ride my bike.

Go out, (forget the car) Sprint into a techy rock section, lose the back end on a flat turn and catch some air somewhere. Then if doing the above doesn’t put a smile on your face, maybe it’s time to sell your bike 😉

You have to isolate what you love about MTB and what you hate.

For me I love almost losing it in techy sections, and on turns, those “oh shit” moments when the bikes goes off the line but you manage to ride through it. I hated scrubbing kak of my rear sprockets after every couple of rides, and could never be bothered to change gear. So now I ride more twisty techy stuff on a singlespeed.

Lolz at BWD! 😀 Your such a card 😀 (or should that be CAD!)

Some people like riding more than others. If you want to ride you’ll ride, if you want to visit friends you’ll visit friends. It doesn’t matter how much you do one or the other

I couldn’t face a full ride today so just went out in jeans and hoodie to the bmx track. Mixing it up is a good idea.

5.30/6/whatever – we can hang around a bit if we know you’re coming. keep an eye on our Facebook page, that’s where I post about it – hereh

don’t worry about it, ride, don’t ride it’s not the end of the world.

I have it on good authority that the rider on the Carbine in the video above also feels that his lack of exercise over winter turned him into a “phat lethargic slug”. Riding trails makes him grin like a loon for hours on end.

Don’t ask Schweiz how to attach Garmins to top tubes. Apparently his went flying somewhere on that trail. Zip ties are you’re only man. Not pretty, but functional.

How about giving your bike a different name, so it doesn’t feel like you are mounting a character from Birds of a Feather?

What kind of diet do you have, sometimes the wrong food leaves you without enough energy, as for family at the weekend 😯

No wonder you’re miserable 😀

R-R-R,

how long have you lived in Sheffield?

need to see some new trails?