That other thread’s great, but I reckon we can do worse than that. I’m going to set the bar pretty low with this shot of me.

Old roadie top from late 80s (worn when road riding v unfashionable) – check
Lycra shorts – check
More pads than WC downhill riders wear – check
Ridiculously long camelbak hose poking out of old rucksack – check
Sitting down while riding a steep, techy bit – check

This was only taken four years ago, when I clearly didn’t give a toss what I looked like when riding. Might bust that Kas top out for a ride again soon though.

Now let’s see yours…

And Tracey renders any subsequent posts utterly pointless! :-).

fatty on fatty by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

Small air, full suss, full-on stormtrooper pads and full face, large backpack, meadow.

And a different sort of action:

Riding my friend Nick because his shoes were slightly more waterproof than mine. As another friend put it: “You’re such a princess, Ed”

Bit blurred screencap from a video, but me biting the dust

ah the cwmcarn tunnel of death? claimed a few egos that one!

Yeah, first time I (literally) hit it and didn’t even realise it was there. Wrong line and nearly went down the hole 😀 (bike did fall down it).

Me, looking at one line and clearly taking another at a Brownbacks race a couple of years ago. Made the BC website so loads of people could see how lame I was.

IMG-20111206-00034 by ukbikeskills, on Flickr

me with a fookin goatee!!!

IMG-20111206-00036 by ukbikeskills, on Flickr

At Fort Bill. The red dots show the line you are supposed to take. Not even close

Good lord I was fresh faced…

Walking in a race, no matter how steep the hill, is not the done thing, (this isn’t cyclocross)

me with a fookin goatee!!!

Never mind the goatee.
What about the trouser and bootie combo. 😆

Here’s my worst/ best photo after a few too many Special Ciders* at the Cider House. 😳

Too much cider. by singlespeedstu, on Flickr

*7.2% and tastes like Apple Tango.

Only got a hard copy, but I’ve got one which just typifies what everyone (riders included!) hates about XC racing – a very long grass climb, muddy, no one else in sight. I look miserable.

Mine’s only on video, rear QR gives out going down the bermy bit of spooky wood on a nice frosty day, rear wheel ejects, i end up rolling into a hole and like a tortoise on it’s back i’m stuck, comedy gold ensues…..

How about falling off one of the kids scooter skinny’s? 8)

100_6023 by matt_outandabout, on Flickr

That other thread’s great, but I reckon we can do worse than that. I’m going to set the bar pretty low with this shot of me.

Old roadie top from late 80s (worn when road riding v unfashionable) – check
Lycra shorts – check
More pads than WC downhill riders wear – check
Ridiculously long camelbak hose poking out of old rucksack – check
Sitting down while riding a steep, techy bit – check

😆 😆 classic! you big gayer !!

early 90s xc hardtail – yep
non-bikey clothes – oh yeah
out of depth on 12 inch “dropoff” – confirmed
Okay **** one-niner, just fit some anodised bar ends and you’re good to go !

BEST-1990_IMG by scaredypants, on Flickr

maybe this one:

last lap, pretty unfit/very tired, cheered on to take the hard inside line

or maybe this one:

walleater wins the thread hands down.

As for the OP, put some air in your damn tyres!

Thought Tracey had won it but walleater snatches it at the end!

Now I see where Sam Hill got his inspiration for that “fruit salad” kit a couple of years ago.

As for the OP, put some air in your damn tyres!

Well I have now.

Not in action but pretty naff..

That’s no way to treat a ti bike

bwahhahahahaha – genuine lol at walleater

brilliant 😆

Simple descent down a fire road – luckily(?) my daughter was there to record the result.

Riding a 180mm full sus on a Llandegla fire road with my unfit mate in the background already walking 😆