Geht scho gemma voigas!

(~Let's go, full throttle)

"Calm the **** down"

I can get over excited in races…. 🙂

Stand on the pedals…

…i.e. weight through the pedals.

One pedal stroke at a time.
Breathe.
Pedal dammit.
Pain is fleeting,shame is enduring.
Pedal harder.

They don't really help, but we were regularly shouted these commands by our French VTT instructors a couple of years ago:

Respect zee movement
Action! Reaction!

Ride it like you stole it

Slow is smooth; smooth is fast.

Slow is smooth; smooth is fast.

😕
❓

Don't fall off

grum, best applied when you're learning something new.

don't ride up hills, ride over them

BANZAI

''What could possibly go wrong''

I often tell myself this when confronted with a new scary challenge.

One which makes me hit anything scary:

'What's the worst that can happen?'

🙂

"GRRRRAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!" gets me up and over those little steep bits

An ex of mine when rock-climbing chanted the mantra, "falling off is not an option, falling off is not an option." Probably applicable equally to MTBing (especially as I had my first proper 'off' on this bike at the weekend).

Don't brake. You only ever crash when you're braking.

Only one more hill 'til lunchtime…

"WFO" i.e Wide F*****g Open,
"Keep her lit"
"If in doubt, flat out"
Finally this one isn't reserved just for biking: "If you think you can or you think you can't, you're right" Henry Ford.

Iain

Vanishing Point Vanishing Point Vanishing Point.

When it gets a little 'busy' and I start to look 3 ft in front of my front wheel, makes me look waaaay further ahead

Suck Squeze Bang Blow ,Suck Squeze Bang Blow ,Suck Squeze Bang Blow .

Repeated when long gruelling hill climbs in granny or SS mode.

if you don't fall off your not trying hard enough

get off the brakes
momentum is your friend
GET off the brakes
momentum is your friend
GET OFF THE FOOKING BRAKES

cheesy get out of the tree 😳

Ride, don't slide.

'Pin it to win it'

'Foot out flat out'

You go where you look

'Pain is temporary', helps when I really need to dig deep when racing or when I'm going to do something stupid. Thanks Lance 🙂

"There are only two types of mountain bikers; those who have just crashed, and those who are going to crash"

Some people seem to fit into both camps though 🙂

"Dominate your equipment" is the best i've heard from a guide in Spain.This was at the top of the last descent of the trip,he wasn't too amused when we repeated said quote after he stacked it half way down!

what're you going to do – eat me?

^ 😆
its just geography, it can be overcome.

Do it allready!

Go big or go home.

For once in your life stop being rubbish.

More brakes!

Whats the worst that can happen?

FFS!!!

Suck Squeze Bang Blow ,Suck Squeze Bang Blow ,Suck Squeze Bang Blow .

lmao 😆

Pain is just weakness leaving the body.

It's not uphill, it's just downhill preparation.

If you catch me, you can have me.

Onzadog –
Ride it like you stole it

hahaha

Great Post gothandy

'Never whistle with a mouthful of blancmange'

So very few people in this thread can ride then….

+1 for 'speed is your friend'
although I seem to have to re-learn this every time I get to any decent trails.

John Wayne!

i.e. legs apart like John Wayne – it's politer to shout down the trail after a woman than 'keep your legs open'.

"see you in hospital"

"who gives a **** what other people think?"