Old blokes who should know better.....

[Husky430]

Fair play to you blokes riding in that slop, thumbs up all round

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

Fair play to you blokes riding in that slop, thumbs up all round

frozen up the top, sloppy at the bottom !

 

[Zimmerframe]

frozen up the top, sloppy at the bottom !

Only after he fell off ....

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

Only after he fell off ....

yea, I didnt wanna embarrass him !

 

[Husky430]

Sh1t, didn't realise that, what a combination, no traction on top and then a nice crust to break through when you come a cropper. Have ridden motorbikes in complete slop before and after a while you just know EVERYTHING is slippery. An icy crust would definitely add a degree of Russian roulette to your ride.

 

[NZSpokes]

I chanced upon this MTB YouTube channel (Best day ever MTB) made up of a hard-case group of ‘senior’ kiwis getting into all sorts of fun, trying all sorts of trails sometimes above their skill level. The presenter is “Lance” and he rides an eMTB regularly. I envy their peer group as the appear to be similar in skills and I suppose disposable income as well because they’ve got a few travelling episodes in Whistler, Canada venturing into double black trails. I usually can’t watch home-grown MTB videos for very long, but with these guys it’s easy for me to watch the whole thing. Here’s one where they take to jumps like young’uns...

Lance is local to me and we are trying to meet up for a ride.

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

I relearned something I already knew yesterday. You get what you pay for.....

After struggling to get used to flats after years of clips I decided to buy a premium set of shoes and pedals reasoning that lots of people seem to manage.. I gotta say, it’s a big improvement and I almost feel clipped in, no more pedal float on the upstroke and no losing my pedals or getting shaken off on techy rough and fast descents.. wish I had done it ages ago.

 

[Sidepod]

I relearned something I already knew yesterday. You get what you pay for.....

After struggling to get used to flats after years of clips I decided to buy a premium set of shoes and pedals reasoning that lots of people seem to manage.. I gotta say, it’s a big improvement and I almost feel clipped in, no more pedal float on the upstroke and no losing my pedals or getting shaken off on techy rough and fast descents.. wish I had done it ages ago.

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Interesting. I popped out of my clips today on a landing. Spooked me a bit as I don’t want to tighten them, they’ve been how they are for years. I did think at the time how on earth flats would be. I can feel a purchase looming.

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

Interesting. I popped out of my clips today on a landing. Spooked me a bit as I don’t want to tighten them, they’ve been how they are for years. I did think at the time how on earth flats would be. I can feel a purchase looming.

ive done that as well when my cleats and pedals were old and worn and the fit wasnt so precise.
I debated for ages whether to go for crank brothers DH pedals and a set of something like five ten kestrel clip shoes. im glad I didnt, I really like what I have now.

 

[Drsooty]

This thread is great! Fair play to your jumping efforts!

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

got home from work, went riding, talked too much..

 

[EME]

@dobbyhasfriends Awesome , really enjoyed it -- even the Voiceover Where is that ?

 

[Zimmerframe]

got home from work, went riding, talked too much..

Great way to enjoy my coffee ! Hibernation has served you well !! You were flying !!!

 

[#lazy]

Enjoyed it too , love the red on red on red on red on ..........!

 

[Zimmerframe]

Enjoyed it too , love the red on red on red on red on ..........!

I should have gone that way, makes the blood far less obvious !!! Dobby is wise !!

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

Enjoyed it too , love the red on red on red on red on ..........!

and I jus took delivery of a red Giro helmet, ive gone all in on red which means I can only buy red bikes now

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

@dobbyhasfriends Awesome , really enjoyed it -- even the Voiceover Where is that ?

cheers mate, Its Crychan forest which is basically my back garden so im a very fortunate chap!

 

[Zimmerframe]

and I jus took delivery of a red Giro helmet, ive gone all in on red which means I can only buy red bikes now

I bought some decathlon football tops lately to wear "under armour" .. They're amazing. dry really fast, so wick sweat and you're way less de-hydrated after a ride as you're not having to keep pointlessly pumping out fluids .. Unfortunately, when I went to order more, only red was available .. This is turns out was a mistake .. a skintight red top just makes you look like spiderman !!! Red is good - but not the answer to everything !

 

[EME]

cheers mate, Its Crychan forest which is basically my back garden so im a very fortunate chap!

My home was (originally) 10 miles North .... mind you long ago and Twm Sion Cati was a neighbour!

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

My home was (originally) 10 miles North .... mind you long ago and Twm Sion Cati was a neighbour!

so you were somewhere up near Cwm Rhaeadr then or Llyn Brainne.. ?

 

[Zimmerframe]

You do all know that Welsh was created purely from anagrams when pissed don't you ?

 

[EME]

@dobbyhasfriends Originally a bit further , Tirabad, then moved a little further North (farming families then). No close family left there now.
I'm not rising @Zimmerframe !

 

[Zimmerframe]

I'm nor rising @Zimmerframe !

I can actually speak some welsh ! It has a lot of similarities to Breton. I was dragged up there for a couple of years at one point a long time ago and Welsh was compulsory at school.

I am a bit concerned how similar Dobby looks to Twm Sion Cati, they even have virtually identical riding gear - you don't think Dobby's like Welsh Highlander or something do you ? Stick a fox pro frame on and WHAM !

Even the exact same pose we saw in the "How do I build this jump" videos !

 

[EME]

@Zimmerframe Very similar and quite easy to understand one another. I remember visiting Quimperle / Concarneau as youf in summer of '69 and more communication Welsh / Breton than franglais.

 

[Rusty]

I keep on reading this thread ..... and shake my head every time I do.

The theory is YES, old blokes SHOULD know better, but the reality is ..... NO WE DON"T.

 

[Mike D.]

how many of those are there on here? quite a few is the impression I get..
anyway, I am definitely an 'old bloke who should know better' and having recently got back into biking after about 15 years off with only the occasional local ride, ive found that a lot has changed.. bikeparks are a big thing now but last time I was riding a lot, aston hill was the only one I had heard of and been to.

anyway, I've never jumped or dropped off unless these were natural trail features that you could occasionally session and when I bought my e-bike I had no intention of going to a bikepark..

anyway, I went to cwm rhaedr and did a few laps which was ok but I am still more of an adventure rider and didn't really enjoy it but then @Kiwi in Wales showed me around brechfa and I had a ride in the surrey hills which were both fun so now I wanna try a bikepark! ive watched a load of videos and if you cant jump I don't reckon you'll get as much out of the day at the park then if you could..
so I thought I would try it, looked on youtube, found instructions, made a kicker ramp and tried it out..

out of interest, how many out there are like me, either older or back after a break etc.. i've seen a lot of guys on youtube that seem to have come to biking late in life, they don't have any basic skills at all and I just wonder if they are the type of kids that weren't allowed a bike as a kid (yes they exist) and are now having to learn everything from scratch...

anyway, started a separate channel from the guitars and uploaded my first vid.. take a look if you have 2 mins cos I while I didnt die or anything, I wasnt exactly smooth and all jumping help and advice is welcome...

"out of interest, how many out there are like me, either older or back after a break"

I'm actually back after breaking my back...

 

[Tonybro]

Likewise, spinal surgery. Left me with paralysis in left calf and foot so wear a leg brace. More recently shoulder surgery following someone driving into the back of my car and causing rotator cuff tendon damage.

I then rattle down stuff and get some strange looks when people see how old I am and the leg brace.

I definitely fall into this classification and proud to be here! ?

"Life's not a rehearsal!"

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

Likewise, spinal surgery. Left me with paralysis in left calf and foot so wear a leg brace. More recently shoulder surgery following someone driving into the back of my car and causing rotator cuff tendon damage.

I then rattle down stuff and get some strange looks when people see how old I am and the leg brace.

I definitely fall into this classification and proud to be here! ?

"Life's not a rehearsal!"

Bloody hell mate, banged up! Bet you’re definitely glad ebikes are a thing!

 

[Akiwi]

"out of interest, how many out there are like me, either older or back after a break"

I'm actually back after breaking my back...

Oh wow... that sounds a bit Epic.
I don't fit in this group at all then. I am only turning 60 later this year, and despite my unsatisfying desire for action sports like Windsurfing, mountain biking, skiing (Powder and backcountry preferred), snowboarding (Race boards are cool), I have managed to keep my body parts all relatively intact! (Touch wood). Relative is relative you know.
I just bought a new toy.
One of these.

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

@dobbyhasfriends Originally a bit further , Tirabad, then moved a little further North (farming families then). No close family left there now.
I'm not rising @Zimmerframe !

often ride to Tirabad from my house in Halfway.. its my standard ride. usually popping out in Bryffo