[Closed] Coming out thread

I can't bunnyhop very well.

Looser, I am way past mediocre, well on my way to below average...
Hang on, isn't mediocre kind of average, bollox...

Look, I ride a 140mm full susser with downhill friendly geometry.

But I can't get my head around blind drop offs.

There... That wasn't so bad, was it?

I'm out. Stupidly unfit currently, lousy trail skills, hate northshore etc. Constantly worry that I'm going to come off & seriously injure myself.

Can map read though, and have a great memory for routes (real routes, not trail centres) so prefer real riding somewhere interesting rather than trail centres anyway!

I'll be here all day with my failings, fitness in the bin and an irrational fear of new trails...............there said it.

When I use to rock climb I use to spend ages trying to work out what sort of climbs I was best at.

The answer was staring me in the face. Easy ones.

Cycling. Well I don't need stabilisers. I can even land flat off a kerb...

LOSERS!

I'm a riding god. I fact THE riding god.

I can ride anything, up or down, as fast or slow as necessary, and for as long as I want.

I look cool in my riding kit, and my bike's spec is awesome.

Ahem. I'm a very ordinary rider, but who cares. I have fun!

Time to tell the wife...... I can't manual properly and I'm scared of big drops!

I'm a much better rider that YOU......... 8)

I cant pop wheelie's and jumps scare me to death.

I'm decidedly average.

Fortunately, fun is not generally related to how good one is!

I was pleased with my effort at clearing the new improved TopValleyTesco-FixieJump double this morning, but still wimped out on Bestwood's Devil's Drop. Usually I'm a Riding God, but I guess we all have our off-days 😉

I cant come out; I was never in.

I'd like to be more talented, but lack commitment.

My moniker on here is (not that I am actually one) househusband, and I'm only a mediocre mountain biker.

There, I've said it.

I spend far too much money on bits that I probably don't really need and was only able to marginally justify to myself that I actually needed them. I fall off seemingly more than anyone I ride with and have perpetually bruised legs.

I'm slow fat and middle aged, fortunatley don't have a pony tail or leather trousers though

Thank god for this thread, after riding the Dyfi and seeing the threads felt really inadequate amongst the MTB Gods who inhabited that thread!!!!!

I can't wheelie 😳

Even though I ride about 15 - 20 miles a day I still can't ride up hills, or down them sometimes 😳

I aspire to mediocrity.

[s]I've got a road bike.[/s]

Sorry wrong thread 🙂

I'm so crap because I've been riding flats for 18 months and still hate them and have dreams of SPD-attached-to-the-bike-and-TTFT-my-feet-are-in-such-a-nice-place fun and frolics

It feels so much better to admit it.....

I'm rubbish but still enjoy myself. Fitness doesn't seem to be improving much at the minute, which is annoying since I'm doing the 50K Ruthin in september.

I aspire to be mediocre. Drop off's scare me still, jumps look impossible, I'm still too wide on sharp turns which don't have berms and going uphill is hit and miss to the point of hilarity. But I have stupid amounts of fun learning, falling off, learning, falling off, learning and falling off. I'm a bit lucky though, atm I ride with people who are in the same boat, so we're all trying to get better.

I can't jump. Not even a little bit.

In fact, I don't even like my wheels being off the ground at any time!

I aspire to being mediocre on a bike!

heh, jumping is about the only thing I'm starting to get good at, give me a rough/loose/twisty singletrack descent and I'm crap! Can't climb too well either.

🙂

My trackstands can only be measured in seconds, not minutes. 😳

I'm rubbish even when compared to other old farts! But having great fun trying to be mediocre 😳

I love doddy

For me, it's not a gooder or betterer than thing. More than anything it's just about enjoying myself and getting out there. It's a form of escapism. I don't have to be good at it.

I jusy happen to be shit hot.

Its all relative, if I ride with my DH mates then I'm mid pack going down and out in front heading up.

Xc mates and I'm out in front heading down and bringing up the rear on the way back up.

"most of the gear, and not much idea" would sum me up. I can't wheelie, can only jump clipped in, have been phased by very average drops, and my technical climbing is very hit and miss.

Basically though, whilst I wish I could get better quicker, and didn't have to worry so much about the consequences of a big off, I have a lot of fun and couldn't give a stuff what anyone else thinks. I do need to go back and get some more coaching though.

I think the most common reaction to my riding is "Why's that bloke with the custom built boutique frame and the full lycra team kit going so slow ?" 😳

My moniker on here is (not that I am actually one) househusband, and I'm only a mediocre mountain biker.

There, I've said it.

I spend far too much money on bits that I probably don't really need and was only able to marginally justify to myself that I actually needed them. I fall off seemingly more than anyone I ride with and have perpetually bruised legs.

Apart from the alias part, that pretty much covers everything for me, too.

I've got a rigid 29er with an internal hub.

This both suits my riding ability as well as my mechanical inclination.

I'm definitely on the wussy side of things.

I chickened out of a tech down bit on my skills course (and managed to fall off on a corner on a blue descent).

I don't pretend that the new shiney stuff will actually make me better.

BITD I used to be fairly reasonable.

Now its the older I get the better I used to be...

I am lunge and I can not climb for toffee.
I am to fat and have set my bile up on heavy side
to help justify this.
I also can't jump and get scared when the going gets steep.
In fact, really, I'm just a bit rubbish...

I try to think positive but still baulk at a lot of stuff. There is one rooty step/drop on a trail that I have been riding for years that I still can't muster up the balls to do. All my mates ride it as if it wasn't there. Does that make me mediocre or even worse? Having said that though; last time I was in Wales I almost thought I was getting better!!!

i spent the winter building a bike i will never justify because i am a drunk

I couldn't give a toss about 'getting air', I despise 'singlespeed', the thought of going riding with 'buddies' makes me nauseous, I have never owned an on one...

I can maybe do little jumps..maybe a few feet...but I have to do the same one over and over and over again until I know it wont kill me.

Now, put that same jump on a different part of the trail and I ABSOLUTELY wont go anywhere near it because it isnt familiar.

My flow gets destroyed time and time again because of this affliction.

same with little drops. I have one locally I like to fly off. took me ages to pluck up the courage but [i]i did it[/i] Put it somewhere else though and I brake so hard, the world stops spinning.

Oh and I ofen have sore wrists from braking and my pads dont last 5 minutes (tight twisty downhills; hate em but should love them...)

I will never be able to get the front wheel up properly because I hate flats and have landed flat on my back clipped in one too many times.

I have mediocre skills, brake in all the wrong places, and really cannot be arsed to learn.

Despite this I am still looking for a singlespeed to play on.

In any sensible world I would be banned from bikes or shot.

I was fit, skilful and fast up any mountain.

Now I am fat and slow.

What the hell happened? omm nom work, work and om nom nom!

Well now its work and ride and less om nom nomming till Sept lol

I suck at berms, drop offs and jumps but I tell myself that they are mainly found in trail centres and I ride 'real' trails 😉

Could do with being able to get up and down a bit more stuff whilst still on the bike and I dont fly well. Rarely fail to do the ride I set out to so I'm prob mostly adequate at most things.

I can maybe do little jumps..maybe a few feet...

The fact I think a jump of a few feet is really quite big enough speaks for itself...

Is this the right place for me to say I really really fancy a Charge Plug to have either as a fixed gear or singlespeed road bike for blasting around country lanes? 😳

anyone can learn! Even air. Most in just 1 or 2 days. Honest!

I'd describe myself as above average. But then I have a very low opinion of the average standard of riding, it doesn't actually mean I'm any good.

respeck! all you people that like riding and having a go! It's all fun.

You are what you are. You like what you like. You do what you can do.
The only question you need to answer is.. Am I having fun?

Forget everything and everyone else this is YOUR sport.

Yup,me too.In fact I would be quicker walking sometimes.

Am I having fun?

not always. When you are cocking up your way down a mini downhill, munching brake pads and bottoming out the forks while kissing the stem, you wonder whether it is all worthwhile.

I always try and finish on something simple and go [strike]mega fast[/strike] well to reset the sh*t counter

Well I fell off on Magic Mushroom Wood yesterday. Shameful. On the corner just before where the logpile used to be. It's been dumbed-down too. I was just thinking, "Man, this is easy" when I had to change my thought to "Ah, so this is what gravel tastes like". Mortified, bleeding, and sulked all the way back to the car (and home if the truth be known).

My wife thinks I'm a mad nutter, lobbing myself off everything in sight. She is wrong and refuses to believe anything I say to the contrary.

I fit right in here. 😀