[Closed] its a bike your supposed to err ride it

riding uphill is the best part! (took me nearly 20 years to realise that though)

I know, we're far too nice to the feeble. Really you should be allowed to cut them down with a sabre as you pass.

went for a quick spin round Llandegla

Which explains all.

I've seen guys on long travel full sus bikes in full armour walking down slight inclines that most beginners wouldn't think twice about there too.

But hey, at least they're out having fun... So it's all good

They're probably wannabe xc racers...

I got really really pissed off at llandegla today.

Did the last black, but there were so many people pushing the climbs. I got stuck behind someone pushing whilst plugged into a loud mp3 player. I just couldn't get past.

Sooooooooooo annoying.. The climbs aren't that hard either!

oldgit- Really you should be allowed to cut them down with a sabre as you pass.

It's ok, I saw a guy there on a lovely Carbon Nomad, gore bike clothing, pads, etc....all immaculate...

FFS he was riding it like ****ing girl.....all the gear no idea, Jesus! Then when he finished he drove off in his Porsche Cayenne WTF!!!!

there was one guy I bumped into who had hit a tree and snapped the top tube clean through and the forks and head tube were hanging on by about a third of the down tube, amazingly he only had a graze on his leg 😯

I got really really pissed off at llandegla today.

Did the last black, but there were so many people pushing the climbs. I got stuck behind someone pushing whilst plugged into a loud mp3 player. I just couldn't get past.

Sooooooooooo annoying.. The climbs aren't that hard either!

Errr, in fairness, it's a trail centre, we all have equal right to ride there at whatever pace we please. If someone else's pace is annoying you, then just hang back and give them 5 minutes breathing space so you can go at your chosen pace before catching them again, or go at a time when you know it's not going to be busy.

Llandegla is a great place for a social ride, and its good for getting beginners riding stuff slightly more technical than they may have encountered on a gentle local loop whilst still being pretty safe, but it's a very busy place which means don't go there expecting to be able to ride flat out unhindered...

If they're enjoying themselves, then all well and good. As a local to Llandegla I to have noticed the increasing numer of full sus riding, body armour and fag smoking riders. Just makes me look faster 🙂

Sometimes I walk downhill, too.

Llandegla is a great place for a social ride, and its good for getting beginners riding stuff slightly more technical than they may have encountered on a gentle local loop whilst still being pretty safe, but it's a very busy place which means don't go there expecting to be able to ride flat out unhindered...

It was the case of, i was shouting for him to let me by when there was lots of space, but he was ignorant due to earphones that pished me off. I gave a good amount of time, but due to the length of the climb, it's inevitable that you're going to catch someone up. And not everyone runs 20/36. (My granny ring which gets me up everything is 26/28)

My granny ring that gets me up everything is 34-32.

How do you feel about that, Anto?

Well done, have a medal.

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Thanks!
If you want, I can let you look at it while we wait around for the slower walking types to clear the way.
Or we can cut it in half, do some double dragon magic to it and weave around the walkers as we climber better than they do.

Got off and pushed about ten meters at the top of Fremington edge due to cramp, i hate myself now 😥

NOT! Happy new year stw moaners 😆

Who cares, not everyone has the same ability level. Just ride and enjoy.

Why go and ride where everybody else wants to ride? I thought mountain bikes were all about getting out into wild places and setting yourself a bit of a challenge?

I've never understood the allure of trail centres, boring, manufactured, covered in plastic bottles, completely artificial and sanitised and full of muppets who have got the idea of going there from some crap outdoor magazine.

I went there a couple of years back. Full of detestably ugly people.

I've never been back. Disgusting folk.

Any sympathy I may have had for the OP was lost when they missed an apostrophe in 'its' and used 'your' in the thread title.

I push up climbs, but descend twice as fast as you. It really annoys me when people get in my way on the downs

Swings and roundabouts 😉

Trail centres should be reserved for the righteous. If you're not worthy you can suck your dad's rooster or something.

blimey, any thread on hear seems to desend into a slanging match, I wasn't slagging them off just an observation really hence the smiley face! 🙄

I push up climbs, but descend twice as fast as you. It really annoys me when people get in my way on the downs

Good point, well made!

Sometimes I ride up the hills and then get myself a downlift

It's their shit as long as it doesn't interfere with yours, it's all good.

If it does interfere with yours, do what you gotta do 😉

Sometimes when I have been at work until midnight I fancy a ride the next morning to clear my head. If it's been a busy few days I often have leaden legs and will walk up hills so I have the energy to go fast on the downs.
On other days, I'll happily do 30odd + miles on the South Downs on my singlespeed without stopping.
My wife has a properly pimpy bike, smothered in high end parts and all the gear but a knee op this year means she can't put much power down through her left leg, she often walks the hills too.
Everyone is different, as long as they enjoy their version of mountainbiking where's the issue?

I ride a push bike,so I'm allowed.......you'RE not your btw.

I think everyone should ride trail centres.
Leaving the rest of the wild places for me. 😀

So what if they want to push their bike up a hill, I know plenty of good cross country riders who nail it up hills, can't ride down for s**t and many of them walk the steep stuff.

I do find these threads quite bizarre as I'm never quite sure of the OP's message.
Who's the verb thief?

It's ok, I saw a guy there on a lovely Carbon Nomad, gore bike clothing, pads, etc....all immaculate...

FFS he was riding it like ****ing girl.....all the gear no idea, Jesus! Then when he finished he drove off in his Porsche Cayenne WTF!!!!

He has loads of money, why should he buy a crap bike even if he's not (yet) very skilled?

Agreed - jealousy is a bad thing.

Did remind me of this though, which is worth posting (again) 😉

about this time 2 years ago, lad and girl pushingbikes along the cobbled bit of llandegla,new bikes and gear they where wearing, me following behind riding, somebody rides past and splashes them, she goes mental, and screams at the lad and the rider, as he has splattered a bit of mud on them.

She then throws bike down, and storms off, shouting she is goin to the car to get clean, to his question what to do with the spare bike, she shouts i didnt want a bike for christmas.

If you do have to get off and push, you should at least run up....

I must admit, I'm always quite impressed when I see a biker lighting a fag. I like seeing someone just doing what the hell they want and not giving a toss what people think. Hey, if you like smoking and cycling, what's wrong with combining the two? You're only doing it for your own enjoyment at the end of the day.

i didnt want a bike for christmas.

Quality! 😆

It's lunchtime on new year's day, I've been known to get off and push when hungover too (except for today, when I just haven't left the house at all, so full marks to them for facing the world)

I know plenty of good cross country riders who nail it up hills, can't ride down for s**t and many of them walk the steep stuff.

They're [i]not [/i]good XC riders then are they? 😉

who cares if people walk or ride up hills, same as who cares if you can or cant ride stuff on the way down.

its their leisure time same as yours 🙂

I commute 180 miles during the week so I walk the odd hill when mtbing at the weekends. I do feel like I should wear a t-shirt explaining this though 😆

Did llandegla today, and the b-line for the first time, thought it was great actually, a much better way back to the finish, and couple of good climbs thrown in for good measure, look forward to trying it in the dry! It's as good as you make it IMO. After riding the goyt and surrounding area, it's nice knowing you're not going to pick up dents for a change 🙂

i have a carbon nomad. it gives me great pleasure pissing people off when i push it round swinley. sometimes when no ones looking i get on and pootle about but mostly i like to walk it.

Jonke.
I am unsure if you know this.
but we just became friends.

I was at Llandegla in November to try out the new trails there. If you ride trail centres then you have to expect riding behind people who are slower/less experienced than yourself. A bit of patience is all that is required and I always put myself in the position of the person in front. How would I feel if I was riding something that was at the cutting egde of my techinical skill with someone buzzing my back tyre? In my experience many will stop and let me pass and I am always courteous to those that do. Some will feel it is a challenge to their manhood and block any atempt at passing but that is fine too. At the end of the day I am out to have a good time same as everyone else.

t's ok, I saw a guy there on a lovely Carbon Nomad, gore bike clothing, pads, etc....all immaculate...

FFS he was riding it like ****ing girl.....all the gear no idea, Jesus! Then when he finished he drove off in his Porsche Cayenne WTF!!!!

Bet he's one of them t888s who earns a 100k and lives in a council house too

Why are there so many people in the world who don't conform to my narrow viewpoint?

I rode llandegla a couple of weeks ago. Running 1x10 and the incline of the final climbs meant it was actually pretty hard going, though riding it mostly with the saddle slammed most probably didn't help (needs a dropper post).

I'm certainly not unfit, i wouldn't begrudge people for taking the odd break and pushing.

It's a trail centre, it's for your average joe to enjoy in any which way they deem fit (though the amount of teens with big bikes, neck braces, sweating over a small jump, attempting to be gnar, made me vomit a little in my mouth).

If you don't like it, go ride some natural, unmapped stuff elsewhere.

I was at llandegla a couple of months back and my chain kept breaking my chain. Two blokes helped me and they were riding with there son's , 9 & 10 year olds on 24 wheeled bikes. I followed them around for a bit which did hold me up but it was a pleasure to watch them ride.
They did it all red & black and would put many there to shame.

32:16 is all you need

My beik has no wheels so I just drag it around the trails like it's a disobedient dog.

There were other riders at a trail centre?? OMG!! How dare they! Don't they know they are just for you to ride? 🙄

@ Woody: that video was class mate, wife and I were well amused, thanks.

I do get funny looks when I light a tab up then ride hell for leather past everyone, riders coming towards me almost always give me a nod then drop their eyebrows. 🙄

I'd draw the line at injecting smack on the trail-side though as kids may come past.

I just went out for a ride and didn't make it to the woods, cbecause it's too chuffing cold. On the plus side, I rode the ENTIRE half a mile back to my house 🙂

i have a carbon nomad. it gives me great pleasure pissing people off when i push it round swinley. sometimes when no ones looking i get on and pootle about but mostly i like to walk it.

😀

[i]It's ok, I saw a guy there on a lovely Carbon Nomad, gore bike clothing, pads, etc....all immaculate...
[u]FFS he was riding it like [/u][u]****ing girl[/u].[u]....all the gear no idea[/u], Jesus! Then when he finished he drove off in his Porsche Cayenne WTF!!!![/i]

Not sure I like what's being implied here!