Age is no boundary!
- Thread starter SmokedHam
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Top stuff. I think you take out the highly respected and esteemed title of most mature farkiner.
Good on you mate, hope you keep 'em cranking for years to come.
Great thread.
fleshbone
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Wow some very aspiring comments in this thread.Geeez just over a month ago now,was riding with some new found riders, this time they had there father out,im guessing 50's.
Doing everything that we were doing(dh/fr) and he even hit up some 5ft drops and some decent gaps,it was wicked to watch.
Doing everything that we were doing(dh/fr) and he even hit up some 5ft drops and some decent gaps,it was wicked to watch.
OLD farks unite- Is this a call for a new section>? but lets not be ageist-
It's good that some of the younger guys who may not have a good older role model at home may find them on the trails, or here on Farkin.
40 years old and love riding -
Like a gnarly trail ride , an fire trail epic , or road blast, or the odd enduro event ( they're all a bit odd) , or bi annual weekend tour.
Probably too many bikes- bit working on a cull, and it's fun swapping bikes around and changing their nature/ feel
Ride time has been gutted a bit with reno's and sprogling number #1
But slowly the light at the end of the tunnel in showing, sure enough it will be time to saddle up agian.
still surf when I get the chance, but living near Hornsby has cut the 1-2 hr escapes.
Heckler , Handjob, Soma smoothie and Rivendell Atlantis ( wedding present to me!)
It's good that some of the younger guys who may not have a good older role model at home may find them on the trails, or here on Farkin.
40 years old and love riding -
Like a gnarly trail ride , an fire trail epic , or road blast, or the odd enduro event ( they're all a bit odd) , or bi annual weekend tour.
Probably too many bikes- bit working on a cull, and it's fun swapping bikes around and changing their nature/ feel
Ride time has been gutted a bit with reno's and sprogling number #1
But slowly the light at the end of the tunnel in showing, sure enough it will be time to saddle up agian.
still surf when I get the chance, but living near Hornsby has cut the 1-2 hr escapes.
Heckler , Handjob, Soma smoothie and Rivendell Atlantis ( wedding present to me!)
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Cooch
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Hey man, is it true you can legally ride Nat Parks in NSW?? I'm from QLD and thinking about a MTB trip down your way....
scblack
Leucocholic
Generally NO, Royal National Park has set up some trails.
Standard rule is National Parks are off-limits.
tallongdownhill
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im 32 and people say im nuts for doin downhill but hey you only live once.
but the good thing is my 9 year old son is doin it now with me so who says i don't spend time with my boy
but the good thing is my 9 year old son is doin it now with me so who says i don't spend time with my boy
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mtb1611
Seymour
Post of the thread, sums it up perfectly. Job well done!
old4dy
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To all those oldies great thread, at first i thought it would get locked up, because it had been covered before.
Thank you mods for not doing so, the oldies really need to get their point across without some 14yo giving them a bagging.
To those oldies with kids growing up, be patient things will only get better as the kids get older.
Its great to be able to share some more time with your kids in this busy day and age, i tend to revel in the fact, that i can ride with my sons 4 of them most weekends, i may be a noob to mountain biking but getting out with them has made my relationship with them a lot stronger, as i tend to listen a bit more intently to whatever hints they have to offer, the only trouble is i still cant catch the youngest, i may never will but i try.
Until i crashed and broke a collarbone, racing is the done thing up here in the mountains dont wnt to be wrapped up in cotton wool like a lot of my peers.
The racing is alot of fun who can honestly say they have raced DH against a heap of 12-13 year olds and still not caught them.
The bug has set in big time now, have gone one step further and turned into track fairy carving runs for everyone to have fun with.
Im hoping my actions will rub off on others, more oldies to race against instead of the kids, im still holding my breath.
Any oldies wanting to race this weekend Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club have a short course DownHill on this Sunday the 16th.Very user friendly courses 3 tracks at the moment no 4 is carved but not tweeked.
So oldies come along if you can.
Cheers
Thank you mods for not doing so, the oldies really need to get their point across without some 14yo giving them a bagging.
To those oldies with kids growing up, be patient things will only get better as the kids get older.
Its great to be able to share some more time with your kids in this busy day and age, i tend to revel in the fact, that i can ride with my sons 4 of them most weekends, i may be a noob to mountain biking but getting out with them has made my relationship with them a lot stronger, as i tend to listen a bit more intently to whatever hints they have to offer, the only trouble is i still cant catch the youngest, i may never will but i try.
Until i crashed and broke a collarbone, racing is the done thing up here in the mountains dont wnt to be wrapped up in cotton wool like a lot of my peers.
The racing is alot of fun who can honestly say they have raced DH against a heap of 12-13 year olds and still not caught them.
The bug has set in big time now, have gone one step further and turned into track fairy carving runs for everyone to have fun with.
Im hoping my actions will rub off on others, more oldies to race against instead of the kids, im still holding my breath.
Any oldies wanting to race this weekend Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club have a short course DownHill on this Sunday the 16th.Very user friendly courses 3 tracks at the moment no 4 is carved but not tweeked.
So oldies come along if you can.
Cheers
41 next week and not riding as much as I'd like in last 2 years due to work and building house. Still get major rush out of pinning DH but keep air time to a minimum while out of practice. Have ridden with crew from 10 to 75 y.o. Physical age is irrelevant. Mental attitude is where it's at - stay young in your mind.
Totally agree having MTB in 70's / 80's would have been cool but we did have BMX and lawyers weren't nearly as active so we got away with heaps you couldn't do now.
Forgot to add: best thing about being an older rider is finally having some money to buy a decent ride and gear. Always scratched around for cheap crap as a kid.
Totally agree having MTB in 70's / 80's would have been cool but we did have BMX and lawyers weren't nearly as active so we got away with heaps you couldn't do now.
Forgot to add: best thing about being an older rider is finally having some money to buy a decent ride and gear. Always scratched around for cheap crap as a kid.
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demodv8
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Hey whats the big deal I'm 50 just sold my Demo8 and bought a demo7 heaps better to pedal my legs aint what they use to be. Use to race dirt bikes didnt take long to get the hang of it. So many places to ride and so close to home . rather go down hill than up . people think I'm mad I think it's the best thing Iv'e ever done
I hear ya Demodv8....
Whilest visiting Brisvegas the funniest thing I have seen was after a ride, a group of "older riders" a little older than me, were sitting around an eski drinking beer, totally knacker after riding all day, but the look on their face said it all. Happy as a pig in sh!t.
noske
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is that mick
Badams
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young gun lol
im 14 been ridin xc since i was 7 dj's since i was 8 and dh to present and all of the above ever since i live for riding. ive had a few good crashes, out for like 20 mins, concussion, broken bones, muscles so fuxxed i needed plastic surgery to repair the bastards and i ill be ridin till the day i die which could very well be soon lol
im 14 been ridin xc since i was 7 dj's since i was 8 and dh to present and all of the above ever since i live for riding. ive had a few good crashes, out for like 20 mins, concussion, broken bones, muscles so fuxxed i needed plastic surgery to repair the bastards and i ill be ridin till the day i die which could very well be soon lol