I'll never be half as good as I think I am.

[Freediver]

Hi all, my names Greg and I'm pretty new to "proper" MTB riding but been riding for years, mostly on roads though. Rode on dirt a lot when I was a kid on BMX's and and crappy old dragsters and figured this mountain biking stuff can't be to hard. If I could ride like the wind in my teens and twenties with the wisdom of age why shouldn't I be able to do the same now I'm getting closer to 50 than 40.
Someone forgot to tell me I'm not as fit as I was and that being good back then doesn't even equate to being average now. I guess being unfit and crap just gives me reason to spend more time on a bike getting better though.

You probably won't see me posting much because I know how to use a search function and it seems that there are more answers on this forum than questions and not a lot that hasn't been covered.

See you out there, Greg

 

[JTmofo]

Welcome aboard Greg.

 

[Calvin27]

Welcome mate! Some of the older guys here can out-shred my sorry butt any day, so don't talk yourself down too much.

You probably won't see me posting much because I know how to use a search function and it seems that there are more answers on this forum than questions and not a lot that hasn't been covered.

There is also a lot of wiggle room for general banter. in fact all threads descent to this eventually anyhow

 

[Boom King]

You'll never be as good as I think I am either Greg but in reality, you're probably better than I actually am.

 

[pink poodle]

Post counts implies Greg rides a lot more than we do...

 

[Flow-Rider]

You have to start somewhere, I thought I was great too. Normally descend faster than anyone in my riding group. I came across a young bloke that was hurt badly on a trail from a front wheel wash out, I stoped to help him out and didn't think anything of it other than he most likely was a newb. Later on that night I checked my strava trail runs, my position was around the 250th mark, decided to do a compare with the 10th position holder, low and behold it was that dam young kid.

 

[Calvin27]

Post counts implies Greg rides a lot more than we do...

Peopel actually ride their bikes here? But, but they will get dirty. I thought this place was about buying stuff, building bikes, taking pictures of it, posting the pictures, stripping parts, selling parts, rinse and repeat. Do people actually ride here?

 

[pink poodle]

Peopel actually ride their bikes here? But, but they will get dirty. I thought this place was about buying stuff, building bikes, taking pictures of it, posting the pictures, stripping parts, selling parts, rinse and repeat. Do people actually ride here?

I prefer not to. Who has time for maintenance?

 

[Freediver]

Thank you for the welcome.
These days I think I spend more time annoying Mrs Freediver talking about bikes than I do riding.

 

[stirk]

I prefer not to. Who has time for maintenance?

People who post in the fukcwits thread.

 

[pink poodle]

People who post in the fukcwits thread.

Maintenance is for fuckwits. So avoid it by not riding.