Ok so I am obviously a newbie here... Firstly... Thanks for letting me join.
Now where to begin.... I guess maybe I can start with why am I here...
I am from the Central Coast and I last rode Mountain Bikes seriously (and with fury and confidence) around 18-20 years ago, when I was a wee 20-22 year old... (1980's baby) then at 23, it happened, my daughter was born, life changed, I got serious.... (and fat) and kicked away a lot of the "dangerous hobbies" and made a move on getting my career sorted, with plenty of wrong turns and set backs but hey, you don't learn without them.
Fast forward to today, my daughter is a lot older (as am I) and I felt the need to dust off the old legs and get back into pedaling (and no not the Road Bike kind) I am now about 6 weeks into owning a new (2nd hand) MTB, and absolutely loving it, so glad I made the decision to get back into it for exercise and social gatherings with old friends lost along the way, slowly building fitness, confidence, bruises and even more scars, but still getting up after those falls, smiling and brushing it off.
I must say this community is amazing, in the few rides I have had out at Ourimbah Mountain Bike Park there have been some amazing people, young, not so young, oldish and even olde... lets just say... even younger, yeah that should keep them happy. But I have been amazed at how great everyone has been, so encouraging, so keen to grow the community and help others out along the way, those little pieces of advice can sure help people who just aren't so sure on things. My confidence and skill levels sure aren't what they used to be, but with time and patience they will grow, and maybe, just maybe, I may be able to hit some of those larger gaps/jumps/features that at the moment I am pretty sure I would wet myself walking over/up/down them, don't get me wrong, I am hitting some of the features I thought would take me months if not years to build confidence to try and been happy when I get through them, but looking forward to developing away from the old dead sailor every time I hit the jumps that little to fast, my head keeps telling myself to relax but my stupid body just does what it wants to do...
Anyways enough of my ranting, I am so glad to be here and hope to get to ride/meet some of you along the way. I look forward to reading more about everyone and what this forum has to offer.
So as I said in the beginning, Thank you for letting me be here.
Now where to begin.... I guess maybe I can start with why am I here...
I am from the Central Coast and I last rode Mountain Bikes seriously (and with fury and confidence) around 18-20 years ago, when I was a wee 20-22 year old... (1980's baby) then at 23, it happened, my daughter was born, life changed, I got serious.... (and fat) and kicked away a lot of the "dangerous hobbies" and made a move on getting my career sorted, with plenty of wrong turns and set backs but hey, you don't learn without them.
Fast forward to today, my daughter is a lot older (as am I) and I felt the need to dust off the old legs and get back into pedaling (and no not the Road Bike kind) I am now about 6 weeks into owning a new (2nd hand) MTB, and absolutely loving it, so glad I made the decision to get back into it for exercise and social gatherings with old friends lost along the way, slowly building fitness, confidence, bruises and even more scars, but still getting up after those falls, smiling and brushing it off.
I must say this community is amazing, in the few rides I have had out at Ourimbah Mountain Bike Park there have been some amazing people, young, not so young, oldish and even olde... lets just say... even younger, yeah that should keep them happy. But I have been amazed at how great everyone has been, so encouraging, so keen to grow the community and help others out along the way, those little pieces of advice can sure help people who just aren't so sure on things. My confidence and skill levels sure aren't what they used to be, but with time and patience they will grow, and maybe, just maybe, I may be able to hit some of those larger gaps/jumps/features that at the moment I am pretty sure I would wet myself walking over/up/down them, don't get me wrong, I am hitting some of the features I thought would take me months if not years to build confidence to try and been happy when I get through them, but looking forward to developing away from the old dead sailor every time I hit the jumps that little to fast, my head keeps telling myself to relax but my stupid body just does what it wants to do...
Anyways enough of my ranting, I am so glad to be here and hope to get to ride/meet some of you along the way. I look forward to reading more about everyone and what this forum has to offer.
So as I said in the beginning, Thank you for letting me be here.
