Pretty much same here. You can see the dangers of what you're doing, and what could go wrong.DavidS wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:04 am I hurtling towards 64 but only starting 'off road' riding when I was 55 been though I had been road riding since I was 16.
The trouble with starting at that age is fear of easy injury and a total lack of ability mean I am still a glorified beginner so will never be one of the rough tough lot who can just get on their trail bike and ride all the gnarly stuff.
I wish I had started 20 years earlier.
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What if you're 52, should know better and still go ahead and do it anyway?fatowl wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 3:01 pmPretty much same here. You can see the dangers of what you're doing, and what could go wrong.DavidS wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:04 am I hurtling towards 64 but only starting 'off road' riding when I was 55 been though I had been road riding since I was 16.
The trouble with starting at that age is fear of easy injury and a total lack of ability mean I am still a glorified beginner so will never be one of the rough tough lot who can just get on their trail bike and ride all the gnarly stuff.
I wish I had started 20 years earlier.
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That’s just impetuous yoof-ness.
I’ve been retired for a year now and still can’t believe it.
I don’t feel any different from when I was working and would still like to think I was 40 but my knees and back tell otherwise.
Having a pathological fear/hatred of ruts doesn’t help my confidence.
Also, at 6’3, it’s a long way down from an Enduro bike.
I’ve been retired for a year now and still can’t believe it.
I don’t feel any different from when I was working and would still like to think I was 40 but my knees and back tell otherwise.
Having a pathological fear/hatred of ruts doesn’t help my confidence.
Also, at 6’3, it’s a long way down from an Enduro bike.
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Probably cos your a nutter Davedaveuprite wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:08 pmWhat if you're 52, should know better and still go ahead and do it anyway?fatowl wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 3:01 pmPretty much same here. You can see the dangers of what you're doing, and what could go wrong.DavidS wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:04 am I hurtling towards 64 but only starting 'off road' riding when I was 55 been though I had been road riding since I was 16.
The trouble with starting at that age is fear of easy injury and a total lack of ability mean I am still a glorified beginner so will never be one of the rough tough lot who can just get on their trail bike and ride all the gnarly stuff.
I wish I had started 20 years earlier.
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David (great name, by the way...) ... fear ye not:DavidS wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:32 pm That’s just impetuous yoof-ness.
I’ve been retired for a year now and still can’t believe it.
I don’t feel any different from when I was working and would still like to think I was 40 but my knees and back tell otherwise.
Having a pathological fear/hatred of ruts doesn’t help my confidence.
Also, at 6’3, it’s a long way down from an Enduro bike.
I have fairly shit knees, an officially crap right ankle and I have had three discectomies. My back is so bad it could easily act as my front.
BUT... you have a huge advantage. 6 ft 3 ? You have one over on so many of us who struggle with seat height and touch-down. A dab for you is a mere wave in the direction of the mud. Treat those ruts with the contempt they deserve! Go faster! Skip over the crap and sneer at the earth beneath you. You are bigger (literally) than those irritating scars in the soil. Go for it. It's all there waiting for you...
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Long way down...wasn't that on the telly your being hard on yourself there Dave, you bounce as good as anyone...me included mud ,ruts, bring it on lol
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I love ruts as wellchunky butt wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:21 pm Long way down...wasn't that on the telly your being hard on yourself there Dave, you bounce as good as anyone...me included mud ,ruts, bring it on lol
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I'm more of an 'Ibruprofen' man myselfPHILinFRANCE wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:36 am Thanks for that Neil, makes me feel bloody great and lucky ......even though its been three weeks since i got knocked off and my ribs still ache .................ohhh how i love Paracetamol
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To quote Daveupright 'Treat those ruts with the contempt they deserve! Go faster! Skip over the crap and sneer at the earth beneath you. You are bigger (literally) than those irritating scars in the soil. Go for it. It's all there waiting for you...'
That's exactly what I was doing before I hit the ground, smashed my screen & bent some bits. Certainly showed terra firma who's boss
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Wiltshire has a special kinda rutt ....very narrow and lits of intersections....the ridgeway is a right bastard....and enduro tyres that lke to cllimb out at every opportunity....
Sliipy chalk too....
Sliipy chalk too....