Mountain Biking - You know you're riding to much if.....

Well, over the past few weeks, I've noticed that my riding habits have dramatically increased. I now ride almost daily for at least 2 hours. Maybe I'm getting to obsessed?? :D

I've also noticed that since I'm riding so much that my hands are slowly becoming huge callus's even with gloves on.

-You know your riding to much if you have giant callus's for hands.... :D

Well, over the past few weeks, I've noticed that my riding habits have dramatically increased. I now ride almost daily for at least 2 hours. Maybe I'm getting to obsessed?? :D

I've also noticed that since I'm riding so much that my hands are slowly becoming huge callus's even with gloves on.

-You know your riding to much if you have giant callus's for hands.... :D

I knew I was riding too much when one day in my car I was coming up to a pothole and tried to pull up on the steering wheel to hop over it.

I knew I was riding too much when one day in my car I was coming up to a pothole and tried to pull up on the steering wheel to hop over it.

YES! when your driving back from somwhere you usualy get to on the bike and you try to drive the car back down the cycle path just like you do on the bike every other day :D

or when you see commuters and laugh because their seat is too low and pedaling is innefficient... HAHAHHAAH

I knew I was riding too much when one day in my car I was coming up to a pothole and tried to pull up on the steering wheel to hop over it.

I can't say this has ever happened to me, but it has provided one the most incredibly funny images in my brain. This is one of those "just start randomly laughing" thoughts if there ever was one. :roflmao:

When I am driving my car on the road and there are a few bumps I start to think about the air pressure(sp?) in the shocks and how much travel I have left.

i have to say i also started laughing when i read that. just see someone looking over the wheel at the pothole, then pulling up.

i have caluses from bmx, it happends when you bike alot. i dont mind it.

I knew I was riding too much when one day in my car I was coming up to a pothole and tried to pull up on the steering wheel to hop over it.

That's so funny, man. :) Coz if you spent more time in car, you'd just drive over the potholes, right? That really brings a funny picture in my brain!

I ride daily about 2-3 houra a day and I get huge calluses, then i pick them off (shouldn't but bad habbit) then a wekk later they come back.

I ride 3-4 hours a day now because school is over! :) :beer: Cheers to anyone who has two months of riding. I get calluses on my hands, but they have turned hard and built up a few extra layers of skin to protect my hands.

My hands are covered in callouses as well. Its a biking thing. :)

Some people "clip out" of the accellerator pedal when they need to put their foot on the brake.

I ride 3-4 hours a day now because school is over! :) :beer: Cheers to anyone who has two months of riding. I get calluses on my hands, but they have turned hard and built up a few extra layers of skin to protect my hands.

Cheers to us then:beer:...And you know when you are riding to much when you dead tired, and you say just one more lap...

I ride 3-4 hours a day now because school is over! :) :beer: Cheers to anyone who has two months of riding. I get calluses on my hands, but they have turned hard and built up a few extra layers of skin to protect my hands.
No gloves I presume.

But now he has "natural" gloves...

But now he has "natural" gloves...
Here's a hint- Not all women dig calloused hands. That's one to grow on. :D

Baseball players pee on their hands, it makes them harder. Just random information.

Baseball players pee on their hands, it makes them harder. Just random information.
Who the heck told you that load? :eek:

No gloves I presume.

I wear gloves and still get calluses haha :).. I have for years, even when weightlifting constantly. Maybe its a personal.

Baseball players pee on their hands, it makes them harder. Just random information.

Beyond, WHO THE HECK TOLD YOU THAT...all I can't think of is....GROSS!!!

A buddy of mine plays college ball up at Tech and he says that A LOT of the guys piss on their hands, it makes them hard and tough. A couple of major leaguers, supposedly, do it as well. Anyone who plays without gloves, supposedly, pisses on their hands.

New to me...and still GROSS...haha

A buddy of mine plays college ball up at Tech and he says that A LOT of the guys piss on their hands, it makes them hard and tough. A couple of major leaguers, supposedly, do it as well. Anyone who plays without gloves, supposedly, pisses on their hands.
Still sounds like a load of bull. The kind of macho story guys tell to those who don't truly know

Haha, either way, something interesting to discuss. So who all would piss on their hands to make them hard?

Not me, I worked construction, factory and weight lifted for years. I got calluses the old fashioned way. My granfather would likely beat me to a pulp if I got my calluses in that method...

Here's a hint- Not all women dig calloused hands. That's one to grow on. :D


Oh man - you're approaching it from the wrong angle. You've got to use them calloused hands to filter out those that wouldn't take it in the long run anyhow. Don't ever hide the fact that you're extremely into some sport. Most women immediately see through us brutes when we try to hide stuff from them. I swear they can smell it somehow :(

Plus - deep down, they do like it when we're not couch potatoes. If they don't, they're wierd and wouldn't ever understand why it is more important that you go out on your bike rather than mow the lawn (right now, mister!).

Oh man - you're approaching it from the wrong angle. You've got to use them calloused hands to filter out those that wouldn't take it in the long run anyhow.
:lol: Sorry but I'm not interested in dating the third shift at Waffle House (http://www.wafflehouse.com/)
We have a bad joke here in the Southern U.S "Q- What has eight (breasts*) and four teeth? A- Third Shift at Waffle House" that sums it up nicely

*obviously the clean version

:lol: Sorry but I'm not interested in dating the third shift at Waffle House (http://www.wafflehouse.com/)
We have a bad joke here in the Southern U.S "Q- What has eight (breasts*) and four teeth? A- Third Shift at Waffle House" that sums it up nicely

*obviously the clean version

I forget how horrible things are in the US, sometimes. Where I'm from (Sweden), you don't have to go for the third shift girls just because you're really into a sport and have some quirks from it. Any girl with a brain would understand that calloused hands = potential non-fat and non-lazy future husband. That's the Swedish equation at least :)

Seriously, things are different I suppose.

Any girl with a brain would understand that calloused hands = potential non-fat and non-lazy future husband. That's the Swedish equation at least :)

heh, the glass is always half-full I guess. What she wouldn't realize s that in order to get those calloused hands (at least from cycling) it requires hours of riding which is time where you are not with her and she is not the only thing on your mind. She wouldn't like that :)

heh, the glass is always half-full I guess. What she wouldn't realize s that in order to get those calloused hands (at least from cycling) it requires hours of riding which is time where you are not with her and she is not the only thing on your mind. She wouldn't like that :)

Good thing my fiancé does :)

I know I am riding to much (well you can realy NEVER ride toooo much :D ) when I jump out of bed, out of breath and trying to grab the tree branch to keep from going over a cliff. My wife always gets a kick out of that (some times literally ;) )

Slainte:beer:

I swear they can smell it somehow :(


Especially if you are pissing on your hands.


I have read that the old timers (baseball) used to soak their hands in bull urine to toughen them up.

Still sounds like a load of bull. The kind of macho story guys tell to those who don't truly know

SOunds to me like the kind of story you tell to a rookie!

Should we vote in someone to piss on their hands in order to prove its right or wrong? If so, I vote in.....PwrdbyTrd. :D

Google is your friend: http://slate.msn.com/id/2100652/

Urine actually softens hands.

Thats great UGAd13, lol! But Alou has been hitting .301 during his 14-yr career, so if he pees on his hands, then keep it up.

Well, I'm not sharing any stories about pee, but I know I've been riding too much when I turn my foot to "unclip" stepping out of the shower...

Shower? Is that important?

See, the joke was that whenever I lift a leg to step out of something I involuntarily twist to release my foot.... Yeesh - tough crowd.

Sorry man. I had an extra glass of whiskey tonight. It's mid-summer day in Sweden :)

EDIT: Might have been two. Surely not more than three. I'm glad we left the pee stories behind. They were most un-nerving to me. Thanks Jalexei.

You know your riding to much when you're talking to your girlfriend while driving down a road, and everything 3 seconds you say... "Whoa... I could jump that".

I wear gloves and still get calluses haha :).. I have for years, even when weightlifting constantly. Maybe its a personal.

I could sugest you where gripping something tight and not your wieghts, but in the intrest of UK/Canadian relations, I won't.

Hahahaha.......... :D :D

SOunds to me like the kind of story you tell to a rookie!

I heard that if you crap on your hands, you'll hit a double.

hahahaha TRUE THAT

I too have heard that doin the pee pee on your man mits make them tougher, it was in a documentary about carnies on one of the discover channels, the fire eaters and people that walk on coals and touch flames to their skin pee on themselves to calous the skin......

Is the World's people getting stupider with each passing day, or what????

I like the one about unclipping from the shower :D

GOD, help us, or at least help them ..... Amen

I know I'm riding too much when I look at the roots in the yard and think, "Pfft! I could take you, punk, you ain't nothin'!" Hmm, might have said that out loud, actually....

well school got out just 5 days ago and i have rode my bike for every minute of daylight there has been since then. i too wear gloves and already have giant calluses for hands. I would rather have calluses than completely warped hands

"Baseball players pee on their hands, it makes them harder. Just random information."

maybe they dont have enough to hold onto...