Mountain Biking - You might Mountain bike to much If

Just thought i would see what people could come up with. This one is true when you live in West texas..

You cant remember the last time your legs didnt look like ground beef from all the cuts and scratchs on them..

It's hard to find a shirt that isn't stained with MUD SPLATTER!! Brown is my color. Some women pay big $$ to have spa mud treatment. I prefer to get my mud right from the trail :)

Ya gotta LUV it,
Michelle

If you have tan lines from your gloves, year around...

If your rest day consists of a quick two hour ride.

... You constantly wake up in the middle of the night kicking your significant other because your are trying to unclip and franticly grab for that tree branch to keep you from going over the cliff.

:beer:

^^^^^ That's a good one!

Um, you might mountain bike too much if... you take your bike with you to the in-laws on x-mas day "just in case"...

Reach for the brake levers on a scooter (not motorized, the simple ones or whatever). Happened to me. Long story short, in less than half a minute I had reached a sickening speed and once I realised I HAD no brake levers, I remember I had no brake anyway, it broke off. xD

If you have tan lines from your gloves, year around...

For those of use to fair skinned to tan... freckle lines at the wrists, upper arm, and above the knees.

...you rip the passenger and back seats out of your car so you can keep your bike, parts and tools in there--at all times, so it's ready to go. Well, the wheelset's in the trunk, actually and, yes, my car is a POS.:D

When driving your car up the road you check your line to see if there might be a more effiecent way up the hill. When going downhill you push yourself back in your seat and tell yourself to lay off the brakes.

It's hard to find a shirt that isn't stained with MUD SPLATTER!! Brown is my color. Some women pay big $$ to have spa mud treatment. I prefer to get my mud right from the trail :)

Ya gotta LUV it,
Michelle

Then these tshirts would probably interest you. :D
http://www.dirtshirts.com/products.htm
"About Us Dirt Shirts offers truly unique products which are hand-dyed using real clay from various regions around the country." But that takes the fun out of making the stains yourself.


Um, you might mountain bike too much if... you take your bike with you to the in-laws on x-mas day "just in case"...

Been there done that too many times. In fact the first time I met my in-laws, I had my bike with me.


You mt. bike too much if...
-you've gotten used a little dirt with your water.
-on the way home from a ride you stop at the car wash. Then spray down the bike and yourself.
-when looking for a vehicle, you pick the truck with rubber, not carpet.
-The floorboard of your truck is a mix of dirt, gu packets, and twigs.

...you can't drink water out of a glass, only from a filthy plastic bottle or through a hose...

You treat the SuperGo or Performance catalog like porn. 'Scuse me, I'll be in the bathroom.

on the way home from a ride you pull up on the steering wheel to avoid a pothole...

you wash your shop rags with your laundry

Did I give you a ride in my truck recently - you described it pretty accurately...

My husband teases me that I wash my bike more than my truck...washing the truck is a MAN's job!!

I have a dirt shirt from Sedona AZ. However, we have brown mud here, not red, so my mud doesn't match their mud!

Michelle :)

You treat the SuperGo or Performance catalog like porn. 'Scuse me, I'll be in the bathroom.



Hmm, maybe there IS such a thing as too much biking.... :D :D :D :D :D

-on the way home from a ride you stop at the car wash. Then spray down the bike and yourself.


A little off-topic, but spray down the bike is probably not the best way to wash a bike, unless you don't care much about the paint and lube.

When you wake up after jumping off your bike and the position youre in is your legs wide and your right hand outstretched to grab the bike's seat.

If you have tan lines from your gloves, year around...


people always laught at me for that.

you might bike too much when:
you keep all your bike mags under your bed
you turn any random convo into something about bikes

people always laught at me for that.

you might bike too much when:
you turn any random convo into something about bikes


I try so hard not to do that, but it always happens. It's all I know.

you might bike too much if you no longer have feeling in the small round areas on ur hands where u always get blisters....its actually kinda nice..doesnt hurt ne more

YOU CAN NEVER BIKE TO MUCH!!!

After a full day's ride....I lay dow to go to sleep, my mind still seeing the trail, dreaming the 'line' , committing my wheel. I wake up. Sun's up. Coffee's brewing, I slug down a cup, fill the Camelback . Bike's still on the Yak Rack. Volvo is ready to head out .We go!! I'm riding again..oops!! I forgot..It's Monday..yikes it's a workday. Quick grab some workclothes out of the gym bag. get to work..you have 10 minutes!Must be mountainbiking too much! Moab is small..only 2 stopl;ights to go. Whew, I made it with a minute to spare. lunchreak..I ride!

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=116330&highlight=clip

Do a search :rolleyes:


:p

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=116330&highlight=clip

Do a search :rolleyes:


:p

Hey, at least this thread hasn't degenerated into a discussion about urine...yet.:p

You might mountain bike if...
-While driving you turn your neck 180 degrees to see a pedestrians bike.
-You get discharged from the hospital...and your on your bike the next day. (BOO YA!)

... if you say 'NO' to your girlfriend, because you are too tired

... if you don't go out with your friends, because you are biking, or cleaning your bike

... if your biking buddies don't want to bike with you, because you take them to hardest trails

... if your biking buddies don't want to bike with you, because you take them to hardest trails
yeah, i know that one!

you keep a stash of food at work and munch all day because of the monster appitite from so much riding -- and still loose weight - i'm again down to 155lbs at 6'1" :(

you choose flights based on the bike surcharge fee (and try as hard as possible to get those few with NO fee)

you consider any car that doesn't have lots of room for bikes (i.e. convertible or sports car) a waste (wagon with 4-bike roof-rack = good)

as winter approaches 2 of your top priorities/tasks are
1) good bike lights (my new one i just built is a 10Wflood+20Wspot+35Wflood=65W and 10Ah!)
2) when to put on the studded bike tires

Ive just relized that i ride too much when this past weekend me and my girlfriend went on a nature walk and all i can think about is (i could totally ride that rock line or i would love to ride that hill). Or you dread the winter coming and cant figure out what your going to due with all that free time you have cause your not riding.....i guess ill just have to build a nother new bike over the winter!!!!!

About 5 years ago I was sucking my thumb, and my friend asked me what I was doing, and then I realized I was sucking my thumb and said "holy ****! I thought I still had my Camelback on, and I thought i was drinking from the tube!" I had that thing on so often i would be constantly drinking from it, like second nature. lol

I guess I thougth the thing was empty? kinda wierd in retrospect..

Your favorite flavors are mud and bile.

When the doctor tells you to stop riding, since the chronic knee pain is from that. :mad: of course I said eat me moron, I'll ride less and do it with less intensity. He was an idiot.

Mine:

- when I can hardly get in my car anymore because the bike is in the hatchback, the front wheel is on the passenger seat, and every other space is crammed with helmets, gloves, shoes, camelbacks and tools.

- when I feel almost naked because I don't have my helmet and gloves on.

- when I start to get that 'bike-junky' craving ('Hmmm. The bike's in the car and I still have 15 minutes left for lunch. I could do two fast trips down the bowl and still get to that meeting.')

- when it's 20 degrees f. with a bitter wind and every other sane person is inside doing something warm and I'm doing 'the last' (yeah, right) ride of the season by myself.

- when I've got five nasty sores trying to heal at the same time from five different nasty wipe-outs.

- when I do 'one (more) last' trip up the switchbacks before calling it a day, even though the 'last' trip up was the 'last trip up' and just about killed me because I'm so tired and about puked.

- when I go across the street to look at the junky bikes they have in the thrift store just to touch a brake lever.

- when I pass on some junk food I'm really craving because I want to stay primo for my next ride.

- since the list is endless, it's probably a sign that I bike too much!!!

when you get on the chairlift and feel like your missing something really important, you look around and your like "oh ya theres my bike"

...when you try and "un-clip" from the gas or brake pedal in your car, scared the hell outta me when it first happened

When you walk into the LBS to get some tubes and walk out two hours later with bike number 5!

When you stock up on clearance rims to have ready to replace your broken replacement rims.

yeah, i know that one!

you keep a stash of food at work and munch all day because of the monster appitite from so much riding -- and still loose weight - i'm again down to 155lbs at 6'1" :(

you choose flights based on the bike surcharge fee (and try as hard as possible to get those few with NO fee)

you consider any car that doesn't have lots of room for bikes (i.e. convertible or sports car) a waste (wagon with 4-bike roof-rack = good)

as winter approaches 2 of your top priorities/tasks are
1) good bike lights (my new one i just built is a 10Wflood+20Wspot+35Wflood=65W and 10Ah!)
2) when to put on the studded bike tires


Ooo, I envy you! Got some primo ridin' comin' up this winter, don'tcha? Ah, Der Vaterland....

YOU MIGHT MOUNTAIN BIKE TOO MUCH IF: you've taped Power Bars to your bike frame.

....when you have the imprint of a WTB speed V on your arse...

I might be riding too much since:

My 2004 bike already has holes worn into the frame from the cable rubs....
I've gone thru 6 sets of disc brake pads & it's only September....
One pair of rotors have been worn too much to work properly (15 months)....
I've worn out my 3rd seat (literally wore the leather cover off) in 18 months....
I remember the location of practically every root-rock-stick along all the trails I ride....
I never take my bike off it's rack on the back of my Xterra.... (Except when I'm riding)
I make excuses to "go" riding, instead of "not" to go riding....
I've witnessed MANY people begin, get tired of & retire from the sport, while I'm still just enjoying it....
I have more bicycles that my entire neighborhood does....
I get VERY upset if I can't get in a ride at least every other day, year 'round....

I could easily go on, but who really cares, huh?
I'm NOT in denile.... I know I ride too much (for some people anyways....) :p

I dont think theres such thing as riding too much... it keeps you in shape.... gives you something to do..is fun as hell...and yes... I ride "a lot"...not too much..."riding too much" - theres an oxymoron for you.

...you rip the passenger and back seats out of your car so you can keep your bike, parts and tools in there--at all times, so it's ready to go.

Too funny, I do or did this --- well some what or partly. I even drape my bike with a blanket ("my wife, calls it a baby blanket"). You don't want anyone to steal your ride, for sure.

Too funny, I do or did this --- well some what or partly. I even drape my bike with a blanket ("my wife, calls it a baby blanket"). You don't want anyone to steal your ride, for sure.


Nope, that's why I leave mine dirty.;) Hell, it's old, anyway. If anyone broke into my car, they'd probably go for the toolbox first.

YOU MIGHT MOUNTAIN BIKE TOO MUCH IF: you've taped Power Bars to your bike frame.

GREAT IDEA! Damn, caught again!

-you've told your job you have to help your grandfather with harvest, but you told your grandfather you had to work

YOU MIGHT MOUNTAIN BIKE TOO MUCH IF: you tell your girlfriend that the bike comes first.

i mountain bike too much becuase im 15 with a bike fund instead of a car fund

on the way home from a ride you pull up on the steering wheel to avoid a pothole...

you wash your shop rags with your laundry

Those are both me exactly.

You mountain bike to much when you try to manual with your car.