Mountain Biking - age and riding style

I saw on here recently where a poster wrote that most of us older folks ride xc only. Ive found, at least in my area of the planet, that most of us older folks have gotten onto more agressive riding and less into xc and that the xc racers and riders are , but not always, younger.
my question is how old are you and what would best describe your style?
XC
Aggressive xc
XC racer
Fitness
Freeride
Downhill
Slacker
Trials
All mountain
Other, please specify
All the above
I used to be more of a XC racer type but now do more aggressive xc and all mountain stuff. its not so much about speed as it is new challenges and exploration and dont care as much about downhill vs uphill as long as its technical or a new spot for me to ride. the more technical the better.

I'm 40 and ride whatever and where ever my Bullit will take me. I have been called a freerider before but I think it was the company I was in......(Gastro).......

15 - Freeriding Downhiller. Street Punk.

16- All mountain...

20 - freeride, all mountain, what ever else I encounter

15- urban/street/dirtjumps/ whatever else

Another 15 year old youngin' here. I do more of the endurance stuff. Triathlons, both on and off-road, XC racing, enduro XC events, running XC, and road riding. I think that's about it. :o

I'm wanting to give DH a try. I'm thinking it will focus more on bike handling skills and explosive power than anything else. Only problem is I'd have to get new riding gear, I've heard not many downhillers show up in spandex and race-cut jerseys. :p

22 - urban/slacker/xc/commutecore.
i like adjusting my machine to ride the various transitional areas between trails/streets, developed and undeveloped areas, half-built buildings etc.

51-Mostly mountains, as hard as I can go. hehee

16 here and I ride aggressive all mountain/beginner FR/DH....with a nice long XC ride every once in a while.

22 - Aggressive XC/All mountain/Trials/DJ/Urban on 3 different rigs

Excues me but what's a slacker?:o

24, XC, soon to be roadie.

15-XC racer, roadie

29

Former downhiller
Now, I hit just about anything and everthing I can

I am 33 and I ride a mountain bike and road bike.

28 - uh.. i dunno. Kinda like xc w/a lot of downhill? AM?

36. Technical XC with the occasional raid thrown in.

36. Xc.

26 and do it all.

17 and DH race and BMX.

33, everything, most of my riding friends do freeriding but that's because that's the crowd I roll with, not XC.

29- Xc

28: road, commuting, technical singletrack, working on an urban rig

24 - XC.

Hate the ups, love the downs.

15- dh/fr.

47, cross country, in awe of freeriders I have seen.

35, I have no idea what those categories mean.

Hate the ups, love the downs.
I'm all about the ups. Climbing is good fun IMO


25, mostly XC with a fair bit of singletracks and trails.

Climbing is good because you get to go down after the torture stops.

Special kind of crazy people like you are valbowski :)

Just turned 35 (ack!)--used to be all about dirt jumping, now can't because I abused myself too much. Strictly trailriding and roadie for me, now...

31 and I've been riding more aggressively as time goes on.

41 - I ride All Mountain when I'm not on the road. Lately, I've been trying out CX and b een having a blast. It's like XC but on a road bike.

29, XC, soon to be roadie

57 - single track and roadie

I'm the oldest so far at 67. I bike half-time in N Florida and half time in the mountains of GA and Tenn and once in a while N Carolina. It's aggressive XC in N Florida as the trails need lots of speed to keep them interesting. It's XC mostly singletrack in the mountains. I love to climb and explore those many trails there.

I also road bike once in a while.

Al

29, XC, soon to be roadie

You forgot Hucker extraordinaire! :D

51, gravity junkie. DH, agressive trailriding, but I like XC racing and off-road duathlons too (masochist!).

37, aggressive XC, easy urban (no drops more than 3'), All-mountain.

My riding style is dictated more by the trails in my area vs. what I prefer to ride! I try to ride the more aggressive line and always take the riskier route.

Always wanted to get into DJing, but never have. I may try it out with some friends this coming weekend.

31 - Anywhere my 2 wheels will take me. Some would say more aggressive as I get older, but truth is I ride smarter, not harder, as my skill level goes up.

31 - Anywhere my 2 wheels will take me. Some would say more aggressive as I get older, but truth is I ride smarter, not harder, as my skill level goes up.


+1 well said.....i'm 31 as well.

29. i ride my bike.

Special kind of crazy people like you are valbowski :)
Same reason I fancy redheads..... I like a challenge :)

16 - XC and XC Race, and sometime Trials, mostlike XC, XC Race when I wan to feel proud of my self, haha

30, mostly technical singletrack, but a little road, and the wife and I have a tandem that gets a fair amount of dirt and asphalt use

You forgot Hucker extraordinaire! :D
after that....no more! :p

Same reason I fancy redheads..... I like a challenge :)
strawberry blondes...mmmmm

30 years of age. XC singletrack and road.

32 xc for me and road as well. :)

14, aggressive XC