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Here's why roadies should stay out of the woods
So we go for a more extended MTB ride today, to the top of Goosepond Mtn, a 1200' ridge here in Chester, NY. It gets technical climbing and descending, etc., lovely views, the works. You know, way over my pathetic roadie head, and my pal (one of my employees) is consistently waiting for me (he's been a hard core MTBer for 15+ years, I'm a roadie who rides an MTB occasionally). I'm standing off the bike as we take a break on the rather technical and dicey single track descent. I'm on relatively flat ground, and lose my footing, keel over and NAIL my right thigh on a root or rock (still don't know which).
Now I have a friggin massive contusion in my quad. I don't know if I can ride my friggin road bike it's so sore. We'll see. This MTB **** is dangerous. More like I'm a menace to myself and all around me when I step within 3 feet of my MTB. Fortunately nobody was hurt by me. Tonight I needed a hit off an MTB Doobie, but we didn't have any. Oh well. I'm tripping on Advil and chocolate tonight. |
Originally Posted by patentcad
(Post 6689736)
So we go for a more extended MTB ride today, to the top of Goosepond Mtn, a 1200' ridge here in Chester, NY. It gets technical climbing and descending, etc., lovely views, the works. You know, way over my pathetic roadie head, and my pal (one of my employees) is consistently waiting for me (he's been a hard core MTBer for 15+ years, I'm a roadie who rides an MTB occasionally). I'm standing off the bike as we take a break on the rather technical and dicey single track descent. I'm on relatively flat ground, and lose my footing, keel over and NAIL my right thigh on a root or rock (still don't know which).
Now I have a friggin massive contusion in my quad. I don't know if I can ride my friggin road bike it's so sore. We'll see. This MTB **** is dangerous. More like I'm a menace to myself and all around me when I step within 3 feet of my MTB. Fortunately nobody was hurt by me. Tonight I needed a hit off an MTB Doobie, but we didn't have any. Oh well. I'm tripping on Advil and chocolate tonight. I'm loving this story.:lol: Sorry to hear about your run of bad luck, it always sux to be off the bike, sorry dude. |
santiago welcomes the addition of pcad to the mountain biking forum as he finds pcad to be very entertaining.
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Originally Posted by santiago
(Post 6689762)
santiago welcomes the addition of pcad to the mountain biking forum as he finds pcad to be very entertaining.
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:injured::roflmao2:
Pcad, welcome to the club. |
Just ride your bike you focking wuss.
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That's a big, pretty spring. $$$$$$$ |
Originally Posted by junkyard
(Post 6689967)
Just ride your bike you focking wuss.
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Originally Posted by patentcad
(Post 6690389)
I'll let you know if I can. Now I may have a big con-tuuuuu-sion in the wrong place.
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Originally Posted by Fable
(Post 6690522)
Where would you say the right place for a contusion is? Just in case I ever have to get one real quick like.
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Originally Posted by patentcad
(Post 6689736)
So we go for a more extended MTB ride today, to the top of Goosepond Mtn, a 1200' ridge here in Chester, NY. It gets technical climbing and descending, etc., lovely views, the works. You know, way over my pathetic roadie head, and my pal (one of my employees) is consistently waiting for me (he's been a hard core MTBer for 15+ years, I'm a roadie who rides an MTB occasionally). I'm standing off the bike as we take a break on the rather technical and dicey single track descent. I'm on relatively flat ground, and lose my footing, keel over and NAIL my right thigh on a root or rock (still don't know which).
Now I have a friggin massive contusion in my quad. I don't know if I can ride my friggin road bike it's so sore. We'll see. This MTB **** is dangerous. More like I'm a menace to myself and all around me when I step within 3 feet of my MTB. Fortunately nobody was hurt by me. Tonight I needed a hit off an MTB Doobie, but we didn't have any. Oh well. I'm tripping on Advil and chocolate tonight. |
Originally Posted by elf 232
(Post 6690627)
I like riding fast everywhere, (I dont think i am capable of pacing myself) but im young and recover quickly after a climb and like to get speed on uphills, unfortunately none of the other riders share my riding style and while on a singletrack uphill, i ground my tire with my buddies and sent him sprawling off the trail. I felt sooooo bad. I had just recovered after spinning over some roots while pedaling uphill which is mainly why i wasnt able to stop b4 bumping tires :(
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Originally Posted by M_S
(Post 6690645)
You'd be fun in a paceline ;) .
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Originally Posted by M_S
(Post 6690645)
You'd be fun in a paceline ;) .
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Descending a hill in the rain in a RR @ 40 mph with a pack of 60+ guys is 1/100th as scary as the steep technical single track descent we were coming down today. Trust me.
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Originally Posted by patentcad
(Post 6690846)
Descending a hill in the rain in a RR @ 40 mph with a pack of 60+ guys is 1/100th as scary as the steep technical single track descent we were coming down today. Trust me.
I've made 8 starts this year, riding Cat5. I've been down once when one of my teammates had a stupid attack in front of me on the final sprint, but didn't get hurt. I've had all sorts of stupid stuff happen that I could avoid or was off to one side or the other. I seems like there's _way_ more squid behavior on road bikes. Now I don't do big crazy stuff on MTB bikes like you find in the Pacific NW, but SoCal has pretty reasonable trails and I've been on a lot of them at one time or the other. Some stuff is just beyond me and I find a different way down, but that's not common. Generally speaking, MTB riding is as crazy as you want to make it, which at least gives you some sort of choice. |
It's all what you're used to. I race with the Master's 35+ fields, very safe, very smooth 99% of the time. **** happens in bike racing of course, but when two guys bump elbows in my race they apologize to each other, nobody over-reacts and their generally is no crash. In a 4/5 field their is often yelling, sudden panic moves and disaster. So the Vets are much safer.
I'm sure if I rode in the woods a few times a week for 3 months I'd have a different outlook. |
Originally Posted by patentcad
(Post 6689736)
Now I have a friggin massive contusion in my quad. I don't know if I can ride my friggin road bike it's so sore. We'll see.
... Brad |
Originally Posted by bac
(Post 6693587)
Pix of guad?
... Brad |
Originally Posted by patentcad
(Post 6691388)
It's all what you're used to. I race with the Master's 35+ fields, very safe, very smooth 99% of the time. **** happens in bike racing of course, but when two guys bump elbows in my race they apologize to each other, nobody over-reacts and their generally is no crash. In a 4/5 field their is often yelling, sudden panic moves and disaster. So the Vets are much safer.
I'm sure if I rode in the woods a few times a week for 3 months I'd have a different outlook. |
I ride in the woods and I do 'cross and some MTB races. That elbow to elbow thing on pavement can go on without me. Despite P-Cad finding something to hurt himself on, off-road riding is completely nonthreatening to me. Trees are a lot softer than cars, rocks are smaller and less likely to be hit than pavement. Road racing, everything around you is either a sharp edged rock or made of steel. Not so fun an environment.
Rattlesnakes and armadillos are more predictable than pedestrians. |
I'd say I crash in some fashion probably 1 in 5 times I go out for a mountain bike ride. No injuries (save a little bit of rash) as I keep my crashes small. But I've never even come close to a road bike crash. I think falling off is just part of mountain biking.
And yes, I've done something similar to pcad's little spill: standing over the bike, lose balance, fall. But mostly all of this is just because I'm incompetent. |
Keep jammin...it's just a bruise, it could be a scar situation. Plus, it's something to remember your first real mtb ride!
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Originally Posted by patentcad
(Post 6689736)
So we go for a more extended MTB ride today, to the top of Goosepond Mtn, a 1200' ridge here in Chester, NY. It gets technical climbing and descending, etc., lovely views, the works. You know, way over my pathetic roadie head, and my pal (one of my employees) is consistently waiting for me (he's been a hard core MTBer for 15+ years, I'm a roadie who rides an MTB occasionally). I'm standing off the bike as we take a break on the rather technical and dicey single track descent. I'm on relatively flat ground, and lose my footing, keel over and NAIL my right thigh on a root or rock (still don't know which).
Now I have a friggin massive contusion in my quad. I don't know if I can ride my friggin road bike it's so sore. We'll see. This MTB **** is dangerous. More like I'm a menace to myself and all around me when I step within 3 feet of my MTB. Fortunately nobody was hurt by me. Tonight I needed a hit off an MTB Doobie, but we didn't have any. Oh well. I'm tripping on Advil and chocolate tonight. It sounds like you are fine on the MTB you just need to work on standing. I suggest knees slightly bent, weight on the balls of your feet, straight at the waist, chin up. Make sure and try not to look down, as your body tends to want to go where you look. once you get the basics down, you can start trying one foot standing and standing on stairs. |
Between sticks, falls, and pedals, I usually come home 50% of the time leaking some blood but its never too big unless I do something idiotic, which is 5-10% of the time, usually when Spring first comes, on a Friday. But then again, I have a reputation for falling the most among everyone I ride with. My motto is if you're not falling enough you're not trying hard enough. You can always push it more and more. ;). I could just be clumsy, but I just tell myself I'm extreme. ;)
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