ronbridal

Mountain bike riding is not for me. By the way, I'm selling the bike. Check my signature.

Ron

Rosso Corsa

For shame, you let the mountain conquer you.

Cyclist30907654

before you give up on mountain biking, check the saddle.

Maelstrom 

Try standing...

JonnyV

Are you serious?

Markok765

Who sits a lot on a mountain bike? Also get another saddle before selling.

Cyclist30907654

Nope. He's THAT extreme.

Markok765

Nope, I go faster without sitting, plus there are some jumps.

Markok765

I do climb faster. I normally ride a road bike, so I go into a decently high gear. on flats I'm on the hardest gear 3-front 8-back

Markok765

Yep, my trail is mostly downhill, and when there is a climb I already have speed. Also, in some areas there is a quick up/down part.

Fable

Go ride around for an hour with your seat removed. I think you'll find you sit (or want to) quite a bit more than you think.

Diggidy

I always thought that you were allowed better weight distribution/fluctuation while standing; which at least on technical downhill sections made standing superior to siting down, also at least to me and my brief experience in mountain biking I was able to handle better, on downhills that is. Now I'm pretty sure you were talking about a more peddling intensive section of the ride is when sitting down is better. Do you know people who sit down while descending, and if so how successful are they?

Markok765

I bike to the trail, bike through, and bike home.

Markok765

Yeah, I wouldn't want to go off a jump sitting down. Better weight shifting and more power standing, in my opinion.

Ted Danson

not to mention the whole landing aspect of it all. specially if your a guy!

Markok765

I once landed a jump with my feet off the pedals, but my butt came onto the seat. I was lucky. This is why my MTB has toe straps now. That, and also I dont have enough money for clipless pedals.

h2on0

I was just wondering if I am the only person who gets tired going downhill?

colombo357

Ah, gotcha.

So you have two homes. One on top of the hill and one at the bottom.

So the question is, how do you get back to the first home?

And how can someone with two homes not afford clipless pedals?

How much did you pay for your "toe straps"?

blue_neon

Wow what the hell is with the attitude? He says he "mostly" stands up. He told you he can't afford clip-less...why argue? I'm sure he would know.

DickyJ

"I'm sorry to ask sir, but I'm just trying to get into the mind of the suspect.."

crtreedude 

I have to agree, you should be only lightly on your seat. If your seat is glued to the seat of your bike, it will be unpleasant at best. Also, you need to be able to shift your weight while you go through the trail.

Roadies are planted on their seat, they are on a smooth surface. We aren't.

Use your legs to take up most of your weight - yes at first it will be hard but eventually it will just be natural. I spend the majority of my time on roads made from river rock being spread on them and pounded down by traffic. The hills are very steep as well - if I don't shift my weight, I will either spin out or flip the bike. There are books on MTBing that actually recommend removing your seat till you learn not to rely on it.

Markok765

The trail is mostly flat, with small hills in between. The hills are in quick sucession. I paid $20 for my pedals with to straps.

M_S

Back on topic...

Your butt can take hpping on and off a cross bike but not mountain biking with those big cushy tires?

And stop tempting me. I can't afford another bike.