intern Posted March 5, 2018 Share Intern,what do you think KOMs are for? There!If only I could stick this above Duane's cheeky comment! Patchelicious and Duane_Bosch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy hardtail Posted March 24, 2018 Share Hmmmmm. Mountain biking, or any so called extreme sport, is as safe or dangerous as you make it. There are no rules. So if you wanna go 50kph on a dh single track do it. I do, i have a bit of skill so that speed is just inside my comfort zone. Sure its scary and i do think about the consequences, breaking bones, missing work etc. But the day you stop progressing and start backing off is the day you get too old for it. So at some point i will slow down (im 41 years old already) but at the moment i feel that i am riding as well as ever. Although recovery times are getting longer. And strava is for koms, up and down hill...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Buttox Posted March 24, 2018 Share Every time I have watched a Rampage video I have thought some day it will not end well. But the human tribe has some people that left the cave to investigate far off valleys, some that stayed behind to turn berries into medicine for when the others came back mangled or dead, and some sold the disgusting berry mess at at grossly inflated prices to the Cave-world. (OK, so that's the riders, medics and Redbull part of Rampage covered....) ChrisF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPD Posted March 25, 2018 Share hell, it's cool to run with as little protection as possible, because pads and full faces at local enduro racers are for pussies. Unspoken bro-code, but it sure is understood by everyone I don't agree with that. I've done many enduro's in KZN and a few in gauteng, and I've never seen anyone laughed or smirked at for the amount of protection they're using. Edited March 25, 2018 by JPD Headshot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPD Posted March 25, 2018 Share hell, it's cool to run with as little protection as possible, because pads and full faces at local enduro racers are for pussies. Unspoken bro-code, but it sure is understood by everyone I don't agree with that. I've done many enduro's in KZN and a few in gauteng, and I've never seen anyone laughed or smirked at for the amount of protection they're using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted March 25, 2018 Share I don't agree with that. I've done many enduro's in KZN and a few in gauteng, and I've never seen anyone laughed or smirked at for the amount of protection they're using. Your sarcasm meter seems to need calibration Patchelicious and Odinson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylark Posted March 25, 2018 Share The key for me is never throw caution to the wind when the consequences matter, always be in control or slow down. Anyway speed is relative and fun is a perception not an outright reality, you can recalibrate your sense of fun to any speed. For me having a sense of flow over obstacles trumps outright speed or beating the clock, and when the section starts getting less sketchy or the terrain allows it it's a rush to get some solid speed, just as much as hanging on the brakes when the gnar approaches again and you move back into safety first mode. How you ride is also relative to your experience and how well you know a trail, up the ante to the level that works for you, even walking too fast down a flight of steps can get you snapped hips... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoBoshoff Posted March 26, 2018 Share Strava's f*cked it for everyone. It's all about speed now. So every corner has a berm, because FLOW bro!! Slow, tech trails are disappearing and avoided as being poorly "built" whilst everyone compares notes on the tyres with the best traction. You're basically riding descending pumptracks with wallrides all the way down 90% of the time these days. So excuse me if I say that I am Jack's complete lack of surprise that people are offing themselves when faced with trails that actually demand a measure of experience. MTBJD, ChUkKy, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane_Bosch Posted March 26, 2018 Share People have been destroying themselves looooong before strava came onto the scene. Bike racing started the moment the 2nd bike was built. Edited March 26, 2018 by Duane_Bosch Headshot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoBoshoff Posted March 26, 2018 Share People have been destroying themselves looooong before strava came onto the scene. Bike racing started the moment the 2nd bike was built.Not my point. My point is we approach trails these days from a Speed / Flow uber alle point of view instead of a challenge / rewarding point of view, and I point the finger at Strava. So trail centres are now full of blue and green flow trails that are pretty fast AF, and then we are surprised when Oom Daan sees his wang when he drops in on something resembling a trail pre-2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipV Posted March 26, 2018 Share Not my point. My point is we approach trails these days from a Speed / Flow uber alle point of view instead of a challenge / rewarding point of view, and I point the finger at Strava. So trail centres are now full of blue and green flow trails that are pretty fast AF, and then we are surprised when Oom Daan sees his wang when he drops in on something resembling a trail pre-2010.I blame riding videos. Every shredit is packed full of berms and flow trails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane_Bosch Posted March 26, 2018 Share Ok you 2 please just stop talking. I Looooooove Berms and Flow trails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted March 26, 2018 Share Not my point. My point is we approach trails these days from a Speed / Flow uber alle point of view instead of a challenge / rewarding point of view, and I point the finger at Strava. So trail centres are now full of blue and green flow trails that are pretty fast AF, and then we are surprised when Oom Daan sees his wang when he drops in on something resembling a trail pre-2010.Blue and green is the target market so of course the trails are going to match that. Drops, gaps, rock gardens etc are top 1% stuff and will continue be the exception rather than the norm as long as MTB grows the way it is now. Newcomers to the sport enter at beginner level and some/most/who knows arent too interested in taking flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoBoshoff Posted March 26, 2018 Share Blue and green is the target market so of course the trails are going to match that. Drops, gaps, rock gardens etc are top 1% stuff and will continue be the exception rather than the norm as long as MTB grows the way it is now. Newcomers to the sport enter at beginner level and some/most/who knows arent too interested in taking flight.Also not my point. I'm not asking for more black graded gnar. I'm saying less and less people would even know an off-camber / flat corner if it slapped them in the goggles. Because slow and tricky (not dangerous, just hard) trails are a dying breed. Like the ones at Lebanon (when they're maintained ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted March 26, 2018 Share Also not my point. I'm not asking for more black graded gnar. I'm saying less and less people would even know an off-camber / flat corner if it slapped them in the goggles. Because slow and tricky (not dangerous, just hard) trails are a dying breed. Like the ones at Lebanon (when they're maintained ).Its not dying, its is changing, to what the majority of the people want. You may prefer the more tricky technical stuff, obviously most others prefer the "FLOW". Same goes the other way, most normal MTB races no just chase "single track", I don't like it, but seem the majority of the golfers do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted March 26, 2018 Share Also not my point. I'm not asking for more black graded gnar. I'm saying less and less people would even know an off-camber / flat corner if it slapped them in the goggles. Because slow and tricky (not dangerous, just hard) trails are a dying breed. Like the ones at Lebanon (when they're maintained ).Who wants flat and off camber corners? No carrying speed and having to pedal back up to speed after every corner.... Thats like riding a single speed Fat bike at Epic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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