Grapkas Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 I have a small group of kids i ride with twice a week and on Saturday we did the short 10km Nissan Tyger Valley race and i have to admit MOUNTAIN BIKING IS *&%$#^& HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I was more tired after riding there doing the 10km and riding home than after the Kremetart!!! I can still hardly walk!! I also loved being the funrider being passed by the front guys and seeing how fast they go! If it wasn't for one of my little boys yelling "ALTIE OPPAS" Jock Green would have ridden right over me in the last 2km.IT WAS FANTASTIC and i just want to say anybody that did the Epic really is THE sh*t!!!
Roer Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 I agree. Epic riders...respect. Daai race issie vi sissies.
SwissVan Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 I have a small group of kids i ride with twice a week and on Saturday we did the short 10km Nissan Tyger Valley race and i have to admit MOUNTAIN BIKING IS *&%$#^& HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I was more tired after riding there doing the 10km and riding home than after the Kremetart!!! I can still hardly walk!! I also loved being the funrider being passed by the front guys and seeing how fast they go! If it wasn't for one of my little boys yelling "ALTIE OPPAS" Jock Green would have ridden right over me in the last 2km.IT WAS FANTASTIC and i just want to say anybody that did the Epic really is THE sh*t!!! And thats no Krap Grap.. Joke Remember my first mtb race, at the old Rock hoppers quarry in honeydewLying on the ground cursing the organisors for making it so hard...
Dirt*girl™ Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 You know it...respect is the name of the game when it comes to MTBing.Dirt*girl2009-06-22 03:50:45
TNT1 Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 Bollocks. MTB isn't harder. You just needed a different skill set (which you can learn) and you used different muscle groups, and some of the same muscles in a different way to how you use them on the road. Lack of conditioning for a particular type of exercise doesn't make the exercise harder.
The expat cyclist Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 Bollocks. MTB isn't harder. You just needed a different skill set (which you can learn) and you used different muscle groups' date=' and some of the same muscles in a different way to how you use them on the road. Lack of conditioning for a particular type of exercise doesn't make the exercise harder. [/quote'] If MTB was easy...EVERYBODY WOULD BE DOING IT!!!
Dirt*girl™ Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 silly*girl. that's dirty..silly..pretty smelling....djf lks dfjksua lfd laj gkd girl to you!
TNT1 Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 silly MJ... I never said it was easy. I said the comparison between the difficulty of road riding v MTbing, is not exactly linear.
SwissVan Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 Bollocks. MTB isn't harder. You just needed a different skill set (which you can learn) and you used different muscle groups' date=' and some of the same muscles in a different way to how you use them on the road. Lack of conditioning for a particular type of exercise doesn't make the exercise harder. [/quote'] Bollocks? I say old chap... when last did you race a real mtb race?
The expat cyclist Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 silly MJ... I never said it was easy. I said the comparison between the difficulty of road riding v MTbing' date=' is not exactly linear. [/quote'] I didn't say you did! I just said if it was easy...Don't put words in me mouth boet!
Tumbleweed Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 Bollocks. MTB isn't harder. You just needed a different skill set (which you can learn) and you used different muscle groups' date=' and some of the same muscles in a different way to how you use them on the road. Lack of conditioning for a particular type of exercise doesn't make the exercise harder. [/quote'] Bollocks? I say old chap... when last did you race a real mtb race?
PappaBear Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 I'm a mtb'er, and I feel which one of the dissiplines is the hardest depends on the amount of skills you have.... The way I see, when you race road real hard (it is freakin tough!!!). To get yourself that kind of moeg when riding mountain bike you must have very good skills, otherwise you'll rest enough while negotiating the tough technical bits..... But to ride the way Burry and Kevin do..... thats the toughest!! mtb race at 35km/h average!!
IdeJongh Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 From my experience, MTBing is just more complex, more variables, more to conquer, more that can go wrong.For me personally roading is "sitting and pedalling" and mtbing is an experience. Got to love it.
Tumbleweed Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 Bollocks. MTB isn't harder. You just needed a different skill set (which you can learn) ? then why do some people, after years of riding, still struggle with things like bunny-hopping, getting the front wheel over obstacles, etc? mountain biking is a discipline of cycling - much like tt, track, etc - to which you are either suited or not. reckon you can just learn to dirt jump a bmx?
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