Geoff Posted July 3, 2009 Posted July 3, 2009 You are supposed to use any equipment for their intended purpose!!!
louis0852 Posted July 3, 2009 Posted July 3, 2009 that which does not kill you?.....makes you poorer!! I second that all the way
gremlin Posted July 3, 2009 Posted July 3, 2009 Yes, Isn't mountain Biking for fun, and to get dirty whenever possible.
Andyr249 Posted July 3, 2009 Posted July 3, 2009 Just do it. As long as it is not like the mud at Emperors. The mud at Emperors was crazy!!! On the second lap at that one section I ended up just running through the mud carrying my bike!
Andyr249 Posted July 3, 2009 Posted July 3, 2009 Maybe I am missing something here ? are modern mountain bikes these days like a F1 racing car? The slightest bump in the road and its tuned out? The slightest bit of mud and you screw up your entire bike and it cost R2000 to fix?? <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I have been a mountain biker for the past 15 years and rode with only 3 bikes the entire time ? I?ve been trough mud' date=' hail, storms, rivers, rocks, sand and all manner of natural disasters that can be thrown my way, and NEVER have I ever had to worry about my bicycles breaking or obtaining any major damage ? my philosophy has always been ?it?s a mountain bike ? a though piece of machinery that?s build for these sort of things? Reading your comments; it worries me that I might just wreck my brand new 30K bike! I still go out there with the same philosophy ? I cycle as hard and as fast as I can, I still go trough water, sand, mud, rain, hail etc?.. Does it mean that I have to ride more carefully not to damage my MTB?[/quote'] What was it like riding through a tornado and earthquake?
HappyMartin Posted July 3, 2009 Posted July 3, 2009 Pushed this fully loaded cannondale M400 chocked with mud. It didn't kill the bike but the bike dam near killed me. Tanzania 1995
Cassie Posted July 3, 2009 Posted July 3, 2009 Just do it. As long as it is not like the mud at Emperors. The mud at Emperors was crazy!!! On the second lap at that one section I ended up just running through the mud carrying my bike! Last year at Karwats MTB race near Hermanus it was mud mixed equal parts cow dung!! And a lot of it!! My dogs loved me afterwards...couldn't stop smelling me & bike...
Christopher Brunsdon Posted July 3, 2009 Posted July 3, 2009 Pushed this fully loaded cannondale M400 chocked with mud. It didn't kill the bike but the bike dam near killed me. Tanzania 1995 That is still my dream since I was 18, tour an African country/countries on a MTB
thehermanator Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 Maybe I am missing something here ? are modern mountain bikes these days like a F1 racing car? The slightest bump in the road and its tuned out? The slightest bit of mud and you screw up your entire bike and it cost R2000 to fix?? <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I have been a mountain biker for the past 15 years and rode with only 3 bikes the entire time ? I?ve been trough mud' date=' hail, storms, rivers, rocks, sand and all manner of natural disasters that can be thrown my way, and NEVER have I ever had to worry about my bicycles breaking or obtaining any major damage ? my philosophy has always been ?it?s a mountain bike ? a though piece of machinery that?s build for these sort of things? Reading your comments; it worries me that I might just wreck my brand new 30K bike! I still go out there with the same philosophy ? I cycle as hard and as fast as I can, I still go trough water, sand, mud, rain, hail etc?.. Does it mean that I have to ride more carefully not to damage my MTB?[/quote'] What was it like riding through a tornado and earthquake? Well thats another story all together
Delgado Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 No thanks! to what? To the question "To do or not to do??"
Tumbleweed Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 No thanks! to what? To the question "To do or not to do??" and the the question: "to be or not to be?"?
Delgado Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 No thanks! to what? To the question "To do or not to do??" and the the question: "to be or not to be?"? Perhaps?!
Tumbleweed Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 No thanks! to what? To the question "To do or not to do??" and the the question: "to be or not to be?"? Perhaps?! strawberry or vanilla?
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