Uhhh, you don't need to be going ANYWHERE NEAR that speed to have assloads of fun.
I'm gonna have to hang up DH.And I know I'm gonna be scared about what to do next.
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So,you're saying that I am actually having fun at slower speeds?To ME,and I think the point is,Riding the edge IS the fun part.If I could pay someone to make figure out how to get anything out of a Cat 2 level life,I honestly would.Nothing against anyone in cat 2 at all.if you love it ,your ahead of me.
God I hope my midlife crisis is less melodramatic than this one.
You live in arizona, have you tried meth?
All of the speed and none of the dangerous velocity.
You live in arizona, have you tried meth?
All of the speed and none of the dangerous velocity.
Alright,enough with the midlife crisis bull****.People have been saying that to me since I was in my 20's.it's bull****.I have a great wife of 18 years,2 great kids,a business I've built from 0,a house,I've never touched a drug in my life and have pretty much been able to live the life that I want.
You must be one of those people that can't stand having hard questions to deal with...let alone reading about someone elses on the stupid Internet.Other people here have been a great help and a great ear,offering at least something for me to think about.Thanks for being dick about it,it took 6 pages,but you were there for me while I sit here with my limbs elevated 23 hrs a day.
You must be one of those people that can't stand having hard questions to deal with...let alone reading about someone elses on the stupid Internet.Other people here have been a great help and a great ear,offering at least something for me to think about.Thanks for being dick about it,it took 6 pages,but you were there for me while I sit here with my limbs elevated 23 hrs a day.
Yeah man, no question.
You're seriously due for a corvette and a new mustache.
Or at least a new set of golf clubs.
Scary Larry would be legit with a mustache!
See?
Win/Win!!
Win/Win!!
I've got a serious "injury beard"happinen right now.I look so damn mentally disturbed and homeless ,it scares me. I've got brown hair,but my facial hair is red,..it's disgusting.People thought I looked mean before,now it's just over the top.I could shave it into a sweet red,porn stache,but there's nothing that'll make a corvette look good.
Give moto enduro riding a try. Less airtime poses a lot less potential for head injuries, and equally (if not more) exciting than most DH riding. I've basically given up DH for it like Profro has. A lot of it had to do with my DH bike getting stolen, but I'm on one of my 3 motos every day of the weekend and the occasional Wednesday after work. Mostly trails and singletrack with some MX track days when it's not crowded and I can just practice corners and session jumps. With that regimen, the only thing I have a desire to have a DH bike back for is to ride ultra steep trails that my moto can't even ride. And those aren't high speed enough to really mess my head up to that degree.
I'm at the point with both DH and moto where I could comfortably be going a bit faster than I am now, and I'm already going at a pretty damn good pace. I'm keeping up with/dropping Expert class racers on trails, and pretty amateur on the MX track, and was easily a Cat 1/Pro speed rider at DH (US Pro that is, which is like Sport class anywhere else in the world). But what risk do I take by going that few percent faster? I'm 27, with hopefully a long riding career ahead of me, as well as my professional career. Just learn some damn self control. I put a ton of hours on my bikes, but I can barely even remember the last time my head hit dirt. I think it was over 6 months ago, and that was just my jawpiece of my fullface going into some soft dirt after low-siding a corner.
The difference with me is that I have little interest in racing, although I've been getting more into the District 37 AMA desert races. There are a bunch of different formats, and they don't all require blazing fast high-speed stuff. The enduro race the run in Anza is a bunch of time-trial format test sections through twisty scrub-brush singletrack. If you can't figure out how not to ring your bell on sandy 2nd/3rd gear singletrack, then yes, you probably shouldn't be riding.
I'm at the point with both DH and moto where I could comfortably be going a bit faster than I am now, and I'm already going at a pretty damn good pace. I'm keeping up with/dropping Expert class racers on trails, and pretty amateur on the MX track, and was easily a Cat 1/Pro speed rider at DH (US Pro that is, which is like Sport class anywhere else in the world). But what risk do I take by going that few percent faster? I'm 27, with hopefully a long riding career ahead of me, as well as my professional career. Just learn some damn self control. I put a ton of hours on my bikes, but I can barely even remember the last time my head hit dirt. I think it was over 6 months ago, and that was just my jawpiece of my fullface going into some soft dirt after low-siding a corner.
The difference with me is that I have little interest in racing, although I've been getting more into the District 37 AMA desert races. There are a bunch of different formats, and they don't all require blazing fast high-speed stuff. The enduro race the run in Anza is a bunch of time-trial format test sections through twisty scrub-brush singletrack. If you can't figure out how not to ring your bell on sandy 2nd/3rd gear singletrack, then yes, you probably shouldn't be riding.
I like where this thread is going....
Also, despite road biking being surprisingly fun, I'd stay the F*CK away from it if I were you. You can definitely getting seriously messed up if you are always trying to push it.
in your area must be a cool buggy seen. aint the sayin "with age get a cage".
Road biking has every bit as much of a rush as DH racing but if you mess up you're not only going to hurt yourself but potentially seriously injure the 20 guys behind you too. If you do give it a try make sure to keep yourself in check before you paralyze someone else.
I've got a road bike that occasionally ride.i know guys who race,and the combination of their frail bodies,oversized road egos and extra firm pavement is not club I'm apt to want to join.I just got the ankle screwed together on Friday,and I'm just gonna work on walking and getting hand dexterity back in the next few months and staying off as much pain meds as possible.They suck.
I truly wish I could just go out and enjoy riding just for th sake of it.Who knows,maybe when I revive from this stupor ,I'll find that part of my soul has died,and I'll need to go find something to repair it,on a trail.
I truly wish I could just go out and enjoy riding just for th sake of it.Who knows,maybe when I revive from this stupor ,I'll find that part of my soul has died,and I'll need to go find something to repair it,on a trail.
You forgot,being skinny and staying in shape.Those are no no's