[Westy]

What are your bad riding habits?

-I brake too late into corners.
-My pedal stroke is garbage, I have chainrings that look brand new except for a few teeth that engage the chain during my right foot downstroke.
-I seem to fight downshifting, I'll stand up and crank a much bigger gear than I should instead of just downshifting.
-I tend to go OTB a lot, still trying to figure out why.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Downshifting in the middle of hard climbs. I keep breaking chains this way, but I am trying to stop doing that.

 

[partsbara]

good idea for a thread...

-when i ride DH and toward the end of the day (tired) i tend to look down, not far enough down the trail...
- i m a pedal masher... but i guess thats normal since i m aussie ...

 

[ghostrider]

-My pedal stroke while standing is horrible.
-I get lazy and forget to keep pushing my pace.
-I've gotten into the habit of wimping out on very technical stuff that could result in injury.
-I don't ride enough.

Other than that I'm perfect.

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

I'm perfect.

 

[JRB]

I brake too much. I have just gotten back to being somewhat brave on the bike. I tend to rip up on the bars and try to fly. I have to stop, or that will turn out bad. That is why I want an urban bike so bad. I need to work on wheelies and manualling and such.

 

[Westy]

Downshifting in the middle of hard climbs. I keep breaking chains this way, but I am trying to stop doing that.

[run on free unsolicited advice]There is nothing wrong with that, just have to get a few extra hard pedal strokes in to accelerate a bit before you downshift so you can keep pedaling but with much lower chain tension.[/run on free unsolicited advice]

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

Every time I get upside down I get scared and bail. Thats why I LOVE foam. I can't spin very well, but it gets the job done. Once I fell in a thorn bush from a sproket stall gone wrong.

I beleive I'm still pppuuurrrrfect.

 

[Westy]

-I've gotten into the habit of wimping out on very technical stuff that could result in injury.

I do the same but don't consider it a bad habit. After a season with 3 concussions I'd rather keep riding and being a pussy than end up like Price.

 

[douglas]

Downshifting in the middle of hard climbs. I keep breaking chains this way, but I am trying to stop doing that.

I have witnessed that more than once!!

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

I do the same but don't consider it a bad habit. After a season with 3 concussions I'd rather keep riding and be a pussy than end up like Price.

Ass clown

 

[Westy]

Ass clown

Not trying to bag on you man. I had a stretch of concussions a few years ago and if I didn't stop the cycle I would have to stop riding.

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

Ah, everyone makes fun of me now. It's ok, you may continue.

 

[bikenweed]

I pedal too much. Need to chill out and pump more. Also need to stop looking so close to the front tire, and need to look through corners instead of into them. Tend to smash into people in front of me on downhills as well. There's about the only stuff that hasn't been mentioned yet.

 

[urbaindk]

I probably have some bad habits but don't know what they are. That could be bad couldn't it?

 

[douglas]

-dont look far enough ahead
-climb in too high of a gear, while standing & end up loosing too much momentum
-in a race I normally get to a pont of riding erratic, and I have to tell myself to chill out and get some flow back

 

[DRB]

I never look far enough ahead.
I'll go into a corner and just hope I make the corner.

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

One time I crashed and ripped my pants down the inseam. I took them off and rode im my boxers, untill they ripped. I walked to my car naked, it wasn't fun.

 

[Echo]

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[dhbuilder]

hmmm.
can't think of any, except not going faster.

 

[I Are Baboon]

[run on free unsolicited advice]There is nothing wrong with that, just have to get a few extra hard pedal strokes in to accelerate a bit before you downshift so you can keep pedaling but with much lower chain tension.[/run on free unsolicited advice]

Yeah, my problem has been shifting when I am cranking the pedals at the highest tension possible, then SNAPPO! It took about five broken chains before I figured out what I was doing wrong.

I have witnessed that more than once!!

I swear, I was just riding along...

:dancing:

 

[I Are Baboon]

-Driving to the trailhead with MBC and realizing I forgot to put her front wheel in the back of the car.

 

[The Toninator]

-I tend to go OTB a lot, still trying to figure out why.

Fist Full of Front Brake KungFu stylee!
breaking is a weakness.

 

[jimmydean]

I sit too much. I got into the habit of sitting when I bought my Stinky years ago and will just roll over stuff.

I have gotten better about it, but I still need work.

 

[Zark]

DH: Its been commented that I have "stinkbug" style, meaning my ass is hanging over the back tires and my knees are pointing out. I don't know if its a bad or good thing, but my friends get a kick out of it.

I also need to work on leg and back strength as I tend to fatigue towards the end of our 20 minute runs.

XC:
1. Ride more....a lot more.
2. Quit crabbing pedals on tech climbs
3. Quit riding it like a DH bike, my wheels are gonna look like stop signs!

 

[Jeremy R]

breaking is a weakness.

Spelling is a weakness.

 

[Westy]

Fist Full of Front Brake KungFu stylee!
breaking is a weakness.

I'm pretty sure it is not that, at least most of the time. I think I get to stiff when things get steep, need to go with the flow a little more.

 

[narlus]

i definitely brake much too late, and end up braking in the turns a lot of the time.

or i am not braking hard enough, leading into the turns.

or most likely, i am a pussy and am scared to carry a lot of speed in the turns.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I still tend to point the nose of the bike straight down when trying to jump.
Tend to stick my arms out when crashing, should tuck and roll or hang on to the bars.

 

[JRB]

Spelling is a weakness.

He's gonna put you on ignore for making fun of him.

 

[Jeremy R]

DH :
1) I sit and pedal too much. I swear I generate more power this way, but some say it is a weakness.
2) Dragging the brakes in sections where I should not even touch them (This should be my number 1)
3) Not looking far enough ahead.

XC :
1) I have a crazy fast spin. I don't know how I developed it or whatever, but I pedal faster than everybody I ride with.
I am 5'10 178 and I can be riding with people weighing 140 or so, and they are climbing in a bigger gear than me.
I sprint well on DH bike, so it is not a power thing. Its strange.
2) I ride my trail bike like it is my DH bike around corners, and eat it often.

 

[MisterClean]

What are your bad riding habits?

Being a scofflaw commuter is by far my worst riding habit.

 

[JRB]

I'm pretty sure it is not that, at least most of the time. I think I get to stiff when things get steep, need to go with the flow a little more.

It's wild. I just fly off of the back of my Reign. It feels really nice, but still not used to steeps. I am diggin' how easy it is to get back though.

 

[dhbuilder]

DH :
1) I sit and pedal too much. I swear I generate more power this way, but some say it is a weakness.
2) Dragging the brakes in sections where I should not even touch them (This should be my number 1)
3) Not looking far enough ahead.

XC :
1) I have a crazy fast spin. I don't know how I developed it or whatever, but I pedal faster than everybody I ride with.
I am 5'10 178 and I can be riding with people weighing 140 or so, and they are climbing in a bigger gear than me.
I sprint well on DH bike, so it is not a power thing. Its strange.
2) I ride my trail bike like it is my DH bike around corners, and eat it often.

we got the cure over here for d.h.#1,#2 and #3.

 

[Jeremy R]

we got the cure over here for d.h.#1,#2 and #3.

I don't sit and pedal at Windrock.
There is no place to, and I found of my own scrot.

 

[MMike]

I pick my nose when I ride.

 

[dhbuilder]

the short section between the bulkhead and the first double.
and the last roll into the parking lot.

 

[OGRipper]

Aww, we are like a support group in here:

Hi my name is OGRipper, I brake too much and generally suck at turning unless I know the trail really well.

 

[Da Peach]

1-Keeping a tally of how much potential damage to the rental/borrowed bike would cost.

2-Being cheap and not actually buying a bike.

 

[Jayridesacove]

I spit alot, though not as much as a camel spits. I do this while I'm wearing a full face, because I tend to forget I'm wearing one.