[biggins]

well coming back from the exploded arm finally went to the dirt jumps. let me preface this by saying i have been riding some erbon lately and trails and feel like im almost 100% in those categories. So anyway i go to the dirt jumps get out there and sit down on my bike. immediately i get a strange feeling about it but i figure im just going to have to overcome some mental block. The problem was though that i couldnt get myself to get any air, i was petrified. i would go into the jump and just kinda pop off the lip and land in the middle of the first jump which is a table top. I know that i can dirt jump, i have dirt jumped a lot, but i just could not make myself do it that day. anyone ever experienced a mentaal block that is that selective before?hell i didnt even break it dirt jumping.

 

[JRB]

I'm still getting over drops from 2 stupid crashes. The second one was even a jump. I don't jump big, but pop off of little stuff. Drops still own me.

 

[laura]

i dis that on all my practice runs at the last dh race i went to. we got there a day early so i could practice all day. i don't know if i was tired or what but i just couldnt do anything. every little thing was creeping me out. i was on my bullit for the first time which had me a little shaken up but i just totally pussed out. had a bunch of the other women feeling pretty good about the race the next day probably. the day of the race i nailed everything that had creeped me out on my first practice run though. everything went really smoothly. my hang ups in biking are totally mental. if i could get over those blocks, i would be a much better rider.

 

[biggins]

it was so strange i hadnt ever experienced mental anguish like that as far as riding goes. i think im a decent rider i just had this strange thing going on.i was frustrated with myself. i went out the next day with my big bike (i was on my new hardtail the day i got shut down) and started hitting some of the doubles so there was a little bit of retribution for the day before but damn it was strange.

 

[stosh]

i would go into the jump and just kinda pop off the lip and land in the middle of the first jump which is a table top.

Wait thats not how it's done?

 

[BikeGeek]

I had the same problem when I broke my arm by going OTB. When I finally got back on the bike I found I was hesitant to ride anything technical. It took me going OTB again without getting hurt to overcome the fear.

I'm not telling you to go wreck again. I'm just saying that once you pull it off without injury, you'll be back up to your old form.

 

[dhtahoe]

It will pass... get angry next time.

 

[Westy]

Wet rocks spook my. Everytime I have hurt myself on the bike a wet rock is to be blamed. Rock gardens I laugh at when dry are a chore for me even when slightly damp.

 

[JRB]

Wet rocks spook my. Everytime I have hurt myself on the bike a wet rock is to be blamed. Rock gardens I laugh at when dry are a chore for me even when slightly damp.

Word - I had plenty of trouble on climbs with damp rocks Saturday. Made stuff I usually don't and just fell off on places that have been chalked up for a couple of years. As wumpus call them DGR (damn green rocks). :mumble:

 

[s1ngletrack]

I've never felt comfortable at the dirt jumps to begin with - anything with a real tight tranny makes me exceedingly nervous (I attribute this to always being the Guinea Pig as a kid and getting chucked a bit hard a few times) - A bit of fear is good though - didn't you just get back on the bike about 3 weeks ago? Better to be a bit nervous the first time (dirtjumping) than to go back out and stack hard before your arm is re-accustomed to riding. It'll come back - just don't let it screw with you if you aren't yet comfortable doing something yet.

 

[Westy]

Word - I had plenty of trouble on climbs with damp rocks Saturday. Made stuff I usually don't and just fell off on places that have been chalked up for a couple of years. As wumpus call them DGR (damn green rocks). :mumble:

The DGR's never used to bother me, then I tried a swampthing as a front tire. Great in mud but it seems maxxis has discovered a truly frictionless interface with that tire and solid rock. They should use the combination in fork bushings.

 

[biggins]

It will pass... get angry next time.

lol i like that idea.

 

[Skookum]

Just like your body needs to heal your brain does too. i was riding yesterday and really was suckin on alot of easy stuff haha but it's no biggie, with a little time things will work themselves out.
i wouldn't sweat it, besides why you stressin? Team America World Police comes out tomorrow......

 

[dhtahoe]

Nice avitar... that didn't take long.

 

[biggins]

Nice avitar... that didn't take long.

she actually asked for it!

 

[Megan Black]

actually, he made me beg...what a ink:

kidding, i LOVE it!

but seriously, tho, biggy, crashing will mind phuck you with everything to do with bikes for a while, i think. when i crashed off a drop, i was scared to hit jumps for awhile too. like people said, it'll take awhile. you won't notice it but then one day you'll just feel it again.

 

[biggins]

well, i like to hear em beg ya know!

yeah it was just shocking since i was not reserved about any other kind of riding i figured dirt jumping would be the same. I guess after catastrophic failure of the arm though there will need to be some mental recovery.

 

[dhtahoe]

actually, he made me beg...what a ink:

kidding, i LOVE it!

but seriously, tho, biggy, crashing will mind phuck you with everything to do with bikes for a while, i think. when i crashed off a drop, i was scared to hit jumps for awhile too. like people said, it'll take awhile. you won't notice it but then one day you'll just feel it again.

Now if we can just see you without a helmet on Yeah maybe I'm a ink: too but it would be nice to unmask the dutchess of downhill.

 

[JRB]

Now if we can just see you without a helmet on Yeah maybe I'm a ink: too but it would be nice to unmask the dutchess of downhill.

Binary Visions - come here please

Now the thread reeks of desparation.

 

[biggins]

Binary Visions - come here please

Now the thread reeks of desparation.

what are you saying loco? your desperate for Binary?

 

[JRB]

what are you saying loco? your desperate for Binary?

Nope - that's not it.

 

[biggins]

where are the desperation police when we need them?

 

[dhtahoe]

Desperate.... Have you seen my wife to be??? Just a HUGE fan of beauty and booty.

 

[biggins]

Desperate.... Have you seen my wife to be??? Just a HUGE fan of beauty and booty.

i meant loco as being the desperation police. however feel free to post pics of your girl....... :devil:

 

[JRB]

i meant loco as being the desperation police. however feel free to post pics of your girl....... :devil:

And if you don't, I will cite your ass for being in contempt.

 

[s1ngletrack]

Letsee - Leather miniskirt clad women hucking drops in f***-me boots, requesting the post of pics of other booty-ful women - yep, I've attained Nirvana

 

[dhtahoe]

Well OK

 

[SkaredShtles]

Well OK

Hey! I think I've seen that chick in a porn movie! Dude! You're marrying a porn star?!?

-S.S.-

 

[s1ngletrack]

Hey! I think I've seen that chick in a porn movie! Dude! You're marrying a porn star?!?

-S.S.-

That wasn't "Inga the love truffle visits five points" was it? I loved that one...

 

[dhtahoe]

That wasn't "Inga the love truffle visits five points" was it? I loved that one...

oh that was good. What are you like 10

 

[biggins]

Well OK

well damn dh she is a hottie.

 

[dhtahoe]

And just to make you happy. She has BOOTY...OK

 

[shifty S]

anyone ever experienced a mental block that is that selective before?

i had never broken a bone til last winter and even then i only broke my finger and i wasnt riding when i did it, but for a while after that i was too scared to try anything remotely large (>4 feet on the street, or getting any real air dirtjumping)

it goes away after a while...

 

[biggins]

werd. hey man i really need that footage of me wrecking and corey riding with my bike.

 

[bpatterson6]

Now if we can just see you without a helmet on Yeah maybe I'm a ink: too but it would be nice to unmask the dutchess of downhill.

Friday after Next... day-day says = It's not your booty, It's your beauty!
Big Headed Cousin

 

[dhtahoe]

Yeah still waiting. I mean hey I LOVE see woman that rip like Megan... LOVE IT!!! But if she hella hot it just the that much better. My girl said it best " sure she's hot...moron. Look at THOSE BOOTS. I'd do her".

 

[Greyhound]

I broke my hand last year on a slippery, banked stunt......front end went right out from under me. Off the bike for awhile, and when I got back on, I was chicken-of-the-sea. I didn't want anyone to know how frightened I was of doing stuff like that again, and I kept it to myself. The fear ate me up quite a bit inside and I didn't know how to mentally stabilize myself. I was real tentative for about two months------know why? I was afraid of crashing. In my mind, I equated a crash with injury, and that meant that I wasn't a good rider, and that made me feel more down on myself. So, I went out one day by myself, knocked back a couple of 22oz. PBR's, mellowed out a bit to where the nerves weren't such a factor, and then just said "F*ck it......if I crash, I crash----so what? Who cares? It's OK to crash....just don't stick out your stupid hand and just roll with it." LOng story short----I crashed a few times that day, and after the first one, I got up, realized I wasn't hurt, and said "Hey...that wasn't so bad. Let's do it again!!!"

 

[bigginsis]

hey biggins didn't you say that you had kind of a bad feeling about making that jump in the first place? the one that broke your wrist? trust your gut. it will tell you when it's right again.

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

Hahahaha..

I hadn't seen this thread before. I thought the title was referring to Saturday night and the hostess
:evil: :devil: :evil: :devil: :evil: :devil: :evil: :devil:

 

[bigginsis]

Hahahaha..

I hadn't seen this thread before. I thought the title was referring to Saturday night and the hostess
:evil: :devil: :evil: :devil: :evil: :devil: :evil: :devil:

SMACK!