Lost my Mojo !

KonaMike

Now I dont consider myself anything other than an average rider,I have been riding on and off for the last 18 years and really enjoy the sport !

On Sunday however something strange happened,the MTB gods decided to take away my already limited ability altogether !! I managed to stay upright all the way around the Cwmcarn XC course but I was totally out classed by my mate who had to wait for me on several occasions

To make matters worse it was my first time out with my new Helmet camera which has recorded all of my terrible line choices,near misses,coughing and swearing. My poor mate was so far ahead of me that he doesn't feature once on the hour of footage :oops:

Anyone else ever had an off day like this ....... i'm so ashamed :oops:

dave_hill

Yes. Don't worry about it - last time I had a do like that I ended up with a snotty cold, so it could just be that you're coming down with man-flu.

KonaMike

Thats sounds like a great excuse ! Thanks !! I've been getting stick from my mate all week about it,I'm turning 34 next week and his theory is I'm past it :roll:

joe1983

I had a shocker this morning for some reason - and I'm only 25!

Joe_Pineapples

Well I'm incredible in almost every situation, so it must be the hard water down south or someting.

Joe.

Whytepeak

Practice makes perfect, use the footage and see how you can improve.
At least you hve someone to ride with

snotty badger

I think what makes it worse is that you get frustrated with yourself which makes you ride worse.

I had this on my last night time ride, couldn't find a rhythem and it pissed me off that I should of been enjoying myself but wasn't.

You're will find your mojo again, its probably behind the fridge

jadamson

we all get off days :? me and my mates race each other once a week and i don't usually come last infact i usually come first but this week i took bad lines and wimped out on some sections slipped up twice! and came last!

luckily it was out of 3 and i managed to pull back with a 1st and 2nd making me 1st overall. Moral is to analyze what went wrong and why you thought it did and work on it! and above all go out riding again to bring your spirit up again

birchy

We all get those days i had one at dalby last year with my mate just totally blew up and had nothing left in the tank for last 6 miles not like me at all , messed with my head all week till went back the next week and flew round it all as normal

P-Jay

I lost mine for nearly 6 months, a series of crashes on my Xc and DH bike, felt like I couldn't even throw my leg over the bike properly. Had my mates worried because I got to crossroads with it really. I'd lost faith in my ability and my DH bike, and you know what it like, you stiffen up and start snatching brakes and sure enough you'll bin it again. I was going to sell it and stop all the nutty bike centre riding and traveling the country hitting trails on my 6" and just ride around the local woods and nature reserve place now and again.

Just snapped out of it one day, got up and it was pissing down as usual and my riding buddy I was going out for the day with couldn't make it so I rode a fave trail on mine on my own with MP3 on, soon enough the flow came back, I was nailing every rock, every jump, bend and drop and asking to pass a big group of riders one at a time. I don't remember hitting the brakes all the way down the final descent.

I found the best way to get out of a deep funk is to try something new, hit a nrew trail that you don't know so you don't expect yourself to hit every thing bang on and just forget about speed and roll down looking for fun things to hit and regain your flow. Back to basics if you will.

KonaMike

P-Jay wrote:

I lost mine for nearly 6 months, a series of crashes on my Xc and DH bike, felt like I couldn't even throw my leg over the bike properly. Had my mates worried because I got to crossroads with it really. I'd lost faith in my ability and my DH bike, and you know what it like, you stiffen up and start snatching brakes and sure enough you'll bin it again. I was going to sell it and stop all the nutty bike centre riding and traveling the country hitting trails on my 6" and just ride around the local woods and nature reserve place now and again.

Just snapped out of it one day, got up and it was pissing down as usual and my riding buddy I was going out for the day with couldn't make it so I rode a fave trail on mine on my own with MP3 on, soon enough the flow came back, I was nailing every rock, every jump, bend and drop and asking to pass a big group of riders one at a time. I don't remember hitting the brakes all the way down the final descent.

I found the best way to get out of a deep funk is to try something new, hit a nrew trail that you don't know so you don't expect yourself to hit every thing bang on and just forget about speed and roll down looking for fun things to hit and regain your flow. Back to basics if you will.

I did have a bit of an off on my last trip to Cwmcarn so I bought some shin/knee guards to boost my confidence a bit,despite this I was quite edgy and definately over braking!!
Cwmcarn is my local so maybe I will try a new trail as you say,we have been talking about trying the Forest of Dean for the last 6 months ! Might try my MP3 too

Glad I'm not the only one this has happened to

P-Jay

KonaMike wrote:

P-Jay wrote:

I lost mine for nearly 6 months, a series of crashes on my Xc and DH bike, felt like I couldn't even throw my leg over the bike properly. Had my mates worried because I got to crossroads with it really. I'd lost faith in my ability and my DH bike, and you know what it like, you stiffen up and start snatching brakes and sure enough you'll bin it again. I was going to sell it and stop all the nutty bike centre riding and traveling the country hitting trails on my 6" and just ride around the local woods and nature reserve place now and again.

Just snapped out of it one day, got up and it was pissing down as usual and my riding buddy I was going out for the day with couldn't make it so I rode a fave trail on mine on my own with MP3 on, soon enough the flow came back, I was nailing every rock, every jump, bend and drop and asking to pass a big group of riders one at a time. I don't remember hitting the brakes all the way down the final descent.

I found the best way to get out of a deep funk is to try something new, hit a nrew trail that you don't know so you don't expect yourself to hit every thing bang on and just forget about speed and roll down looking for fun things to hit and regain your flow. Back to basics if you will.

I did have a bit of an off on my last trip to Cwmcarn so I bought some shin/knee guards to boost my confidence a bit,despite this I was quite edgy and definately over braking!!
Cwmcarn is my local so maybe I will try a new trail as you say,we have been talking about trying the Forest of Dean for the last 6 months ! Might try my MP3 too

Glad I'm not the only one this has happened to

Just got back from Cwmcarn as it goes! Shame the FR was closed, and half of the next bit! But the new stuff on the final descent and that drop was great!

Chin up!! Have you tried Brecfa? THAT'S a smile inducing trail!

KonaMike

The freeride and the section after it was closed last weekend too! I havent tried Brecfa,thanks for the tip !!

Banned!

i had a terrible ride last week. nothing seemed to go right. I chose the wrong gears, the wrong lines, grabbed the brakes for nothing, couldnt get into a rhythm and so on.

I reckon you lose something when the first thing goes wrong and you never recover from it, so i have decided that if I make aserious mistake Im going to cancel that ride, sit down for 5 minutes and set off on a new one.

KonaMike

Jesus_Christ wrote:

i had a terrible ride last week. nothing seemed to go right. I chose the wrong gears, the wrong lines, grabbed the brakes for nothing, couldnt get into a rhythm and so on.

I reckon you lose something when the first thing goes wrong and you never recover from it, so i have decided that if I make aserious mistake Im going to cancel that ride, sit down for 5 minutes and set off on a new one.

Its good to know that even Jesus has bad days !

Chaka Ping

Maybe you stage fright because you were on camera?

Not unusual to have an off day though, especially at this time of year. Just get straight back on the bike, as they say.

carbonfiend

sorry have to but in and say thats a criminal use of the term 'deep funk'

Soggz

P-Jay wrote:

I lost mine for nearly 6 months, a series of crashes on my Xc and DH bike, felt like I couldn't even throw my leg over the bike properly. Had my mates worried because I got to crossroads with it really. I'd lost faith in my ability and my DH bike, and you know what it like, you stiffen up and start snatching brakes and sure enough you'll bin it again. I was going to sell it and stop all the nutty bike centre riding and traveling the country hitting trails on my 6" and just ride around the local woods and nature reserve place now and again.

Just snapped out of it one day, got up and it was pissing down as usual and my riding buddy I was going out for the day with couldn't make it so I rode a fave trail on mine on my own with MP3 on, soon enough the flow came back, I was nailing every rock, every jump, bend and drop and asking to pass a big group of riders one at a time. I don't remember hitting the brakes all the way down the final descent.

I found the best way to get out of a deep funk is to try something new, hit a nrew trail that you don't know so you don't expect yourself to hit every thing bang on and just forget about speed and roll down looking for fun things to hit and regain your flow. Back to basics if you will.

Im with this guy on this one! Ive recently got back into it after smashing my arm up pretty bad,and am now relishing every peddle turn! The cold wet weathers not stopping me and im even taking days off just to feul my enthusiasm !

Just crack on, it'll come back to you!...It has for me!

mcbazza

KonaMike wrote:

The freeride and the section after it was closed last weekend too! I havent tried Brecfa,thanks for the tip !!

The black is still closed at Brechfa.