I've moved to the Darkside..pray for me

Flasheart
Flasheart Posts: 1,278
edited September 2010 in The bottom bracket
Well only when it gets icy.
After last Winter's ice and the year before's massive crash and damage on ice on the roads, I've bought a MTB...forgive me please
I was petrified last Winter by the ice on the roads. I'd make it out 2 miles and see ice across the road and panic & turn back for home.I didn't want to trash my bike or my soon to be 45 yr old slow healing body
Since my now non existant marital state has occurred and I have nobody to answer to apart from my conscious to hold me back, I've bought a MTB for Winter riding
(My GF has a MTB and she is very supportive)

I've bought an entry level MTB, a Cube Aim (same brand as my road bike)
My Cube Aerial has performed faultlessly the past 18 months and I'm hoping the MTB will follow in the same manner.

I love road riding but I panic on the icey roads but I don't want to not cycle over the cold months. As I live in the New Forest I have a lot of offroad area's at my doorstep. This will hopefully keep my fitness up.

Please say I'm not ostracised by the community for my cowardace & please forgive me
The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle. ...Stapp’s Ironical Paradox Law
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  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    That's like admitting to shagging your sister :shock: :shock: :shock:
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    stop_making_excuses.jpg
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Cyclo cross bike?
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    Would a MTB never slip on ice or something? Magic tyres? :wink:
    Say... That's a nice bike..
    Trax T700 with Lew Racing Pro VT-1 ;-)
  • Ands
    Ands Posts: 1,437
    Doesn't mtb'ing introduce a whole host of new hazards....like riding into trees??

    Out of the frying pan...... :lol:
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  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Don't worry Flash, from now you'll be known as

    The FAT TYRED B@ST@RD. :lol:
    Tail end Charlie

    The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    Talking of which I overtook a MTB'er, I thought he was going backwards he was going so slow lol
    Say... That's a nice bike..
    Trax T700 with Lew Racing Pro VT-1 ;-)
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    Smokin Joe wrote:
    That's like admitting to shagging your sister :shock: :shock: :shock:
    No, it's worse than that. Much worse.

    There should be a telephone helpline or something ...
    A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject - Churchill
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    Smokin Joe wrote:
    That's like admitting to shagging your sister :shock: :shock: :shock:

    I dunno... :wink:


    corrs.jpg
    Say... That's a nice bike..
    Trax T700 with Lew Racing Pro VT-1 ;-)
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Yeah as a part time roadie, "full time" MTBer I' say that is definately a false economy right there! Those berms and drops you "leave for the kiddies" now will become too tempting!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Flasheart
    Flasheart Posts: 1,278
    Father Jack wrote:
    Smokin Joe wrote:
    That's like admitting to shagging your sister :shock: :shock: :shock:

    I dunno... :wink:


    corrs.jpg

    well there's a good point for incest if ever I saw one.(not that I'd condone it) I bet he hopes he was adopted so it would be legal :twisted:
    The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle. ...Stapp’s Ironical Paradox Law
    FCN3
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  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Flasheart wrote:
    Father Jack wrote:
    Smokin Joe wrote:
    That's like admitting to shagging your sister :shock: :shock: :shock:

    I dunno... :wink:


    corrs.jpg

    well there's a good point for incest if ever I saw one.(not that I'd condone it) I bet he hopes he was adopted so it would be legal :twisted:


    Oh, how that one time in the outback has quickly faded!........................................................................................................................









    Cue a post from Jim453 - 10,9,8,....
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Flasheart wrote:
    Father Jack wrote:
    Smokin Joe wrote:
    That's like admitting to shagging your sister :shock: :shock: :shock:

    I dunno... :wink:


    corrs.jpg

    well there's a good point for incest if ever I saw one.(not that I'd condone it) I bet he hopes he was adopted so it would be legal :twisted:


    Oh, how that one time in the outback has quickly faded!........................................................................................................................









    Cue a post from Jim453 - 10,9,8,....
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Dont worry flash, we all dabble with taboo stuff. I have a scott scale 70 hardtail I plan to ride all winter too. I am a bad man and I love it.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    The Popes here this week, and instead of forgiving you he'd tell you to MTFU and get out on that winter ice.
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    I would rather ride on the turbo & look at the fridge for an hour than be on one of them. :twisted:
  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    The MTB is only the start...

    Next comes the football shorts, the trainers, the gel saddle and the Camelback. Then he'll really let himself go and stop shaving his legs, all his posts will be in text speak and he'll be calling everyone "Dude".

    Perhaps we should club together and take out a contract on him? It's the least we can do, it would be cruel to see him suffer like a dog.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    I prefer mtbing to road riding. But it just doesn't let me inflict pain on others like road riding. Plus, I like shaved legs.
  • pbt150
    pbt150 Posts: 316
    corrs.jpg

    Raises the eternal question: All of the Corrs, or none of the Corrs?
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  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    isnt there an 'irish siblings to marry' post this should be moved to ?
  • Herbie The Dog
    Herbie The Dog Posts: 343
    Welcome to the fold....you are no longer gay!
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Filthy habit give it up now.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    I'm not sure if prayer will be sufficient...
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  • tebbit
    tebbit Posts: 604
    I'm not sure if prayer will be sufficient...

    Flagellation it is the only way to save his immortal soul.
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    NapoleonD wrote:
    I prefer mtbing to road riding. But it just doesn't let me inflict pain on others like road riding. Plus, I like shaved legs.

    And I had you as a bastion of virtue :(
  • DaSy
    DaSy Posts: 599
    I used to be a mad keen MTBer, about 15 years of XC and Freeriding ended when I just couldn't take riding with groups that would crawl uphills, with the excuse of "I hit a root"or "I spun out on a rock" every time they minced out on a climb.

    Once they eventually got to the top there was a rest of about 10 minutes whilst everyone adjusted rebound, pro-pedal damping, lowered the seatpost, let out some air in the tyres and about a million other adjustments, to freewheel down the other side!

    For many years now I have just ridden road, and love the nowhere to hide nature of it, if you can't keep up, or make it up the climb, no amount of excuses are going to cut it...
    Complicating matters since 1965
  • AndyD2574
    AndyD2574 Posts: 1,034
    Road riding rocks

    MTB riding rocks

    Anything with 2 wheels that you can peddle rocks :D
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  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    Welcome :lol:
  • Flasheart
    Flasheart Posts: 1,278
    I'm NOT stopping road riding ...I LOVE IT!!. I really do. I just don't like the prospect of crashing on the ice and damaging me or my beloved road bike.
    There are absolutlely loads of Forestry trails in the New Forest and very close by.
    I thought that this was just a more fun way of keeping my fitness up over the icey months and not being so risky. I think a turbo would be a waste of money as my concentration drifts (depression) I wouldn't use it after the novelty had worn off.

    My road cycling buddy has a MTB as does my GF and so does one of the guys at work that wants to ride with me. If the ice isn't there it will be road all the way. :wink:
    The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle. ...Stapp’s Ironical Paradox Law
    FCN3
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    http://lonelymiddlesomethingguy.blogspot.com/
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Flasheart wrote:
    I'm NOT stopping road riding ...I LOVE IT!!. I really do. I just don't like the prospect of crashing on the ice and damaging me or my beloved road bike.
    There are absolutlely loads of Forestry trails in the New Forest and very close by.
    I thought that this was just a more fun way of keeping my fitness up over the icey months and not being so risky. I think a turbo would be a waste of money as my concentration drifts (depression) I wouldn't use it after the novelty had worn off.

    My road cycling buddy has a MTB as does my GF and so does one of the guys at work that wants to ride with me. If the ice isn't there it will be road all the way. :wink:

    MTBing in a forest on a crisp, clear frosty morning is freakin' awesome.

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