Created on 25 June 2007
Conrad
These sayings have been tried and tested, and took many years to compile. Look and learn. Or just enjoy.
Mountain biking:
– “Hesitation, devastation”
– “Speed is your friend”
– “Low air*, high gear, no fear” *Tires
– “It is not a ride till there is blood”
– “To label a ride “Epic”, it must be:
– 5 hours or more
– you must get really lost at least once. Really lost like trying to find North by studying moss growth on trees.
– You must run out of food and water completely. The whole posse should be thoroughly bonked of course. (You know you have a good bonk going if it feels like you have ants walking on your face.) Drink from a dubious source. Stealing fruit or eating berries/roots/leaves/grasshoppers counts for extra points.
– you must suffer some kind of mechanical. Like running out of spare tubes and stuffing leaves in your tire, or destroying a derailleur hanger and making your bike a single speed with crude tools. (Of which one should be a rock)
– there must be blood, of course.
– the last half hour should be in the dark. Nursing a slow puncture…
Hit the 1st fast food joint on the drive home. Believe me, $20 makes you feels like a millionaire!
Training:
– “no pain, no pain”
– “Training is training and racing is racing”
– “When in doubt, go easy”
Thats all for now…
