Randomguy Posted August 6, 2020 Share #1 Posted August 6, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 6, 2020 Share #2 Posted August 6, 2020 The first time I encountered something really off-camber like that, my brain just seized. I was riding practice laps on a race course and part of the course went across the face of a ski slope. I came out of the woods and saw it and just stopped because I didn't know what to do. Then I figured out, you just ride it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted August 6, 2020 24 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: Then I figured out, you just ride it. I puckered the entire video. Yikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 6, 2020 Share #4 Posted August 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, Dickbag with Lard said: I puckered the entire video. Yikes! Yeah, that was a lot steeper than what I was talking about,and the consequences of screwing up are a lot higher but it was funny how my brain just couldn't deal with the horizon being tilted. Your contact patch doesn't care, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted August 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: Your contact patch doesn't care, though. I know I would crash on something like that. I didn't like the riding in Sedona, everything was too technical or just rocks/gravel/babyheads. No swoop at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 6, 2020 Share #6 Posted August 6, 2020 18 minutes ago, Dickbag with Lard said: Did you know that Hans Rey is still alive? I really only liked the first Die Hard movie. As a franchise, I like it far more than the Fast & Furious one, but it really is fairly tough to take seriously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted August 6, 2020 Share #7 Posted August 6, 2020 14 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: that was a lot steeper than what I was talking about,and the consequences of screwing up are a lot higher He was fine, he had a helmet and knee pads on. What could go wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 6, 2020 Share #8 Posted August 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, Dickbag with Lard said: I know I would crash on something like that. Nah. Once I realized it was just in my head, it was easy. Crazy steep, rocky stuff like HR is doing is just the same thing, with the bar being raised 10 times. There's a place called The Vees here, where you ride perpendicular to a ravine. I can't tell you how many times I pulled up to that lip.....and noped out. Then one day, I said "fuck it", let go of the brakes and went in. You bomb down one side and up the other so fast you don't even have time to think. in :10 it was over and I was on the other side going ".....that's it?". I like slow, technical stuff - as long as it's not death defying. There's a section of the road to Perdition the Link Trail where the trail empties out onto a road. I think in an effort to keep bikes out, they made the first section really, really narrow and twisty. Lots of trees, roots and pedal-eating rocks. To my way of thinking, though, they fucked up in reverse - it's the best part of the trail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 6, 2020 Share #9 Posted August 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Mr. Grumpy said: He was fine, he had a helmet and knee pads... ...and years of experience and mad skills... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted August 6, 2020 Share #10 Posted August 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: ...and years of experience and mad skills... Helmet and knee pads make you impervious to injury. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 6, 2020 Share #11 Posted August 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Mr. Grumpy said: Helmet and knee pads make you impervious to injury. I've got the scar tissue that says otherwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted August 6, 2020 Share #12 Posted August 6, 2020 I have seen some other videos of guys taking on white line and Hans sure makes it look easy compared to the others. Yeah I knew he was still kicking. Hans has done several vids over the years. Still riding GT too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted August 6, 2020 Share #13 Posted August 6, 2020 I really enjoy mountain biking for getting off the roads. I don’t really care too much for really technical riding though. White Line is definitely NOT on my bucket list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 6, 2020 Share #14 Posted August 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, ChrisL said: I really enjoy mountain biking for getting off the roads. I don’t really care too much for really technical riding though. White Line is definitely NOT on my bucket list... I used to, but I got tired of driving my car to ride my bike - especially when time is finite. If I have a couple hours to ride, I don't want to waste half of it getting to the trail and back. When I did ride, I liked the narrow, twisty, rooty stuff. Was never a fan of crazy fast or launching off stuff, but give me tight technical stuff where you really had to focus and I was a happy unit. Funny how, now if I walk the same trails I used to ride, I remember all the nuances.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted August 6, 2020 Share #15 Posted August 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: I used to, but I got tired of driving my car to ride my bike - especially when time is finite. If I have a couple hours to ride, I don't want to waste half of it getting to the trail and back. When I did ride, I liked the narrow, twisty, rooty stuff. Was never a fan of crazy fast or launching off stuff, but give me tight technical stuff where you really had to focus and I was a happy unit. Funny how, now if I walk the same trails I used to ride, I remember all the nuances.... I consider myself fortunate to be surrounded by coastal foothills with numerous trail systems. I can ride to many of the trails but usually it’s a 15-20 minute drive to the trail heads. The only issue is our foothills are steep and twisty so lots of up & down. But not so much off camber, rocky or technical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 6, 2020 Share #16 Posted August 6, 2020 Just now, ChrisL said: I consider myself fortunate to be surrounded by coastal foothills with numerous trail systems. I can ride to many of the trails but usually it’s a 15-20 minute drive to the trail heads. The only issue is our foothills are steep and twisty so lots of up & down. But not so much off camber, rocky or technical. I have miles and miles of pretty much empty country roads right outside my door. The nearest trail of any consequence is about forty minutes away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted August 6, 2020 Share #17 Posted August 6, 2020 1 minute ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: I have miles and miles of pretty much empty country roads right outside my door. Living in SoCal I can’t even fathom this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 6, 2020 Share #18 Posted August 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, ChrisL said: Living in SoCal I can’t even fathom this! My rides are typically "make shit up as you go along". One of the reasons I like my gravel bike is because it lets me be even more random. (Although I wish we had more gravel roads). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted August 6, 2020 Share #19 Posted August 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: My rides are typically "make shit up as you go along". One of the reasons I like my gravel bike is because it lets me be even more random. (Although I wish we had more gravel roads). I am riding my cross bike 80% of the time right now for the same reasons. I can get 20-30 mile rides in with a mix of road, MUP & dirt. Lots of options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 6, 2020 Share #20 Posted August 6, 2020 1 minute ago, ChrisL said: I am riding my cross bike 80% of the time right now for the same reasons. I can get 20-30 mile rides in with a mix of road, MUP & dirt. Lots of options. I come home from a ride and SO says "So where did you ride?" "uhhh....I dunno...." "you don't know where you rode?" Then I show her the GPS track and she says "...oh..." The Slate lets me even tackle some snowmobile trail stuff that's fairly rugged. I've ridden it in some fairly stupid places and it just goes "yeah, I got this..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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