GMP wrote:... Nice job on the hill video BTW, the camera makes all hills look flatter and that did not look flat!
lol we are definitely better than a year ago but after watching chris birch fly up all our 'impossible' climbs repeatedly without breaking a sweat we feel like rank beginners again of course. but always good to have the bar raised!
Balkan boy wrote:Can you estimate how much time you've been riding in the past year, or since you started doing the Cross Training rides?
Engine hours and actual hours it takes to do a day's ride.
me? an awful lot. in my 50s now and getting those early warning signs i won't be dirt riding forever so deliberately cut the work hours and focusing on the riding... probably averaging two rides a week, sometimes three. mostly slow and technical of course, so usually only 20 to 30km over a morning - most of the other guys have family or work commitments so day rides are rare.
engine hours are often only two to three hours running max as often we are spotting for each other, or checking each other's technique. or simply too buggered and taking a break... way more exhausting than our old rides.
all the other guys only average a ride a week or fortnight if they are lucky. if they were riding as much as me they'd all be overtaking me fast as they are mostly young whipper snappers from 23 to early 30s.
a few random pics of the guys.... sam, 34, doing a bit of beta wrangling. bought mine after a few tempting rides on his!
the other old fart. andrew at 54 makes me feel young. he's only just started riding again after a 25 year break.
ruben is only 16 so doesn't have a licence to ride in the state forests but helps out with footage taken in his backyard for the training vids. he's australia's national junior endurocross and trials champion.
melissa, 24, is more of a speed freak as she's into enduro races but occasionally joins us.
aaron, 33 is another speed freak but been really keen to learn the slow stuff the past year.