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Results: What Kind Of A Rider Are You? | Mountain Biking by 198 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:48:21 +0000

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By: skipratt

skipratt — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:01:26 +0000

I tend to hammer large gears, but have started to train in mid range gears to try and increase my pedaling wattage. skipratts last blog post..it's a state of mind

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:30:36 +0000

My Marin is old (It was a cutting edge FS rig in 97)and does not have many original components left. I have broken most of them except the seat post and bar ends (yes I still love them). I would love to say it’s from my awsome hammering skills but in reality most of it’s from bad line choices and the ensuing crashes. I have no idea what a heart monitor does I use the old stand by that if I can hear my hertbeat in my ear I am pretty close to max heart rate. I look at climbing as paying the piper for the sweet fun of heading downhill and getting to pick another bad line!

By: Tenbroeck

Tenbroeck — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:40:05 +0000

I’m more of a weekend warrior than many of your readers. I chose sit and spin, because I rarely hammer. I save that for brief steep sections, an occasional break from spinning (it works a slightly different group of muscles and gives the bum a rest), or pieces of hilly trails where I know my brief uphill hammering will soon be rewarded by taking another downhill at speed.

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:52:43 +0000

I’m almost in all points your opposite. I start at a cadence of 80 rpm all bikes, all terrain. I hate the boys competing who can get there the fastest – and have to take a break at the top for the next 20mins to catch their breath.
I set my speed and stick to it – no picnic breaks.
I run into trouble about 2hrs into the ride but as I reach 3 I can go on for a long time.
Trust in the tires is good – confidence in skills is better. Otherwise (rarely) I play safe and walk.
Differences make us unique! Nice post.

Happy Trails!

By: 198

198 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:18:36 +0000

@TA @Tweety @adamcoop

In some form or fashion I would hope that we all fall under all of the categories…variety is always a good thing!

By: adamcoop

adamcoop — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:38:41 +0000

I’d have to say I’m the same as Tweety; Some days, if I’m feeling particularly masochistic, I’ll take my DH bike off for an XC ride. Other days I’ll be struggling to ride my XC bike to work (16km).

By: ta

ta — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:13:10 +0000

I’m a couch potato for now!

but I ticked all, I hate labels!

when I do ride I ride with weels and everywhere, I’m passionate about riding and like to share the passion with other passionate people who just want to chill, not get caught up in stuff!

Re pedaling though I learnt through may years on road that cadence is important though!

But it has it’s limits in SSing and DHing or Djing/DSing there ya just have to hammer down, so why I ticked all boxes!

On ya TM though a good Cad can save ya legs for later, smooth on the hills flow on the downs, pick ya moes to rip, course depends who ya ride with, some riders just kill ya cause they like to wear ya down on the hills deliberately! lol

Enjoy the ride! nice article!

By: Tweety

Tweety — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:15:58 +0000

Unfortunately, I can check all the types, depending on the ride. Like you, I like to ride, and if that’s a 38# Bullit, a 28# assylum, a 27# Single Speed, or (weather forced) an 18# road bike, I’m OK.