MTB Sickness

Radley said:

Now I would just like to ask if there are people out there
like me who think about MTBing a lot. For example driving
through the Autobahn, I see many hills and ditches and I
always visualizze how I would take the steep ass downhill
ride. I see a gap, I always think I wish I had a bike
right now so I can try to jump that gap. I get excited
looking at places I want to MTB. I'm constantly searching
for a better bike, but won't buy one and stick to my cheap
ass $300 Diamondback Hardtail. (We've been through some
crazy places for the past 3 years) When I see a nice MTB
on a bikerack I want to test ride
it. It seems like I'm obssesed. Believe me though it's
not my only hobby. So any crazy people like me out
there?

you just found a whole newsgroup full of them.

;-)

On 2004-06-09, Radley penned:

Quoted message said:

Now I would just like to ask if there are people out there
like me who think about MTBing a lot. For example driving
through the Autobahn, I see many hills and ditches and I
always visualizze how I would take the steep ass downhill
ride. I see a gap, I always think I wish I had a bike
right now so I can try to jump that gap. I get excited
looking at places I want to MTB. I'm constantly searching
for a better bike, but won't buy one and stick to my cheap
ass $300 Diamondback Hardtail. (We've been through some
crazy places for the past 3 years) When I see a nice MTB
on a bikerack I want to test ride it. It seems like I'm
obssesed. Believe me though it's not my only hobby. So any
crazy people like me out there?

I do that all the time. But the real sickness was the other
day, when I was driving home and, having just been working
on pedalling through the downhills, found myself pushing the
gas pedal to go faster and faster down the hill ... I
honestly didn't realize I was in my car.

Fortunately, I caught myself before the police did.

--
monique

Radley said:

Now I would just like to ask if there are people out there
like me who think about MTBing a lot. For example driving
through the Autobahn, I see many hills and ditches and I
always visualizze how I would take the steep ass downhill
ride. I see a gap, I always think I wish I had a bike
right now so I can try to jump that gap. I get excited
looking at places I want to MTB. I'm constantly searching
for a better bike, but won't buy one and stick to my cheap
ass $300 Diamondback Hardtail. (We've been through some
crazy places for the past 3 years) When I see a nice MTB
on a bikerack I want to test ride
it. It seems like I'm obssesed. Believe me though it's
not my only hobby. So any crazy people like me out
there?

No, I think you're the only one. Freak.

Matt

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Originally posted by Mattb
Radley wrote:
It seems like I'm obssesed. Believe me though it's not my only hobby. So any crazy people like me out there?

No, I think you're the only one. Freak.

Matt

Kind of creepy that there are people like this in the world. What kind of weirdo wouldn't buy at least one new bike in 3 years?

Ken

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it. It seems like I'm obssesed.

Carla, Radley. Radlye, Carla. 😉

Radley said:

Now I would just like to ask if there are people out there
like me who think about MTBing a lot. For example driving
through the Autobahn, I see many hills and ditches and I
always visualizze how I would take the steep ass downhill
ride. I see a gap, I always think I wish I had a bike
right now so I can try to jump that gap. I get excited
looking at places I want to MTB. I'm constantly searching
for a better bike, but won't buy one and stick to my cheap
ass $300 Diamondback Hardtail. (We've been through some
crazy places for the past 3 years) When I see a nice MTB
on a bikerack I want to test ride it. It seems like I'm
obssesed. Believe me though it's not my only hobby. So any
crazy people like me out there?

found myself pushing the gas pedal to go faster and faster

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down the hill ... I honestly didn't realize I was in my
car.

Fortunately, I caught myself before the police did.

--
monique

Hell, you got an WRX. You're suppose to outrun the police 😉

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Quoted message said:

Now I would just like to ask if there are people out there
like me who

think

Quoted message said:

about MTBing a lot. For example driving through the
Autobahn, I see many hills and ditches and I always
visualizze how I would take the steep ass downhill ride. I
see a gap, I always think I wish I had a bike right now

so

Quoted message said:

I can try to jump that gap. I get excited looking at
places I want to

MTB.

Quoted message said:

I'm constantly searching for a better bike, but won't
buy one and stick to my cheap ass $300 Diamondback
Hardtail. (We've been through some crazy places for the
past 3 years) When I see a nice MTB on a bikerack I want
to test ride it. It seems like I'm obssesed. Believe me
though it's not my only hobby. So any crazy people like
me out there?

--
Radley

Last weekend my son and I were out on a section of trail
which I have not been on in a while. It is one of my
favourite pieces of trail anywhere - major roots, rocks,
down and uphills, technical riding. I said to him, "Phillip
when I die, bury me out here".

He gave me a funny look like I was nuts.

Which goes to show he doesn't know the truth.

;-)

Sniffinvinyl
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Remain sane, cycle your brains out . . .

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Radley said:

Now I would just like to ask if there are people out
there like me who think about MTBing a lot. For example
driving through the Autobahn, I see many hills and
ditches and I always visualizze how I would take the
steep ass downhill ride. I see a gap, I always think I
wish I had a bike right now so I can try to jump that
gap. I get excited looking at places I want to MTB. I'm
constantly searching for a better bike, but won't buy
one and stick to my cheap ass $300 Diamondback Hardtail.
(We've been through some crazy places for the past 3
years) When I see a nice MTB on a bikerack I want to
test ride
it. It seems like I'm obssesed. Believe me though it's
not my only hobby. So any crazy people like me out
there?

No, I think you're the only one. Freak.

LOL.
--
Jonesy

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Kind of creepy that there are people like this in the
world. What kind of weirdo wouldn't buy at least one new
bike in 3 years?

I'm thinking he shops at AAFES and their selection is
meager. But things are looking up. They just started
stocking GTs!

For a while, it was cheaper to fly to the US, buy a bike and
fly back with it than to buy here.

Bruce

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Quoted message said:

Now I would just like to ask if there are people out there
like me who

think

Quoted message said:

about MTBing a lot. For example driving through the
Autobahn, I see many hills and ditches and I always
visualizze how I would take the steep ass downhill ride. I
see a gap, I always think I wish I had a bike right now

so

Quoted message said:

I can try to jump that gap. I get excited looking at
places I want to

MTB.

Quoted message said:

I'm constantly searching for a better bike, but won't
buy one and stick to my cheap ass $300 Diamondback
Hardtail. (We've been through some crazy places for the
past 3 years) When I see a nice MTB on a bikerack I want
to test ride it. It seems like I'm obssesed. Believe me
though it's not my only hobby. So any crazy people like
me out there?

--
Radley

Here's another one.(this is true)

I had a dream a few nights ago that I got a new bike, but it
was really heavy. It was a very disturbing dream.

Tell me MTB psychiatrist - what does this mean? Am I losing
my mind? Do I have MTB sickness?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!-
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sniffinvinyl
----------------
Remain sane, cycle your brains out . . .

RE/

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So any crazy people like me out there?

Maybe just dumb...every so often I'm in a traffic jam and
there's this way out of it that involved hopping a curb and
I find myself pushing my butt back in the driver's seat and
pulling up on the steering wheel.... so far, I've caught
myself in time....
--
PeteCresswell

Radley said:

Now I would just like to ask if there are people out
there like me who think about MTBing a lot. For example
driving through the Autobahn, I see many hills and
ditches and I always visualizze how I would take the
steep ass downhill ride.

On the road between Euskirchen and Bitburg, there are some
fields on a steep hillside with outcrops of rock. They would
be perfect for small cliff jumps (8-15'😉. Unfortunately,
it's farmland and all the rocky areas are fenceded off to
stop sheep falling over the edge.

I see a gap, I always think I wish I had a bike right now so

Quoted message said:

I can try to jump that gap. I get excited looking at
places I want to MTB. I'm constantly searching for a
better bike, but won't buy one and stick to my cheap ass
$300 Diamondback Hardtail. (We've been through some crazy
places for the past 3 years) When I see a nice MTB on a
bikerack I want to test ride it. It seems like I'm
obssesed. Believe me though it's not my only hobby. So any
crazy people like me out there?

You should try being a bmxer. Everywhere you go, you're
constantly assessing what it would be like to ride. Every
rail, ledge, bank, gap and wall is an opportunity to
ride. Once you ride bmx, you never look at a city the
same way again.

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