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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it. It seems like I'm obssesed.

Carla, Radley. Radlye, Carla. 😉

Mattb said:

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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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?

Nah, I think about sex. :-)

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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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

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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?

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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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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?

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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
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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.
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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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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....
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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

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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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