First disclaimer, if this has been posted already and I just couldn’t find it, my bad mods. I am a few years into road riding, and I love it! But my coworkers are all mountain bikers and I’m thinking about getting an entry level mtb to just ride with them some weekends. My local shop has a Scott Sp…

If you are a metal fan that wants to shred and are interested in being an absolute BEAST, learn to shred on an acoustic. If you spend a lot of time doing that, then when you pick up an electric, hook it up to a righteous tube amp, add a little reverb and delay, you will will be faster, smoother, mor…

Or like me ride what you can afford and try not to kill yourself :rofl:

[image] Garthhog: The same is true with training for mountain bike. If you only ride outdoors, ride for fun, focus only on heart rate, have little stucture, and don’t push yourself, you will never reach peak fitness or peak skill. Getting to the top rung requires discipline and diligence. If you…

[image] Garthhog: If you are a metal fan that wants to shred and are interested in being an absolute BEAST, learn to shred on an acoustic. If you spend a lot of time doing that, then when you pick up an electric, hook it up to a righteous tube amp, add a little reverb and delay, you will will be…

I can’t agree with this. I started riding MTB before suspension even was an option. The original Rock Shox fork came out a year after I started riding MTB. Purchased my first forks once I could afford them, a set of Manitou 2’s, and the range of terrain I felt confident to ride on increased tenfol…

Enjoying the awesome discussion. I’m going with the hardtail for now, and saving like crazy for the full suspension in a year or so when I am hopelessly addicted to the sport and do not want to road race any more :rofl:

I did the opposite - kind of!!! Grew up on old school MTB’s and raced XC in the '90s. Turned to the road, but gave up racing over the last couple of years. I bought a F/S trail bike to have fun on and enjoy, thinking my racing days were behind me. Also thought the techy nature of a modern XC cou…

This is basically me. I was thinking of getting a new road bike, a buddy of mine told me to get a different kind of bike since my road bike was still perfectly good. The podcasts got me interested in mountain biking and xc type riding suits me and the trails around me. I picked up a Canyon Lux Trai…

This is off topic but now I need to learn about trail etiquette, quite enjoyed my first few rides but then learned I was on trails reserved for hiking :eyes:

Yeah - riding on trails you’re not supposed to ride on is a definite no-no. And some trail systems have restrictions on when you can vs can’t ride on MTB trails (eg when wet, or single direction only trails). I’d separate these from trail etiquette, which applies to trails that are OK to ride on. …

Roadie becoming MTB curious

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dirt_cruzer November 6, 2022, 3:01am 51

I think this is a solid plan!

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Roadie becoming MTB curious

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