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Originally Posted by gtc
I've been on a few mountain bike trails like that. I would think a big, heavy dirtbike would be a little more scary when dealing with loose rocks and such.
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by all means you should take up dirty biking AT NIGHT!
when dinos roamed we used(still) to get those crappy 6v batteries and a crappy headlamp and ducky tape them to our helmets. if ya had a light on the bike it helped immensely.
i quickly learned very early in my dirty bike career that getting stuck out in BFE at night w/out lights sucks giant donkey weenies. i also never did enjoy going roundy roundy in a bunch of ruts getting run over so i advanced from MX to dezert racing and enduros.
dezert racing i found was much safer. all we had to worry about was.............
1) breaking down
2) running out of gas
3) breaking down w/out a spare
4) loosing all our tools out of a crap tool bag
5) seizing the damn thang(its hot in the dez)
6) running out of water or god forbid BEER( and then cattle tanks became very tasty when its 115 degrees out-mmmmmm pond scum)
7) breaking a chain and yer case(since ya took the case guard off to save weight)
8) mineshafts(yes i almost bought the farm a coupla times)
9) oncoming traffic(almost became hood ornament a few times)
10) barbed wire(see above mine shafts and oncoming traffic)
11) tree branches(see above more than i can count)
12) crashing and getting hand caught in chain(not me but a friend lost 2 fingers)
13) crashing and putting hole in gas tank(twice)
14) getting bike off and on trailer(always the most dangerous aspect of dirty biking)
15) ENDOS always a TREAT for you and your bike
16) going riding with a SQUID who gets hurt
17) flat tires..............a mere flesh wound
18) cows horses burros are simple targets at 60+ mph
enduros were fairly simple:
1) be on time or early for checkpoint
2) waterproofing is always a good idea
3) spare plugs(see waterproofing)
4) plug wrench(correct size)
5) every spare known to man with you
6) tree branches
7) mud bogs that would swallow a semi
8) trees all kinds. ya gotta love them when ya hit them or have to lift bike over.
9) sawing yer handle bars down because of................TREES!
10) straight downhills(no cow path)
11) straight uphills(no big horn sheep trails)
12) barbed wire
13) cows horses burros sheep always simple targets at 60+MPH
14) blow down and fire areas always fun lifting bike over TREES
15) loosing all tools and spares out of crap tool bag
16) running out of gas
17) not being jetted correctly cuz ya got too drunk the night before.
yes its not just FUN.............................ITS A RELIGION OF MIND BODY SOUL AND PAIN!