Mountain biking vs. road biking - physiological differences etc.

[rwm1962]

But watching the Olympics and worlds the courses are too man made.

Aye - watched a bit of that myself. Nearly as boring as that big ride in France.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Aye - watched a bit of that myself. Nearly as boring as that big ride in France.

Shall I just fill up two jerry cans and let you and @grey-beard crack on

 

[Woz]

......just come back from the petrol station. Luckily there was some still left even though most refineries are on strike. Without further a do then:

Mountain bikers have a very poor attention span, any notion of cycling in a group is beyond them and the understanding of race tactics is nil.

* Remember very well that Danny Heart run. Was incredibly epic, a superb display of bike handling in manky conditions. 800% admiration and joy to watch a pro at the top of their game deliver in style.

Does @tintin40 , @grey-beard and @rwm1962 have any opinions about track racing? Or is that plain vanilla too?

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

......just come back from the petrol station. Luckily there was some still left even though most refineries are on strike. Without further a do then:

Mountain bikers have a very poor attention span, any notion of cycling in a group is beyond them and the understanding of race tactics is nil.

* Remember very well that Danny Heart run. Was incredibly epic, a superb display of bike handling in manky conditions. 800% admiration and joy to watch a pro at the top of their game deliver in style.

Does @tintin40 , @grey-beard and @rwm1962 have any opinions about track racing? Or is that plain vanilla too?

Make that three jerry cans..

 

[novocaine]

Road, ride to somewhere nice, have a brew, ride home.

Mtb, drive to somewhere nice, ride round the bit of woods out back, have a red bull then drive home.



I reckons we might be swaying this young person's results for his final year thesis here folks.

Physiological difference. Yes. Ergonomic principles are at play with differences in body position throughout.

 

[dorset boy]

The bike between your legs can be as dull or as exciting as you want to make it !

 

[grey-beard]

......just come back from the petrol station. Luckily there was some still left even though most refineries are on strike. Without further a do then:

Mountain bikers have a very poor attention span, any notion of cycling in a group is beyond them and the understanding of race tactics is nil.

* Remember very well that Danny Heart run. Was incredibly epic, a superb display of bike handling in manky conditions. 800% admiration and joy to watch a pro at the top of their game deliver in style.

Does @tintin40 , @grey-beard and @rwm1962 have any opinions about track racing? Or is that plain vanilla too?

Do you mean going round and round in circles, really slowly until the very end and then going fast? What is that all about?

 

[grey-beard]

The bike between your legs can be as dull or as exciting as you want to make it !

That's anything between your legs surely?

 

[grey-beard]

......just come back from the petrol station. Luckily there was some still left even though most refineries are on strike. Without further a do then:

Mountain bikers have a very poor attention span, any notion of cycling in a group is beyond them and the understanding of race tactics is nil.

* Remember very well that Danny Heart run. Was incredibly epic, a superb display of bike handling in manky conditions. 800% admiration and joy to watch a pro at the top of their game deliver in style.

Does @tintin40 , @grey-beard and @rwm1962 have any opinions about track racing? Or is that plain vanilla too?

Poor attention span! How very dare ... What were we talking about?

 

[grey-beard]

Seriously though, going back to my very earliest memories of mountain biking, it was racing, if you could call it that, around 1990? and what I enjoyed most about it was that it wasn't being taken too seriously, it was fun and I've always kept that same attitude. Road cycling never seemed fun to me, sorry.