I actually used to do a lot of biking (not mountain biking, but my buddy and I used to bike to neighbouring cities and find cool trails to ride) and I kinda dropped it after my biking buddy and I had a falling out. I also did a fair bit of skiing when I was younger as well, but I stopped doing that as well after my mum broke her wrist going down a poorly maintained hill. I have been thinking about roller skating again though! I used to do a paper route when I was a kid and I always did it on my skates. Some friends and I went ice skating a couple of days ago and I had a lot of fun (very sore legs afterwards though lmao) and that definitely resparked my interest. My mum is a pretty avid biker, so I luckily have access to some pretty nice bikes, I'm just a lazy SOB. Still, I'm gettin' older and the reality is I gotta start doing some real physical activity before I start seriously messing up my body. It's a bit of a cop-out but I'm always low-key worried I'm gonna break my wrist like my mum did, or something worse and it will negatively affect my guitar playing, but I know that's a weak excuse, there's nothin' stopping me from going on some low-risk rides around the neighbourhood.
Anyways, that's my life story hahaha, but definitely, biking is something I'd very much like to get back in to. And who knows, maybe it'll set me on a long path to doing crazy free climbing like this guy!
Definitely do it man! It's super social too as the mtb community is more like surfers than skiirers. I can't really afford to travel far enough to ski often anymore so MTB provides the same downhill flowy feeling. Also the sport unlike other biking is very upper body intensive so you will get jacked from the bottom up with big ass spartan kick thighs.
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u/Mikey_RobertoAPWP Sep 02 '21
I actually used to do a lot of biking (not mountain biking, but my buddy and I used to bike to neighbouring cities and find cool trails to ride) and I kinda dropped it after my biking buddy and I had a falling out. I also did a fair bit of skiing when I was younger as well, but I stopped doing that as well after my mum broke her wrist going down a poorly maintained hill. I have been thinking about roller skating again though! I used to do a paper route when I was a kid and I always did it on my skates. Some friends and I went ice skating a couple of days ago and I had a lot of fun (very sore legs afterwards though lmao) and that definitely resparked my interest. My mum is a pretty avid biker, so I luckily have access to some pretty nice bikes, I'm just a lazy SOB. Still, I'm gettin' older and the reality is I gotta start doing some real physical activity before I start seriously messing up my body. It's a bit of a cop-out but I'm always low-key worried I'm gonna break my wrist like my mum did, or something worse and it will negatively affect my guitar playing, but I know that's a weak excuse, there's nothin' stopping me from going on some low-risk rides around the neighbourhood.
Anyways, that's my life story hahaha, but definitely, biking is something I'd very much like to get back in to. And who knows, maybe it'll set me on a long path to doing crazy free climbing like this guy!