The zone!

[MSTRS:Me]

None of what you describe is The Zone. You are just out riding, and getting 'competitive'...

[Katman]

i got a big cc bike how dare you over take me. or is it the up yours skello finger patch on my lower back,

Yeah, you sound like a real winner.

[Genie]

None of what you describe is The Zone. You are just out riding, and getting 'competitive'...

aha, but each of us have our own interpretation of the zone....

[R-Soul]

I went for short ride from Auckland to Paeroa. Set off thinking what a lovely day to go to Tauranga and back. Well got in a nice zone at riding safely e.t.c now relised there was alot off black ice on the roads which was all good just looked out for it and rode carefully. Got to paeroa petrol station and had a coffee and got gas and warmed my hands on the coffee cup i was sipping. Decided i would head back to Papakura as did not like the idea off going on with the black ice and me not dressed warmly enougth. Anyway i was in a happy buzz nice and calm and enjoin the morning. On way back i had fun but got home feeling very dissapointed and feeling a little cross with myself, i won't go into detail. Since i have got myself a bigger cc bike i find alot off cage drivers exspecially on motorway or highway tend to want to go faster than me (108km) and will do anything to pass me. now alot off times i'm all good with that but then sometimes you get in that silly zone off f..k you and will do more..kmh to keep in front. Now i am a little confused as to what caused me to get in that zone..was it the speeding cages or was it me..i got a big cc bike how dare you over take me. or is it the up yours skello finger patch on my lower back,or whatever it is it runes my nice safe buzz.

Nope this is whats called riding with ego - very dangerous, and causes you to take on risks you would not ordinarily take on, and make badly judged decisions without thinking them through properly.

[MSTRS:Me]

aha, but each of us have our own interpretation of the zone....

Varying interpretations are allowed, even if they are wrong.
The Zone may be different things to different people, but I'm convinced the commonality is that each of us feels at one with ourselves and the bike, and are not affected by outside influences (ie keeping ahead of that bloke in his V8 wanting a go)

[Katman]

Nope this is whats called riding with ego - very dangerous, and causes you to take on risks you would not ordinarily take on,

Sounds like his Zone's remarkably similar to Beyonds.

It is a place that causes you to break the rules,
to reach past your normal boundaries and allow you
to ride past your fears.

[PrincessBandit]

Yep. It's quite a shock when it is interrupted by something called "The reality", usually starting off with a somewhat bumpy little off-road gravel excursion, transitioning to a solid "wallop" as you clout a culvert, along with a very stressful airborne "quiet bit" while you grit your teeth and wait for the painful and inevitable "whack" and then the deafening "rustle" as you slide to a stop, with hopefully not too much "darkness" at the end of it.

I recognise the onset of "the zone" and take it as my "slow down" or "cut it out" warning. Such a warning is unlikely to be repeated, so you better hear it the first time.

Steve

Are you on the naughty step at the moment? If I could bling you for this post I would. Maybe when nanny has finished with you and you have your privileges back I'll remember to send you some green.

[MSTRS:Me]

Sorry, PB. He's another one that hasn't got a clue what The Zone is. He is describing The Red Mist...

[crystalball]

Sorry, PB. He's another one that hasn't got a clue what The Zone is. He is describing The Red Mist...

you nailed it on the head man. googled red mist and sounds right. not good thing to get into on public roads.

[toycollector10]

Eighteen pages so far of horse manure...A general slagging match. It's embarrassing really. Where's Beyond gone? Is he a troll?

My take on riding fast(ish) is "Brake early and brake often" Save yourself from a world of pain or worse.

[beyond]

Eighteen pages so far of horse manure...A general slagging match. It's embarrassing really. Where's Beyond gone? Is he a troll?

My take on riding fast(ish) is "Brake early and brake often" Save yourself from a world of pain or worse.

Still here Remember this post was started a year ago now and nope... I'm no troll. Just like to share my experiences, although it seems to ruffle feathers a lot every now and again.

[PrincessBandit]

Sorry, PB. He's another one that hasn't got a clue what The Zone is. He is describing The Red Mist...

I would respectfully (out of respect for your comparative "seniority" :wink: ) disagree. I didn't take what he wrote as referring to that. Given some of DB's posts I can see why you would say this, but you could easily apply the same to some people's version of "the zone".

[Edbear]

Still here Remember this post was started a year ago now and nope... I'm no troll. Just like to share my experiences, although it seems to ruffle feathers a lot every now and again.

Yeah, funny that...

[MSTRS:Me]

I would respectfully (out of respect for your comparative "seniority" :wink: ) disagree. I didn't take what he wrote as referring to that. Given some of DB's posts I can see why you would say this, but you could easily apply the same to some people's version of "the zone".

Aha. He still wasn't describing The Zone. What he did get right was to recognise the symptoms and back off, before it becomes a problem. (did I really say that?)
But The Zone is another state of mind altogether. I don't know what colour it is...perhaps a nice calm robin's egg blue?

[R-Soul]

Sounds like his Zone's remarkably similar to Beyonds.

Yes it does to tbh.

Riding in the zone is not about others at all. Its about your own journey, and the achievement of perfection in awareness and technique, the expansion of your understanding and learning, and awareness to encompass and handle more and more input.

Yes I guess it does sound all very zensual (ghey for you Katman)- but I honestly dont know how else to describe it...

EDIT: This is referring to my personal subjective idea of the zone - obviously I cannot enforce my definituion of it on anyone else. But if your version is dangerous, then I suggest you have the wrong idea of what it is.