Dirt bike recommendations?

[bosslady]

Man that was really hard work today! Must have dropped the bike like ten times and I had to keep stopping to rest, Christ I'm unfit! my arms and legs are aching, lol. Only hurt my leg, nice big bump on there and other leg I burnt a hole through my pants when I dropped the bike and it fell on me. I seriously suck at this dirt biking thingy, hope I'll get better! I have some video footage I'll try and put it up tonight.

[nzspokes]

Yup its hard work. And fun. I normally end up asleep on the couch after a trail ride while my girl makes dinner.

Sand is hard work to ride in but it will get ya fit.

[Ocean1]

Man that was really hard work today! Must have dropped the bike like ten times and I had to keep stopping to rest, Christ I'm unfit! my arms and legs are aching, lol. Only hurt my leg, nice big bump on there and other leg I burnt a hole through my pants when I dropped the bike and it fell on me. I seriously suck at this dirt biking thingy, hope I'll get better! I have some video footage I'll try and put it up tonight.

It'll get easier.

Are you starting to see why some people consider the dirt's the only place to learn to ride?

[unstuck]

Can be tough out there alright, but you will get fit in no time if you keep at it. And you get to learn a whole heap of stuff that will be useful on the road.

[nzspokes]

My first ride was around a mates kiwifruit orchid and we ended up having races. Was a great way to start out. We would do 10 laps then lay down under a tree........

Woodhill would be a hard place to start out.

[leathel]

Until you are comfortable on the bike it is hard work..... once you are comfortable you will start pushing so you will still wear yourself out. Fun rides over farms are easier but it all depends on how hard you push it

I have sorted a smaller bike for Rose to learn on so as soon as my bike is done we will be doing a farm fun ride

Tow bar arrived this morning too

[sketch]

Man that was really hard work today! Must have dropped the bike like ten times and I had to keep stopping to rest, Christ I'm unfit! my arms and legs are aching, lol. Only hurt my leg, nice big bump on there and other leg I burnt a hole through my pants when I dropped the bike and it fell on me. I seriously suck at this dirt biking thingy, hope I'll get better! I have some video footage I'll try and put it up tonight.

Hahaha sounds like a hard day. I gotta sweet pit bike here that might be better for you. I found it wasnt till id been on a road bike getting use to having to lean before I got the hang of carrying a bit of pace on the dirt. Everyone's s different tho and it does get easier the more you keep at it just dont make my mistake and try and master flying before you master being on the ground. Dislocating my shoulder was the worst pain iv even gone through and before you start with the "try childbirth" routine, they gave me a plethora of drugs that are commonly used in childbirth and none of them touched the sides. In the end they knocked me out cos I was screaming down the whole hospital. In a manly grunting type scream of course

[nzspokes]

So wheres the Vid?

[BoristheBiter]

Man that was really hard work today! Must have dropped the bike like ten times and I had to keep stopping to rest, Christ I'm unfit! my arms and legs are aching, lol. Only hurt my leg, nice big bump on there and other leg I burnt a hole through my pants when I dropped the bike and it fell on me. I seriously suck at this dirt biking thingy, hope I'll get better! I have some video footage I'll try and put it up tonight.

Sounds like you had a great day.

Nothing harder than being on sand, never mind learning on it but it does get easier.

[bosslady]

Yup its hard work. And fun. I normally end up asleep on the couch after a trail ride while my girl makes dinner.

Sand is hard work to ride in but it will get ya fit.

yea I'm pretty knackered, lucky I didn't have to cook dinner either!

It'll get easier.

Are you starting to see why some people consider the dirt's the only place to learn to ride?

yup, feel like I've gone completely backwards. Apart from knowing how to operate a clutch, gears and throttle I think my experience gained thus far on a road bike counts for absolutely nothing on a dirt bike, that's how it feels anyway.

Can be tough out there alright, but you will get fit in no time if you keep at it. And you get to learn a whole heap of stuff that will be useful on the road.

so..... so.... unfit I was literally panting!

My first ride was around a mates kiwifruit orchid and we ended up having races. Was a great way to start out. We would do 10 laps then lay down under a tree........

Woodhill would be a hard place to start out.

Everybody says sand is the hardest surface to ride on etc. I wouldn't have anything to compare it to!


Feels like learning to ride a (road) bike for the first time again. Couldn't fathom how anyone could enjoy this! BUT that's exactly what happened when I first started road riding, regretted getting a bike straight away! hopefully things will turn around and I won't be so unco..

[bosslady]

Until you are comfortable on the bike it is hard work..... once you are comfortable you will start pushing so you will still wear yourself out. Fun rides over farms are easier but it all depends on how hard you push it

I have sorted a smaller bike for Rose to learn on so as soon as my bike is done we will be doing a farm fun ride

Tow bar arrived this morning too

Can I come on a farm fun ride with you when you do it?

Hahaha sounds like a hard day. I gotta sweet pit bike here that might be better for you. I found it wasnt till id been on a road bike getting use to having to lean before I got the hang of carrying a bit of pace on the dirt. Everyone's s different tho and it does get easier the more you keep at it just dont make my mistake and try and master flying before you master being on the ground. Dislocating my shoulder was the worst pain iv even gone through and before you start with the "try childbirth" routine, they gave me a plethora of drugs that are commonly used in childbirth and none of them touched the sides. In the end they knocked me out cos I was screaming down the whole hospital. In a manly grunting type scream of course

yea I mastered the art of being on the ground... literally!!

So wheres the Vid?

uploading as we speak then I'm gonna put them together so they make one video

Sounds like you had a great day.

Nothing harder than being on sand, never mind learning on it but it does get easier.

Good lord I hope so!

[unstuck]

There have been times( some fairly recently) where I have hurled my helmet into the scrub and ranted and raved and wondered why the fuck I bother with the stupid pieces of shit, and given the bike a kick and vowed never to ride again. But later they are usually the best trips in the end somehow. You gotta be a bit nutty to enjoy offroad riding.

[sketch]

There have been times( some fairly recently) where I have hurled my helmet into the scrub and ranted and raved and wondered why the fuck I bother with the stupid pieces of shit, and given the bike a kick and vowed never to ride again. But later they are usually the best trips in the end somehow. You gotta be a bit nutty to enjoy offroad riding.

Agreed. And its those bits that beat you the first time you go there that you take your mates to and watch them fail and bail one you have mastered them.

[leathel]

Can I come on a farm fun ride with you when you do it?

Yup of coarse you are welcome, will let you know ahead of time so we can do it on a time you are free, my brother and his kids will likely be there too, be more than one time, will keep heading out until Rose is on the road

[nzspokes]

A farm ride is way easier and great fun. I enjoy them. Done a few now. But you will learn skills on sand. I enjoy Thundercross Park also, more open and dirt. B trail is good fun even when your faster.

Dont worry, it may hurt a bit today. But it will hurt more tomorrow.