The zone!

**beyond** · 15th July 2010, 16:55

Originally Posted by R-Soul

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.

Yep, I don't recall associating being in the zone with danger either. In fact being in the zone means everything is flowing so smoothly and so perfectly that you are fully aware and alive to your surrounding and can see way in advance any issues or problems that are likely to occur. That is why I likened it to watching a movie that you know the end of.

**imdying** · 15th July 2010, 16:59

You think you know the end of. Still plenty of unknowns that can bite you in the arse when you're in the zone. I'd wager you might have a better chance of dealing with them, but hazards are still hazards, in the zone or not.

**R-Soul** · 15th July 2010, 17:09

Originally Posted by MSTRS

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?

In true Zen fashion, it should be a colour that cannot be coloured.

**Grubber** · 15th July 2010, 17:27

Can't believe you 3 are still going on about this.
All your definitions of the "zone " have changed about 6 times over the last 15 pages.
Make ya minds up if you can please.

**MSTRS:Me** · 15th July 2010, 17:39

Some men...you just can't...reach.
That's ok. Just leaves more Zone for the rest of us....

**Boob Johnson** · 15th July 2010, 17:56

Originally Posted by Genie

You have a vagina?

He borrowed it from Katman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNzTh...eature=related <------ That is madness! Not only is the gixxer is all over the show, as DMTND said but they are cutting blind corners & passing cars on or over the centre line, bloody stupid.

**Grubber** · 16th July 2010, 10:28

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Some men...you just can't...reach.
That's ok. Just leaves more Zone for the rest of us....

For both of you, i think you mean!

There is very little 'rest of us'!

**bogan** · 16th July 2010, 11:03

Originally Posted by Grubber

For both of you, i think you mean!

There is very little 'rest of us'!

here's something I made up to help you learn how to interpret samples; you're welcome

**Grubber** · 16th July 2010, 11:44

Originally Posted by bogan

here's something I made up to help you learn how to interpret samples; you're welcome

Think you forgot my category.....

"Those who shake head at Bogan reply, and laugh" category.

Best you got huh?

Never mind son, i'm sure something great will come to mind (that's if your not in ya zone') in due course.

**bogan** · 16th July 2010, 12:35

Originally Posted by Grubber

Think you forgot my category.....

no you're in there, the little yellow and red bit, wiki venn diagram to understand how they work. the point I'm trying to make is that lots of people have different opinions on this subject, but not all post about it, just because they don't say it doesn't make it any less valid, also saying the same thing over and over again doesn't make it any more valid either

**skinman** · 16th July 2010, 22:40

that this thread has gone on so long
I do fully understand what the OP was going on about but I have only got there racing mountain bikes when at the top of my game but I am sure it could occur when riding on a particularly nice section of road on a good day.

**avgas** · 19th July 2010, 10:03

Originally Posted by Katman

It also makes the world a place where the easily swayed are easily seduced into placing themselves at increased risk.

I love it when you talk dirty

**avgas** · 19th July 2010, 10:08

Originally Posted by crystalball

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.

You sound like my old social studies teacher.
Take an enjoyable subject, then explain it, in such a way that all I want to do is sleep