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[24alpha]

Hux here!!!!!

I was blown away to see a Vet's thread.

How old are you? 38
What state do you live?Vic
How long have you been riding?MTB since 2006, bikes since I was 5.
Whats styles of riding do you do?DH, XC when I feel like it.
How often do you ride?As much as I can. At least once a week.
Tell us about your bike/s?Glory 00,Kona The King for XC and a Norco Six 3 for AM.
Have you had any significant bike related injuries?Double break in Femur.
Do you compete and at what level?Vets.
Any cycling highights worth posting?Too many to mention........
What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn?Vic Racing, Phat snaps, Phat Vids, PhotoSnobs, Downhill and now Vets.
Whats your biggest or favourite rant?Riding with fit younger guys that tell me I'm wearing a skirt when I have had enough of riding cause the body hurts. I'd love to see them even throw a leg over a bike if they'd put their bodies through what I have.

 

[.:ROBBO:.]

How old are you? 37

What state do you live? QLD

How long have you been riding? Little over 2 years.

Whats styles of riding do you do? DH/XC/Enduro

How often do you ride? No where near enough. Generally work 14 hours a day so only get to ride one day a weekend but get out as often as I can.

Tell us about your bike/s? 08 Scott Ransom 30, 04 Demo 9, 07 Big Hit.

Have you had any significant bike related injuries? Fractured shoulder blade and dislocated the shoulder 8 months ago Otherwise a few scratches.

Do you compete and at what level? Done a few XC races and a couple of 12-24hr races.

Any cycling highights worth posting? I didn't even fall off the last time I rode my bike

What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn? DH/Classifieds/Gen MTB/Parts n stuff/Phat Snaps/Phat vids.

Whats your biggest or favourite rant? Im pretty easy going so not much really phases me about riding.

 

[John U]

How old are you? 38
What state do you live?Vic
How long have you been riding? 34 years. Mt biking 14 years
Whats styles of riding do you do? general trail riding, commuting, endurance, xc
How often do you ride? As much as I can. Not a lot since the kids arrived. Try to ride to work 3 days a week and get some dirt in on the weekend
Tell us about your bike/s? Ventana El Fuego (commuter), Ventana El Terremoto (all mountain), Niner RIP9 (endurance), old dunger Apollo road bike (commuter if I work in a place where I can't lock up my bike securely)
Have you had any significant bike related injuries? Nothing but a few bad doses of gravel rash. Oh, and that time I knocked myself out but I keep forgetting that.
Do you compete and at what level? Try to. Training gives me a bit more reason to get out and ride. Aim to finish mid field but depending on the length of the race, usually happy to finish.
Any cycling highights worth posting? After waiting 10 months my young bloke eventually picked up his my first bike and hasn't put it down since, and seeing him taking the roughest line he can when ever he gets it out.
What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn? Everything. I go directly to new posts when I log on.
Whats your biggest or favourite rant? Lack of respect amongst people in general (now I'm sounding like an old fart)

 

[Refreshinglygood]

How old are you? 38
What state do you live? NSW
How long have you been riding? 25 years MTB
Whats styles of riding do you do? XC
How often do you ride? 3-4 days a week
Tell us about your bike/s? 29er Niner MCR ssed up. Flow rims, hope hubs, reba forks etc etc
Have you had any significant bike related injuries? yep, usual graxes cuts and scrapes. broken arm, broken leg
Do you compete and at what level? started in B grade this year.
Any cycling highights worth posting? anytime I have longer than 1.5 hours to ride
What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn? 29er and vets
Whats your biggest or favourite rant? the one about 29ers. Seems like the same arguments that poped up that were anti full suspension are the same arguments that are poping up re 29ers, ie, to heavy, sap rider power, not as good as the standard

 

[Kris_on_1]

How old are you? 38

What state do you live? ACT

How long have you been riding? 4 years

What styles of riding do you do? Long and slow XC

How often do you ride? 0-5 days a week

Tell us about your bike/s? They are all blue - 29er SS, 26 HT and a road bike

Have you had any significant bike related injuries? Broken nails, too many grazes and bruises and a rotor cuff thing

Do you compete and at what level? I participate, can’t call what I do competitive

Any cycling highlights worth posting? Qualifying for Worlds through a loophole and then qualifying legitimately

What forums/subforums do you visit the most on Rotorburn? XC/Enduro, 29er and Vets

What’s your biggest or favourite rant? Women who constantly undersell their ability when it comes to riding by saying they can’t do something or aren’t fast enough or don’t have the technical skills, only to then go riding with them and find out they are more than capable - and then the look on their face when they realise they are good enough. And calling ‘track’ gives you nothing. ‘Track please’ on the other hand….

 

[lordflog]

How old are you? 40
What state do you live? Newcastle, NSW
How long have you been riding? 3 years
Whats styles of riding do you do? XC
How often do you ride? 4-5 days a week @ 45mins to 1.5hrs a pop
Tell us about your bike/s? Jamis Dakar XCR Comp is the main steed, with a Jamis Dakota single speed recently added to the garage.
Have you had any significant bike related injuries? Separated shoulder on my first lap of the 2009 Scott - 2 operations and 8 months later I've only recently started riding again. Bring on the 2010 race!
Do you compete and at what level? Local club XC - though I'm better known for my heckling ability than my riding skills
Any cycling highights worth posting? Brynn Atkinson stopped for a chat & posed for a photo with a mate & I at last years World Champs at Stromlo - stoked!
What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn? Clubs/HMBA forum (I am current club secretary and publicity officer), XC, DH.
Whats your biggest or favourite rant? I hate the rain!

 

[Refreshinglygood]

How old are you? 40
What state do you live? Newcastle, NSW
How long have you been riding? 3 years
Whats styles of riding do you do? XC
How often do you ride? 4-5 days a week @ 45mins to 1.5hrs a pop
Tell us about your bike/s? Jamis Dakar XCR Comp is the main steed, with a Jamis Dakota single speed recently added to the garage.
Have you had any significant bike related injuries? Separated shoulder on my first lap of the 2009 Scott - 2 operations and 8 months later I've only recently started riding again. Bring on the 2010 race!
Do you compete and at what level? Local club XC - though I'm better known for my heckling ability than my riding skills
Any cycling highights worth posting? Brynn Atkinson stopped for a chat & posed for a photo with a mate & I at last years World Champs at Stromlo - stoked!
What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn? Clubs/HMBA forum (I am current club secretary and publicity officer), XC, DH.
Whats your biggest or favourite rant? I hate the rain!

Go Flogger. Your a real mtber now you have an sser. Well done

 

[Cypher]

How old are you?
It’s not polite to ask a lady her age. However I do pass the 30+ test

What state do you live?
NSW

How long have you been riding?
Since 18 (+ whippersnapper years). I didn’t really ride as a teenager, but was hooked when I bought my first bike to ride to uni.

What styles of riding do you do?
DH/XC/Freestyle/Commuting with style

How often do you ride?
Commute every day (sounds really cool, but I only live 5 minutes from work)
XC night rides
Every weekend

Tell us about your bike/s?
1 x baguetti (the bike you ride when you are getting a baguette. Also required is a wheel of cheese, some garlic and a bottle of red wine. It has matching wicker baskets and everything)
1 x XC hardtail
1 x Giant Cypher (the women’s version of the Trance)
1 x Specialised SX II Trail
1 x 125cc Sachs Madass

Have you had any significant bike related injuries?
No. I can’t understand why some guys need to hug the ground/trees violently all the time. They’re not hard to avoid ;P

Do you compete and at what level?
I dislike racing. However I have been doing club DH rounds this year to push my boundaries so I can get better at trail riding. So far it’s been pretty good.

Any cycling highlights worth posting?
I ride to work in my suits, skirts and dresses. (Why do commuters have to dress up in all their kit and caboodle?) Townies are great. It is like riding a wet noodle – there is no stiffness in the frames. Does wonders for my ability to track stand.

What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn? Girls Only, General, DH

Rants? Gender discrimination in the sport. I would love to watch more of the girls riding in the videos, but there are barely any to be had.

Also just generally. Guys will be nice to your face when you are riding and encouraging, but you only have to flick through these forums briefly to see that riding in Australia is generally a sausage party.

The comments I really dislike are when one guy calls out to the other saying “you ride like a girl” or something to that effect. What is wrong with riding like a girl? I ride like a girl and I ride better than a lot of guys. Those sorts of comments just make you feel really unwelcome – that you are an outsider and always will be.

Also with the Vets forum: you’ll notice that the very first post was written in a way that assumed that only “blokes” could be vets (“blokes” being a term not usually applied to older females). Yes, you could say that the girls have their very own forum, but all the other forums are very heavily male dominated. Why does this one have to continue with the “no women here” theme?

I’m really glad for the girls who just ignore this and try to be a part of the bike community. But it is fustrating – it is hard to get girls to ride when the guys continually reinforce the notion (in various subtle ways) that riding is "boys time".

 

[mtb1611]

How old are you? 39, 40 in Nov.
What state do you live? Noo Sou Fwales
How long have you been riding? Since '77
What styles of riding do you do? XC/AM/road
How often do you ride? 2-4 times weekly
Tell us about your bike/s? Reign 0, TCR 2
Have you had any significant bike related injuries? Got bitten by a big-arse ant oce when changing a flat, so I killed him.
Do you compete and at what level? Not anymore; first raced '92, raced mtb till 2000, raced road '96-2000. Do the (very) occasional enduro nowadays.
Any cycling highights worth posting? Did a huge skid last week, messed up some soft-leaf buffalo.
What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn? Off-Topic, XC/Enduro, Road.
Whats your biggest or favourite rant? Just one? Now that's just silly.

And to add insult to injury I'll even add my name and pic: my name is Ben and I like Coronas....

 

[JP]

Was the soft leaf buffalo of the Sir Walter shademaster variety?

 

[mtb1611]

Was the soft leaf buffalo of the Sir Walter shademaster variety?

Sure was mate; its lack of resilience to a humble Crossmark confirmed that it is indeed aptly named.

 

[BM Epic]

How old are you? 39, 40 in Nov.
What state do you live? Noo Sou Fwales
How long have you been riding? Since '77
What styles of riding do you do? XC/AM/road
How often do you ride? 2-4 times weekly
Tell us about your bike/s? Reign 0, TCR 2
Have you had any significant bike related injuries? Got bitten by a big-arse ant oce when changing a flat, so I killed him.
Do you compete and at what level? Not anymore; first raced '92, raced mtb till 2000, raced road '96-2000. Do the (very) occasional enduro nowadays.
Any cycling highights worth posting? Did a huge skid last week, messed up some soft-leaf buffalo.
What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn? Off-Topic, XC/Enduro, Road.
Whats your biggest or favourite rant? Just one? Now that's just silly.

And to add insult to injury I'll even add my name and pic: my name is Ben and I like Coronas....

I know your favourite rant big fella, might have something to do with spray painting!..hehe, BTW, you look a little too comfy there Ben, to complete the picture a red wine in hand would look better!..Nearly 40, you dont look a day older than 39!

 

[Switch]

How old are you? 35
What state do you live? VIC

How long have you been riding? 10 years, I should be so much better than I am by now.

Whats styles of riding do you do? DH and trail

How often do you ride? Aim to ride once a week but life can get in the way.

Tell us about your bike/s? Turner DHR and Norco Rampage although need to get an AM bike for trail riding as fitness has dropped dramatically lately.

Have you had any significant bike related injuries? Broken collarbone while wearing a helmet camera with flat batteries....soooo pissed I missed it even after all these years. Not bike related but amputated my right thumb in Feb which has kept me off the bike for four months and several more to go hence the fitness loss. I have gone from fat old bastard to fat lazy old bastard.

Do you compete and at what level? Not really a competitive person but would like to try a race at some stage just for the social aspect.

Any cycling highights worth posting? Got air lifted out of the blue mountains after an ill fated trip although that is more of a lowlight. But another thing ticked off on the list of things to do before you die, hang from a cable under a helicopter TICK.

What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn? New Posts, a bit of everything depending on whats happening on the day and how much I wish to procrastinate while at work, like Now!

Whats your biggest or favourite rant? People who post in a thread without reading it first. How can you comment if you don't know what has been said.

 

[Knopey]

Nice minirant Cypher, spot on. That's just become my new favourite (though rant is an overstatement & I mean it in a positive way).

I get frustrated when my wife implies that riding is more of a guy thing because I know she enjoys it immensely, but then I can't say she's incorrect when the stereotype is reinforced in too many places and it's impossible to ignore sometimes, especially for 'newbies', and it does have an effect. Hopefully things will change

 

[retro racer]

Hey Cypher,
if you are male or female, its does not matter as long as you are a vet.

 

[4dabush]

How old are you? 43
What state do you live? QLD, formerly WA, formerly SA
How long have you been riding? since about 3 with a few spells inbetween
Whats styles of riding do you do? XC, bad DH, road, and towing jnr.
How often do you ride? couple of times a week, but not enough
Tell us about your bike/s? 2008 Norco Six 2, 1996 GT LTS 3, Giant Perigee Roadie, DK General Lee 24 and if the tax man is kind maybe a DH rig
Have you had any significant bike related injuries? touch wood, not really, but generally have something black and blue or skin missing. Hit a tree rugby tackle style and couldnt sleep on RHS for a month!
Do you compete and at what level? not now, not likely
Any cycling highights worth posting? no.10 state plate BMX in 1981?
What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn? visit pretty much everything.
Whats your biggest or favourite rant? drivers doing 10kms under speed limit and then merrily driving through a lower speed zone at the same speed (generally 10kms over!) Selfish W....kers, makes the Mrs crackup every time I go off.

Hi Cypher, we're not all that way. Some of us even do trail maintenance to help make it safer for the the fairer sex to wander around in the bush and know some "real jerk" isn't lurking around the next bend. I'm always impressed with the girls out on our trails, i dunno if i'd be as game in this day!

 

[Shrekmeister]

How old are you? 36

What state do you live? NSW

How long have you been riding? 20 Years

Whats styles of riding do you do? XC and Triathlons

How often do you ride? Aim for four or so, almost getting there these days

Tell us about your bike/s? Scott mc 30, Hillbrick road bike, Ironhorse hardtail

Have you had any significant bike related injuries? Broke collar bone when ran over a DEAD dog 15 years ago (german shepherd)

Do you compete and at what level? Enduros like 24hrs, half fling...few triathlons

Any cycling highights worth posting? pass cant think of any

What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn? xc mostlyl and now Vets.

Whats your biggest or favourite rant? People on here who have tickets on themselves bigger than what their reality cheque delivers...

 

[copps]

How old are you? 34
What state do you live?NSW
How long have you been riding?About 4 years
Whats styles of riding do you do?Trail rider
How often do you ride?Been overseas for last four months but been punching out spinervals vids every second day at gym, hope to have gained some fitness.
Tell us about your bike/s? Single speed steel framed 26" commuter, Steel framed old school roadie, 2009 Giant Trance X3, and looking to buy an Argon 18 plutonium roadie when I get my Tax return.
Have you had any significant bike related injuries? Hurt pride every time I get dropped by mates
Do you compete and at what level? No, but have been talking about doing 24hr teams and 100k races for ages
Any cycling highights worth posting?Nah.
What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn? XC/Enduro, MTB General, Road, Off topic, for sale.
Whats your biggest or favourite rant?Bloody Y Gens!

 

[jill]

How old are you? - quite young - 48 (49 in Sep.)
What state do you live? Tasmania
How long have you been riding? 4 yrs - I'm not including riding to school as a kid. It's so long ago it doesn't count!
Whats styles of riding do you do? DH mostly, occasional xc, occasional compute to work or ride around bike paths
How often do you ride? 2 or 3 times a week in winter, more often in summer
Tell us about your bike/s? Kona Stinky Primo 2004 for DH, el cheapo Repco for paths and commutes, and soon there will be a brand new Giant Glory DH1
Have you had any significant bike related injuries? Does a stress fracture in my hand count? It is the closest I've ever come to breaking a bone.
Do you compete and at what level? Race DH at state and national level, often riding just against myself. Wish there were more older women, and younger ones too.
Any cycling highights worth posting? Love my mtb road trips to the big island. About to do a mtb road trip in Britain! www.fwords4life.blogspot.com
What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn? Girls only, news
Whats your biggest or favourite rant? I'm pretty laid back.

 

[giant808]

How old are you? 44.

What state do you live? QLD.

How long have you been riding? 5 or 6 MTB, since crewing for a mate at the 1st Cycle Epic.

Whats styles of riding do you do? XC, with both wheels firmly on the ground.

How often do you ride? Twice a week in winter, more in summer, if I remember to charge my lights.

Tell us about your bike/s? 08 Giant Trance X1 with all worn out parts upgraded.

Have you had any significant bike related injuries? Only skin loss (due to wheels getting off the ground).

Do you compete and at what level? I've entered events but not really to compete, just to participate.

Any cycling highights worth posting? I can nearly double the winning pros time over 100km.

What forums/subforums do you visit the most on rotorburn? Parts, General Dis' and now Vets.

Whats your biggest or favourite rant? Drivers not indicating, vehicles with bulbs blown (brakes mainly) & more dismal driving related issues (don't get me started).