Hi all,
Although this is my first post I have been a keen lurker for a while now and have gained many tips and handy advice for some of the regular posters on rotorburn and have had many chuckles from some of the tounge in cheek banter as well.
On a ride last weekend at the new "gunjin" trails in w.a I was faced with a situation I have only ever come across in some of the other sports I part take in (surfing, kitesurfing) and it was agro :kev: . How it all happened, for the first time since I started mountain biking 2.5 yrs ago myself and a couple of mate decided to shuttle the gunjin trails so we could get a few more down runs in as we were restricted by time this day. On our second run back to the top we got a few comments on if we were "worthy" of any downs because we haven't earned them???? Surely we had, seeing as though it was the first time we had shuttled since we started riding. But that was all cool, the guys making the comment were still having a bit of a laugh with us about it.
Anyway, at the bottom of our second last run I encountered what I can only describe as "someone with a death wish" :dance: a 50ish yr old dude was showing his buddies the new trails and as he rode past within 2 meters of us while we were loading the bikes back up said out loud " this is where all the soft cocks load up there bikes and drive to the top". Now I'm all for a bit of cheek and banter but this wasn't for laughs, this guy was seriously pissed that we weren't riding back to the top, so after I picked my jaw up off the ground and gave him a not so friendly reply and I found it had really changed the mood of the day. Not once in 2.5yrs have I seen or heard any agro in this sport, nearly all encounters with other riders has been friendly/ helpful.
Now I know we shouldnt judge a book by its cover but I would have loved to follow him down a run and see who the real soft cock was as he rolled every double and b lined every drop. Just saying.:fear::fear::fear:
Sorry to make my first post on here a bitch but I thought I might put it out there a see if anyone else has come across this type of attitude before, and if shuttling is really frowned upon?
Cheers
Although this is my first post I have been a keen lurker for a while now and have gained many tips and handy advice for some of the regular posters on rotorburn and have had many chuckles from some of the tounge in cheek banter as well.
On a ride last weekend at the new "gunjin" trails in w.a I was faced with a situation I have only ever come across in some of the other sports I part take in (surfing, kitesurfing) and it was agro :kev: . How it all happened, for the first time since I started mountain biking 2.5 yrs ago myself and a couple of mate decided to shuttle the gunjin trails so we could get a few more down runs in as we were restricted by time this day. On our second run back to the top we got a few comments on if we were "worthy" of any downs because we haven't earned them???? Surely we had, seeing as though it was the first time we had shuttled since we started riding. But that was all cool, the guys making the comment were still having a bit of a laugh with us about it.
Anyway, at the bottom of our second last run I encountered what I can only describe as "someone with a death wish" :dance: a 50ish yr old dude was showing his buddies the new trails and as he rode past within 2 meters of us while we were loading the bikes back up said out loud " this is where all the soft cocks load up there bikes and drive to the top". Now I'm all for a bit of cheek and banter but this wasn't for laughs, this guy was seriously pissed that we weren't riding back to the top, so after I picked my jaw up off the ground and gave him a not so friendly reply and I found it had really changed the mood of the day. Not once in 2.5yrs have I seen or heard any agro in this sport, nearly all encounters with other riders has been friendly/ helpful.
Now I know we shouldnt judge a book by its cover but I would have loved to follow him down a run and see who the real soft cock was as he rolled every double and b lined every drop. Just saying.:fear::fear::fear:
Sorry to make my first post on here a bitch but I thought I might put it out there a see if anyone else has come across this type of attitude before, and if shuttling is really frowned upon?
Cheers