Fair call…. But you are indeed wrong.
I only ride up to improve the downs. That, and just general riding improves my mental health tenfold
10 years ago, I was regularly racing local XC events, and hadn’t done a DH race in close to 10 years.
Now I’m doing every DH and enduro I can get to with the kids, and loving that the increased trail riding has given me the fitness to enjoy them a lot more. Haven’t really raced XC for years, and if I have, it’s just been because it’s local, and supporting the club.
Long story short, I’m still a meathead Gravity bro, just one with decent legs and no skill now, instead of no legs and no skills like 20 years ago.
And yes, I know it was a wind up, but screw climbing for climbing sake, screw road and gravel, and screw Zwift.