Great article. I sometimes get a flashback to a BMX track in the UK in the early 2000's. A buddy and I were there and thinking that we were awesome. An older guy was there on this own, freewheeling down the start ramp and not really getting much air. He'd just keep doing that and seemed content with what he was doing. Buddy and I would look at him and make one or two p!ss taking comments to each other because we were in our late 20's / early 30's and AWESOME!
Now I am that old guy, and buddy rides an E-bike :DÂ
So yeah, just do what you do. For all the money 'we' spend on all looking the same at the trailhead we just look like a bunch of dorks to everyone else. One of the reasons I still like mountain biking and stick with it after 30+ years is that I get to go off into the woods and be 'me', not everyone else. And if being you doesn't involve a bicycle, that's all good too.
Nov. 13, 2021, 7:24 a.m. - trumpstinyhands
Great article. I sometimes get a flashback to a BMX track in the UK in the early 2000's. A buddy and I were there and thinking that we were awesome. An older guy was there on this own, freewheeling down the start ramp and not really getting much air. He'd just keep doing that and seemed content with what he was doing. Buddy and I would look at him and make one or two p!ss taking comments to each other because we were in our late 20's / early 30's and AWESOME! Now I am that old guy, and buddy rides an E-bike :DÂ So yeah, just do what you do. For all the money 'we' spend on all looking the same at the trailhead we just look like a bunch of dorks to everyone else. One of the reasons I still like mountain biking and stick with it after 30+ years is that I get to go off into the woods and be 'me', not everyone else. And if being you doesn't involve a bicycle, that's all good too.