Do you get as excited for MTB season as you do ski season?

[Greg]

Kinda looking forward to it, but I'm nowhere near as pumped for mountain biking as I get for skiing as the season approaches. Maybe because there's more uncertainty about skiing, i.e. when it's gonna start. Also, MTB season is a lot longer and technically if I wanted to I could ride through the winter down here. Something about the end of the ski season approaching makes it more somber and more difficult to get as psyched for riding.

Still, I'm looking forward to it. Soon!

You?

 

[bvibert]

I'm looking forward to it almost as much as ski season. I'm a little anxious because I have a lot of work to do before I can actually ride...

 

[RootDKJ]

Not me...it's just a way to kill time outdoors until the snow comes again.

How soon do you start riding after you end the season? For me, I'll probabily take 2-3 weeks off to catch up on neglected home stuff before I start my bike season.

 

[TheBEast]

I wish I had the time to ride more....lots of other commitments and training for the couple sprint tri races I do.....need a new mountain bike this year so that's likely to delay the start of my riding season (still working on the wife for this one). I get way more riding in during the fall vs the summer.

 

[thorski]

Not me...it's just a way to kill time outdoors until the snow comes again.

How soon do you start riding after you end the season? For me, I'll probabily take 2-3 weeks off to catch up on neglected home stuff before I start my bike season.

+1

 

[Warp Daddy]

NOPE not that passionate about biking > It's just ONE of several other outdoor sports interests i pursue in the off season

 

[sLoPeS]

i dont get nearly as excited as i do with skiing, but mtn biking is #2. im ready to get back on the bike now. i should be picking it up from the shop next week so i know riding will start soon. once i get out there and on my bike, thats when i really feel it. looking forward to that first ride of the year. big hill climb, techy slick rock, skinnys, twisty singletrack through the woods, letting it run, ah....now im thinking about some sexy singletrack and i cant get it out of my mind!

on a side note, im still crossing my fingers for one more pow pow day.

 

[bvibert]

i dont get nearly as excited as i do with skiing, but mtn biking is #2. im ready to get back on the bike now. i should be picking it up from the shop next week so i know riding will start soon. once i get out there and on my bike, thats when i really feel it. looking forward to that first ride of the year. big hill climb, techy slick rock, skinnys, twisty singletrack through the woods, letting it run, ah....now im thinking about some sexy singletrack and i cant get it out of my mind!

on a side note, im still crossing my fingers for one more pow pow day.

I like the way you think.

I just ordered a bunch of stuff for my bike, so I'm pretty stoked!

 

[gmcunni]

looked at my bike the other day and didn't get a thrill.

i AM excited for the start of softball season though!

 

[severine]

NOPE not that passionate about biking > It's just ONE of several other outdoor sports interests i pursue in the off season

+1

I think part of the problem is that I don't feel comfortable MTBing alone and it's difficult to schedule time to ride with someone else, so it's just not as frequent of a pursuit as skiing can be for me. I do love it, but it's harder to get out there for me.

 

[Greg]

i dont get nearly as excited as i do with skiing, but mtn biking is #2. im ready to get back on the bike now. i should be picking it up from the shop next week so i know riding will start soon. once i get out there and on my bike, thats when i really feel it. looking forward to that first ride of the year. big hill climb, techy slick rock, skinnys, twisty singletrack through the woods, letting it run, ah....now im thinking about some sexy singletrack and i cant get it out of my mind!

on a side note, im still crossing my fingers for one more pow pow day.

Good to meet you on the bumps this year man. See you on the trails!

 

[roark]

Getting a new MTB this year. Still not nearly as exciting as ski season.

 

[BigJay]

I say a bit more excited each year that goes by...

This year, we're starting things off in Fruita, CO and Moab, UT for 10 straight days of mountain biking. Depending on what goes on, we might even make a trip down to Cape Cod to ride Trail of Tears, Otis and Vietnam on easter weekend...

So yeah, we do put more energy into mountain biking then we do with skiing and riding... When the snow hits, we're at the mountain... but i don't "chase" snow around the continent as much as i chase singletrack.

Right now, snow is melting pretty fast... and it's awfully dry... so with luck, we'll ride trails before heading out to colorado! Of course, if it dumps until then, we'll enjoy the fresh snow... but doesn't look like it right now...

 

[rueler]

I get equally psyched for both seasons to come!! When one ends, I'm ready for the other to begin...In the spring, after about 70 + days in ski boots each year, I'm ready to give my feet a break. In the late fall, after countless miles of uphills on the bike, I'm ready to let the lift and gravity do the work for me.

 

[Greg]

I do feel this ski season is slipping away fast.I'm thinking 4 or 5 more days tops, then it's MTB time!

 

[RootDKJ]

I do feel this ski season is slipping away fast.I'm thinking 4 or 5 more days tops, then it's MTB time!

I hear ya. Just today I went into the garage and looked at all the crap I've piled around my bike all winter. I then decided that I'm not ready to clean the garage out yet.

 

[JD]

Kinda looking forward to it, but I'm nowhere near as pumped for mountain biking as I get for skiing as the season approaches. Maybe because there's more uncertainty about skiing, i.e. when it's gonna start. Also, MTB season is a lot longer and technically if I wanted to I could ride through the winter down here. Something about the end of the ski season approaching makes it more somber and more difficult to get as psyched for riding.

Still, I'm looking forward to it. Soon!

You?

I hear you. I was MTBer before I was a skier. Still my "best" sport. I am kinda sad when Spring run off starts winding down (don't really care about winter anymore, I ski when it's good, and look forward to it in the fall, but by this time of year, I'm ready for the snow to melt away). But when I get out and start cleaning up local bike trails I get wicked stoked. two days ago I went out and totally reworked a bad section of trail. Dug in moist brown earth for hours. When I was done there was a brown ribbon of single track. Makes me wanna go ride it when I'm done with a section. Kind of like cutting a ski line, then skiing it for the first time. Get involved in Trail work. It's a great motivator.

 

[JD]

+1

I think part of the problem is that I don't feel comfortable MTBing alone and it's difficult to schedule time to ride with someone else, so it's just not as frequent of a pursuit as skiing can be for me. I do love it, but it's harder to get out there for me.

Why don't you ride alone?

 

[severine]

Why don't you ride alone?

I don't know the trail network well enough and I'm afraid of getting hurt alone. I'm pretty accident-prone. I'll ride the boring double track at the nearby nature preserve alone, but that's about as adventurous as I get. I'm also still very new to MTBing; I didn't get very many rides in last season. Not really prepared to hack something together if my bike breaks on the trail.

 

[RootDKJ]

I don't know the trail network well enough and I'm afraid of getting hurt alone. I'm pretty accident-prone. I'll ride the boring double track at the nearby nature preserve alone, but that's about as adventurous as I get. I'm also still very new to MTBing; I didn't get very many rides in last season. Not really prepared to hack something together if my bike breaks on the trail.

One of my first time's out, I made a wrong turn and wound up several miles from where I expected to be, and I wasn't really familiar with the area to begin with. Sore, and winded, had to walk for over an hour to get back to my car