"JD" <
[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Cleanbean" <
[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<
[email protected]>...
> > "Simon" <
[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > Just interested to see where people are with reagrd to the pros.
>
> > I don't keep up with the Pro's but I do have a general philosophy about keeping in control. As a
> > Mtber/Road cyclist I believe one's skills
should
> > develop as one puts time in the saddle. You push the "boundary" each
time
> > you try something new. As my skills develop I often try new things but within my confidence
> > level and skill level. I master each new skill
rather
> > then constantly do one half ass. I know that any drops or ledges over 3 feet will hurt my left
> > knee so I don't even attempt anything larger.
I'm
> > not afraid to climb anything because I know how to dismount gracefully.
I
> > can descend most sections but still not to shy to walk if I get that
little
> > voice of "caution" especially on sections I've never ridden before.
> >
> > All said I don't think one should "push" the boundary of their limits
but
> > build skills slowly and masterfully.
> >
> > Thus the nickname.... Cleanbean
>
> From: BB (
[email protected])
> > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 02:34:26 -0000, Simon wrote:
> >
> > Just interested to see where people are with reagrd to the pros.
>
> >Many of us really don't care who the pros are or what they do, or where
we
> >are relative to them. This is just riding a bicycle, after all. There are no trophies in
> >the woods.
>
> >My boundaries are my own. If I can climb hard, get a little air, make it over some tricky stuff,
> >and feel the pure joy of mountain biking, I'm a happy man.
>
> I'm buying the beer in ID this Summer.
>
> JD
Outstanding. What kind? Cleanbean