How hard are you?

[halo25]

Not literally but in terms of out on the hills or on the rough stuff.

What would you tackle/try and how long have you been at it.

Allot of pressure in my group of riders to be pretty full on, but I like pootling and pretending (tho I tackle black runs on the hardtail)...

[WildCards]

Hmm, i've been riding for 15 years or so now, always mountain bikes and i'm finally at a point that i'm confident to try almost anything I come across. Jumps and drops are still my nemesis though.

[leggly]

It depends on the bank balance. If I can pay the mortgage I'll try it.

[Parrot of Doom]

I don't enjoy being 'hard', so I don't do it.

I do enjoy slogging up a hill and leaving other people behind though.

[groomi]

Semi.

[mat205125]

groomi said:

Semi.

Flacid?

[neil_bolton]

I don't know whether I'm hard or not, but I only have only have one word.

Megavalanche.

Hopefully I'll be able to complete it with a chain this time

[Moose.]

Well, my ambitions often over take my ability but I don't think that makes me hard (more stupid probably ). Haven't got the bottle to do big drops-offs and jumps though

[-C-]

There isn't a lot I won't do. Big gaps & drops are generally the sort of thing that stop me though, although thats more of a 'what if'.

Still have to pay the mortgage, and a month in hospital won't help!

[snotrag]

Ex DH'er, taken to riding proper bikes uphill as well as down. Ride like fury all the time, its the only way. Double black diamond route for me please!

I do crash a lot though, perceived skill is definitely in excess of actual skill!

[GHW]

I'll generally have a go at most things... and sometimes succeed.

Currently waiting for the massive gash across the knuckles of my left hand to heal after coming off a mate's bike and grinding all the skin off against the road surface.

[halo25]

Drop offs are my nemesis are the moment, I went splat big time year ago or so and did some decent damage to myself - that was when I started out and its put me off since then (dislocated shoulder, cracked ribs, broken nose etc etc.)

Apart from a strong hankering for morphine it gave me a very healthy fear of any drop off on an incline or otherwise.

Jumps I just cant do cause im rubbish...actually im rubbish all round really.

Thanks for the replies tho - its interesting to see what people are like.