Who Mountain Bikes for exercise?

[Big Kahuna]

title says it all, that is really all I do, just getting back into it..... gonna hit the trails today.

 

[wydopen]

not for exersise but i race downhill...mty bike is in the moto section..(lets see your rides)

 

[Jp116]

not for exersise but i race downhill...mty bike is in the moto section..(lets see your rides)

Haha i was going to say the same thing. GRAVITY RULES.
Why peddle up the hill when you can take the chair lift??

 

[waxhead]

i dont mountain bike but i ride my mountain bike to work every day

its 35 mins each way
its knocking me into shape quite quickly

 

[#ZERO]

I take my mountain bike out for a ride on the beach usually during the night time and stay gone for hours. If there is no moon light it can be dangerous because the kids are digging sand pits for their castles and it has caused me to flip my bike more than a few times.

 

[WaveDemon]

I take my mountain bike out for a ride on the beach usually during the night time and stay gone for hours. If there is no moon light it can be dangerous because the kids are digging sand pits for their castles and it has caused me to flip my bike more than a few times.

is that how youe really broke you collar bone?

 

[#ZERO]

is that how youe really broke you collar bone?

:haha:

Nope…I'm surprised that it never broke sooner, because the jet-ski didn't seem to hit me that hard behind my left shoulder. :frown:

 

[kx454]

yeah its something ridiculously small to break a collar bone, i have broken my right one three times...:frown:

 

[duvers]

I ride my MTB on the paved bike trail near my house...my favorite run is about 18 miles. I also like to do easy fire roads and single track. I'm definitely not a technical rider. Contrary to some of you guys, I *love* hammering uphill. I guess I'm a little twisted when it comes to cardio.

 

[felix5oh]

I got 4 bikes. 2 mountain bikes and 2 road bikes.
A Schwinn hardtail and a DiamondBack hardtail, 26".
A JackTaylor and a Shogun, both 700c.

I like the endurance of the road bikes more than i like the trail rides. Been doing it a long, long time.

 

[Boris]

I haven't been on a bike since I moved to Florida (6 years).
There are no hills to ride but I would love to get back on one and just go jump stuff.

What would be a decent bike to get without spending a fortune ?

 

[TKM]

I Ride!
Damn good cardio workout!!
I have a Schwinn Rocket 88 Full Suspension downhill bike!... :Banane01:
Go's like a bomb!

Its the best thing to do when the wind is wrong or the waves suck!!urr:

 

[Big Kahuna]

did 4 miles yesturday after work before the sun went down. We have some good trails, really tight, you never have time to actually get into a pace, your constantly working.

 

[Whtbread]

We have a good park around where I live. It has miles of trails through the woods. Great place to ride but covered with snow today.

 

[norcal ex]

i ride, i used to race, but i crashes and lacerated my spleen in 2 places. now i just ride for fun. One of the best and cheapest sports besides jet skiing!

 

[SXIPro]

MTBing is a great workout. Hills will really test your endurance and leg strength. I 'thought' I was in good shape, since I weight train 3-4 days a week, ride my ski daily(except winter)and do a lot of walking. My first trail ride with my 14 year old son I honestly thought he was gonna have to call 911 and tell the dispatcher that his old man just dropped dead of a heart attack. I learned to pace myself after that. A 42 year old shouldn't let his ego get the best of him trying to keep up with a little whipper snapper.

 

[wydopen]

i ride, i used to race, but i crashes and lacerated my spleen in 2 places. now i just ride for fun. One of the best and cheapest sports besides jet skiing!

cheap??..i hope you are kidding

this thing is way more expensive than my ski and i barley paid anything for it (my buddy makes these frames)

 

[norcal ex]

well i do cross country. My bike is a full hardtail race bike. It would cost around 2.5k to build and it has Fox carbon fiber forks which were the best on the market at the time, but since i knew the R&D guy at specialied( whose headquarters is 15 min from my front door) it only cost me 500. But, 2k for a full race bike compared to 10k for a race jet ski ....WAY CHEAPER!!

 

[wydopen]

well i do cross country. My bike is a full hardtail race bike. It would cost around 2.5k to build and it has Fox carbon fiber forks which were the best on the market at the time, but since i knew the R&D guy at specialied( whose headquarters is 15 min from my front door) it only cost me 500. But, 2k for a full race bike compared to 10k for a race jet ski ....WAY CHEAPER!!

you would have trouble building a competitive cross country bike in the expert/pro level for 2500....at full shop prices

 

[wydopen]

my friends with $2500 bikes are always bitching about how much junk they are.. but those same guys ride circles around the pretty boys that can afford the shiny, pretty 4k bikes.

:biggrin: :haha:

cross country is definitly all rider no bike but downhill is totally different...having a properly set up bike with tuned suspesion makes all the difference..you cant really be competitive on a crappy downhill bike unless you are super fast