Been mtbiking for 20 years, I still don't have Knee pad or long gloves. Am I doing it wrong. I've only broke one collar bone and about 50 million scun knees. She'll be right mate.
Thank you Bobo, every time I start watching too many too serious videos, you come along and put my mindset on the right track. Everyone needs to chill out from time to time. 😅
Man... It's freakin' 115 degrees here in the summer! I really love my fingerless gloves! Now my fingers are going to sweat too... But the real reason I wear them, and you should definitely understand this BoBo, is because it's nearly impossible to work 2 action cameras, a cellphone for navigation and camera, a watch for turning action camera on and off and changing songs, as well as the volume control on my wireless headset, when wearing gloves with fingers... So I have a good excuse.
I was a casual cross country mountain biker, did the occasional single track, I do live in a MTB Mecca… demoed and rode my first full suspension this year, bought one 6 weeks ago and ride nearly everyday. Everytime I am going downhill and use less brakes, lean into turns harder, charge rock gardens faster, feel the bike feeling lighter while linking turns… I think of this video, darn! :)
That's pretty much what we all did so I say let them be. It's like a right of passage. And, the Burning Man/Squarespace skit was well done as well. It's like getting two for one!
I can relate to this 😆 fingerless gloves, road helmet, cargo shorts and t shirt, no pads, but then again I ain’t jumping nor blazing on a downhill….just some trail riding
You're making me question the same fingerless gloves I picked up from walmart when i first started riding in 2020 that i keep in my trunk to avoid the smell.
Ah this is epic 😂😂😂 Currently recovering from a broken wrist (not from MB 😅) so not been able to ride for a while and so, I’m living my MB life through this channel at the min! 😂😂 Please keep them coming as so accurate..I 100% was that noob!
Scored some high performance titanium in my arm Wednesday. My last jump was a lawn dart to flat from 10’ up & and 15’ out. Thanks for helping me laugh about it mr bobo🤙🏼
Can confirm, about 2 months after getting my real full sus, I woke up in the hospital with a severe concussion... Apparently I was constantly asking my wife if my bike was okay 😂. If that's not the most mountain biker thing, idk what is.. 🤷♂
DUDE, I 'm in it for the climb,......Earn it. age 23.5 for the third time.Dress don't mean shit. Last sumer I was yelling at buddy in front to get out of the saddle on the table tops, almost rode over him as he pict himself up, doesn't remember the landing. Full finger gloves, don't need them until you do. Have a 1/4 scab. with and with out on the tree would have taken a lot more, This is from retired heavy construction worker. Last. Picked up a rodie on very first MTN bike ride. Hey sailor we will show you a good time. 45 mins later at average 6 miles/hr. wow this is intense. speed up/ slow down every root and rock has a minor adjustment. that becomes muscle memory. And then there is the intense down hill...... another creature.
Except doesn't it eventually go full circle to where the true hardcore shredders don't care what they wear anymore because they will blow you away with their steaze?
If I don’t wear gloves, when out riding,I wil always get cuts and scratches on my hands, not good when I have to wash and disinfect them in alcohol multiple times a day 😖
Personally, every crash Ive ever had, knee pads would be the last item i need. A chest protector/pad, and shoulder/elbow pads have always been more useful. Hell, even a sturdy longsleeve shirt is more useful than knee pads for the forearm protection. Lets be honest, most people crash going OTB, or a combo of falling sideways and otb, your knees are the last part to need protection in those cases. Id even wear hip pads before knee pads. I think most people wear them to complete the "look" and never really need them.
Nice vid Bobo. I should have heeded this warning more seriously. First trip to Ride Rock Creek and I broke my damn foot. Guess I am the jerk who went straight to the park...
I did the opposite. I went from mountain biking to road biking. Helmet (with visor), SPD pedals, mtb shoes, baggies, t shirt (hadn't earned my first "century" jersey yet - that came many long, miserable hours later when I was starting to wonder if my saddle had fallen off and I was sitting on the seat post), and a fully loaded Camelbak. Hadn't joined the cool guy roadies club quite yet (they made me ride in the back). In time, I figured out how awesome bibs, road shoes, road pedals, water bottles, jersey pockets and small saddle bags with CO2 cartridges were....😅
I'm fairly new to bike park riding, I was thinking about asking a coach for some lessons I see at the park every now-and-then. Fast forward 3 weeks, and I was in line and saw him at the lift in a sling. I said, hey Hunter, broken collarbone? Hunter: Yeah, I was going too fast. Me: ( in my head) Hmmm...I'll find another coach. Then said, wow, dude. Sorry that happened. Hunter, if you happen to see this, no offense man. It's all good.
OK- CRX owners, SOUND OFF! Who had a CRX? Mine was an OG - '84 crx!!! That's the first year they imported them! LOL 'You've already met your insurance deductible'! It really is shocking how having insurance DRASTICALLY changed my skill level! LOL
Screw your expensive bike gear. Been riding for years. I wear whatever is comfortable. That includes old shorts, comfortable skate shoes, and fingerless gloves. I could care less what anyone thinks.
Skinny jeans?? Really? If you're looking to be hip with whatever the latest fashion is, then you shouldn't be mountain biking really. Go hang out at the nearest starbucks or whatever place serves up the latest cage-free, hormone-free, grass-fed, no-animal-was-harmed, save-the-trees-and-bushes flavored beer.
@@Benwa_ not Kirkland brand but the do sell a hardtail with a cheap sun tour fork for $300-$400. I bought two in Feb (wife and I) and then a MTB buddy took me to real trails and flow lines, after almost dying a few times I realized why such a cheap bike didn’t work. In June bought a stumpy evo elite… and wow 😆
Does any of these things really matter? So much for mountain biking being for something fun to do, you people have gone and turned it in to some expensive status symbol that means nothing. Ride what you want, in what you want how you want just go have fun thats all that matters.
I have to be honest with you about something. I hate sponsored ads, they suck big hairy ball sacks. But I watch yours all the way to the end because they aren't just an ad they are a comedy bit with naked piles, and now it burns when I pee.
Imagine going to bike park on a ebike while your real mtb bike is on a makeshift bike rack because you sold your car to pay off all the medical and bike debit you got for your first year of riding.
Then you get really good and start going back, wearing less and less protection, screw the kneepads, the gloves, the fullface the technical clothes and ride a steel hardtail 😂
