What kind of riding do you like ?

[Jersey Woods]

Dirt Dame and I were discussing rock riding in another thread. I thought this might be way to find out the likes and dislikes of the riders we have here in this forum....

I like to ride in the sand..... I really used to be terrible in it but I got better in it the more I rode it... My new WR 150 really has really helped me ride a lot better in that stuff.... I also like riding in twisty winding pine tree single track sections... I'm not a rocket in those sections but I do like riding those trails.. I absolutely love riding in fast fire cuts in the forest... They are rough on the body but I love to fly in those sections.. I'm not real crazy about the deep mud and water sections but I do ride them when it's on a course... Whoops are another story.... I like them and I hate them depending on how deep they are and if they are in a pine tree section...Open whoops are one thing but the whoops in between trees suck.. I hate rock riding with a passion.... I'm not an avid hill climber but if it's on the course I'll ride it also (My KTM is great in that stuff)..... I'm by no stretch of the imagination a MX rider, but I do go to a MX practice track not far from my house to ride and practice..... I really enjoy riding hare scrambles because they are a mix of everything all in one course....

 

[huskybear]

I like to ride fast flowing single-track in the woods,slow technical stuff,hill climbs are ok as long as they don't get vertical!,I'm ok with mud as long as it has a bottom some-where! I also like exploring old mining and logging/ranch roads and just off-road riding in general. I don't do mx any-more - been there,hurt that!

 

[Jersey Woods]

I also like exploring old mining and logging/ranch roads and just off-road riding in general.

That exploring thing is something I really need to do more of.. We don't have logging/ranching/mining roads here but I have to find some stuff like that.. We do have a lot of trails in South Jersey that bring you to old and forgotten towns deep in the Pine Barons... I will have to travel for a weekend somewhere to ride stuff like you mentioned... I need to find places like that and get some friends together for some fun..

 

[MotoMarc36]

Fun topic, thanks!

I pretty much have fun anytime I am on any bike, anywhere! But the name says it all. I like fast MX tracks with big floating jumps. Yummy deep loam corners. I do despise hardpack with dryslick dust. Love sand, love sand whoops, but I'm afraid of rock-hard SX whoops and get smoked as I double and triple my way through them. I'm terrified to blitz the top of them, my broken body screams "DON'T!!!"! I race MX at least once a month and practice MX once or twice a week. I have raced Enduro's and Harescrambles and loved that, too, but miss the flying. I am also kind of anal about my bike and don't like grinding it through mud! I enjoy it but frett about it later! We race ICE in the winter on roadrace-style courses, some laid out by the master Jeff Fredette.

Hope this thread takes of. It's easy to see things only through your own eyes and I really enjoy reading how others like to ride!

 

[Dirtdame]

I love the singletrack, coastal hills, high desert or mountain forest. It's all the same to me. I like stuff that keeps me on my toes, but isn't too dangerous. I'm willing to tackle a couple of black diamond situations, just a s long as a couple of them is all I have to encounter during a day on the trails. Relentless black diamond stretches make me lose interest in riding really quickly. I also hate deep sand, and so I don't frequent the lower deserts or other areas where it might be prevalent too often.

 

[Gotlabs]

I started riding in 2008, I was dual sporting. I really enjoyed the adventure side of ds'ing, seeing different areas via backroads. Occasionally, hitting a offroad park for some "extreme" riding. I started racing during the fall of 2010 and discovered what "real" riding was about, racing made me a better all around rider. Racing in VA allows me to experience terrain from coastal sand to the westerly mountain rocky terrain. I have ventured back to my home state of South Carolina several times to race enduros and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Aside from racing, I enjoy technical, rocky terrain....the kind that gets your heart rate up to about 90% of max. I can ride mud fairly well, but don't enjoy it just because of the aftermath I have to clean up.

So I guess I like everything from run down back roads, to gnarly hilly rock climbs. Doesn't much matter, as long as I'm twisting the wrist and changing gears.

 

[adam6402]

I like it all. However, I really miss riding in the desert where I grew up in Tucson, AZ. One of our favorite places was riding the powerline roads and the hundreds of off-shooting trails and sandy washes between Tucson and Phoenix and all around the Tortollita mountains Northwest of Tucson. Also love trail riding out hear in the midwest. Being an older guy, like the more natural sytle dirt tracks with easier terrain, not whooped out and lots of crazy jumps that the younger breed seem to love.

 

[huskybear]

That exploring thing is something I really need to do more of.. We don't have logging/ranching/mining roads here but I have to find some stuff like that.. We do have a lot of trails in South Jersey that bring you to old and forgotten towns deep in the Pine Barons... I will have to travel for a weekend somewhere to ride stuff like you mentioned... I need to find places like that and get some friends together for some fun..

My brother and I usually get out a few times a year on long weekends and explore on the bikes. We get up,have breakfast pack a lunch,fill up the bikes ,study our mapbooks and try to find old routes through different areas.Usually we will do around 70-80 miles round trip each day. We have discovered many interesting things and beautiful scenery on these trips and the riding is great.No pavement and a mixture of every-thing from tight ugly single-track to gravel roads along the way.These trips are what I use my 450 husaberg for. I prefer my wr150 for the trails though!.

 

[FatDaddyMX]

I grew up riding MX, and at 55, I still love riding and racing on tracks like Glen Helen. But I hate the doubles and triples. Old age has given me a little sanity. I also like a full day out in the desert. A lot depends on who you are riding with. Any day riding with friends wins, hands down, for me. and the BBQ and fire afterwards is just icing on the cake.

 

[ray_ray]

Dirt...any dirt, rock, or other combination ... then make it wet 1/2 the time and all the previous trails are now, new dirt\mud trails to ride ... You become a well-rounded rider riding different stuff on a regular basis ... Toss in up&down hills and its perfect dirt riding ... Lots of the riding here changes so quickly from mile to mile... You gotta stay on your toes always ....

I grew up riding MX, and at 55, I still love riding and racing on tracks like Glen Helen. But I hate the doubles and triples. Old age has given me a little sanity.

Everyone here rides the same tracks on race day and other than about the 3 top classes, we all just roll the big jumps as fast as possible .... ... I'm not going past 30-40' in the air as a default ...

 

[LandofMotards]

Having recently got back into dirt bikes I seem to love the spots that need a little planning. Rocky uphills are a blast. I would really love to try some endurcross like stuff.

Since the question is more what kind of riding though, I really look forward to racing supermoto. Mostly because I'm a big wuss. It seems like Supermoto was made for me. I can combine my sportbike and mx experience without the fear of triples and taking a turn wide at triple digit speeds

 

[fletchman45]

I like tight nasty singletrack with a mix of off cambers, hills, lots of rocks, and some flowing stuff at times give me log crossings, water, mud and make it a trail where if you veer off track you may be in the hospital, trees to close to get thru, woods so thick the sun does not shine, hill climbs that give a 250 fits (not in MN) trails that rip your shrouds off (not hard on a husky) whoops big ones that make your legs hurt. Any thing nasty that makes me hone in on a orange POS and pass with intimidation and authority. On and occasional lazy day 4 wheeler wide stuff to practice high speed riding, and sometimes sand to stay in scope with wot operation. And on a crazy day wet nasty conditions and rain while riding and and occasional rail road grade with 6-speed WOT conditions that even make a Husky headshake!! My idea of fun is anything that causes light bruising, musle pain, slight blood loss and my veins sticking a 1/4 inch out of my forehead. Yes while in the ARMY I jumped out of airplanes and did extreme stuff!!! Anything that provides fun and relaxation and beers with your buddy's and cool storys to tell are good to me!!

 

[wallybean]

Right about now with the snow piling up and the temps dipping, any riding would be good. Love the tight, gnarly stuff.

 

[fletchman45]

Right about now with the snow piling up and the temps dipping, any riding would be good. Love the tight, gnarly stuff.

Don't feel bad. 20 below windchills tonight and a high of 12 degrees tomorrow and snow/ Yuck

 

[lankydoug]

I like the long rough rooted rocky uphill single track that makes you lug 2nd gear in the midrange. I also like slolom type berms on single track that winds through cedar thickets, especially on the last lap of a hare scramble when the dirt is loose. Really rough technical stuff is good when it's trials like but with just a little flow to it. I don't like gravel roads and rocky steep down hills with loose baby head sized rocks. I either love or hate sand depending on what mood I'm in when I hit a sand section. I've been working on my forks and trying to improve my attitude on rocky downhill section but for now it's still my least favorite. Nothing is bad when I'm riding with friends especially when the scenery is the Mark Twain forest or the Rocky Mountians.

 

[jmetteer]

I like technical nasty trails that allow me to use my long legs and trials background to catch faster riders that I cant on a normal day. If the average speed for the day is less than 15mph I am a happy camper, especially after my sudden stops from high speed last year... We rode 35 miles of some really really nasty trails today with the Oregon AA champ, a 2 time Erzberg top 50 qualifier, one top 20 finisher in endurox for the year and a couple other very solid riders. It is amazing to watch these guys ride, just fun the whole time.

The highlight of the day was pushing a 2012 KTM350xcf with my foot for 5 miles after it decided to stop running for no apparent reason, on my Husky! He got lucky that it was at the top of a long long hill and there was very little pushing to get to the road.

Might as well toss in some photos from today...

Before the day even started we were working on bikes, Ben broke his rim lock the night before installing new rubber. AA Jason works at a bike shop and grabbed a new one from the shop and brought it out because Ben lives 90 miles south of us.

Erzberg Don installed his new skid plate in the parking lot too. Oh and enduroX Kieth woke up late to drive 90mph to get there as we are all geared up and bikes fixed, only to have his KTM crap out 15 miles in. Fast guys can be a little under prepared. :-)

I took a rock to the lip from the rear of the 350 2 miles in, it made me bleed, I was mad.

The motley crew.

With all the rain the creeks and rivers were swollen and flowing fast.

While KTM diagnostics went on, shenanigans happened...

Odus tried out my 125 and loved it.

Erzberg don won the big air contest...

A stump may have been harmed in the taking of this photo...

And that is it from the PNWet from today, unless Kelly has more. He was in the same area but does not enjoy the beating these guys usually dish out, cant say I blame him much, it is crazy when you don't break 40 miles and cant feel your arms at the end of the day. It is rewarding though, in a sick way.

Well, that got a bit long winded...

Later,

 

[jmetteer]

Don't feel bad. 20 below windchills tonight and a high of 12 degrees tomorrow and snow/ Yuck

Snow can be fun too, at times. On this ride it never got above 34 degrees, it was 27-29 most of the day. That is practically a heat wave for you guys. :-)

After this one I took a month off of riding, the last two rides back I felt better than have since my injury a year ago. I am finally flowing better and just feel great on the bike in the slick nasty conditions.

Click for video...


Later,

 

[huskybear]

It's funny how you can be on a ride through hell with every-one hating you for taking them through it and later around the camp-fire they thank you for it and say it was a great ride! Must be a sickness of some kind,I think we all have a little of it!

 

[ghte]

Single track for me, especially when it can be a mix of technical stuff mixed with faster flowing recovery stuff. Where we ride in Sydney we are fortunate in getting the mix pretty right. Hills, rocks, sand, mud, trees and tight ST stuff. I find the 310 is brilliant at this stuff.

 

[wallybean]

Snow can be fun too, at times. On this ride it never got above 34 degrees, it was 27-29 most of the day. That is practically a heat wave for you guys. :-)

After this one I took a month off of riding, the last two rides back I felt better than have since my injury a year ago. I am finally flowing better and just feel great on the bike in the slick nasty conditions.

Click for video...


Later,

Unfortunately for us all the riding areas are under several feet of heavy snow. The environazi's shut down all our low elevation riding many years ago. Really glad to hear that you are finally feeling good in the saddle.