I have been extremely humbled. I recently got my first mountain bike. I’ve always ridden moto and offroad type racing. (Dirtbikes) I’ve skated, skied.
I’ve always looked at MTB and thought how much I wanted to do it but never really had the chance.
I finally got my first MTB the other day and went on a nice mountain trail for my first time. I always thought I was in shape. I can run a prettt decent pace. I can do a 5k just fine. But wow.
I realized how out of shape I was during the climb. I was DYING. Breathing harder than I have in a long time! I honestly didn’t realize how much of a workout it would be climbing, but like I said, I guess I’m out of shape! 😂
The decent was amazing. Felt like I was on my dirtbike going through some trail., except way more free feeling. Man it was a blast. I’m locked in now!
Plus this is going to be great cross training for Mx.
And now I appreciate the MTB videos I watch that much more. I always watched them and I guess thought since I rode Mx that hitting those crazy lines and jumps through trees can’t be THAT hard. I have a long way to go. 😎🤠
Welcome to the fold. I used to consider MTB just a cross training tool for my MX racing as well, but now it's another passion. You may feel the same before too long!
Long time mountain biker. Been riding enduro moto for about 7 years now. I was pretty MTB fit when I got my moto. Some of that transferred but a lot did not. They both are cardiovascular intense but require different strengths and different muscles. I was humbled on the moto for several years before I got into some shape. The techniques are vastly different too. Welcome to MTB, it is addicting like moto is and gives a nice change of pace. You will have an advantage coming to MTB.
Though jumping a moto and MTB are WILDLY different.
Jeremy Martin just went a little over 7 hours at his first Leadville a few weeks ago which is incredible. A lot of folks never achieve it.
Welcome!
If you’re like any of the other moto guys I’ve known over the years - once you acclimate you’ll by blowing my doors off. Give it a year and you’ll be ripping.
So true. 🤣
About a decade ago I read an article that Specialized's highest paid sponsored athlete was actually a moto guy who did his cardio training on a road bike, Specialized of course.
Is anyone else aware of this, or is this just a hallucination on my part?
IDK about their highest paid rider but you will see a ton of Specialized bikes in the pits at the moto races and also the Spez logo on several top moto guy's jerseys.
When Gwin was at Intense I believe he helped get Intense bikes in at WPS (Western Powersports) which is a huge distributor of moto stuff. It put Intense e-bikes in a ton of powersports shops. I saw a lot of them at moto enduro races for course walks.
Bike brands are definitely trying to expand their markets to moto folk
I used to consider myself reasonably bike fit, but then I tried running and the first km killed me. It doesn't sound like you're unfit, so much as not conditioned to what human powered bikes require from your body. Being from moto I'm sure you already have an upper body advantage. Enjoy the journey!
Get an E-bike. I have both. Moto is next mostly cause my son will get one.
Post a pic of your bike so you can learn the truly nerdy, condescending and obsessively inane personalities of mountain bikers.
Then you'll be all in.👁️
Imo it just takes a little bit for your body to learn how to control your heart rate on the climbs. Once you get that down, it gets way easier. I did an off road Moto event recently and I was 10x more sore from that than I ever am from Mtb.
Had the exact same experience two weeks ago. Fired up.
Thanks guys. Figured I’d post a couple pics of the bike. It’s a YT Capra Core 2. Got the Renthal flat pedals 😎
How long are those crank arms?
Welcome to the MTB fold! That bike will do fine by ya as you progress and start riding your MTB like your dirt bike. Have fun
Got a Baja truck compared to what lot of us started out on.
Right?! My 140mm 27.5 bike is better than my first DH bike. Like not even comparable. Better fitting, better suspension, better brakes, slacker... literally better in every single way. Bikes are so damn good these days. For capable moto guys, they just come over, get some basic fitness and then just crush it.
Only thing I would change in your sentence is to 150mm
Moto guy here. I have raced offroad (enduros, HS, etc.) for 25+ years.
I also ride and race bicycles a TON. A lot will come pretty naturally, a lot will also need to be learned.
That Capra is a sweet bike. It'll be a bit of a tank when climbing but is completely capable of nearly everything you'll throw at it. You can enjoy it on lift assisted DH trails if wanted, as well as pedal some miles on it.
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