Screw trainers in the winter ... mountain bikes, cyclocross bikes, commuter bikes... that's where it's at baybee...

dude. you live in michigan - take that little ring off.

Like you, I have just re-discovered mountain biking. Since I moved to Canada this summer, there are much better opportunities and better trails than my old home, so I've been getting on the trail about once a week. A different trail each week, its great.

It is like being a kid again, I just tend to chicken out in the really challenging technical stuff, since I normally think about the fact that I need to go to work on Monday.

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My corner of Michigan is pretty flat but not these trails.

Up down up down up up up weeee!!!

Oh no, slow down for that hair pin turn between the trees!!!

jaretj

Have to agree with you. Got a MTB last month. Total blast! No worries about aero this, carbon that. Just ride and have fun. And no one tells me my seat is too high.

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Your seat is too high.

(I'm rolling my eyes at me too)

Your MTB seat is too high... ;)

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I also took to mtn biking 2 days/week in lieu of my road bike (I'm still on that every Saturday), and am also loving it. I don't even have clipless pedals for my mtb...I'd probably get hurt if I did, but I'm enjoying the new terrain, lack of people/traffic, and the legwork that climbing the steeps gives me. A great off-season diversion from doing the same road cycling routes over and over again.

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Ever seen a singlespeeder in action? You can climb standing but it takes different technique. I can climb almost anything on the SS I can on the regular bike and it is great strength building. Take those derailleurs off, add a singulator and single cog and get stronger!

Two words: single speed.

I have to wash the puke of my bike after every ride.

Oh yeah, rigid, too. No front shock. No rear suspension. Just like a big BMX bike.

Now, get a good light and hit the trail at night. There's nothing like a smooth singletrack at night. Pure concentration and silence.

Dry my ass, some of the best mtb is in the winter in the snow, I may be riding at Island lake after swimming Sat with a group if your interested.



Styrrell

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Styrrell

Agree. Last Saturday rode my entire ride through a couple inches of snow. Some of that down some amazing burmed single track.

Nothing better.

Sure but there is no swimming this week at Schoolcraft

Hope I can keep up.

jaretj

Throw on some studded tires and ride on ice and snow. It's a blast and ice does a lot for improving form riding up hills.

I have studded tires on my Softride mountain bike and my fixie and do most of my winter rides outside