particular riders doing what you wouldent think is possible, getting yourself to do the stuff you dident think you could do, its the best rush and its free with awesome riders to aspire to...  what more could you want? apart from naked ladies waiting at home for you arghgh

Girls motivate me 

What motivates me..... hmmmm....

to get fit
to keep fit

i will go out on the rodie if its dry. or stick it on the trainer if it is lashing it down



why i do what i do?....

ride hard, go big,

to aim to go that 1 better, take the bigger line, tkae the harsher landing, to try and exceed myself at every stage.

constantly try to push my limits. which i think is true of the majoraty (sp) of us, weather it be how big you go, how fast you are, how technical you are.

 i'm just a nut who wants to stand out from the rest.



gonch

main thing that motivates me is to try and be faster than my mates and do the best I can.
But seeing somthing good like a huge no hander or somone doing something so fast you cant believe it always makies you want to go out and do that.

what motivates me to ride is the mere thought of being a mincer, someone who has nothing, who watches tv and bums around with their life. Being part of the riding lifestyle and riding my bike with my friends is without doubt the most fun thing I have found to do with my spare time, combined with heavy metal and having an aggressive attitude to doing things, wanting to not be a mincer, wanting to hit everything hard be it at a gig, on a night out, or just in general not being worried about failing, trying everything, going out when you might not be in the mood or only have a fiver, taking that risk.

If I didn't have the inspiration of other people who live like this, sean palmer, henry rollins, my flatmates, all the guys and girls I meet through riding, musicians in my faviourite bands, my best mates then I wouldn't want to go out and ride when it's wet, push myself, do everything and take all the chances that come up then I'd be a mincer - and that is the one thing that life is about for me - don't live with restraint, go all in, buy 2 pints rather than 1, start a pit with your mates when everyone is just nodding their heads, go off that big gap, I'd rather burn out than fade away for sure even if I'm not the coolest with all the women but I know that I do something because it seemed like a good idea at the time and it was fun. Riding bikes as fast as I can and going as big as I dare is all part of pushing yourself to be a better person - it's the way forward.

I didn't ride today I know but I know that I will push it that little bit more next time - stay out till I pass out another night and speak to everyone that makes an effort because that's what makes life sweet. That is my motivation.

yeah, I think I agree with that. If I took away riding and all things associated with it, I really wouldn't have much to do. When I don't ride or tinker with bikes in one way or another, I doss on the internet and sit around at home. I read a lot more books too, but that's a good thing I think as it challenges the mind. 

If it's pouring with rain out and I don't feel like doing something just to keep the fitness side of things going, I seem to find motivation from the idea that if I don't go out today, then what I've been doing so far will have been a waste of time. If I plan to do x rides per week and I miss one, I feel like I've broken the pattern and that when I look back in my mind's eye it doesn't look quite as good as it should do.

I think the things that keep me motivated are a love of doing something active, and cycling happens to be what I fell in with, and also variety. Right now I'm riding bmx nearly every time I ride and loving it. I'm progressing and giving myself little goals, for instance going into a double peg stall in a mini, straight into another. Sounds easy, but I'm a bit inconsistent at them, and I really have to trust my pegs to get the coping on the second one as I feel like I'm going so slow. When I get it I'm stoked, and it keeps me wanting to try again and again.  In a few weeks or a month I'll probably have the trails bug, or maybe road (that was my last bug, all I wanted to do!!) and then probably DH just in time for the season.

Like someone says at the begginging of the collective (tyker klassen i think)
"I ride bike because i havn't found anything more fun"

what gets me motivated is the thought of blasting down a decent singletrack route either in the scottish highlands or be it in the lake district.i love riding its what i am ,not a single minute goes past without me thinking of mtbing i may not be the best but it doesnot matter i like doing my race series 1 a month to race against other but im not in it to win it every other time.if my mates blast off and miss all the little technical NATURAL bit of the trail and win so be it,thats not what its about for me its just to getting out and rideing and have fun.


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