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Trev:
I was just having a chat with Nick (Gashead) about my riding and how often i get to go out on my bike.

i've now been back into riding about 18 months. in that time i would ride maybe once a week. usually charlton on a wednesday. if it was dry and i wasn't too tired on a sunday morning, i might have occasionally gone to Rom. In that 18 months I have only learnt a few new tricks. things were going very slowly. too slowly for my liking. i was always finding an excuse not to ride more than just charlton & rom. whether it be going out to the pub or just tiredness.

anyway, over the last month or so, i've had leave to burn, so been up Corby a few times. We've also had a few sessions at Creation and more recently me & Rarman have been going up to Skaterham once a week.  getting all this extra riding in has made a huge difference. i am now getting my fitness levels up. no longer do i feel really knackered after riding and feel fine the day after. i'm getting more and more comfortable on a bike again. i've started hitting ramps just holding the grips and not having my fingers hoverring over the brake levers. all of a sudden things are starting to fall into place. in the last week or so, i've gone from landing on top of the jump box to getting my front wheel clear. a couple of weeks and i reckon i might start clearing it. i went over the spine at skaterham. something that i've bottled ever since i got back into riding. and last week i even managed to pop out of the vert ramp at skaterham. i probably achieved as much in the last couple of weeks as i have done in the 12 months prior to that.

now i'm at the stage where i'm really enjoying being on a bike. sure i was enjoying it before, but i'd be at charlton on a wednesday and enjoying it and looking forward to riding there again the following week. now after riding somewhere, i want to ride again the next day. putting the hours in is starting to pay off.

so to everyone else who like me, have been struggling this time round, stick with it. it will come good in the end. as long as you get some riding hours under your belt, you'll be fine. the key is riding constantly. i was finding everytime i got on a bike, i was near enough starting from scratch and it would take a good hour to get back to where i was the last time i rode.  now days it doesn't take as long.

So stick with it. Get on your bike as much as you can, even if it is just riding around the block and you'll get there in the end. I hope I do.

evamedia:
Good news Trev.

Time in the saddle, time in the saddle, it's the only way you can progress.

SaMAlex:
Nice one Trev. Really cool  :daumenhoch:

jimwise68:
Nice one Trev.

The hardest part is not the riding it is finding the time to do the riding.

Trev:

--- Quote from: jimwise68 on April 02, 2008, 11:21 AM ---Nice one Trev.

The hardest part is not the riding it is finding the time to do the riding.

--- End quote ---

Tell you what Jim, I used to struggle to find the time to ride. But now i'm finding it more comfortable to ride, it's amazing how much easier it is to find the time. I think everyone could find the time if they really wanted to.

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