Hi Marie, that wiggle after you did the slope/drop haha. My pulse went up and i was swearing for you too as you approached the other very rocky and very vertical drop.....when you were first looking at it i was like.....omg.....no way!! I don't think i have enough years left to acquire the necessary skills and sphericals to attempt vertical rocky drops like that one...at least not without some serious coaching and building up to features like that. ....and a bucket load of amino acids for my emotional and mental strength! Healing takes longer as you get older when you come a cropper haha Although i'm quite confident in my abilities on flowy blue trails (and the kit i have presently reflects that) i seriously need to get some knee and elbow protection for rougher more feature packed trail riding! I have a great posh poc helmet though its only open face, some mx gloves(from my motorbike days which are perfect) five ten shoes etc, still have all my motorbike gear, full helmet, armoured jacket, armoured trousers and armoured jeans and all the thermal gear and waterproofs... but they maybe slightly overkill haha...and way too heavy for riding on cycles with :) I think along with at least knee and elbow pads i could do with getting a full face helmet and some good goggles/sunglasses too....i have some clear riding glasses which i use when riding my hybrid when fitness/road riding, and some polarized amber fishing glasses i actually bought for driving many moons ago which are fantastic for colour and contrast highlighting but not sure they'd be up to getting hit with stones and anything trails could throw up at them. ....i cant imagine i'd get hit in the face with a fish whilst out on the bike, you never know though eh? haha Update on the healing after my goinkbladder surgery 7 weeks ago today, everything has gone well so far, just the remnants of one dissolvable stitch to go and that will be the end of that, seem to be ok with eating thankfully so i can tuck into fish and chips, pizza and other fatty foods now and then without too much worry, for some people digesting fats after the removal of the goinkbladder can be problematic and whatever they ate can "pass" straight through them, i have been told if start to have trouble then taking bile salts with food can help with that. So far i probably wont have to. Too much information haha. i've been out on the bike a few times locally for short rides but have been busy working through Ramadan, its a busy time of the year for us taxi drivers when many of the Asian lads disappear to break their fast around sunset, glad its over with now and looking to get out on some trails when the weather is nice..... i'll be soon off up to Parkwood, rother valley and lady cannings too, i'll have to re-watch a couple of your videos because there were some great flowy trails you've been on i would like to try too, if forget which ones they were. Even though its local to me i'll be giving the teeth, bone, brain, sinew and goinkbladder shaking pub run of Grenoside a miss haha, it was after riding the pub run last September that my goinkbladder issues began, think i shook the goinkstones loose i didnt know i had back then! Having said that i may go on the Greno pubrun again but make sure i have my tyre pressures and suspension set up appropriately, it probably makes a huge difference! :) Along with it being 7 weeks today since my surgery, it was ten years ago today May the Fourth 2012 my dads funeral up at Grenoside crematorium overlooking Sheffield....Qi-Gon-Jim.....he went out like a Jedi!!.....which helped at the time, and still does, due to a flood of other synchronicities and shared experiences we had together back then and with my son through his childhood....and he is soon to be 26yrs old a week tomorrow, where does time go? :)
Glad you're doing well after your surgery and your recovery is coming along 👍 The little shimmy... yeah - that's just me un-filtered 😂😂😂 Those two entries weren't actually too bad at all, but I've always avoided riding them for some reason. I'll get around to actually riding Worry Gill some time - just have to build up to it 😊 No shame in walking away from a feature if you're not feeling up to it 😉 Definitely get some good trail type elbow and knee pads. I wear the full-face mainly because I scraped my face open once, and since I work with people, I really don't want that again - it's actually a convertible helmet - so the chin-bar comes off, which is handy when you get stuck slogging up long fire-road climbs... I think my riding glasses were sub £40 off amazon... they even do the transition lens thing - no need to spring ££££ for expensive oakleys or similar!
@@WussyCatMTB Thanks Marie👍. I think thats the trick for Worry Gill, as with most things in life that can be overwhelming, building up to it, doing similar smaller features until confidence and momentum with new balance and skill can get you through such things! Going to have to look around for a helmet with a removable chin bar, my motorbike helmet has something similar which lifted up out of the way, obviously too heavy for this job though. The mtb helmet i have is really good but when i get a little more adventurous on trails with features etc i'm going to need that extra protection of a full face helmet(with removable chin bar), once i have one and some pads and new glasses/goggles(they can be so expensive...in excess of £200 some of them 😵) i think that will then be my spending done....apart from general maintenance on the bike etc.
It’s not cheap, is it … On the other hand - how much are your various body parts worth to you? I’m self-employed, so I can’t really afford to get injured 🤕 We both have Bell helmets - mine is a super 3R, and he has a Super DH (which is actually downhill rated with the bar attached). I think all the big brands have convertible lids, but if you already have a nice helmet, it’s probably more cost effective to just get a nice, light full face. I rarely actually ride without the chin bar - it’s where I mount the camera now…
Hi Marie, that wiggle after you did the slope/drop haha. My pulse went up and i was swearing for you too as you approached the other very rocky and very vertical drop.....when you were first looking at it i was like.....omg.....no way!! I don't think i have enough years left to acquire the necessary skills and sphericals to attempt vertical rocky drops like that one...at least not without some serious coaching and building up to features like that. ....and a bucket load of amino acids for my emotional and mental strength! Healing takes longer as you get older when you come a cropper haha
Although i'm quite confident in my abilities on flowy blue trails (and the kit i have presently reflects that) i seriously need to get some knee and elbow protection for rougher more feature packed trail riding! I have a great posh poc helmet though its only open face, some mx gloves(from my motorbike days which are perfect) five ten shoes etc, still have all my motorbike gear, full helmet, armoured jacket, armoured trousers and armoured jeans and all the thermal gear and waterproofs... but they maybe slightly overkill haha...and way too heavy for riding on cycles with :)
I think along with at least knee and elbow pads i could do with getting a full face helmet and some good goggles/sunglasses too....i have some clear riding glasses which i use when riding my hybrid when fitness/road riding, and some polarized amber fishing glasses i actually bought for driving many moons ago which are fantastic for colour and contrast highlighting but not sure they'd be up to getting hit with stones and anything trails could throw up at them. ....i cant imagine i'd get hit in the face with a fish whilst out on the bike, you never know though eh? haha
Update on the healing after my goinkbladder surgery 7 weeks ago today, everything has gone well so far, just the remnants of one dissolvable stitch to go and that will be the end of that, seem to be ok with eating thankfully so i can tuck into fish and chips, pizza and other fatty foods now and then without too much worry, for some people digesting fats after the removal of the goinkbladder can be problematic and whatever they ate can "pass" straight through them, i have been told if start to have trouble then taking bile salts with food can help with that. So far i probably wont have to. Too much information haha. i've been out on the bike a few times locally for short rides but have been busy working through Ramadan, its a busy time of the year for us taxi drivers when many of the Asian lads disappear to break their fast around sunset, glad its over with now and looking to get out on some trails when the weather is nice..... i'll be soon off up to Parkwood, rother valley and lady cannings too, i'll have to re-watch a couple of your videos because there were some great flowy trails you've been on i would like to try too, if forget which ones they were. Even though its local to me i'll be giving the teeth, bone, brain, sinew and goinkbladder shaking pub run of Grenoside a miss haha, it was after riding the pub run last September that my goinkbladder issues began, think i shook the goinkstones loose i didnt know i had back then! Having said that i may go on the Greno pubrun again but make sure i have my tyre pressures and suspension set up appropriately, it probably makes a huge difference! :)
Along with it being 7 weeks today since my surgery, it was ten years ago today May the Fourth 2012 my dads funeral up at Grenoside crematorium overlooking Sheffield....Qi-Gon-Jim.....he went out like a Jedi!!.....which helped at the time, and still does, due to a flood of other synchronicities and shared experiences we had together back then and with my son through his childhood....and he is soon to be 26yrs old a week tomorrow, where does time go? :)
Glad you're doing well after your surgery and your recovery is coming along 👍
The little shimmy... yeah - that's just me un-filtered 😂😂😂
Those two entries weren't actually too bad at all, but I've always avoided riding them for some reason.
I'll get around to actually riding Worry Gill some time - just have to build up to it 😊 No shame in walking away from a feature if you're not feeling up to it 😉
Definitely get some good trail type elbow and knee pads. I wear the full-face mainly because I scraped my face open once, and since I work with people, I really don't want that again - it's actually a convertible helmet - so the chin-bar comes off, which is handy when you get stuck slogging up long fire-road climbs...
I think my riding glasses were sub £40 off amazon... they even do the transition lens thing - no need to spring ££££ for expensive oakleys or similar!
@@WussyCatMTB Thanks Marie👍. I think thats the trick for Worry Gill, as with most things in life that can be overwhelming, building up to it, doing similar smaller features until confidence and momentum with new balance and skill can get you through such things!
Going to have to look around for a helmet with a removable chin bar, my motorbike helmet has something similar which lifted up out of the way, obviously too heavy for this job though. The mtb helmet i have is really good but when i get a little more adventurous on trails with features etc i'm going to need that extra protection of a full face helmet(with removable chin bar), once i have one and some pads and new glasses/goggles(they can be so expensive...in excess of £200 some of them 😵) i think that will then be my spending done....apart from general maintenance on the bike etc.
It’s not cheap, is it …
On the other hand - how much are your various body parts worth to you?
I’m self-employed, so I can’t really afford to get injured 🤕
We both have Bell helmets - mine is a super 3R, and he has a Super DH (which is actually downhill rated with the bar attached).
I think all the big brands have convertible lids, but if you already have a nice helmet, it’s probably more cost effective to just get a nice, light full face.
I rarely actually ride without the chin bar - it’s where I mount the camera now…
Don’t worry 😉
There is always next time, if you feel you want to tackle the feature 😊
Maybe your turn marks will even still be there 🤙
It really does look a lot steeper in real life!
We’ll see - going to have to build up to this one some more before trying again 👍