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fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
Fossyant I admire your resilience, when I had my last serious off 2015 you were laid up with back injuries, I realised from your posts then there is always someone worse of than yourself, my shoulder has never recovered, I hope your back has,

I actually find the cycling helps my back. Didn't touch the bike for three weeks recently due to 'holidays' (oh the trauma) and despite walking an average of 6 miles a day, my back started to stiffen up. It's been fine when bike packing for four days over rough terrain. My hip is now mechanically good again, other than a bit of tendon clicking, but fine on the bike.

I managed to pick some nice back roads and avoid some of the busier ones yesterday, although you always come up against traffic in some areas, and I just 'wait it out' if it's too tight to filter safely.
 

joeegg

Regular
Location
Barnard Castle
I do both road and offroad as i have Hamsterley forest close to my home.
It is really refreshing to not have to think about or hear traffic when i am in the forest.You can make the riding as hard or as easy as you like and i believe riding off road helps handling skills.
If i could only ride one discipline then it would probably be off road.
 
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