c.j wrote:Hz-Lab wrote:U don't need fitness for downhill lol, you just roll down a hill ha.
Bullshit, lol. You need fitness to remain calm and concentrate on the obstacles and hit the right line. I am not that green Hz.
I'll change my statement then
Hz-Lab wrote:U don't need fitness to ride downhill lol, but you need fitness to ride downhill fast.
Truth be told though, unfit, you can handle a few runs, but then you're so fatigued that you make mistakes and it becomes dangerous. I can do 10 runs now (with shuttles) before the arms and legs start getting a bit wonky. The 1st lot of shuttle runs I ever went on I was rather buggered after 4. You don't feel puffed, you just feel weak, it's an odd sensation compared to slugging it out on some Single Track.
But then if we talk about Walk ups, sheesh, I hate walkups, just sucks that every trail next to me can't be shuttled.. My local Trail, which is known as "80 acres" or just "80's" to the cool kids like me, is walk up only, I normally get 2 runs in up there over an hour. Walking up the hills is good for you sure, but pushing a almost 20kg bike back up with you whilst carrying all the extra weight from body armor and being padded up sure does hammer you. You can do it all day though, you just need to take your rest opportunities.
One time though, at the Mitcham trails here in Adelaide, I saw a guy on a Downhill bike put in about 15 runs while I was exploring on my XC bike, he belted down and then walked back up with astounding pace, he looked fit as, and he damn well must of been. What a freak..lol. Mitcham is one of the smaller trails around but it's still like 300m of elevation over 2k's or something.