Diving or Mountain Biking?

[piscesdiver55]

This new forum member lives in Pisgah Forest, NC where mountain biking is the thing and my love of diving is the other thing. Wife Susan has been my diving buddy for many years and Bonaire is our dive location of choice.

 

[Asheron]

Simple answer......Both!!!

 

[tarponchik]

Mountain biking is for the young and diving is pretty much age independent. So you will figure out the answer soon.

 

[maadJurguer]

Both....welcome from Flagstaff....where mountain biking is king. As for riding being for the young....pfffft.

 

[Angelo Farina]

Mountain biking is for the young and diving is pretty much age independent. So you will figure out the answer soon.

But now we have these nice mountain bikes with electrical motor helping the elders...

 

[Marie13]

Biking is only to get in shape for diving.

 

[ScubaMarc]

Mountain biking is for the young and diving is pretty much age independent. So you will figure out the answer soon.

Not everyone needs to shred on the trails. I am middle age and ride a lot. I know guys who are 70/80 who ride just as much.

 

[Blackcrusader]

I don't mountain bike but I live in the mountains at altitude....

 

[tarponchik]

But now we have these nice mountain bikes with electrical motor helping the elders...

It's not about strength or endurance; it's about reaction and injuries. I quit when I was about 50, and I already felt like a dinosaur on the trails. All my friends quit MB long time ago, even the guy who was 20 years younger than me. I often hike where lots of MB-ers ride, like Dupont forest or Paris Mt, and I do not see any bikers older than 35-40, period.

 

[scott stanton]

Yup, both.
Maybe because I'm still young, but still having a blast splashing through puddles, getting muddy, and blasting around in the woods. I'm only 53.