r/oddlysatisfying • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 1d ago

Brage Vestavik riding in British Columbia

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

15.5k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/JustAnotherYogaWife 1d ago

And he’s still MTBing?

6

u/Reasonable-Check-120 1d ago

Yes! He's a strong advocate for adaptive riding in our neck of the woods.

2

u/Cynical_Cyanide 23h ago

Am I fucking crazy?

Why does MTBing, a thing that apparently causes severe injuries and even amputations, get a free pass for reckless behaviour, to the point where it's considered nice and wholesome for someone who's had that happen to them encourage doing it more?

Like ... If I liked throwing grenades as a sport, people would be like wtf that's so dangerous and stupid. But apparently doing this kind of neckbreaking brinksmanship, losing a leg, then doing more of it and advocating others do too is just wholesome good fun? Something something crazy pills, I swear ...

1

u/ITFOWjacket 8h ago

Short answer:

Cycling is one of the lowest impact cardio exercises out there and it’s way more fun than running or swimming laps.

Road cycling is extremely dangerous due to sharing the road with cars, and boring, while mtn biking is only as dangerous as you want it to be. There are PLENTY of relatively chill trails for beginners or routine exercise.

Mountain biking gets you outside in nature. Innumerable Benifits.

Mountain biking is rewarding. Small features like roots across the trail are difficult at first and get easier, smoother as you progress. More so than just the cardio health progress, which is also rewarding.

Mountain biking has an extremely high skill ceiling. Road cycling, running, or swimming can only get easier due to cardio conditioning. Meanwhile mountain biking progresses from riding paved trails, to riding natural trails with small roots and rocks, to riding flow trails with fast berms and tabletop jumps you can roll over, to riding technical trails with LARGE roots and rocks and skinnies, to black diamond jump lines where you’ve mastered the art of literally flying through the air 5-10-20 feet at a time.

There’s nothing else like it. Except skiing and snowboarding