Dirt riders! Are you real men or just blokes?︱Cross Training Enduro

From http://www.crosstrainingenduro.com The motorcycle has undergone an incredible evolution since the 1800s, and as the machines evolved, so too did the riders. A new breed of man evolved to cope with the wicked powerbands, four inches of suspension travel and evil handling of these primitive monsters. Then the bloke wanders in and says he wants to buy extra volts for his battery. This is very obvious with bike maintenance. A real man can strip down a fourstroke and replace the big end in about thirty minutes. Yet strangely as motorbikes evolved further, the real man started to devolve into a new species commonly called the bloke. He ll grab a screwdriver and poke at things on the bike aimlessly for a while before eventually realising the bike s rear wheel is still chained. We are keen to volunteer time toward the international dirt bike community, especially for those wanting to learn how to ride a dirt bike, or take their existing enduro skills to the next level even though we barely know what we are talking about. Enduro skills videos, dirt bike riding tips and cross training techniques are regularly posted here for anyone who can t afford to buy decent training vids and insist on resorting to free dodgy vids like ours. Please read our disclaimer before watching our training vids! We aren t professionals - in fact we barely know how to ride dirt bikes. But it amuses us to pass on half-arsed riding tips, enduro skills and endurocross techniques. The bloke is probably best explained in contrast to the real man who is rapidly becoming extinct. The real man has muscles from wrestling with his bike. The bloke has finger muscles from playing computer games. Real men will do insane shit on any bike you give them. Cross Training Enduro Skills provides free video tutorials on trials riding tips, enduro riding techniques and other aspects of dirt bike techniques. We are a like-minded group of mostly middle-aged riders who are in the early stages of dementia with many body parts rapidly heading south due to gravity. The bloke knows he is an awesome rider, but it always the bike, the tyres, the engine oil or lack of bling that is holding him back. Blindfolded. In contrast say a bloke is stumped when his bike stalls. The real man looks tough. The bloke. He s built for comfort. The real man looks like an action hero... ooo yeah. The bloke is more like a cartoon character. The real man is carved from rock. The bloke thinks real men should have curves. The real man often stands out by the hat he wears. Unfortunately so does the bloke. The real man explores the real world. The bloke explores new updates for his online motocross game. The problem is the typical bloke brain has shrunk a lot over time. Women give blokes a hard time about our lack of skill when fixing anything around the house. These vids are not a substitute for proper one-on-one coaching, and you accept the risks involved if you try to use these techniques without professional supervision. Use the Youtube links below to view all the training vids. Cross Training Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJAvmhgP0h1AEKY8vTEJPJg Cross Training Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cross.training.enduro.skills/?ref=ts Our enduro vlog series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlur54ugvzNJlUO0y6D10jVOGMLI4Raci Cross Training website: http://www.crosstrainingenduro.com Like to support our vids? http://www.crosstrainingenduro.com/cross-training-support-donations.htm Music: https://www.playonloop.com/ Learning how to ride a dirt bike? Or taking your enduro technique to the next level? Get into cross training. A real bloke never asks for directions, or admits he is lost. think of moses leading the israelites around the desert for 40 years and you ll get the idea. the same principle applies in the forest, with six blokes on dirt bikes all pretending they know the way back to the carpark. Or asks which colour powerband he should buy. Deep down a bloke knows he should take his bike to the mechanic (who of course is a real man). But at a gut level a bloke wants to be a real man too, so he will try and fix major bike issues with duct tape and a hammer... the only tools he knows how to use. Hours later, the bloke admits defeat - usually after severing a thumb or accidentally setting his bike on fire. Words cannot describe the humiliation as the bloke wheels his bike covered in duct tape into the muscular arms of the bike mechanic - a real man. Like how we ll only call the electrician, another real man, after half the house has burned to the ground. What do the world s best extreme enduro riders have in common? Riders like Graham Jarvis, Jonny Walker and Alfredo Gomez are all former trials riders who applied cross training skills to hard enduro events.