RUST magazine: RUST#40

Chris Birch
If I’ve been doing a whole bunch of
schools and a lot of the time I’ve been
on the bike but not actually riding, then
I need to refresh. There can be months
where I’m spending every other day
in my riding gear but none of it is for
me, that’s when I need to go out and do
some riding for myself. With extreme
enduro stuff there are a few hills and
lines around my place, they’re like my
benchmark – I know if I can’t do them
tidy then my riding’s slipping, so it’s a
case of ‘right, c’mon, get back into it!’
I’m 37 now, part of me wants to return
to hard enduro, but part of me gives
me a reality check and knows I’ve been
out of extreme enduro for quite a few
years now and the levels keep going
up and up. I’d have to really sacrifice an
awful lot of fun stuff and family time to
try and get myself back up there again
– and I possibly wouldn’t be able to.
Possibly instead I’ll just wait a couple
of years and go back to Romaniacs and
ride Silver!
For me my true happiness comes in
going home and seeing Monica and
Zoe. I’m pretty happy the way life is to
be honest; I don’t really have any real
complaints.
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