ACK! so i'm NOT a MTB-er

[Geonz]

Or... it could be that all that 3-D stuff overloads the circuits. Personally, I really can't take in all that visual information when I"m riding. I can do two dimensions - forward, watch the road, move the legs.
Yes, I am pretty clinically uncoordinated You know, have fallen out of the chair trying to tie my shoes, coasted the car into the side of the house because a neighbor waved at me and somehow my foot came off the brake (waving back with my foot?? and of course that happens while the neighbor is watching... ) and countless otehr witty anecdotes...
Was talking to some ladies at a ride once and figured there were probably some definite personality types. MTB folks want & need change and stimulation - those present also liked, say, tennis and tennis played *hard.* Roadie types were more likely to be sort of hyperactive contemplatives. Or maybe it's whether you're drawn to endorphins or adrenalline.
The tiny bit I tried MTB was just not fun. Now, it's true that I could gut it out and get to the point where I'm "not afraid of the ball" and trying not to duck, but they keep changing where the ball is coming from and it's not a ball every time, sometimes it's a tree trunk :-) I figured I was likely to break several bones getting to that point, and it wasn't going to be enough fun to be worth it. Traffic is *much* less stressful to me than terrain.
Interesting ab out the emotions and yoga... sitting poses make me CRANKY and ready to cry, just like major PMS. And ... so did my experience on a road bike that I'm sure didn't really fit. 35 miles and I was the Queen Snapping Turtle. I don't think it was emotions as much as somethign in that posture that feels out of balance... but I think I'll pay attention to it.