Mountain Biking
I went mountain biking this weekend. I don't have the time for a really long post right now. But man, I had no idea what I was missing. About 8 of us Evoites went out riding at Shaeffer farms in Gaithersburg. Man that was fun. I'm really glad I went with a bunch of people because it promotes this I can do anything you can do idea. If you see somebody successfully go over some whoop-de-do or log or whatever, you figure you can probably do it too. I mean I didn't try the huge logs, but smaller ones were fine. I just did my cyclocross thing on the big logs, which is every bit as fast really.On the new bike, a Fisher X-Calibur, I was in a bit of a fight with it for awhile. You know - too much braking, tenative in downhill and technical sections. All to be expected. It is a great bike to be sure and I'm sure I won't surpass its capabilities for awhile. It is a 29er and it really rolls over stuff, just point and shoot.
This one guy on Evo, Todd Hipp, who is fixing to be a cat one is a totally rad mountain biker. I didn't even know this.
I'm going to have lots of fun with this cross training tool over the winter. I feel like I just found Jesus! It is like - have you seen the light? YES, YES, I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT.
posted by Mark @ 8:23 AM
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