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Ahh yes. My new set of wheels. The car ain't half bad either. Now for those of you considering getting behind the handlebars of a mountain bike and hitting the trail, I want you to take a good look at me. See how I'm dressed? DON'T DO THAT!! EVER! Blue jeans + mountain biking = SWEATY NASTY OUT-OF-BREATHNESS!!! |
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| That, friends, is how to gear up for a good ride. Spandex shorts (hopefully padded), a nice loose lycra shirt, and some gloves. Now, the shoes are going to depend on what kind of pedals your bike has. There are mine, which are the kind that you put your feet on and go, and there are his, where the special shoes lock into the pedal, giving him the ability to "pull" the pedals in the upstroke, and thereby increasing the power output. Asshats like me are stuck simply pushing to get up that damned hill. If you have standard pedals, I suggest tennis or running shoes with short laces, or even velcro straps if your friends won't laugh at you too much. |
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| Hauling tail down (and up, don't forget up) the trail is really fun when you have nice burmed corners like this one. If you're comfortable leaning hard into a turn, you could really crank through with little loss of speed. This particular trail would have been really fun if there were more corners like this, but it was not to be in this case. This trail was really overused, and was filled with ruts and sharp dropouts and roots and crap. For the most part, it was enjoyable and fast. I fell in love with this trail, and then promptly found one even better. |
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| Here's another one of those easy corners. Thank God these trails are one way only, because it would really hurt to come hauling around this bend and run smack into somebody. Unfortunately, not everyone knows which way to run a trail, so it's a good idea to be cautious anyhow. |
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| Pay no attention to the fat guy on the bike. Isn't that just the coolest-looking trail scenery ever? This is the part of the trail that made me want to come back again and again. The dude I was riding with at the time wanted to take a shot of this corner with me coming around it, so I couldn't take it as fast as I would like to have, but I had plenty of chances to haul ass later on. |
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| HOLY CRAP! A DEER! Ok, so it's a deer. This bugger was eating some goodies near the trail when we came along. She freaked out for a second, bolted a few feet from the trail, and continued to eat at whatever the hell deer eat off a forest floor. Guess she's no stranger to people cruising through her pad every now and then. |
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