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Old 06-04-08, 05:30 AM
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Respect

I have a new respect for you hard-core mtn bikers.

After many miles as a wimpy road cyclist, got my first mt. bike, a BD Fly Ti and took it out yesterday. Rode the trails of Devil’s Den in Arkansas. That may have been a less than optimal place for a newbie.

I can barely limp around today.

Fell about a dozen times that I remember. Did an endo. I have never crashed or fallen off a bike before! Not in 10s of thousands of road miles. My right hip, where I cushioned the rocks on most falls, is a huge hematoma. Left blood on the trail.

In short, a great ride!

My first endo at 58; time to htfu.

The bike was great and so caked with mud, you couldn’t even see the derailleurs, but it kept on shifting and braking and rolling. Amazingly tough.
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