Mountain Biking - Semi bad day on th MTB

It started out a blast, but then the trail wasn't marked to well and I couldn't figure out the map(sob story) so I went the wrong way. Two wades through maddy water and a long climb later, I decided, "This isn't the right way." What an epiphany!! No duh!! There was a sign saying, "Now leaving state forest." So I get back to the trail, and everything is sorta ok, except the fun stuff is over and it's boring. Then I get back to the car, where I happen to stand in a freaking fire ant colony. So I had to drive an 1:30 with my legs burning from a fire ant attack. Now my legs are swollen up real bad down at my ankles.

My bros got a pick of me trying to ride through a section of the trail that was flooded. It didn't look very deep, so I got a fast start and headed in, but it kept getting deeper, and deeper, until only my handle bars and seat where above the water. But I was still riding!!!!! Then my tires kinda floated and lost traction, so I fell into the water. Hee hee, my bike is clean now.

I'm just glad to here you were back on the trails Fubes!
I was afraid you had completely disowned the Tribe. :)

That's one nice day! You said your bros got a pic of you trying to ride through a section of deep water; did they happen to take a pic of your legs after that ant attack? Anyways, get better! :beer:

Hey that sounds like a genuine MTB experience! :D well, except for the fire ant attack. Anyway, get better soon so you can be back out there on the deep rivers.

Heck, you call that a bad ride?;)

Ah, only on a mountain bike!



I would rather be riding through the deepest, murkiest bog on earth than at work or in class! There is no such thing as a BAD day on a bike :D

Sounds decent except for the ants. Wait a minute......You use a MAP? What kind of man are you?

At least he dosn't use GPS:roflmao:

Sorry to hear that...nice to hear about you being a mtb...

You were bored...wow!

sounds good *thumb up*

hahaha .... that's pretty funny (the water thing not the ant thing). Show us the pic!

Originally posted by Maelstrom
Sorry to hear that...nice to hear about you being a mtb...

You were bored...wow!

It was double track and basically flat man..Plus all the turns were wicked muddy so there was no hammering goin' on.

Yes I had a map...didn't do me much good. Dam maps, they are for women(hee hee). I should have followed in sense of direction.

I'll get a pic up soon.

The fire ant part really made the day suck..If that hadn't happened, nothing would have been bad..

Oh well, I guess it's just karma getting back at me for not riding my MTB more. ;)

Originally posted by fubar5
It was double track and basically flat man..Plus all the turns were wicked muddy so there was no hammering goin' on.

Yes I had a map...didn't do me much good. Dam maps, they are for women(hee hee). I should have followed in sense of direction.

I'll get a pic up soon.

The fire ant part really made the day suck..If that hadn't happened, nothing would have been bad..

Oh well, I guess it's just karma getting back at me for not riding my MTB more. ;)

I stopped bringing maps on my rides. I always get lost. So now I use my sense of direction and always find new trails to play on :)

Originally posted by Maelstrom
I stopped bringing maps on my rides. I always get lost. So now I use my sense of direction and always find new trails to play on :)

Well that's the part I left out...The trail I followed that went off the park turned into something right out of BIKE. There were ramps, bridges up in the trees, a couple gap jumps..I did one of the jumps, but I was all decked out in XC stuff, so I didn't stick aorund long. I had seen a guy on a Bullit once and couldn't figure out what the heck he was doing wih a freeride bike at an XC trail...now I know.

:beer:


if the darn fire ants hadn't bit me I probably wouldn't have even thought bad day...But now I have all these little bumps full of pus.

mUst post pic :)

yes we sometimes get "lost" on our local trails that just happen to lead to a hiking only trail :p the people are usually really nice when we tell them we're lost and need help getting back to the biking trails :)

Getting lost in the trails are part of the fun.