Originally Posted by
Papa Wheelie
I must be a sissy when it comes to "technical" riding. We have a trail called the "Rock Garden", and it is a simple 2 mile loop that has about 15 or so rock "obstacles" that are littered on the trail. Some of them have drops; some of them are kinda like stairs; others are a spine that you have to ride along; others are just at weird cambers. Everytime I ride it, I think to myself "ok, today you are going to ride more of the obstacles", but when I get there, I still ride the two or three that I am capable of, and walk around the rest.
For me, I guess the risk just isn't worth the reward anymore. I mean, I will heal, but why trash my bike?
yeah, but you at least ride the trail (or walk it, whatever). you try. you are a mountain biker. there are the people who won't even go near the trail but act like a badass cyclist and can't wait to drop you on every ride and talk about how they will drop you because they are such "great cyclists". they are the ones that are just roadies on dirt. they are the ones that miss the point.