Originally Posted by DnvrFox

Okay, I'll play.

Going down the 8 mile steep grade into Steamboat Springs from Rabbit Ears Pass West, I am so scared that I keep it to no more than 35 mph (while being passed by just about everyone else, who are doing 45-60 mph) and I stop every couple of miles to rest my hands which are tired from braking and recover my psyche (but, no one else stopped)!

Recently decided I would "Blast through" a tumbleweed on the trail and spent the next ten minutes unwinding pieces of tumbleweed from my rear der and cogs. Smart move!

While going about 35 mph down another steep hill with rumble strips near Dolores, Colorado, and with a shoulder filled with old car bolts, etc., I refuse to move over, causing the guy passing me to have to go across the rumble strip so he can keep going at about 50 mph. He was not too happy, and yelled some rather nice things at me! Wish I felt safe descending faster.

I have been passed by so many female riders that I don't consider it unusual (hey, we have a LOT of great female riders around here, and they are FAST!) But being passed while on my roadie by the 12 year-old-guy on the grungy, squeaky mtn bike was a bit hard to take!

Fell over twice in a row on my roadie when I first got my clipless. But, fortunately I did that in isolation with no audience.

I lube my bike so much that the LBS dreads it when I come in and jokingly complains that my bikes drip grease on his floor. I tell them I spend so much and have given them so many referrals (I have had 5 referrals buy bikes from them) that they should THANK me!

Well, enough of that!

Fun thread.