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well biked
Off topic a bit, but: the running joke regarding trails built like the one in the photo on the previous page is that the next step would be to just go ahead and pave it; it's nearly there anyway.
Well, some of us, me included, need some simpler safer trails like that. I am no 22 year old anymore. Plus the Unaffordable Nocare Act now has me paying $1000/m with a $10,000 deductible, so if I break a wrist biking I am out probably $5000. That huge deductible and monthly premium really has changed how risky I can do physical things now, sigh. Two years ago I was at $250/m and $2000 deductible. I mean, WTF?!? Maybe the Unaffordable Nocare Act will get dismantled in time for me to actually be able to go in to a doc for checkups (free physical exam each year? a joke, you get hit with a lab bill for blood checks for several hundred) and take more risks biking.
There are certainly more dangerous trails here in Duluth. We recently made one of I think just 5 or so golden seal mountain biking cities in the world, heard something like that on our radio or local newspaper.