A none too serious take on mountain biking.
Until a couple of weeks ago I was a mountain bike virgin. I saw people on them but had never ridden one. Now I have begun the very bumpy and bum bruising process of finding out what you can and, more importantly, can’t do on a mountain bike.
So far I’ve learned these important facts that might be helpful for mountain bike novices like myself.
1. The term mountain bike is a misnomer, they should really be called “Track Bikes” because that’s what they are designed for. In order to ride one up a mountain you’d need nuclear powered legs, in order to ride one down you’d have to either not care if you got to the bottom alive or have already written a suicide note.
2. If you see a boulder coming as you head down the hill do something about it right away. What you do doesn’t really matter, your life is already hanging in the balance and it’s probably a matter of chance whether you survive or not. If you spend any time at all trying to decide what to do you will have already hit the boulder and parted company from the bike several seconds before you try and act.
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http://johndburns.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/confessions-of-a-mountain-bike-n...
