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now, how did that happen?
Riding a fairly easy, fun trail this evening ... somehow ended up on the
wrong line for a short, rocky climb and found myself waay to the outside, riding in soft dirt (still on the trail, though; the dropoff ensured that). Tried to pedal through it and -- Bam! Went from vertical to horizontal without even realizing it was happening. I guess that dirt at the edge of the trail was looser than I thought. My shin's a bit achy; I think it got tweaked when my leg freed itself from the pedal. Despite my novice nature, I don't fall terribly often. Dabs, sure, but almost never do I or my bike hit the ground. This one took me completely by surprise. Oh, and this was a landmark ride! It's the first time I've ever been stuck behind a male rider going slower than me on a descent. -- monique "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message ... Riding a fairly easy, fun trail this evening ... somehow ended up on the wrong line for a short, rocky climb and found myself waay to the outside, riding in soft dirt (still on the trail, though; the dropoff ensured that). Tried to pedal through it and -- Bam! Went from vertical to horizontal without even realizing it was happening. I guess that dirt at the edge of the trail was looser than I thought. My shin's a bit achy; I think it got tweaked when my leg freed itself from the pedal. Despite my novice nature, I don't fall terribly often. Dabs, sure, but almost never do I or my bike hit the ground. This one took me completely by surprise. Oh, and this was a landmark ride! It's the first time I've ever been stuck behind a male rider going slower than me on a descent. -- monique "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain I know exactly what you mean about being on the ground wondering how it happened. I hit the ground more often than I would like. Glad you are back riding again, I have enjoyed your posts. |
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Good job. Its part of the unwritten law of MTB'ing that you have to
fill your annual crash quota, if you do not you are due a really big stack. Steve. |
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"spademan o---[) *" wrote in message ups.com... Good job. Its part of the unwritten law of MTB'ing that you have to fill your annual crash quota, if you do not you are due a really big stack. Steve. ****, I'd better get some riding in then before it's too late! ',;~}~ Shaun aRe - 3rd Osteopath appt. tonight - looking forward to more spinal crunching! |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message ... Riding a fairly easy, fun trail this evening ... somehow ended up on the wrong line for a short, rocky climb and found myself waay to the outside, riding in soft dirt (still on the trail, though; the dropoff ensured that). Tried to pedal through it and -- Bam! Went from vertical to horizontal without even realizing it was happening. I guess that dirt at the edge of the trail was looser than I thought. My shin's a bit achy; I think it got tweaked when my leg freed itself from the pedal. Despite my novice nature, I don't fall terribly often. Dabs, sure, but almost never do I or my bike hit the ground. This one took me completely by surprise. Oh, and this was a landmark ride! It's the first time I've ever been stuck behind a male rider going slower than me on a descent. -- monique "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain First, glad to hear your back, second, that you're riding again. Third, the torque your bike is under on climbs can make it behave kinda squirrely if you all of a sudden lose traction under power or something else crazy sneaks up on you such as your rear wheel rolling up onto a rock that gets dislodged, shoots west fast, as you careen(sp?) east, going over. And shins take a terrible beating. I've got a new riding buddy, who's really pretty good, but the doof almost always wears his shin pads. Can't say I really blame him, ya know. CDB |
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On 2005-06-22, Paladin penned:
First, glad to hear your back, second, that you're riding again. Third, the torque your bike is under on climbs can make it behave kinda squirrely if you all of a sudden lose traction under power or something else crazy sneaks up on you such as your rear wheel rolling up onto a rock that gets dislodged, shoots west fast, as you careen(sp?) east, going over. Yep, yep. Climbing can definitely be tricky, even without the steps I don't yet even attempt. This was going from solid traction to loose dirt several inches deep. If I'd realized how loose it was, well, I'm sure I'd have tried harder to get back to a central line. Not quite sure what I could have done to actually ride through it. And shins take a terrible beating. I've got a new riding buddy, who's really pretty good, but the doof almost always wears his shin pads. Can't say I really blame him, ya know. My shins haven't been too much of a problem; my calves seem to take the beating. In this case, though, my shin never hit anything ... somehow, though, the muscle got wrenched. I think it had something to do with an involuntary release from the pedal, but I'm not exactly sure. I took Aleve last night, and now it feels fine. -- monique "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message ... Riding a fairly easy, fun trail this evening ... somehow ended up on the wrong line for a short, rocky climb and found myself waay to the outside, riding in soft dirt (still on the trail, though; the dropoff ensured that). Tried to pedal through it and -- Bam! Went from vertical to horizontal without even realizing it was happening. I guess that dirt at the edge of the trail was looser than I thought. My shin's a bit achy; I think it got tweaked when my leg freed itself from the pedal. Despite my novice nature, I don't fall terribly often. Dabs, sure, but almost never do I or my bike hit the ground. This one took me completely by surprise. Oh, and this was a landmark ride! It's the first time I've ever been stuck behind a male rider going slower than me on a descent. Though I guess that would explain why he going slower, wouldn't it? ;-) I've had an interesting trial section this year. It is graded 1 black diamond - whateverthehell that means. Anyways the section in question cuts diagonally across a slope of long grass/small bush. I've taken the trail in years past without too much trouble. First time this year though I seemed to brake inappropriately on a steeper and rougher spot and complete a... ummmmm... sudden unintentional dismount. It was probably the best SUD I've ever made. I saw it coming and pretty much decided how to and where I wanted on the soft grass with out so much as a scratch, bruise, or even a sore spot. I thought at the time that maybe I was just not up to the challenge that day. Fast forward to the next time I ride the trail and I am cautious remembering my last time. I get to that section and I have to go feet down to avoid doing another dismount. I am really surprised as this trail never gave me these conniptions in past years. I speculate the trail must have eroded somewhat changing its' characteristics. Writing about it I'm thinking I give it another run. -- 'The wisest of the wise may err.' -aeschylus |
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On 2005-06-22, Dean A. Stepper penned:
I know exactly what you mean about being on the ground wondering how it happened. I hit the ground more often than I would like. I'm actually surprised at how little I've fallen. Of course, hitting the ground even once is more often than I'd like =P Glad you are back riding again, I have enjoyed your posts. Thanks! -- monique "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain |
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On 2005-06-22, lowkey penned:
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message ... Despite my novice nature, I don't fall terribly often. Dabs, sure, but almost never do I or my bike hit the ground. This one took me completely by surprise. Oh, and this was a landmark ride! It's the first time I've ever been stuck behind a male rider going slower than me on a descent. Though I guess that would explain why he going slower, wouldn't it? ;-) Hrrm? The fall was on a completely different section of the trail. This guy hadn't even seen me at that point. Fast forward to the next time I ride the trail and I am cautious remembering my last time. I get to that section and I have to go feet down to avoid doing another dismount. I am really surprised as this trail never gave me these conniptions in past years. I speculate the trail must have eroded somewhat changing its' characteristics. Possibly. If you're being cautious because of that one mishap, though, you are probably riding it more slowly than you used to, and it's just easier for things to go wrong when you're going slow. Writing about it I'm thinking I give it another run. Definitely do so! I'm a big believer in keeping at a tough section until I get it right; if I don't do that, then the next time I'm at that section, I freak out even worse. -- monique "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain |
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On 2005-06-22, spademan o---[) * penned:
Good job. Its part of the unwritten law of MTB'ing that you have to fill your annual crash quota, if you do not you are due a really big stack. Steve. I didn't know that, but now I'll attempt to engineer a minor prophylactic fall every so often. -- monique "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain |
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