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lph
08-01-2009, 03:45 PM
Looky what I got for my 40th birthday! :D
TrekTheKaty
08-01-2009, 03:57 PM
Awesome! Congrats! Happy birthday :D
jobob
08-01-2009, 04:05 PM
Happy birthday and happy ride! :)
spindizzy
08-01-2009, 04:07 PM
Happy Birthday!..looks like you've already had too much fun!
redrhodie
08-01-2009, 04:24 PM
Woo-hoo! Happy birthday! 40 is the new 27 ;)
shootingstar
08-01-2009, 04:30 PM
Happy riding at 40 and beyond! :D
runningteach
08-01-2009, 04:47 PM
Happy Birthday! Nice bike and it looks like you enjoyed riding it already.
7rider
08-01-2009, 05:18 PM
You got a muddy bike?? Man. That's just RUDE! :eek:
Just kiddin'.
Sweet ride.
Happy birthday!
Tri Girl
08-01-2009, 05:19 PM
Happy birthday to you, indeed. :D
Umm... those are some nice calves!! :)
NoNo
08-01-2009, 06:34 PM
Happy Birthday! Looks like you spent it right:cool:
channlluv
08-01-2009, 07:16 PM
Are those your calf muscles? Holy cow!

Happy birthday!

Roxy
MartianDestiny
08-01-2009, 08:30 PM
Good 'n Dirty. The way she should be :) Congrats.
lph
08-02-2009, 12:37 AM
I did get a little help from some lucky shade in defining my calves :D

So this is my first "real" mtb. It has a cute story: my dh bought it off a woman who had gotten all fired up at work about riding Birken with her colleagues, a very popular mtb event, 93 km long. They'd gotten a good deal on bikes, she trained 100 km altogether, did Birken, her knees hurt and she didn't want to ride anymore...
I've had a rigid mtb for years and mostly used it for commuting and riding on gravel roads. I've tried trails a few times, but mostly just got mightily frustrated at being bounced off roots, rocks and the like. But when this lovely thing turned up on my doorstep I had to go try it on a real mtb trail :D

Lesson 1: racing pedals (ie. one-sided) are useless on a trail, unless you plan on never unclipping. :rolleyes:

Lesson 2: mud slows you down. A lot. I actually learned that after a few tries.

Lesson 3: the nice smooth surface of a large puddle doesn't mean the bottom of it is equally nice and smooth... I tried just charging through a calf-deep puddle to avoid the gnarly root-mess on one side, and ended up getting my bike stuck in the very middle, tipping over and hitting a submerged rock with my knee.
I even managed to do it on the way back too :rolleyes:
Selkie
08-02-2009, 03:59 AM
Happy Belated Birthday!

What a perfect present. ENJOY!
Iris616
08-02-2009, 04:41 AM
Happy Birthday! That looks like a great bike. Does it have a name?
lph
08-02-2009, 06:16 AM
My bikes mostly have nicknames like Old Faithful or Frankenbike, but this one might become "Phantom Bike" - now you see me, now you don't... ;)
roadie gal
08-02-2009, 06:19 AM
Congrats! Happy birthday.

The 40's are great. Enjoy!
Red Rock
08-02-2009, 07:52 AM
Congrats on your birthday and your bike. What a great way to have a birthday.
BleeckerSt_Girl
08-02-2009, 09:08 AM
Lesson 3: the nice smooth surface of a large puddle doesn't mean the bottom of it is equally nice and smooth...

As this fellow learned the hard way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02LO9EPtCz8
divingbiker
08-02-2009, 09:23 AM
What a great birthday present!
Aquila
08-02-2009, 05:53 PM
Happy Birthday! Looks like you're already having fun!
andtckrtoo
08-02-2009, 07:36 PM
Wooo!!! What a birthday present!! AND What a first ride! Enjoy your new bike! Glad to see she got all dirty (and you did, too!).
indigoiis
08-03-2009, 07:39 AM
Nice!!! Happy Birthday!