Trying to teach my old bike new tricks...
I pulled my old (early 90's) Univega MTB out of storage and did a bit of refurbishing. I got the bike when I was 12 or 13 because I destroyed a WalMart bike on some small dirt jumps near my house. My dad was nice enough to go to the bike shop & ask for the cheapest bike we could get that would NOT get destroyed on dirt jumps, so I ended up with this beast...
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I rode it around my neighborhood (as well as on the little dirt jumps!) for a few years, but lost interest when I got a car, so it had been in the garage/storage up until about a month ago.
Since I began riding, I've only trained/competed in road races, so I had never actually ridden trails until yesterday & today (though I run them on a regular basis). Other than some bruising where my butt got into a fight with a big root, I have had a good time during my trail outings.