I love rock n roll

[fixedgeargirl]

Yesterday I went for a mtb ride for the first time in months!! I've been using the mtb as an overpriced way to pull my son's tag-along, and focusing on road riding. After reading the miscellaneous ramblings thread, and being reminded there of the zen-here-and-now of mtbing, I determined that my once-a-week-whether-I-need-it-or-not ( I actually need it a lot more than that) ride would be on my beautiful, candy raspberry, tricked out mtb. And I was reminded of what I'm made of, where my passion is.

And as I was swooping around, bumping over rocks, looping here and there, the one thought that popped into my head was "I've got to share this with my new friends at TE!! They get it!!"

See, last fall, for family reasons, I moved from my hometown, the self-proclaimed Mtb Capital, to a city which is a hotbed of road cycling. Road cycling is nice and all, but I'm a mountain girl at heart, and my ride last night made me determined to make the extra effort, pack up the car every couple of weeks, to get to more single track around here. I may not get back to the actual mountains for a long while, but I can get out there on some trails and lump and bump and dip and swoop and let out a holler every now and then!!

Thanks gals!!

[nuthatch]

Good for you, FGGirl! Always good to hear someone made it outside and had a great time!

[Adventure Girl]

I started as a mountain biker. I got my road bike about 4 years later. I've never really LOVED road riding like mountain biking. There's one area I occasionally road ride where I can see the mountain biking trails that I often ride. When I’m out there on my road bike, I always look longingly at those trails!

I took a good friend mountain biking a few weeks ago. He's primarily a roadie. He hadn't been on his mountain bike for about 6 months. After riding a couple of perfect single track trails we stopped and talked about how much FUN mountain biking is. The skills required, challenges and mine set are so different than road riding! I love it!

my ride last night made me determined to make the extra effort, pack up the car every couple of weeks, to get to more single track around here.

Great single track is worth the effort!! I'm glad you had a great ride!

[cindysue]

rock n roll - reminds me of sushi - yum!

[CorsairMac]

Love the avatar Cindy!!

and YEEEEHAAAAAA FGGirl!!......never tried MTB'ng but ya'll sure are getting the curiosity hackles standing up!!!

[Adventure Girl]

YEEEEHAAAAAA FGGirl!!......never tried MTB'ng but ya'll sure are getting the curiosity hackles standing up!!!

You should try it! Maybe your LBS or some bike buddies have a loaner bike you could take out! You don't have to do 12 foot drop-ins on your first ride. Just go out there and get dirty! You'd have a blast!

[Dirt Girl]

"I've got to share this with my new friends at TE!! They get it!!"

I may not get back to the actual mountains for a long while, but I can get out there on some trails and lump and bump and dip and swoop and let out a holler every now and then!!

Thanks gals!!

Woo-hoo! I'm getting that warm, fuzzy feeling just reading your post! Yep, just something about the dirt and the obstacles and the challenge and the focus...

Rock on!