Steph - Keep going, you will get those rocky sections; and if you never do, you're still out there doing it and enjoying the bike.

I've been riding mountain bikes for approximately 20 years. I still get off. Sometimes more than others. Like yesterday, I went down to Sedona to ride with a girlfriend and my husband. It is pretty technical, lots of uphill ledges and down hill ledge dropoffs, rocky, off camber, steep, etc. It was my first time down to Sedona this year and I'll tell you every year, I'm the same, I just can't ride anything! A few weeks in a row and I"m better, but I still don't ride it all. It's too hard to heal when your in your late 40's.

And, sometimes, you have to realize that you are just having an off day and not to try to kill yourself. There are days when I am on and can ride lots and there are days that I'm off and can't.

Anyway, I enjoyed the day - it was great to be out of the cold windy freezing temperatures we have at home in Flag to ride in relatively warm but windy temps of Sedona and to see the wonderful scenery as well.