Hello ladies! Well, my clipped in adventures started this week, I have a shiny new pair of crank brothers mallets, and I managed to get two good rides in. First ride was easy fun trails (White Clay in DE) and I did pretty well, no falls!! Took me about 6 or 7 miles to stop worrying about the pedals though. Once I got comfortable I did start noticing how they help, White Clay has very little hard technical spots, but I did zip up a few rocky sections and definitely noticed the pedals helping out a LOT. And towards the end of the ride I tried a little bounce (white clay has a TON of jumps and mini jumps built into the trail, so it's easy to get a little air) and sure enough I actually got both wheels off the ground!! YES!!! I hopped every few yards all the way back to the car.

2nd ride was less successful, lol, we rode at Jacobsburg in Pa on Saturday, and the trails there are mostly easy, with some technical, and they aren't built for bikers (mostly horse trails). Plus it was inexplicably muddy there, so between the mud and the rock I went down a few times. No major injuries though, and I'm still game about working on the clipped in thing. I definitely really like the platform aspect, and I like the mechanism enough to switch to mallets on my road bike too (they were in need of an upgrade). So anyhoo! Our regular riding place is Wissahickon in Philly, so we'll see how that goes when I get the courage to try it! The Wiss is built for bikes but it's HARD.