The husband and I just bought mountain bikes. Specialized Rockhopper, to be exact. Although I won't be hopping any rocks! I have never ridden any bike on an unpaved trail, and our maiden voyage was kind of scary! We had already done 47 road miles(with our road bikes) and thought we'd test the new bikes on a local trail system that's rated easy to intermediate. Well. I fell down a few times. One of those times I decided I was perfectly comfortable lying in the brush. I have so many questions I don't know where to start. The first one that comes to mind is there different clothing for trail biking? Specifically, fabrics that don't get pilled up and get holes in them from pulling out multiple stick tites. Of course I probably wouldn't have the stick-tites if I hadn't crashed a few times! Maybe my legs would also be less fatigued if I hadn't just logged 47 road miles before-hand. Maybe I'm just crazy? But at the very least, the husband is now very excited about the mountain bikes I had to drag him into the store to buy.