Originally posted by smurfalicious
Hey, thanks I'll have to get some info for the Hellsburrito women's clinic. I'll do my damndest to get some time off, but I'd need to know in a like now kind of way when it is. Ugh, callcenter life, oh wait, what life?
Hellsburrito? I think that's Hillsboro, innit?

Clinic Info:
Ladies' Intermediate Mountain Bike Clinic

WITH: World Mountain Bike Champion and Mountain Bike Hall of Famer Cindy Devine

WHEN: Sunday Aug 22, 2004, 9 am- noon

WHERE: Post Canyon Trailhead Parking, Hood River, OR

WHAT: Learn to “clean” more of 7 Streams loop and some of Family Man

HOW MUCH: $20

If you're interested, email me at gab AT gorge DOT net & I'll put you in touch with the registration people. (I'm a bit paranoid about posting other people's info to web forums.)

7 Streams is the main XC ride in Post Canyon. If you've never ridden Post Canyon, it's kind of interesting - there are a lot of small technical parts, narrow bridges to cross, etc. Sections of the trail are about maybe 3 feet wide max, right next to a stream bed. It's dry right now, so you won't drown if you do fall in, but the stream bed is very rocky. Family Man is an area up top with lots of easier bridges, a-frames, teeter-totters, etc.

I'm not sure how much of the focus of the clinic is going to be overall skills vs skills needed to deal with specific Post Canyon stuff. That would be a good question for you to ask the registration peole. Be warned: it is <B>really</B> freakin' dusty here right now. A lot of sections of trail have this nasty top layer of teeny little dirt balls, like ball bearings.

Originally posted by smurfalicious

It just kinda sucked because the rule has always been that he won't take me down anything I can't do. Then we get through this super rocky crud and I'm bawling because I paniced and nearly put myself in the river. He says, "Well, I kinda expected you to walk that." Thanks, tell me that before I feel like a failure for doing so.
Ooops, you hit one of my hot buttons & now you get to hear about it. I no longer put up with this behavior from riding partners, be they potential lovers or no. (The taking you down something you don't want to ride, not the crying part. ) BTDT. You said "It's cool though, we're still learning about each other. " If you have told him something and he is not respecting your wishes, that is probably not going to change and is likely to bleed over into other areas of your relationship. BTDT as well.

More JMO: You definitely need to find people more your speed to ride with & I mean both physical & psychological speed. Have patience, it took me about a year to get a decent group together. And you never know who is going to be a good riding partner - my best riding buddy is somebody I met in my belly dance class - so talk to everyone. At least, everyone that's not a pretentious yuppy. (We have them here too, I think they're everywhere now. )

HTH
gabrielle