Poll:why DON'T you mountain bike?

[snowtulip]

CorsairMac,
Just in case you decide to try mountain biking in ABQ here are a few links. The first one is for general riding in New Mexico, the second is for womens mountain biking in Albuquerque.

http://www.swcp.com/~nmts/clubs.htm
http://www.unm.edu/~bon1972/

I find that the foothills are a perfect place to start learning (or the bosque) and as you progress you can eventually hit the mountains (sandia's or cedro).
Enjoy,
Snowtulip

[fultzie]

becuase I was born N raised in Michigan/Indiana and a) we didn't have mountians there

ack! i get the weirdest looks when i tell people that i'm going to a mtn bike race in illinois/wisconsin/indiana/michigan.

my last race was in wisconsin, and it was amazingly technical! some of the guys on my team are used to biking out east (Pennsylvania, NY, Mass, NH, Maine) and said it was pretty comparable. lots of rocks. lots and lots. 1/2 the people in the men's intermediate field dropped because of mechanicals!

there are some pretty decent trails in MI, especially in the northern LP and UP. one of the biggest mtn bike races in the country is in Traverse City, MI in November... Subaru's Iceman Cometh (i tried to register, but it was closed for this year... next year!!)

this isn't to say that there is any sort of climbing here like there is out west, but the trails here can be pretty technical and tons of fun.

anywho, just thought i'd clear up the confusion regarding the flatlands

[CorsairMac]

Showtulip!!...you rock...do you live in Albuquerque also??......I haven't ridden the Bosque yet - I just discovered the Southern side of the North Diversion Channel yesterday! OK...so I'm a little slow on these things. I want to try the Bosque one of these days - I just need to find time to fit the cycling in amongst the running, hiking, workouts. Right now I"m a commute biker. And I'm a solo rider as right now I don't know any other bikers cept my roommate.
And Go M Blue!......when I lived in Mich mountain biking wasn't even a gleam in its mothers eye! When I lived in Indy - by the time it was born my ex-hubby was into road bikes so I became a roadie - ya know..that whole I'll share your sport with you!.....now hes an ex and I"m still a roadie - a much Happier roadie!.....keep this up ya'll...you'll psyche me into the mountain biking yet