Heh - I rarely post ride reports anymore (mostly because most of my riding is commuting!), but after yesterdays misadventure, I felt the need to document it.

H got a new 29er...so he wanted to take it out on some easy dirt trails. I cleaned off my ancient mountain bike, and joined him. It was not pretty.

We went here:


(not my photo) which is only about 5 miles from our house. We were going to ride there, but decided at the last minute to drive up there and then ride. I'm so glad we did, or I'd have never made it home.

The trail we took basically circles that lake. It's about 85% wooded/fields/dirt/gravel/etc...and about 15% road/paved. For the most part, the road sections are just to get over bridges/rivers that feed the lake. The rest of the time, you are on trails that varied from flat fields, to vertical climbs that challenged my granny gear. H was told that this was an EASY trail. Someone lied. Or...I'm in worse shape than I thought!

Anyway, 15 miles of single-track later, we made it back to the car. H had scrapes on his legs from blackberry brambles - I had scrapes on my arms & legs from the ground. I wiped out twice - both times because I did something stupid because my body was just too tired to do the smart move. By the end, I was crying to myself as I was riding - praying that we didn't cross paths with any other rides who might hear me! It was rough.

I was wiped out.

When do we get to go again?