Mtb Instruction & Skills

[Artista]

I did it! Rode my favorite trail clipped in. I did tip over once but I think I might have fallen even on platforms under the circumstances. Hubby was riding a little ahead of me & saw a small snake curled up in the side of trial. He knew that it was a harmless bull snake & decided not to warn me for fear that I might freak-out & fall ON the snake. (Bull snakes aren't venomous but they would still probably bite anything that landed ON them.) By the time I got to the snake it was stretched out in the middle of the trail. I had no choice but to run over it. I still got a little freaked-out, (first afraid that it might bite me, then felt bad that I might have killed it), looked up to see hubby stopped right in front of me, slammed on the brakes & fell lightly to the side. All in all, pretty harmless for for us, but maybe not such a great day for the snake.

The cornering & braking drills were very helpful. I was in much better control around the tight curves than in the past. I think I've passed the learning plateau that I was on. I feel good!

ETA: While I was still a nervous about being clipped in, the nervousness was countered by the security I felt in not having my feet bounce around on the pedals in the rock gardens.