Brought Loco Out Of Retirement

[Nanci]

My MTB friends were all accusing me of going over to the Dark Side. I think they were happy to see me back. The group leader of my road group, who organized the MTB ride, didn't even know I had a MTB! It was fun to ride around and say "I built that jump, I painted those signs, I brush-hogged this whole loop." At the end, there was a bike demo days thing (I avoided the Madone!) and a display of park volunteering, with a pic of me on a MTB trail.

While I was thrashing around in the shed trying to get Loco ready for the big outting, looking for the shock pump, (yeah, you should have seen me struggle to remember how to connect it!!!) I found a brand new pair of XT skewers (those are going on my GT MTB with city tires- he has a major skewer problem!!!) and a brand new unworn pair of gel gloves! Must have been some detail I didn't like about them years ago, and they got put away and forgotten. They seem fine now!

Nanci

[DrBee]

That's great Nanci! I'm so happy for you that you rediscovered MTBing and can enjoy it even more now that you're stronger! Wahoo to you! And - how fun to find stuff in the process - almost like Christmas.

[fatbottomedgurl]

Cool, Nanci. I'm on my way to the other other side. I've put in 163 road miles in the last month on my mountain bike which had been collecting dust for the last 4 years. Put semi slicks on her. Looking forward to a road bike... some day. But Saturday I climbed a big road that always killed me before, and then was able to do 1/2 mile dirt trail over a ridge and dropped into Thousand Oaks- the next city over! That was cool to tell my husband I dropped into Thousand Oaks. Of course with a nice little carbon framed road bike I could throw her on my shoulder and hike-a-bike!

[LittleBlackDuck]

Nanci,

I just love reading your posts. Love how you love riding so much!! You have such passion, it's so great to see . You inspire a lot of people, me included .

LBD

[allabouteva]

Nanci,

I just love reading your posts. Love how you love riding so much!! You have such passion, it's so great to see . You inspire a lot of people, me included .

LBD

Ditto LBD, Nanci I reckon if you did a poll with TE gals, you'll find enough to start your own fan club. ..... (picking myself off the floor after bowing) We're not worthy!!!

People at work don't believe me when I tell them about you, so trust me what you do is really incredible.