I've been a member of this forum for a bit, but I don't post very much. (Posted a bit today, but only because a thread response got me to sign on).

It seems to me that a lot of the mountain biking discussion leans towards XC riding. Don't see much posts from more aggressive riders like myself. Are there so few of us on Team Estrogen? Seems like a lot of y'all mountain bike for fitness (and pretty scenery ), but I'll be honest, I ride for the adrenaline rush of going downhill fast, hitting a sweet drop, catching some air off a jump, hucking a nice boulder, getting soaked with water from a creek crossing, and being splattered with mud from hitting puddles. Fitness and scenery are happy secondary results of it for me.

Where are all the trail riders, downhillers, and free riders? Are you here but not posting?

I belong to a local MTB forum which is male dominated. The few of us women that are "vocal" on there seem to be more aggressive riders. Maybe it's just because the only place we can find that kind of discussion is with the boys. I don't know.

So if you're an adrenaline girl (and you own a full face and/or a flak jacket ), speak up! Say hello! What do you ride? What armor do you use?

I'll start:

As my signature states, I ride a 2009 Specialized Myka FSR. I have heavily modded it and pretty much turned it into a trail bike to suit my riding style. (Even going to swap out the coil spring on the fork and replace it with 120mm so I can get 5" instead of my sad little 4"). I hope to be able to afford an All Mountain bike in the next year, because it will be better suited to where my skills are going.

I wear exclusively RockGardn armor. I used to use Troy Lee and Fox, but I found RockGardn really works well for me, and I don't seem to have trouble pedaling with it. RockGardn has saved me from a cracked kneecap (and numerous scrapes and bruises), so I'm a devoted patron now.

Now your turn! Share! I know you're out there (at least I hope you are)!