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[indigoiis]

Yeah, it does, but like I said, I did learn something.

[tzvia]

Last week I was in the woods with DH, we were coming up a steep, technical grade, I chickened out and tried to clip out. As I was clipping out, the bike came down hard on my ankle, breaking it in two places.

So I have a long recovery to look forward to, and my husband is threatening to sell my bike. But I want to get back out there and get over my fears, and learn to do it right!

Ooh shoot, indigoiis... You must have fallen hard on rocks or something... Either that or you have a very heavy bike. Oh my heal up fast!

And yea, I almost fell over today doing a hard rocky climb; right at the top. I had no guts or momentum at that point but knew that two more revolutions would get me over the top so I stood up, and almost fell over as my wheels slipped a bit on the rocky ground. So I kept peddaling as I felt my self start to lean over and the panic gave me enough legs to get over the last rock instead of stalling. It was then that I noticed that the climb was a wrong turn and I had to go back down and take the other fork in the trail (I am on vacation in another state and I had only been on this ride once before, a year ago.) Oh well...

[loveaz]

Finished my lap at Barn Burner race in Flagstaff, AZ under 3 hours-that was my goal, came in 2:57 - LOL. BUT, I did stop and help another lady mtbr with a flat - turns out she rides 26" and I'm 29", so we just tried to pump it up to no avail. Easy 10 minutes right there, but I'd rather be a good doobee than a fast badbee.

[sundial]

Tonight I finally made it up a feature called "The Wall" at one of our local trails.

Yay Aggie! Woot!

[limewave]

Last night I rode some single track I haven't ridden for a few months. There's a drop between two trees with a hairpin turn onto a bridge. It's always freaked me out. I start experiencing anxiety symptoms about a mile before this section.

I'm out there by myself, riding, riding, riding--trying my hardest to suppress thoughts of this drop. When all of a sudden I realized I just crossed the bridge. That. Was the drop??? No way! I just flew right over it. It didn't intimidate me at all!!!!

Doing the race a few weeks ago with the scary skills section has turned out to be the greatest thing to improve my riding

[Aggie_Ama]

Tonight was one of those rides you wish you could bottle the feelings of for a rainy day!

First I decided to stop skipping a drop that lately I have been just passing. Don't know why I just haven't been feeling confident, down I went and that really shook the nerves off.

Then we were riding along and I told DH I was going to attempt a climb I call the "Root Climb". It isn't long but it is S-shaped with a few large roots, somewhat steep and after two years I haven't made it more than halfway. First attempt I make it slightly less than halfway but something felt right. I tried again and I MADE IT!!

Then we ride over to the Waterfall Crossing, it drops in somewhat steep with a berm then a drop into a dry (right now) creek and climb out with roots and rocks. I have rode it for a while but the past couple of time I have been nervous and putting a foot down. I cleaned it. What a relief.

Then I get to this little drop with a root. It isn't any bigger than a curb but I have been walking it for about a year. Today I just rolled up, did what I knew to do and went right over with no issues. It pretty much was exactly the feeling Limewave had with that bridge, what drop, I passed it? What a relief!

The rest of the ride I had confidence to ride a couple more drops I have been skipping. Ones I have done last year but this year just wasn't feeling it. I also made some pretty difficult for my level climbs. Missed a few things I have been able to ride and had a minor crash that left me way more bruised than a crash of that level should but it was still an awesome ride!

[Charlieggo]

My accomplishment this week was buying a mountain bike and taking my first ride. It was awesome and couldn't stop grinning, dirt, rocks, sand - what's not to love?! Wondering why I didn't do this sooner, oh yeah, kids, work... Anyways, loving the forum thanks for posting girls.