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That's going to leave a mark !
Let's start the long holiday weekend off with a half day Friday and a field trip to Leominster State Forrest. I decided to explore an area that I have yet to visit and spend a tad over three hours playing on roots and rocks. About 40 minutes into the ride the trail decided to bite back and give me a closer look at the trail floor. Once I shook it off and got rolling again it was beck on the roots and rocks for the remainder of my ride. Will be back to this area in the future to explore some more new trails. Have a great holiday weekend everyone.
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Ya know, that reminds me my wife wants me to video my mountain bike rides. Not to see where I'm riding, but to see the crashes.
Glad you're ok.
Glad you're ok.
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You nearly kissed that rock. Good thing you weren’t zipping along.
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Let's start the long holiday weekend off with a half day Friday and a field trip to Leominster State Forrest. I decided to explore an area that I have yet to visit and spend a tad over three hours playing on roots and rocks. About 40 minutes into the ride the trail decided to bite back and give me a closer look at the trail floor. Once I shook it off and got rolling again it was beck on the roots and rocks for the remainder of my ride. Will be back to this area in the future to explore some more new trails. Have a great holiday weekend everyone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OVZlGKuVh8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OVZlGKuVh8
but after a year away I'm back on the trails, just less careless and slower. good luck.
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I just was going over a little tree down and my front tire came down into a groove between two rocks. Then the wheel got yanked to the right and I went over the bars. I wear clipless but it would have made little difference with platforms.
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Welp, that’s what we like about trail riding and singletracks. Glad you weren’t hurt worse though banged up ribs are painful.
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I also feel clipless is safer. Riding with platforms feels to me like driving without a seatbelt, especially on rock gardens.
TBH, I crashed once because of clipless pedals. The bolt on the cleat got loose and I was unable to unclip. Had to remove my foot from the shoe to get off the bike! hahahaha
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There's something of clipless pedals that I find surprising. Some cyclists tell me some crashes can be avoided by using platforms, but when I loose control of the bike, I always unclip unconsciously if necessary. I don't really think about it, it just happens faster than I can consciously do it. This hasn't been like this since the beginning, but after 10 years of clipless I'm so used to it it's totally a non-issue.
I also feel clipless is safer. Riding with platforms feels to me like driving without a seatbelt, especially on rock gardens.
TBH, I crashed once because of clipless pedals. The bolt on the cleat got loose and I was unable to unclip. Had to remove my foot from the shoe to get off the bike! hahahaha
I also feel clipless is safer. Riding with platforms feels to me like driving without a seatbelt, especially on rock gardens.
TBH, I crashed once because of clipless pedals. The bolt on the cleat got loose and I was unable to unclip. Had to remove my foot from the shoe to get off the bike! hahahaha
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