Originally Posted by rsbob

Agree about the ‘if you want to ride it, ya got to earn it’. That was my mantra for many years, and when I see others who busted their @$$es to get up there, it’s a sort of brotherhood.

I still have an acoustic mtb and grind up the hills, but with the recent cougar attack within 2 miles of my house - with it’s sibling and mother in the neighborhood, will stick to the road - so I can get quickly splatted instead.