Go mountain biking

Actually did some proper off-road mountain biking in Scotland at the weekend and it was fantastic (if a little dangerous – I have a few scars to prove it). Need to make sure I do it again, though maybe somewhere a little less severe!

See below, found a YouTube video of the final decent I did on Sunday – though I didn’t go anywhere near as fast as these guys, and I took the chicken runs round almost all of the jumps!!...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLG0Qy8U8uI

...I hit a tree and fell off at the place the guy gets to at around 2:30!!

I have a mountain bike that I ride all the time, but with this goal I’d actually like to go riding on a mountain.

Now I have friends that will go with me and teach me so I still have a face when I am done! :P

Went last Augest in Denver, and it was about the most fun I have ever had.

Note to self – next time rent some body armor.

Did a 2h trail round some woodland yesterday, complete with slaloms around trees, obstacles, etc :D Definitely the most mental bike trail I’ve ever done (OK, so it’s nothing compared to what the pros do, but to me it seemed pretty exciting!)

time to go again…

here check them out http://www.yourmtb.com/user/quasimoto – cool site as well… click on the Photo tab

went mountain biking for the first time today in papago park, not too far from my flat…

it was pretty good, but i’m not quite in the appropriate shape and i had a little bit of trouble with my bike…. still fun though, and access is easy… with the year round climate, i should be getting the hang of it and sticking with it…

I’ve gone out to look for a bike and I realized, there are a lot of things to consider when choosing the right bike… Since I haven’t ridden a bike in a long time, I was quite overwhelmed with the options. I’ll have to go back to “test drive” the bikes I was interested in to figure out which one to purchase… Then it’ll be time to go mountain biking!!

Done this before…and have had a few accidents, lol. I’d love to get back to it again. I am trying to convince my hubby that road bikes are not as fun as mountain bikes so that he’ll join me. We’ll see. My bike needs to be fixed and then I’ll go again.