I am at a cottage in Wakefield, which is a small town in quebec. There
is still a bit of snow around here. Today, I decided to go for a ride a
up at the ski hill that I work at. I rode around for a little while and
I went inside to talk to some people. First, I met my supervisor who
said "Who stole half of your bike?" I responded "I snapped it off.
After all, two wheels is twice as hard!". We both had a good laugh.
Then my boss wanted to try. It turns out that he can actully ride, but
he hasn't in a long time. He is much bigger than me so he was bottoming
out the tire (I keep it low) and the seat was too low. Then I found
some logs and had my first shot at trials. Sure, it was only about 10cm
off the ground and 15cm wide, but it was my first obsticle! In a little
while, I could hop on it, hop off it, ride down it, hop over it and hop
on then ride down. I was amazed! It was my first time on skinny with a
uni! I did some other stuff on logs and then rode through the really
technical parking lot, which has lots and lots of potholes and is dirt.
The holes were full of water, which didn't help! I then went down to
'downtown' Wakefield (Wakefield is a very small town!) and road around.
Then I got some courage up and did some small drops off of a ledge of
ice on the side of the road (created by the plows). It took a while to
get the nerve up, but I managed to do a drop of about 15 inches! Thats
my largest to date 🙂! My legs got very chaffed after riding for a few
hours, but my skin is getting used to it, so it has almost gone away
already 🙂🙂.
So yeah, I made a lot of progress today, and I discovered how fun even
micro trials can be! The best quote of the day was when I was in the
lodge at the ski hill. "How many speed is that thing?" "Um, one." It
made me laugh.
All in all, it was a really great day. I improved my hopping and got a
little primer to trials. Its awesome!
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Eroick
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