OK, so maybe I don't completely suck at mountain biking. The weather was crappy last weekend so I went out in the back yard and built a drop on the hillside. It's about 40 inches at the lip, and maybe 4 feet or a little more down to the landing zone. Definitely bigger than anything I've dropped off before.
On Sunday my friend Andy drove up from Albuquerque and we raked in a trail leading up to the drop, and cleaned up the landing zone. Then, there was nothing to do but hit it. I ran up on it a couple times and bailed off to the side. Then I just decided I HAD to do it. I knew deep inside that I had the skills, that my body would know what to do if I could just convince my brain. So I just got some speed up and shot off it! Yeah, it was scary, but mostly fun. The main thing is that I didn't crash.
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Nice Robert. I would like to come out and ride the freeride park sometime and maybe have a soak afterwards. What do I get for making the first comment on the
2nd post? Ohh yeaa and I didn't lower myself to post a comment on your mtbr thread. :)
Hey Tim!
To ride, you must help build! I want to build a teeter next but I'm going to need some LONG timbers. Kind of wet and muddy down there right now.
Nice lean back,I' ll bring out some wood,fasteners and tools . You'll have to do a face plant in trade.
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OK...I'm late for the party. Cool park thing you got going on there...
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