Went biking, didn't die
So that's a good thing. Went on Sunday morning with Teresa and a couple friends, at
Papago park. I still have confidence issues while on the bike, particularly on anything downhill and rocky, but I would expect those to lessen with experience. Climbing hills was hampered by the fact that I couldn't get into my lowest front gear.
All in all, I had to get off my bike way more than I would have liked for a variety of reasons, but I still had a lot of fun. Except for that parts where I tore my shorts, I didn't care for that as much. :-P I would imagine that going back a few times and recognizing the trail would help me a lot as well...as much as I'd like to maintain some speed going up over a hill, I can't make myself do it if I don't know what's on the other side.
One particularly great moment, I was moving along some flat ground with a bit of speed when I came to a dip in the trail. Went down into the dip, and rather than a smooth curve back up, it felt more like just a flat rock face that I was totally unprepared for. ;-) So of course, I slammed straight into it, used up just about all my front shock travel, came to nearly a complete stop, and had to try and pedal out of it while still in a high gear. I'm not very good, you see.
Other unrelated news:
1. I found an empty, seemingly non-leaking keg sitting next to the dumpster by my apartment. :-D
2. The hard drive in my computer is making bad, bad noises. The good news, CompUSA had a 200gb Seagate for $30 after rebates as part of a President's Day sale.
Posted by Ben at February 20, 2006 11:33 AM