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8/16/2014 2:41am
We all have our little reasons why we love riding. What are yours?
A few of mine:
- Two wheel drifting into a corner, unintentionally, only to hook up traction at the last moment and rail out of the turn.
- Cruising back to the car after a good ride, doing little cutties along the way.
- Discovering your helmet straps, hair, and the sides of your face have crystallized salt all over them after a long day of riding.
- Finally nailing that technical section that has been giving you trouble.
- Crashing head over heals, realizing you're fine, and then having a good laugh about how retardly awesome it was.
A few of mine:
- Two wheel drifting into a corner, unintentionally, only to hook up traction at the last moment and rail out of the turn.
- Cruising back to the car after a good ride, doing little cutties along the way.
- Discovering your helmet straps, hair, and the sides of your face have crystallized salt all over them after a long day of riding.
- Finally nailing that technical section that has been giving you trouble.
- Crashing head over heals, realizing you're fine, and then having a good laugh about how retardly awesome it was.
also, this summer i realized how much i LISTEN during my rides and runs...almost forgetting what i'm looking at and concentrating on the noises of the tires, dirt, rocks and bike. (sorry, i don't understand how people ride with headphones).
Little thing- hearing my bike work, the chain turning away, my hub ratcheting, my tires biting the dirt, suspension soaking up the big hits. I hate clapped out bike sounds but hearing a well working machine do its job is so satisfying.
Dammit, Spomer beat me to the bike noise and hermit thing.
To add some more:
The sound of the dirt being plowed out of the way in a corner and sluffing into trailside shrubbery (BRING ME....A SHRRRUBERRY!).
Scandi flicking a corner and raging way harder than you meant to. (manual/wheelie out adds to the steez and excitement).
Trail gaps i.e. double up roots and rocks.
Blasting through tree branches and other flora to grab the inside line.
Putting down the power on the straights.
Any time is it "the best ride evarrrr" b/c it was just a great f'in day.
That and I have a need for speed and hang time.
The sound of sideknobs tearing hardpacked dirt apart is my favorite noise of all time.
Passing your buddies anywhere on the trail.
The smell of the forest and fresh mountain air
-riding so good, you cant help yourself but make strange and loud heckles (LOL)
-smiles for miles while riding
-roosts of the yin-yang
-stopping and taking the time to observe the minute details in nature, a banana slug steezin on a branch, a small spider in its web, or the imprint of every knobby in a rut....
its the small shit that makes me fall in love with nature and biking and remember why i do what i do
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