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Just found this site and I thought I would introduce my self and share with you my first ride, although a short one it was awesome.
Life begins at Forty, as my father and his friends used to tell me, so rather than going out and buying a fancy red sports car, I bought a Trek.
Got if from the shop Monday night and rather going for a morning run yesterday I headed out for the State Forest across from where I live.
Early morning due covering the trees and a crisp 34 degrees felt great. But, wow, this is so different from running. The forest road starts a gradual climb from 300 feet to 580 feet (I know that's just a mosquito bite but this is Connecticut). At the last steep incline before the summit, I blew it and was in too low of a gear and could not get any traction midway through and had to walk.
Then I started down hill and man what a blast that was! It was like shredden! The forest tooks some turns and dips, had to jump a stream and then I was spit out on the main road. Awesome!
Can't wait to do it again and again and again.
RmR
Life begins at Forty, as my father and his friends used to tell me, so rather than going out and buying a fancy red sports car, I bought a Trek.
Got if from the shop Monday night and rather going for a morning run yesterday I headed out for the State Forest across from where I live.
Early morning due covering the trees and a crisp 34 degrees felt great. But, wow, this is so different from running. The forest road starts a gradual climb from 300 feet to 580 feet (I know that's just a mosquito bite but this is Connecticut). At the last steep incline before the summit, I blew it and was in too low of a gear and could not get any traction midway through and had to walk.
Then I started down hill and man what a blast that was! It was like shredden! The forest tooks some turns and dips, had to jump a stream and then I was spit out on the main road. Awesome!
Can't wait to do it again and again and again.
RmR
