a great day...
Today was a day of friends and bikes up at Carnegie OHV.. We had a blast riding with Mike and Robyn, two most excellent friends we had seen in a while. Carnegie was truly a dust-bowl today, but not to crowded and the weather was great. We hit a couple of easy trails and spent a lot of time on the rocky, gravelly, and bumpy "flats". It's a tough park and even the easy stuff is slippery and steep. The "flats" (so named because they a wash out at the base of the hills, NOT because they are particularly flat.) are a great place to work on throttle control, body position, and to develop the muscle groups needed to ride. It's an experience for sure. As I was riding with Mike who is a very good (and patient) rider. I took this trip as the chance to begin to learn how to "float" the front end over bumps and down sharp drop-offs, no it's not a wheelie, it's just keeping the front and back level even when the trail is not. (ok, it's a lot like a wheelie..). I did my first real jump today, it was only a 18 or 20 inch drop off, but I gassed it and cleared the thing and came down wheels flat.. (floated the front) it was awesome. (in a small jump sorta way.).
Dana had a great time, and getting a chance to ride with Robyn (a fellow female rider, with a little be more experience) was super sweet. We both get better every time we go out.
Hope you all had a great weekend.
-Peter
Dana had a great time, and getting a chance to ride with Robyn (a fellow female rider, with a little be more experience) was super sweet. We both get better every time we go out.
Hope you all had a great weekend.
-Peter