All of us were beginners at one point. Like many grey haired mountain bikers, my friends and I started riding the North Shore on steel 71/73 degree rigid bikes with narrow bull bars, cantilever brakes and hiking boots on bear trap pedals. We rode up dirt roads and tumbled down hiking trails. I sucked back then, and as jumps and skinnies became the thing I remained off the back, but I still ride now. We ride because we really like it, and I think that is Cam's point. It doesn't matter if you have a sick bike or if you are fast, or skilled, only that you get out and ride.
I lusted after a fillet brazed Ritchey Timberwolf with Tomaselli brake levers, but that never stopped me from repeatedly falling off my entry level Norco.
Nov. 9, 2017, 9:16 a.m. - uberlounge
All of us were beginners at one point. Like many grey haired mountain bikers, my friends and I started riding the North Shore on steel 71/73 degree rigid bikes with narrow bull bars, cantilever brakes and hiking boots on bear trap pedals. We rode up dirt roads and tumbled down hiking trails. I sucked back then, and as jumps and skinnies became the thing I remained off the back, but I still ride now. We ride because we really like it, and I think that is Cam's point. It doesn't matter if you have a sick bike or if you are fast, or skilled, only that you get out and ride. I lusted after a fillet brazed Ritchey Timberwolf with Tomaselli brake levers, but that never stopped me from repeatedly falling off my entry level Norco.