Sunday, October 14, 2007

My newest hobby.

Mountain biking. I seriously love it. If I had time I would go everyday. Perhaps with more practice I will not fall as often. On Friday Robin and I decided to go riding. By the looks of the weather, it was going to be cold, but we were still up for it. There is only a few weeks left of prime mountain biking weather so we jumped at this opportunity. Thomas Creek is by far one of the best single tracks in Reno ever. It is so beautiful and challenging at the same time.
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This was my third time on this trail, it was by far the most beautiful, there were patches of fresh snow along the entire trail. So we had to stop and enjoy it.
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Robin has a hobby of taking pictures of the bikes on the trail.
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The entire climb was really enjoyable this time.
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By this time I mean that I didn't mind riding my insanely heavy bike up the mountain. I in fact am getting better, certain parts where I would get tired and have to unclip were not as frequent this ride.
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Robin was nice enough to ride up the trail a bit and wait for me.
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It takes me twice as long to climb the mountain. Once I'm done and the realization that the only thing left is downhill definately gets my adrenaline pumping. It was cold so by the time I got half way down the mountain I was hoping to still have feeling left in my fingers so I could brake.
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Robin doing what she does best.
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She can even carry your bike across the freezing little creek for you. It was a bit colder on this ride, but it was so worth the stares we got at Starbucks.