Teeter/Totter & Dog
Did a little ride with Gretchen yesterday in the cold wind of Marsh Creek. At 10:00am it was still cold enough for the ground to be frozen solid.
It didn't take long to realize I over dressed. The wind tights and balaclava were a bit much. I never wear wind tights (they have a neoprene like material on the fronts covering your thighs, knees and shins) on mountain bike rides.
It took a while, but I finally regulated (unzipped a bunch of shit) and felt pretty comfortable. The weather never phased Gretchen. She was standing in and drinking from the creeks like it was spring.
Feeling better and even a bit spunky I decided to try the giant teeter/totter "they" built on the bonus loop side of Marsh Creek.
Though a little on the narrow side, it's a huge teeter/totter, which in my mind made it easier to ride. I circled around and started up. At the half-way point I felt the tell/tale teeter as my weight started to bring the end I was riding up down toward the ground. Three quarters of the way across/up, it stopped and sort of balanced. What the hell? I slowed a little, balanced and looked back over my shoulder.
Gretchen was standing on the other end!
She had followed me up the teeter/totter, but now was up in the air with me balancing. I knew if I pedaled a little further my weight would bring it down, but she she jumped off instead. Crash! Down to the ground I went and rode away.
Overall a decent ride. She came home and slept, which is good.
- b
It didn't take long to realize I over dressed. The wind tights and balaclava were a bit much. I never wear wind tights (they have a neoprene like material on the fronts covering your thighs, knees and shins) on mountain bike rides.
It took a while, but I finally regulated (unzipped a bunch of shit) and felt pretty comfortable. The weather never phased Gretchen. She was standing in and drinking from the creeks like it was spring.
Feeling better and even a bit spunky I decided to try the giant teeter/totter "they" built on the bonus loop side of Marsh Creek.
Though a little on the narrow side, it's a huge teeter/totter, which in my mind made it easier to ride. I circled around and started up. At the half-way point I felt the tell/tale teeter as my weight started to bring the end I was riding up down toward the ground. Three quarters of the way across/up, it stopped and sort of balanced. What the hell? I slowed a little, balanced and looked back over my shoulder.
Gretchen was standing on the other end!
She had followed me up the teeter/totter, but now was up in the air with me balancing. I knew if I pedaled a little further my weight would bring it down, but she she jumped off instead. Crash! Down to the ground I went and rode away.
Overall a decent ride. She came home and slept, which is good.
- b
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4:09 PM
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