Today I rode at Lebanon Hills park for the first time. A super nice guy coming off the trail as I was heading in asked, incredulously, "Where do you live, that this is your first time here?!?" I explained that I live close, but I ride on flat trails. He said, "Oh, you'll find this isn't flat." It wasn't flat, but I only rode on the easy trail, so it wasn't difficult. And one part was kind of fun, like a roller coaster. It sure was pretty.
What I learned:
- Once my hands are warm enough to wear just gloves, and not mittens on top of them, I have way more control over shifting and braking.
- Banked turns are better done quickly in the snow, although I skidded out on two of them - twice. So, even though faster is better, I can't, ahem, bank on it.
- Those toe warmer things help, although I cringe at the one-time use/disposal nature of them.
- Little trails in the woods are much more sheltered from the wind than the wider, flatter trails.
- The nice guy and two people who were pulling in as I was leaving also have Framed bikes, but this year's models. (The nice guy was bummed that his bike cost way more than mine.) It seems like this was a good investment for The House bike shop to design and sell these bikes.
- Tons more people have fat bikes this year than last year.
- I'm much better on a trail the second time I ride it than the first.
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