At 11:30 AM 3/19/01 -0800, Kelly, Katie wrote:
>How do you define a "good frame?" What are things to look for?
Straight back, nice arm position. Ooops, sorry I thought you were talking
about ballroom dancing. :>))))))....
Are we all ready for the AAS season opener this weekend?. It's time to get
the adrenaline rush.......Great, just great, really great, awesome.......
Barry
>I bought a Trek 850 a few years ago, for no other purpose than to ride
>around town. Is this a decent frame worth "upgrading?"
>
>How do you go down rocky hills?
>
>How do you fall?
>
>I had an interesting experience in Sedona, they day before I jumped out of
>an airplane. By the way, jumping out of an airplane is cake when compared to
>mountain biking.
>
>Well, I mostly walked this mountain bike through the trails. I'd never done
>single track riding before, and these seemed to mostly be from rock to rock.
>And I have a theory about failure. For example, if you fail in an autocross,
>you'll probably hit a cone, spin out, DNF, or whatever. You risk very little
>injury to yourself, even others, so it's all right to make mistakes. If I
>mess up mountain biking, though, I'm likely to break an arm, which would
>most likely ruin the rest of my day.
>
>Anyway, on the way back to the shop that rented us the bikes, we went
>through this "beginner's" single track. Compared to the rock jumping, this
>was a breeze. Nothing too difficult, and by the end, my confidence had
>soared. I was having too much fun. I practiced the "looking ahead" technique
>that comes at such a high dollar price for most autocrossers. This seemed to
>work, and after each little obstacle, I got better and better at it. I was
>enjoying the challenge. I felt as if I learned something.
>
>Well, there was this straight section, we were almost home, we're flying
>across the dirt, and I don't know what happened, but I must've hit a rock or
>something, because the next thing I knew, I made sudden turn to the right,
>and flew airborne into this tree on a mound.
>
>It hurt really, really bad. My friends Brigitte and Dan only heard the
>sounds I made, which went something like, "Huh? Uhh uh uh UHHHHHHHH."
>
>I was flat up against the tree. Thank God for helmets, I'll tell you that
>much. Brigitte tried to help me stand up, but I was all tangled up. I'm
>still bruised from this, and it this all happened over two weeks ago. Before
>I even tried to get out of my flat knot, I first had to check to make sure
>all my parts worked. The fingers on my left hand were numb, and the area on
>my hand just below my left pinky STILL is tender. I still can't run, nor can
>I even kick in swimming. I am just all messed up from this.
>
>Yet, even though crashing hurts a lot, it's kind of fun getting the wind
>knocked out of you a little bit. I think it's because the brain releases all
>these chemicals to block all the pain.
>
>Brigitte and Dan were really impressed, and said that when they saw me all
>smashed up in the tree, that I looked "really cool."
>
>But then they said, "But we're just trying to understand HOW it happened,
>Katie. We were going in a STRAIGHT LINE!"
>
>"Well, I think I hit a rock or something!"
>
>"But there are no rocks here, Katie!"
>
>All there was were just my tracks in the dirt as you can see that at first I
>was travelling straight, and then suddenly, I turned right, as if for
>ABSOLUTELY NO REASON.
>
>Okay, never mind. I'm having second thoughts about this mountain biking
>stuff. I think I'll stick to autocross. I might spin out for no reason, but
>it doesn't hurt as much.
>
>Katie K.
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