THIS IS NOT A CHEAP COUNTERFEIT
THE GENTLEMAN AND I met up some dirt today. It was perfect after a few light rains in the last 48 hours. Tacky, ripable...
... hero dirt.
Is there anything better?
Maybe fresh, new asphalt.
Or, a real gravel road.
Stringing together a bonanza of trails, some well-know to us and some completely knew, it occurred to me that some of today's dazzling tech...
... is just a cheap counterfeit.
We were IRL.
Not VR glasses,
on a stationary bike leaning over,
with a fan giving the sensation of speed.
This was the real thing...
- My arm was bleeding after being stabbed by unruly shrubbery.
- More than once, I felt the strain of the knobbies giving way and regaining their perch as we carved down the steep stuff.
- Hard-earned sweat dropped onto my lens, then sizzled in my eye
... and we were loving it.
But, the best was the ol' lady heckling us as we battled a loose, 25% pitch...
If it isn't 90%, it's not a real climb.
It was like a cackle from with Wicked Witch of The West.
We ride bikes.
They can go fast.
You will likely get hurt...
... and have a great story to tell about a lesson you learned,
in real life.
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164 lbs
6.5 hrs
0 Rip On RaceDay Circuit + more
10 minutes recovery
20 minutes reading + Journaling
