I started riding in the fall of 2006. The sport was introduced by one Spak... you got it... Spak. After that I was hooked.
Now starting off did have it's ups and downs and sideways and face firsts into the dirt kinda stuff. No, no... those events were always saved for the more dramatic type stuff...
I met some great folk off of MTBR.com and took the plunge to my first REAL ride at Albion Hills on Thanksgiving weekend in 2006. The only bike I had was a RALEIGH that my first boyfriend gave me back in 1992/93. Steel was real back then and heavy as hell! I never got the chance to learn from the boyfriend as he was tragically killed by a drunk driver while crossing the street. I guess the bike was a reminder of him and I just ended up hanging it up and never looking back...
One words of wisdom from Spak... "Don't you think you at least owe it to him to ride that bike in his honour?"
He was right... so here I am now...
I joined Dirt Rag forum and met a few other peops - that I was soon to make friends with... one be it Peter of Misfit Psycles who was gracious enough to let me take a steed out for a demo... you know he never got that demo back! Including the sweet wheelset that went along with it.
Never looked back... as much as everyone tells me gears are needed... after having ridden the cheater Misfit built as a 1 x 9 with a front forky fork, and my rigid SS Misfit... I prefer my 29er rigid... and SS...
The rest, well, history begins... or something like that... and seeing that the entire universe has a blog, why the hell not add one more gabillion trillion blog drivel diary for your reading pleasure?
But not right now, I'm tired... to be continued... As you were...
