
Me, once I master this MTB thing properly.
I am a cerebral kind of girl. I prefer surfing the web to playing sports. My hand-eye coordination is imperfect and I am overweight. I love books, pubs and good food (but I don’t smoke!). BF loves motorbikes, racing bikes and MTB’s. He loves anything with two wheels (except tandems) and owns all of them. He even has proper little outfits to match. As a result, I have watched many many hours of YouTube-videos of happy guys crashing down mountains on little bikes.
Infected by his enthousiasm, thought I’d have a go, cause it looks fantastic. We selected a safe part of the country and off we went. Off to my adventure that would include lots of girly cries, shouting Wheeeeee! and some falling over, perhaps.
It was a boy bike. It was bloody sore on the girl parts and made my back ache because the frame was too long. Dressed in T-shirts and jeans I persevered. Up and up we went, BF teaching me about gears and pacing and distributing energy. It was bloody hard. I felt every bit of extra weight of my fabulous body. Every cell called out for a future gym subscription. But I had my own mental coach (in full MTB-gear) who reassured me and said it was just fun and I had nothing to prove. I walked bits. I swore bits. I gritted teeth and muddled on in the lowest gear.
Then: the first bit downhill and it was so worth it. I uttered girly cries, shouted Wheeeeee and frantically squeezed the back brake because it all went so fast. Gods it was fun. All the downhill bits were. Rattling over stones, squeezing through mud, racing over tarmac, even sliding into the high side of the road, brushing nettles with my face. BF thought it was tame and not off-road enough, but I was exhilirated by my first attempt. Proud as punch. Convinced this is my new hobby. I want a new gadget!
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