Mountain Biking--Cuts & Bruises

Mountain biking is actually the good side of bike riding.  The cuts and bruises heal after a while.  I purchased a really nice mountain bike (the Trek Superfly), which is the same bike that President Bush rides.  I figure that if he liked it, it must be OK (ha).  When I first started back to riding the trails, I fell at least once on each 8 to 12 mile ride.

It was so bad that one day after a ride, my little four year granddaughter, Avery, looked at my bleeding knee and said, "Peepaw, you need to practice more!"  And she was right. 

I have been riding the 8 mile and 12 mile loop a lot at Cedar Hill State Park and finally made a 12 mile ride without falling even once!  You are probably thinking, "that is no country for old men" but the rides only take a maximum of about an hour and 15 minutes and are never boring like a road ride.