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this trail is so far above my skill set

eric strt6

eric strt6

Resident Curmudgeon
Sep 8, 2001
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There is a trail in the Soquel Demonstation Forest whose name shall not be uttered ( just think Burt Reynolds in a canoe) that the first 100' is an insanely steep chute that then goes across a thin traverse onto a couple of hundred yards of riding a knife edge before entering into normal insane steep forest riding. I crashed 4 times in the chute dabbed on the traverse and almost shit myself on the knife edge. I rode it once and was just happy to have not killed myself
 
iRider

iRider

Turbo Monkey
Apr 5, 2008
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mykel said:
No. Just No.

The damn sport is dangerous enough without adding massive exposure. I have never understood the attraction to this type of trail. :nope:
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#IMBAwasNOThere

Can not be that hard if you can drink shots in the breaks on the ride. ;)
 
mykel

mykel

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Apr 19, 2013
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iRider said:
#IMBAwasNOThere

Can not be that hard if you can drink shots in the breaks on the ride. ;)
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It is not the trail technicality, that, I have no issues with. I like tech trails.
It is the fact that we all fuck up once in a while. Clip a pedal, small washout, collapse into a hole at the wrong time, etc etc. Just too much could go wrong. Getting spit out into a tree or some rocks is bad enough. God knows I've got the broken bones to prove it, but in this case it isn't just a broken bone, cuts and contusions., but splattered punkin'

To each their own, but for me, the massive additional risk is just not worth a little extra bit of adrenaline.
 
iRider

iRider

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Fair enough. I haven't been riding stuff like that for a while, but I usually enjoyed it. I just hate these narrow tunnels. I guess @sethimus rides stuff like that frequently considering where he is located.
 
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