I know we all have these great stories of perfect days in the saddle, then having few bottles of beer and some great food to cap off the day.
But what about the not so great days?
Please tell:
Here is one of mine:
quite a few years back, perhaps 10, we rode at Ringwood, NJ. It was a long, hot day of fabulous riding. after about 4 hrs we were beat and we weren't sure how to get back to the car, so we headed for the roads. From the road we saw a very steep, fast grassy downhill, the type you just want to fly down on your bike just for fun. it was so steep however we weren't looking forward to the walk back up. As we go to enter we see a sign " no trespassing DEC". That was our first mistake.
It turns out the person who went first, flew down with 2 of us following. then there was a short drop were we couldn't see the 1st guy for a second and then he was supposed to come back up the other side.. but he never did. at the bottom the was a concrete culvert used for drainage.. he was going so fast he didn't have time to stop. he was flipped over on the side mumbling. he suffered a minor concussion and a broken collarbone.. then the cops came and gave us summonses for trespassing. We had to bring our friend to the hospital and wait for all sorts of results..
In the end it all turned out ok, except for having to go to court for being on private land.. but we will all never forget it..
lesson learned
But what about the not so great days?
Please tell:
Here is one of mine:
quite a few years back, perhaps 10, we rode at Ringwood, NJ. It was a long, hot day of fabulous riding. after about 4 hrs we were beat and we weren't sure how to get back to the car, so we headed for the roads. From the road we saw a very steep, fast grassy downhill, the type you just want to fly down on your bike just for fun. it was so steep however we weren't looking forward to the walk back up. As we go to enter we see a sign " no trespassing DEC". That was our first mistake.
It turns out the person who went first, flew down with 2 of us following. then there was a short drop were we couldn't see the 1st guy for a second and then he was supposed to come back up the other side.. but he never did. at the bottom the was a concrete culvert used for drainage.. he was going so fast he didn't have time to stop. he was flipped over on the side mumbling. he suffered a minor concussion and a broken collarbone.. then the cops came and gave us summonses for trespassing. We had to bring our friend to the hospital and wait for all sorts of results..
In the end it all turned out ok, except for having to go to court for being on private land.. but we will all never forget it..
lesson learned