Age 7-11: Schwinn Stingray, to school a few miles away, but most memories of "ghost riding" it down the road, over ramps and jumps and over the same jumps over the ditch in front of our house. 11-17: Diamond Back mountain bike. Most memorable ride was Fall River Road in Rockey Mountain national park, where I lost brakes due to mud and bailed, watching it fly over the edge (payback for ghost riding my previous bike no doubt). I was bruised up, but the bike was fine except for a slightly bent front big chain ring. Used a rock to bash it back into place. 17-2002: Cannondale Alum. touring bike. Skinny tires. Racing poser unable to ride dirt. Toured Europe after high school like a lycra fool. Memories include a century ride through London after which I was covered in soot that felt an inch thick and didn't completely come off until we followed the Seine River into Paris in 100˚F/100% humidity, but replaced it with dead gnats, so maybe not. Then there was baulking like a chicken in the middle of the just closed French grocery to ask for where the chicken soup was, only to be dragged on the hard heels of my cycling cleats (in which I walked like a chicken) to the eggs. Apparently I looked I'd just laid an egg. Sardonic grin. 2003-200? Greenspeed recumbent trike until I discovered going barefoot and running the trails was possible with vertigo and it was so remote and wonderful I gave the trike to our godson's brother who has multiple challenges, including walking. 2012-Present: RIvendell Hunqapillar and wondrous trail riding and bikepacking to places nobody else goes. Glorious solitude! Fat tires are beautiful, but I suspect I don't want to go fatter because of the bounce, but I'll try that someday and see how we get along.
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