went for a ride today with some better riders, and it started out awesome, then ended up sucking...
we hit the hill climbs, the rocky/technical stuff, the single track, and by 2-1/2 hours, I was beat...and we still had 2 hours to go...Riding fatigued sucks balls. I got super sloppy, I had several tip overs, and got so tired I could barely ride fire roads...what's worse is my front brake pads went down to metal, built up pressure, and clamped on the rotor without letting go...had to bleed the front on the trail and rode back sketchy/rocky downhill with just a locked/sliding rear. It wasn't fun anymore. And on one tip over, my camelbak mouthpiece fell out, all my water poured out, and I became super dehydrated over 1-2 hours...full sweat...90+ degrees, and it messed me up. I was dizzy, extremely fatigued, could barely handle the bike, and got super pessimistic about if I'd make it back, and started making mental plans about leaving the bike and just walking back to my truck. I felt way out of my element and just wanted to fell "normal" again.
dehydration is real...don't let it get you!
I started to panic a little too towards the end when we were supposedly close, but got lost at the end of the ride. I was just so tired, my mind couldn't overcome my body's fatigue...could not handle any more rocky hills, single track, and I could barely ride a fire trail. I kept asking everyone if anyone knew where we were...I made a couple of the older guys mad because I just rode slow, took a 2-3 min break before hitting a hill, I fell a lot, and asked a lot of questions. Once back at the truck I drank 2 bottles of water, a gatorade, banana, nuts, an egg sandwich and just passed out for 1/2 hour until the water and food absorbed...and even stopped twice on my 1-1/2 hour drive to nap and/or deal with the cramping. It was so bad I couldn't hit the gas or break pedal with either leg...just pain in the muscles.
aside from that crap, and that I now need a new rotor/front brakes...and I DEFINITELY need my rear shock revalved/sprung to match the front (it shot me all OVER the place)...the trails were awesome :spit:
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don't look or go right!
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