SvennoJ said:
ReimTime said:
o.O nice! I have a Raleigh Matterhorn mountain bike. No idea how much it was but I got it a loooong time ago when I was still in Sask. It serves me well! You're legit though haha that's some serious mileage! Ever want to ride your bike through the Rockies?
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That's probably still a lower estimate, if I could I would go out daily. Cycling in the rockies would be cool, yet not fair to my wife and kids. I'm still finding new ways to go here after 14 years, never gets boring.
I bought a Burley cub trailer a few years ago to take the kids with me. The oldest is too big for it now, plus the outer connecting rod broke. It has some serious mileage on it too. I reinforced it with steel wire and rope lol. It seems to hold. The younger one still rides in it (usually naps along the way to a beach or waterfall etc), oldest just got spoiled with his own Cannondale Trail 20 bike. He loves it, getting used to changing gears. It's a 6 speed. Mine's a 27 speed, I use them all. Lowest to pull the bike trailer up steep hills, highest to reach upto 55 kph down hill.
My worst crash was 16 years ago, going about 35-40 kph, slipped on loose gravel laying on the road while making a turn. Ended up sliding along the road for a good bit and lost a lot of skin on my right arm, shoulder and chest. The worst was thoroughly washing all the dirt and gravel out when I got home, ugh. Then to the ER to get a Tetanus shot. It all took a few weeks to heal. I've wiped out cornering on wet asphalt too, much less damaging. Kinda comical sliding into the gutter. Plenty other crashes on trails although I've been getting more careful the past few years. I've even fallen asleep while cycling, rode right of the embankment. It's fun to push a bicycle to its limits, and the more you fall, the better you get at it. Heck, I even managed to stay on 2 days ago while I was already picking out a good spot to land :)
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You fell asleep on a bicycle?? I didn't even know that was possible haha
Mordred11 said:
Apart from the extremely flashy ( way too sexy for me ) outfit, you are looking great! Keep raising the bar.
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Thanks man! I plan to raise it and lower it many times 
