wow. what a cool site!!!! glad i finally found it. :cool: I love the Women's and Old Peoples forums - those both apply to me to varying degrees, I guess.... :think:
I've ridden on and off all my life, starting from when I was about five.... but since my 20's have ridden entirely street.
Started back into dirt a little bit on borrowed bikes two years ago Christmas. My 2nd time out I launched pretty badly going downhill and broke my ankle, blew out my knee, dislocated my shoulder and had a pretty wicked concussion.... my girlfriend made me ride back down to camp cause i didn't want a helicopter ride... LOL.
I've managed to keep things a little more in check since then... _finally_ got a dirt bike of my own so i can stop throwing other people's bikes off cliffs (I always felt a little bad about that).... kept it small (TTR125L) as they are easier to get back UP cliffs.... plus I'll put road tires on it and run it on a local minibike track from time to time.
Mostly I street ride, however... so dirt is kinda cross training. I raced mini roadracers (YSRs) at the Stockton Motorplex in CA last year, and will race bigger bikes with the AFM this year....
We're super lucky to have Hollister Hills OHV Park nearby, and Clear Creek (which is absolutely phenomenal if you like trails / hillclimbs / single track stuff) is not too far away, along with a lot of other dirt parks I haven't had the chance to visit yet. I'm finding that I'm really having a blast with the tougher (for me) single track stuff.... altho I really want to get a lot better and faster on the TT track, as well....
OK - that's way more of an intro than i meant to ride.....
Cheers!
-tamara (aka "BigMeanTam" in other parts....) :ride: (<-- oops _write_ i meant...)
I've ridden on and off all my life, starting from when I was about five.... but since my 20's have ridden entirely street.
Started back into dirt a little bit on borrowed bikes two years ago Christmas. My 2nd time out I launched pretty badly going downhill and broke my ankle, blew out my knee, dislocated my shoulder and had a pretty wicked concussion.... my girlfriend made me ride back down to camp cause i didn't want a helicopter ride... LOL.
I've managed to keep things a little more in check since then... _finally_ got a dirt bike of my own so i can stop throwing other people's bikes off cliffs (I always felt a little bad about that).... kept it small (TTR125L) as they are easier to get back UP cliffs.... plus I'll put road tires on it and run it on a local minibike track from time to time.
Mostly I street ride, however... so dirt is kinda cross training. I raced mini roadracers (YSRs) at the Stockton Motorplex in CA last year, and will race bigger bikes with the AFM this year....
We're super lucky to have Hollister Hills OHV Park nearby, and Clear Creek (which is absolutely phenomenal if you like trails / hillclimbs / single track stuff) is not too far away, along with a lot of other dirt parks I haven't had the chance to visit yet. I'm finding that I'm really having a blast with the tougher (for me) single track stuff.... altho I really want to get a lot better and faster on the TT track, as well....
OK - that's way more of an intro than i meant to ride.....
Cheers!
-tamara (aka "BigMeanTam" in other parts....) :ride: (<-- oops _write_ i meant...)
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