Bethany, meet endo
Friday, June 16th, 2006So Erik’s finished my bike a day early. When they gave my bike back to me, it didn’t look like mine. “My bike is oranger”, I thought. Turns out they had wiped it off and actually cleaned it. LOL. It was like that Married with Children where Al sent his brown dodge through a car wash, only to find out that it was a red dodge and had never been washed.
Erik’s was also nice enough to lube up the chain and adjust both derailers. I’d highly recommend shopping there if you’re in the market for a bike or bike accessories. Speaking of those, I picked up a new camelback last night. For you Europeans, it’s the sack of water you wear on your back…like a camel ;). My old one was 60 ounces. This one holds 100 ounces of water, making it a certified reservoir. Seriously, it’s huge. We also got Bethany a helmet, and she gets my old camelback.
I took Bethany out to a local parking lot to prepare her for mountain biking. We covered the essentials, like gears, brakes, basic hops, etc. It was all going pretty well until Bethany endo’d while trying out her brakes. Endo is when you go over the handlebars.
Since all of your braking power is in the front wheel, you almost always want to use that one when biking, not to mention, using the rear brake leaves ruts (or braking bumps) on the trail. The key to braking with the front brake is to have your weight to the rear and as low as possible. When going down a hill, you are usually standing, so you accomplish this by standing behind your seat (yes, really!!). Bethany endo’d because she was standing over the handlebars. Oh well. She took it like a true tomboy. She got up, and got right back on her bike. What a girl!
June 17th, 2006 at 3:31 pm
\”For you Europeans, it’s the sack of water you wear on your back…like a camel\”
Brent, We Europeans know what a camelbacks are.
regards,
Michiel
June 17th, 2006 at 8:46 pm
It’s the only part of lance armstrong you ever see