End of an era, of sorts

With the recent lack of interest in putting in the effort to ride DH this summer, I've made the realization that I'm not sure if I want to keep doing it. Trying to gather people up to ride, who's going to shuttle, where we can ride, etc.. And when I do happen upon a day that we do ride downhill, it's just not as fun as it used to be. Even though I feel I've gotten a lot faster as of late, It's just not that mind blowing and adrenaline charging as it used to be. It could have something to do with the fact that all my downhill friends are pretty much out of the game, and that's the reason I started doing it in the first place.

Thoughts of trying to plan on going to races and riding bike parks has all but diminished from my brain nowadays. I've come to the conclusion that I can't afford and probably won't be able to afford doing that stuff until I've finished school and have a job where I make real money.

However.......

With this recent realization comes some exciting and potentially ground breaking news. After the years of despising riding uphills as well as down, I've been drawn to the side that I'd never thought I would. XC and Enduro riding. I've been doing it for about 3 months now, riding XC, and getting in better pedaling shape to where its actually really fun now, and I am having a blast doing it. So you can say that its sort of the end of an era, no more downhill. Just new and exciting adventures on my trail bikes.

 I want to try and hit a few super-d races and possibly an XC race or two, since there are more of these races closer to me, and cost far less money than traveling and racing DH. With the recent purchase of a new Enduro bike, I'm more than excited to get going in this field of riding, and learning a whole other side to mountain bikes!!

Here's a recent photo of a great trail ride the other day. Getting my pedal legs under me!