for the love of riding

[rfoubi]

Its 9:41 pm, Friday night, In February, Theres snow on the ground, the temperature is below freezing..but I decide to go riding. Its been more than a month since i have ridden (i know thats not that long), and I am feeling the emptiness where riding once was. So i just head out with no plan in mind, no destination, no time limits, and I had one of the better rides of my life. In the summer when I am riding everyday, this would be nothing special, i didnt hit any new lines or bust any new trick, i just cruised around, hitting the odd stair set, working on manualling, just having fun on my bike. But Theres something special about riding in the dead of night, on deserted streets. It felt so good to be on my bike again; the world just seemed to slow down and i realized the only sound was of my freewheel spinning and my tires humming, and i loved every minute of it. And as i rode home my fingers even started to feel warm and i realized how lucky i am to be manualling down a four lane street in the middle of the night in the middle of winter.



Im probably going to look at this in the morning and laugh at how cheesy is sounds, but as i sit here now, it feels all right.

[Garris]

Im glad you had fun. I almost got hit by a car..had to bail..and am rashed up and sore with a stiff hip.

But good to see your out there

[rfoubi]

ouch.. those damn cars, hope you didnt screw yourself up too bad.

[barry]

riding bikes is so fun and so simple

[shorebiker]

sweet dood, seriosuly, nothing matches busting a nice long manual down under the street lights with no one else around. i hae this snow, gonna move to vic

[m33p]

Originally posted by rfoubi
But Theres something special about riding in the dead of night, on deserted streets. It felt so good to be on my bike again; the world just seemed to slow down and i realized the only sound was of my freewheel spinning and my tires humming, and i loved every minute of it

Exactly what I love.

[Dan]

a month is a long time for not riding!!! i cant go without riding for a few days

[crazybmxer12]

Ya if i dotn ride for like a week i feel all weird and like theres nothing in life thats good anymore. Ya its so much fun riding around at night in the dark. no cars, no people just u and ur bike.

[rfoubi]

Originally posted by Dan
a month is a long time for not riding!!! i cant go without riding for a few days

Ya it sucks i had to get a new chain and cassete and i had no money so when i finally got them i was so stoked to go riding. A month is a long time but thats gotta suck for guys on this board that are out for most of a year with an injury or whatever.

[Kevan]

Hahah yeah, i did the same thing awhile ago. I havnt rode in 2 or so months, (like a good full out ride), so one day, I couldnt do trail work cuz it was POURING down rain, I dont know why, but i hopped on my bike, and ripped down some trail by my house, it was the muddiest ive ever been, and it felt great.

[freerider guy]

Yah I love that feeling i once went away for 3 weeks with no riding and nothing even related to biking and i come home and see my bike and i cant do anything cause i'm feeling great but it is like midnight and dark so the next day i go for a full day ride on fromme. Oh god it was like the best felling in the world (other than A-line).

[Speed Racer]

haha, it was like 2 in the morning and my friend was manualling through intersections.