u/13assman

6am, early morning ride. Great start to the day. Convince myself I don’t need a headlamp, sun will be coming up. First 500 feet of trail, inhale a big juicy spider. Manage to spit it out pretty quick (must’ve been fun to hear for the guy walking the paved path nearby). Luckily it was so discombobulated it didn’t manage to bite me in the mouth. Guess who also forgot to throw his water bottle in the cage? This guy.

Anywho, continued on because what are the odds of that happening twice? 😆 this would never happen if I was road biking… who else has consumed unwanted trail snacks in your travels?

Edit: to clarify, the road biking comment was really meant as a joke, not deterred from MTB morning/day/night. Had a funny experience and wanted to commiserate here

I’ve put 750 miles on my newer mountain bikes and just realized I can upshift by pushing the lever away from you with your thumb (and two gears at a time mind you on the deore XT), rather than pulling it towards you using your index finger. I feel like such an idiot.

That’s all. Wow.