my first ever off road/ green lane adventure.

[brett750]

as the title says, i've just got back from my first off roading experience and oh my god! i never knew how unfit i was.

i was only riding for mabe half hour at a time and 4-5 times, but it almost killed me. there was wide dusty trails with humps in them and the trials were woods at the sides with really tight bits. there were also some really steep hills to go up and wet boggy sections and streams with slippy rocks. i spent a lot of time on my arse but i really enjoyed it and cant wait to go again.

i found it really difficult to stand up and ride so i did spend a lot of time sat down and also im not verry good at following the deep ruts left by the other bikers. but to say i've only been riding it for 2.5hr it was really good

im aching already and work should be interesting tomorrow but next time i go i will take my camera and try to take some pictures.

[silky666]

[brett750]

this was like a farm with some woods at the back of it. was quite big and there was loads of different trails. the lads i went with have been riding for years and say they normal do 1hr at a time then let the dogs out for a run then have another hour riding, and go twice as fast as they were doing, but hey what do you want for my first time on a off road bike?

[ben_wheely]

Glad you enjoyed it.

Yeah it does knacker you out to start with, but if you keep going out it will soon become easier.

Why couldn't you ride standing up ? Standing up will prevent you from falling off a lot more, and generally makes it easier.

Yeah deep ruts arn't nice at all, but they always pop up. Just look ahead and keep at a reasonable speed (not too fast nor slow)


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[brett750]

when it kept sliding about i just prefered to be sat down so i could put my feet out. i was trying to stand on the flowing trails that were there and some of the hills, but i just couldnt do it on the twisty stuff. never mind eh? i'll get the hang of it