Today Ernesto, Herbert, Christian and I went for a practice run for the downhill mountain biking race of next weekend (Copa Erquis, 13-14 November in Tarija, Bolivia) We will be racing in the semi suspension adult class.
As a Dutchman, I of course have lots of experience riding a bike, but much less with mountain biking, let alone downhill. The track was very challenging and though; lots of loose gravel and sand, sharp corners and deep drops if you miss a corner. I am going to put a bit wider tires on my bike, so I have more traction and thus better handling and braking in corners.
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| Lars, Herbert, Ernesto's brother, a young guy who joint us, and Christian |
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| View of the valley towards we were descending |
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| Steep and sharp corners....... |
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| Herbert in rapid descend.... |
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| That's me..... |
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| and another shot of me |
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| Herbert in the far center |
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| Herbert, Lars and Christian |
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| Young local talent ;-) |
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| We are all attending this race next weekend |
Hey you! It looks like you need to work a bit on that tan ;) Just kidding...
ReplyDeleteI would never EVER go downhill on a mountain bike, let alone I would never go uphill either! I salute you for being brave (or just plain daft, I'm not sure).
By the way, buying myself a camera for the pc today, maybe I even get Skype soon?! All this technical problems is killing me... talk soon love