Week 3: Day 1 Night Ride

Tonight Mead brought me out on a night ride on Difficult Run, and I made a mess of myself. Mountain biking is one of those things that I never get very comfortable with and when I take time off I become very shaky. Tonight all seemed fine until a creek crossing. My attempt to ford the river failed leaving me covered in mud and blood (not bad, on the knee). I think I also lost an oxen, 225 lbs of food, some ammo, and Timmy.

There were tons of critters, especially deer, on the trail and Matt almost ran into one.

Somehow I failed to start my GPS at the beginning of the ride. The ride took about 45-55 minutes and cover roughly 9 miles of trail. The second half of the route which tends to be sloppy after rain was a bit muddy, but not too bad.

Another product endorsement tonight, my Light in Motion Seca 400 produces excellent, bright light and is extremely light-weight. The battery pack was completely unnoticeable after I got riding. The only complaint I had was that it was constantly shaking due to a poor mount. Now that's partly my fault, and I can probably shim it to make it sturdy, but I was definitely disoriented by it. Also, the white light produced by the L.E.D.s might have caused a loss in definition of some obstacles, but I need to take it for another spin to be certain.