Woohoo! First crash!

Ok, so I'm not posting from Alta Bates but did leave a little skin behind today during a ride with bad-ass mt biker T. Redrind. We did the West Ridge/Canyon/Ridge loop from Moon Gate in Redwood Regional Park which is packed with insanely steep and long ups and downs. Tonya rocked it of course and I did pretty well and started getting used to the new bike.

And yep, had a nice crash not 1 mile into the outing. More of a tip over than a crash I guess for I was going exactly zero MPH up a steep rocky hill. I think it's probably the same clipless pedal lesson many people learn. Coming to an intentional stop and clipping out - no problem. But it hadn't crossed my mind that I might lose momentum going up something steep. Turns out it would have been a good idea to have a foot out before I lost all speed and really, really needed to have a foot out. Boom, crash, topple, smack. Lesson learned? We'll see. Definitely was closer to the forefront of my mind for the rest of the ride.

Wussy scrapes aside, the ride was great - even when I was eating Tonya's dust which was most of the time.