did epic rides killed my love of bike parks?

lift access is fun, but i'm now addicted to adventures out back

Only Thirty?

I was perplexed. Why were my arms and shoulders so tired? What turned my legs into led?

Zeke and I were riding at the Railyard - a local park featuring over 40k of trails. The town puts a lot of effort into maintaining the mountain bike park. The trails are really fun.

Here’s a video of Zeke chasing me down one of their more machine made trails.

What you don’t see is me almost throwing up at the end.

What gives? I’ve been increasing my endurance. I’ve been going on longer rides and …

Zeke interrupted me quickly: Mountain biking uses energy differently. On a long ride you save it. When you ride over 100k, you can’t go pulling up and go bouncing and jumping around everywhere. This it’s a different beast.

Having fun, getting rowdy and launching into the air at every chance uses a lot of energy.

Riding 100k over trails more rough than those in the bike park takes a lot of energy too.

This is why the first adventure that I’m leading around Lake Charlotte is only going to be 55k then …