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So, a long time ago I used to send it. I used to go really big. I used to fly. There was very little I was actually afraid of when I got on two wheels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I got a little older. I was riding different bikes. I wanted to be like Nacho in Nacho Libre, and wanted “a little taste of the glory. See what it tastes like…” And that didn’t work out so well. I ended up breaking my neck in my return to BMX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years I got a little of my original mojo back. I began hitting jumps and drops in my rides again. I did a lot of early freeriding and downhill. The fun factor went up. But then I noticed that my belly was getting a little bigger, so I began riding a lot of XC. What happened after that was injury after injury. So, going for the fitness factor did not work out so well for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s when I decided I am just going to ride the way I like to. I don’t fit into any real mold on a bike, and nor should I. Sometimes I like to ride distances. Sometimes I like to session sections over and over just to smile. One day ride the fat bike, while the other ride the enduro. Ride a trail for the smiles and not the times. If I see something I want to try on a ride, try it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The catch to this is that I don’t know many who like to ride like this so I only use Strava to prove I actually do exercise, and to pinpoint where I am. I know a few people follow me on there, but I am sure they aren’t impressed with my stats. What I appreciate though, is that the cycling community, for the most part, is an encouraging group. I can’t do the things I used to do. I am nowhere near as fit or fast as I once was. I ride for me. I am big, fat, slow, but love the feeling of little things that put a smile on my face. I love those little moments in time that remind me of the joy of my two wheels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, a long time ago I used to send it. I used to go really big. I used to fly. There was very little I was actually afraid of when I got on two wheels. Then I got a little older. I was riding different bikes. I wanted to be like Nacho in Nacho Libre,… Read More »Little Sends<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbmichigan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbmichigan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbmichigan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbmichigan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbmichigan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mtbmichigan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbmichigan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbmichigan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbmichigan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}