Tag: newbie

I always find the first ride for a new mountain biker to be a bit of a conundrum: the trail I choose has to be easy enough for the newb but hard enough to be a challenge mentally and physically. Too easy for the newbie and the rider loses interest. Too hard and the newbie…

As the subject of being a newbie came up this week. I dug through some archives of the days that Moe, myself and a handful of guys we ride with started a little riding club called TEAM ZOOM. We were weekend warriors that thought the Fullerton Loop was a difficult trail. Well, when you’re a…