'Some of us, when we're young, think we can do absolutely anything, no matter how dangerous or ridiculous, off or on the bike.
Probably the last really crazy thing I would have done was to ride my Bontrager mountain bike (with a Rock Shox yellow Judy fork, no rear suspension) down the stairs from the Sacre-Couer de Montmartre.
What stopped me? Actually, the question is "who"? Tammy said she didn't doubt I could do it, but juuust in case, she wouldn't know what to do because she couldn't speak French. I taught her a few useful pharases: "Au secours!" "Mon copain est tombe." (I realize now that the gendarmes would probably think, "Son copain est fou." ) She learned quickly; she was fluent in Spanish.
Sometimes I wonder what would have happened had I taken that ride. Would she have broken up with me the moment I began my descent? I didn't want that: Who goes to Paris to have their heart broken?
These days, I admit, I'm not quite as daring. And if I were counseling young people, there are some things I would advise them never, never to do on a bike:
Probably the last really crazy thing I would have done was to ride my Bontrager mountain bike (with a Rock Shox yellow Judy fork, no rear suspension) down the stairs from the Sacre-Couer de Montmartre.
What stopped me? Actually, the question is "who"? Tammy said she didn't doubt I could do it, but juuust in case, she wouldn't know what to do because she couldn't speak French. I taught her a few useful pharases: "Au secours!" "Mon copain est tombe." (I realize now that the gendarmes would probably think, "Son copain est fou." ) She learned quickly; she was fluent in Spanish.
Sometimes I wonder what would have happened had I taken that ride. Would she have broken up with me the moment I began my descent? I didn't want that: Who goes to Paris to have their heart broken?
These days, I admit, I'm not quite as daring. And if I were counseling young people, there are some things I would advise them never, never to do on a bike:
