A designated, rugged, natural surfaced, single track trail that offers a range of riding opportunities.
Mountain biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, using specially adapted mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain.
is the sport of riding bicycles in a more extreme way, although not necessarily off paved roads—trials and street riding are examples of types of mountain biking based more around urban areas. It requires endurance, bike handling skills and self-reliance.
(store) keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
(store) a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
(store) shop: a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"
Store-bought
A quantity or supply of something kept for use as needed
A retail establishment selling items to the public
futile attempt
On our mountain bike ride, having passed the outskirts of town and gotten ourselves lost, we stopped to have a beer and collect ourselves. The store wasn't much more than a dim room with some beer and bare essentials, run by a friendly abuelita who spoke no English. While we were waiting, an old blind man led by a young girl came to sit, and as the old man sipped his beer, he asked the girl who was talking nearby... "Dos gringos" she whispered to him...
08-30-07 Mtn. biking in Chesebro
I was able to find a local bike store that rented mountain bikes by the day - Westlake Cyclery. However, I'm now totally spoiled by the bike I was able to rent and ride up in Tahoe which was full suspension with disc brakes and the ability to lock out the front shock, and now I can never go back. The first thing I'm doing when I get back to Cambridge is to outfit my poor neglected cannondale with disc brakes.