I grew up right across the street from what is now the Sherman Branch Mountain Bike Trails. I spent many summers exploring the land, wading through the creeks catching crawdads, climbing trees and swinging on cut vines like Tarzan. I remember one day as I was roaming through the woods I noticed something that did not fit in the landscape, so I decided to take a look and investigate. As I got closer I realized that it was a grave. Of course being only 6 years old at the time my mind started racin...
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Cycling has always been a big part of my life. I want my daughter to enjoy riding the same way that I have. While we also try to get out as a family, riding gives us a chance to get out together for some father daughter time too.
At 9 she's still pretty cautious on the trail, but is getting better every time out. I really want to encourage her to ride more and to continue to try more challenging things on the trail, but don't want to push so hard that it turn...
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