| The sport of mountain biking is
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| | a mark of honor for some reason.
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| increasing in popularity year by year.
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| | If you're doing an "endo" it means you're
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| It's an exhilarating sport, but it's also
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| | flying over the handlebars of your bike
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| physically demanding. Both men and women
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| | do to a sudden stop. And then you'll most
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| take part, but its usually people kids,
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| | likely do a "face plant" - hopefully into
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| teens, and young adults.
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| | mud and not into a rock. Regardless,
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| As with any other activity, mountain
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| | that's why you wear a helmet and eye
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| bikers have devised their own culture,
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| | protection!
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| including a language of their own. If you
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| | That's only a small sampling of the
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| want to get into the game, you'll have to
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| | terminology. Of course you'll enjoy the
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| learn a few terms:
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| | sport even more if you can understand
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| If you're riding a "boing-boing" you're
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| | what the people around you are talking
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| riding a bike with both front and rear
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| | about, so take a gander at a few mountain
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| suspension. If you've "bonked" you've run
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| | biking slang dictionaries before you hit
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| out of energy. To "bring home a Christmas
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| | the trails.
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| tree" is a bad thing, it means you've
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| | Mountain biking is a great sport, but
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| crashed through dense brushes and leaves
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| | there is some controversy to it, as some
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| and things are hanging off your helmet -
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| | people feel that the cyclists destroy the
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| it also means you've left a trace on the
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| | natural environment in certain areas, and
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| hill, which is something mountain bikers
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| | bicycle advocates have to fight to keep
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| - and people in general, of course, are
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| | the trails open to cyclists.
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| not supposed to do.
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| | All cyclists can help by following simple
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| "Death cookies" are rocks that fly up
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| | rules - pack out more than you take in,
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| into you as you go down the trail. This
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| | respect pedestrians on the trails, don't
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| happens all the time and so that's why
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| | bike after heavy rains, and so on.
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| you want to wear goggles or some kind of
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| | By using a respectful attitude toward the
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| eye protection. To get "first blood"
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| | environment and common sense in dealing
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| means you're the first rider in a group
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| | with other people, mountain biking will
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| who crashes and starts bleeding as a
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| | be a sport that will be around for a long
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| result. Some people perhaps feel this is
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| | time to come.
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