Mountain Biking

[BP-Revo]

So Saturday was my birthday (turned 19) and my gift this year was a mountain bike. So today I went out to Laguna Nigel with a couple buddies and we did a 12-13 mile ride and had a total blast.

Anyone else here Mountain Bike?

One thing that was pretty crazy was that I somehow got my rear brakes to fade on the descent! It has hydraulic brakes front and rear with a 7" rotor front and 6" rotor rear and 2 piston calipers. And somehow, I managed to heat up my rear brakes so much that a full, hard grab of the rear brake would only mildly slow my speed. I didn't touch em for a bit and once they cooled they worked perfectly again. (I think the reason they faded was they were new so they weren't bedded and therefore didn't grab as hard and I was romping on them to keep me from going 80mph down this 40* downhill slope).

Anyway, a new (from what I can tell, expensive) hobby that I found to go with this one. Figured I'd share.