unidaddy said:*wow....now billham's pretty sensitive about being called old...how
things change!😄 --unidaddy *
Back off on the "old jokes" unidaddy. Who's sensitive, me? Never. To
be honest, I was thinking of shaving off my beard to get rid of all that
gray. Hardly any gray in my hair, it's all in my beard.
I'll bump into 49 this June and am getting better all the time. Getting
comfortable with wheel walking (but not mastered yet) and just 2 days
ago I was pulling off rolling hop with a 180 over a 6" obstacle. One of
the teens in our uni club inspired me when he did the same move.
Part of the fun of this sport is having all the old farts doing it too,
the comraderie. But at the same time we can ride with kids of all ages
and have fun with them. Great intergenerational sport.
A recent highlight for me was a few weeks back when I did a side hop of
about 36" - 40" across a drainage grate in a parking lot. A few teens
challenged me to do it and I did! One of my better efforts at gapping.
I got a verbal "wow" from several of the teens. I can't do many things
at my age to get that kind of response from kids. I love it!
Bill
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