Being new to MTB, I needed a bike!
I got a ’09 Specialized Rockhopper Expert Disc 29er (Man! Thats’ a mouthful) for my first bike in a long time. Wow! What a difference from bikes in the ’70s. Back then you got the tire size and style. Now all the different frame sizes of the same bike. We had to order mine in, they didn’t have a 23 inch frames. I picked it up on the 26th. It was worth the wait!
I looked a lot and finally because of my height and lean build I started wondering about a 29. My wife blessed me with it and I contributed some $$$ into the kitty for the bike.
I also got a Specialized Tactic helmet to protect anything I run into with my hard head.
Being in Texas, the weather has been great and I’ve ridden it the last three days. As a matter of fact, I just got home from a ride with my 16 year old son. I’m starting to get used to it.
And all this is physical therapy for me. Physical therapy isn’t supposed to be this much fun. Is it? 😃 😃 😃