After my post here at the end of the year, many thoughts were stirred about my first year of mountain biking. I forwarded that blog post over to Cam at nsmb.com, and suggested that I tailor the story for their audience. Cam was definitely stoked, and gave me the go-ahead to start work on the project.
Looking back at a year of riding through great photos—who could argue with that? My mtb-versary was in the first week of February, and I had a few weeks to get something together. As I went through my hard drives mining photos and stories, an overwhelming amount of material came to surface. As that date quickly approached, I realized two things: I had a ton of material to work through; and I probably wasn't going to finish in time for the anniversary.
Cam was supportive, and suggested we split the story into two parts. He also asked me to fill in a bit of my background: how did I avoid mountain bikes all my life, and what was it that pushed me to give it a go. Part 1 of the story went over well, even though it was quite long. A bit more time to finish Part 2 was nice. However, it was turning out to be even longer, so it was split again. Part 3 was another epic, of course, so Cam took liberty to split that one as well.
When all was said and done, I had a series of four published articles on nsmb.com. We're looking at about 10,000 words and over 100 photos. My official introduction to the world of mountain biking has been a great experience. The value of writing down your stories and experiences is invaluable.
So, after that introduction, maybe you want to read these articles... I promise they'll make up for the lack of photos in this post!
Part I: Born Again as a Mountain Biker
Part II: A Hardtail Summer
Part III: Enter the Duallie
Part IV: The Final Chapter
I'm very happy to announce that I will be continuing to work with nsmb.com. My next article just went live today; The Digg Never Stops came together as Cam and I met up for a ride to check out and document the new work on Digger's venerable trail on Mt. Fromme, Ladies Only. Hope you enjoy it, and I'll see you on the trails!
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