[Closed] Advice to off-road drop-bar converts.

disregarding latest advice (post-scan results) I read online that groin injury can be improved by cycling with seat lowered. So after a 10-month hiatus/forced-rest from biking I last night choose a flat trail and lowered the seat on the Vagabond. Headed off to the FoD Peregrine Trail at Symonds Yat Easy. Flat. Fresh air. Cycling gingerly I soon felt over-confident.

Then a [s]chain of evolving events[/s] moment of extreme stupidity woke me up fast to my own lack of experience coupled with the limitations of drop-bars/Nano tyres.

Approaching Highmeadow Woods we ventured off the path into some gnarly drops and banks. I first decided to sit it out and be content to watch biking-buddy test it out on his Marin AXC. Seemed easily doable.

Cut a long story short, I gave it a go and confidence soon outstripped sense and ability. Washed out entering the third swoop, leg went through main triangle and I tried to match the momentum on the now-flat bike down a 30ft 45 degree slope. This was achieved by aggressive hopping on left leg, miraculously keeping foot in the centre of the main triangle. It was mostly successful and I mostly protected existing injury by stubbornly refusing to stack with the bike until reached the bottom of the slope and collapsed into the rocks and mud. Front brake-lever took the hit in the washout and popped right off. A bent rack and a rapidly growing hen's egg contusion on the shin

Take-home wisdom:

[b]MTBing on the brake-hoods is stupid.[/b]

Falling off again feels amazing. MTBing is the most fun. Still on a high.

Now what to do. N+1 is undoable as already have a ute, a road bike and the Vagabond.

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