That’s how I felt. I killed a furious fred and a rocket ron hitting rocks that pinch flatted the tire and tore the casing at the bead. Destroyed a resolute hitting a hidden square edge steel bridge insert that did the same thing.
This was my first year tubeless and it didn’t go very well for off-road bikes.
Good:
-Rode almost every day
-Did a road ride almost every weekend
-Got to go ride in California and do the biggest climbs of my life
-Watched the sun rise over the lake most mornings
-I will have accomplished my yearly mileage goal by the end of this week
Bad:
-Barely any mountain biking because it seemed to rain (or now melt) every friday making the trails unridable all weekend
-Argued with my wife about how much time I spend on the bike on the weekends
shortened stem 1cm and rotated bars/levers up slightly. effectively shortens distance and puts the levers in a more wrist-neutral position for pulling up towards the body. when I retape/cable, I’ll probably rotate the bars down some and just move the levers up.
Oh I totally almost lied. I rode my mtb once last year on the river trail near the house after we got a bunch of snow. But not a single upy-downy dirt ride.
rode almost every day this year
rode mtb most weekends
bought 1 new bike (mtb)
gettin’ faster and hitting stuff i probably would not have 1 year ago on mtb
bad:
most of my road KMs were boring MUP riding after work (~6000km)
couple of mtb stacks, no breaks just gravel rash and bruises
didn’t build the endpoint
bought a truing stand but still haven’t built a proper wheel