1engineer
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So my 21 yo son and I went on a great mountain bike ride this weekend. About 15 miles, all the trails were clearly marked Green = Easy, Blue = Moderate and Black = Difficult. Our chosen route that day worked out to about five miles spent on each type of trail. We did two circuits of 7 1/2 miles so we got to ride each type of trail twice and one black diamond three times lol.
Since it was a holiday I expected the trails to be packed. What I didn't expect was what we found: The Green trails were packed. The blue trails had a few people and the black trails had nobody but us, which is why we did that one three times. On our second loop I told my son that riding these trails is exactly like real life. Everyone takes the easy path, a few take the more difficult and only dumbasses like us take the hard way, even though the more difficult it is the more satisfaction can be had. He agreed.
Since it was a holiday I expected the trails to be packed. What I didn't expect was what we found: The Green trails were packed. The blue trails had a few people and the black trails had nobody but us, which is why we did that one three times. On our second loop I told my son that riding these trails is exactly like real life. Everyone takes the easy path, a few take the more difficult and only dumbasses like us take the hard way, even though the more difficult it is the more satisfaction can be had. He agreed.
