Wind whips through your hair and smacks your cheeks as you scream down the slope at the rip-rocketing speed of
AWESOME!
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November 6, 2009...12:01 am
#640 Whipping down the hill really fast after pedaling hard all the way up
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November 6, 2009 at 1:33 am
Oh man, you got that right. Whenever my family goes camping, the campgrounds would always have these huge ass hills, and then the awesomeness happens.
November 6, 2009 at 1:56 am
SO refreshing :D
November 6, 2009 at 9:52 am
Also, if you hae a fancy enough bike or freakishly powerful legs, you can use this to build up extra speed, allowing you to climb the next hill all the more easily.
November 6, 2009 at 9:59 am
As young teenagers, we’d sometimes make the trek across town to McDonald’s on our bikes. There was a massive hill we had to climb, so we’d eat a light breakfast to make it easy. Then, on the way home, we’d use the extra weight from our McDonald’s combo to speed down that massive hill. One time, Rye’s breaks weren’t working too well, so it scary to watch him. Then in winter, it was an awesome hill for tobogganing.
November 6, 2009 at 10:14 am
I remember doing that as a kid. Very fun.
November 6, 2009 at 12:11 pm
What a reward!
There is a large hill in our neighborhood, leading to our house. The kids’ goal is to make it all the way to the driveway without pedaling at all. It has yet to be accomplished, although many have come close.
November 6, 2009 at 12:40 pm
i especially love when a bug gets in your eye :)
November 6, 2009 at 3:53 pm
haha! sounds awesome!
November 6, 2009 at 9:37 pm
We had the perfect hill for this near the house I lived in as a kid. It was so awesome to just wiz down it. The only trouble was that it was downhill first and then back up to do it again.
November 8, 2009 at 2:27 am
I just stumbled across your blog and I love it!! What a great idea.
#640 is soo true by the way, there is nothing better than the feeling of reaching the top and that rush of wind in your hair as you begin to go down.. :)
November 8, 2009 at 2:27 pm
I prefer this pic a bit more ^_^
November 8, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Love it so much – my house is at the bottom of a big hill so it was common for me to do that.
November 8, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Am I the only chicken that pumps the brakes on the way down???
*blushes*
November 9, 2009 at 12:24 pm
way too much fun!
November 16, 2009 at 1:07 am
Reverse version of this nearly killed me when I was 12. Was visiting a friend out of state and had to use his rattle-trap older bike while he had a nice new 10 speed. We were all about getting up a lot of speed on the downhill so that we could get up the steep hill on the other side. I got plenty of speed and the front tire started wobbling as I hit some loose gravel at the bottom of the hill. Next thing I know, I’m hanging on for dear life, my feet slapping the pavement as I try unsuccessfully not to wreck. I ended up in the ditch with 2 sprained ankles, 2 skinned knees, 1 sprained wrist, 2 skinned elbows, and a piece of glass in the other wrist. Couldn’t walk. Had to crawl to the bathroom for several days. Somehow I remember it as a fun time.
January 4, 2010 at 10:47 pm
I love this feeling!! Once I went on a school sort of camping trip and we went biking. The counselors took us to a lake that was down a hill and they just rode down and jumped in with the bikes and everything!! Eager to do this, I followed, only to fall down due to a small hole and I ended up all bruised up… I remember having one on my leg that looked an awful lot like Italy. Anyways, like merlin above, I remember it as a fun time!!