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AshishShah · 03-01-2010, 04:28 PM

Hey All,

I agree and in some way enjoy the attention. Many a times I even take the time out to smile back and wish them luck for their unprepared for events.

I ride an RE TBTS and have done quite a few rides including Off-roading on some of the most difficult Terrains Including Dirt, Gravel, Stones, water, Tough inclines combined in most cases. Learnt my lessons, pretty early in my riding stint. Gears are the most important things on rides.

Experience: 1st Off-road ride (For all those who know the place was “Slopes of Hell, Near Kamshet”) and I had a minor fall with Valley on one side and hard, rough rocks/stones on the other. Thankfully I had the gear (borrowed from a friend) so I decided to go for the rock and saved the day for myself. I still think had I not got the gear on I would wasted time analyzing and lost the time to save my self.

Bad Part of the story is here: I did have the gloves and palms where bruised really really bad. It took like a week to get a little close to bearable. Till then I had trouble in simple activities like eating, and obviously lost some weight then

. Evan worse was no computers for two days, i hope you'd guess the others i'd love to mention.

So the first ride after the recovery was to the ATM and closely followed by a sports equipment shop.

03-01-2010, 04:28 PM	#91 (permalink)
AshishShah Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 17	Hey All, I agree and in some way enjoy the attention. Many a times I even take the time out to smile back and wish them luck for their unprepared for events. I ride an RE TBTS and have done quite a few rides including Off-roading on some of the most difficult Terrains Including Dirt, Gravel, Stones, water, Tough inclines combined in most cases. Learnt my lessons, pretty early in my riding stint. Gears are the most important things on rides. Experience: 1st Off-road ride (For all those who know the place was “Slopes of Hell, Near Kamshet”) and I had a minor fall with Valley on one side and hard, rough rocks/stones on the other. Thankfully I had the gear (borrowed from a friend) so I decided to go for the rock and saved the day for myself. I still think had I not got the gear on I would wasted time analyzing and lost the time to save my self. Bad Part of the story is here: I did have the gloves and palms where bruised really really bad. It took like a week to get a little close to bearable. Till then I had trouble in simple activities like eating, and obviously lost some weight then. Evan worse was no computers for two days, i hope you'd guess the others i'd love to mention. So the first ride after the recovery was to the ATM and closely followed by a sports equipment shop.