I learned - mostly the hard way - to look where I want to go when riding my bicycle. This is especially true when riding trails. If you want to avoid a nasty rock, don't look at it. If you want to hop over an exposed root, look where you want to land.

I was watching a man teach his little girl to ride her bicycle in the parking lot at the old office building. She was protesting mightily, "But what if I hit the light pole?"

"You aren't going to hit the light pole, Sweetheart. You have an entire parking lot to ride in." (It was indeed an expansive piece of asphalt.)

"But I might," she worried.

"No, you won't. Don't look at the light pole," Dad counseled her as he... Read Full Article... 

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