While we were in La Paz I (João) experienced something new..
And there was I. Constantly going downhill on this narrow road less than 3m wide. The ground was very uneven, the road made of gravel. From point to point I was making a sudden turn with my bike to avoid a pointy rock coming straight from the ground or a loose huge rock. Sometimes I would just hit them. But by that time I was already fully trusting my sturdy bike with its double suspension, downhill pneumatics and disk brakes. Regarding to the environment around myself I could do little unless keeping on the right side of the track (each in this case was the left side), avoiding hitting the wall of mountain rock on my right side and keeping the bike to fall off an unprotected edge of the road that takes you into a cliff of 600m!
And there was I. Constantly going downhill on this narrow road less than 3m wide. The ground was very uneven, the road made of gravel. From point to point I was making a sudden turn with my bike to avoid a pointy rock coming straight from the ground or a loose huge rock. Sometimes I would just hit them. But by that time I was already fully trusting my sturdy bike with its double suspension, downhill pneumatics and disk brakes. Regarding to the environment around myself I could do little unless keeping on the right side of the track (each in this case was the left side), avoiding hitting the wall of mountain rock on my right side and keeping the bike to fall off an unprotected edge of the road that takes you into a cliff of 600m!