Tip of the day

... never try a "bunny hop" on your mountain bike with your fingers still on your breakes! ;)

I was quite lucky today... after a really nice down hill - we just got back to a small tarmac road - I was a bit too enthusiastic and tried a bunny hop with my fingers still clutched to the breaks. And I have REALLY GOOD breaks! ;)
Well, it went really quick and there I was laying on the street with my bike on me. Nice stunt! I went on flying directly over my handle bar... and caught basically my whole body on my hands (thank god, I'm wearing these mittens with a gel padding!!!). *Pffff*... I got away with a few bruises. No clue how I managed to hold up my chin. I guess it was a matter of millimeters... chin on tarmac... wouldn't have been fun! ;)

Otherwise I'm looking forward to add a few fresh bruises to the current ones tomorrow when climbing.