What happened? What the heck was that? Am I daydreaming? It happens to everyone, you're cruising along, feeling good, thinking you're pretty dang fast, when some random dude in jeans on a crap bike blows by you like you're standing still.
That's the thing with riding bikes on both the tarmac and the dirt, it can be pretty tricky to tell who's got the biggest motor, most skill or deepest bag of tricks.
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In the road world, we've all seen that rider. The rider with the latest, greatest carbon superbike, decked out in the fanciest kit and looking every bit the part.
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Surely they've got the go-fast power to lead the group or put the hurt on you for trying to hold their wheel. There's a good chance they can match the go with show, but not always.
On the mountain bike side, there's the whippet thin, full-on dirt roadie in a skinsuit who looks like they probably levitate up climbs.
Or the matching kit, black socks halfway up the shins, knee pads poking down just the right length and goggles on a open face helmet enduro bro who certainly gaps every trail feature and descends like Sam Hill. Except he might spend more time next to his lifted truck strutting about the parking lot than actually on the trail.
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