I'm going to Bryce Canyon for a few days next week and I'll have time to ride on one or two trails. I really want to ride Thunder Mountain, but I first wanted to hear some opinions on whether or not it's okay for a novice to ride it.
I'm going with my brother who's also a novice mountain biker, but an experienced street rider (he doesn't have a car, just rides his bike.)
I'm in good shape and I run a lot and I've been biking recently on the weekends.
If we get on the trail and some of switchbacks or uphills seem too difficult, I would think we'd just get off the bikes and walk through those sections if we felt we wouldn't be able to handle it. Is it naive of me to think that we can do that? Would we be getting in the way of other bikers?
I've been reading a lot reviews about the trail, but none of them have given me a good sense for whether or not it would be something a cautious novice could handle.
I'm going with my brother who's also a novice mountain biker, but an experienced street rider (he doesn't have a car, just rides his bike.)
I'm in good shape and I run a lot and I've been biking recently on the weekends.
If we get on the trail and some of switchbacks or uphills seem too difficult, I would think we'd just get off the bikes and walk through those sections if we felt we wouldn't be able to handle it. Is it naive of me to think that we can do that? Would we be getting in the way of other bikers?
I've been reading a lot reviews about the trail, but none of them have given me a good sense for whether or not it would be something a cautious novice could handle.