Amabhayisikili anamafutha akuvumela ukuthi ugaye eqhweni

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — Kubukeka sengathi i-Humvee yamabhayisikili.I-burly enamasondo amabili iqhosha ngemfoloko ebanzi yangaphambili, amabhuleki e-hydraulic disc kanye namathayi abanzi, ama-knobby akwazi ukubhekana nomkhondo ngobudlova be-SEAL Team Six.Inesisindo esingamaphawundi angu-30 futhi iza nopende omnyama ocashile.Umgomo wami uwukunyathela lokhu endleleni egcwele iqhwa e-Colorado backcountry ngaphandle kwaseBreckenridge.

“Abizwa ngamabhayisikili akhuluphele,” kuchaza uSydney Fox, yena nesoka lakhe, uNick Truitt, abangabanikazi beBreck Bike Guides.“Lezi zintsha eColorado, kodwa iMidwest ne-Alaska sekuphele iminyaka ziba nazo.Amasondo amakhulu akuvumela ukuba untante eqhweni.”

Ukuhamba ngebhayisikili okunamafutha kwaqala cishe ekhulwini leminyaka elidlule ezindaweni ezimbili ezihlukene: i-Alaska ne-New Mexico.Amathayi abanzi avumela umzila wasebusika ogibele ukhuphukele enyakatho, kanye nendunduma yasogwadule ne-arroyo egibele ezansi eningizimu.Abagijimi abaqinile sebewasebenzisele ukunyathela benqamula iSahara futhi banqamule i-Antarctica baye eSouth Pole.UFox uthembisa ukugibela kwami ​​​​kuzoba nzima kakhulu.

Sehla ngomgwaqo futhi sikhuphuke ngomgwaqo u-French Gulch.Ukunyathela endaweni egandayiwe, izici ezimbili ezithakazelisayo zokugibela ibhayisikili elinamafutha zibonakala ngokushesha.

Okokuqala isiteringi.Njengoba injoloba engaka ixhumene nomgwaqo, ukujika kubonakala kuwuvilapha.Kulingana nokuhamba ngebhayisikili nokuzama ukuqondisa isikebhe esidala se-Chrysler land yacht kamkhulu.

I-Fox ingiqinisekisa ukuthi iba ngcono eqhweni.

“Ngeke uzwe sengathi isondo limunca phansi uma ujika.Eqhweni, kufana nebhayisikili elivamile lasezintabeni.”

Bese kuba khona ukudlidliza.Isiqeshana esingamayintshi angu-5 ububanzi samafindo esishaya indlela egandayiwe sibangela ukuba amathayi anyenyeze futhi isihlalo sebhayisikili sidlidlize.Ngizwa sengathi ngigibele inguqulo enamasondo amabili ye-Magic Fingers.

Ngokungafani namabhayisikili asezintabeni zasehlobo, amabhayisikili ethu anamafutha awanawo ama-derailleur angaphambili.Kushintsha amagiya angemuva kuphela.Ngenhlanhla, neketango lalo elincane elikhalayo ngaphambili kanye neqoqo le-sprocket elinesivinini esingu-10 ngemuva, ibhayisikili lami lilungiswe ngendlela ephansi kangangokuthi anginankinga nokuhamba ngezingxenye ezikhuphukayo zomgwaqo.

Emaminithini ambalwa ukusuka edolobheni, siphenduka indawo yokupaka engenazo izimoto.

“Sinenhlanhla eBreck,” kusho uFox.“Sinemizila egcwele inyoka kuze kube sekupheleni kwentaba, futhi sande kakhulu.Singakwazi ukugibela i-single track siye phezulu bese sibuyela phansi futhi singalokothi sihambe ngendlela efanayo.”

Ngenhlanhla, akukaze kukhithike isonto lonke futhi indawo yendlela igcwele kahle.Impushana ingase ilungele ukushushuluza, kodwa iqhwa elixegayo, elijulile ngebhayisikili nokuqhubekela phambili kungafika kume kungazelelwe, ama-handle-over-handlebar.

"Qiniseka ukuthi uqhubeka nokuphotha ngokushelela futhi ngokungaguquki," kusho uFox.“Zama ukukhanya ngangokunokwenzeka kumaphedali.Uma isondo lakho langemuva liphenduka noma ubhajwa ku-rut, suka uye phezulu noma uthole indawo ephantshile ukuze uqale ukuhamba futhi.Kwesinye isikhathi uzokwehla uye eceleni futhi womabili amathayi avele acwile.Kumnandi lokho.”

Sinyathela singene kumhlophe omkhulu ngale.Manje isikhululekile endaweni egandayiwe, izwakala njengenguqulo eneqhwa yokuhamba ngebhayisikili ehlobo, kodwa ngaphandle kwamatshe.Inkinga enkulu engihlangabezana nayo ukuthi uma ngikhwela intaba ngamagiya aphansi kakhulu, angisheshi ngokwanele ukuze ngihlale ngilinganisele.

Amajika emzileni amakwe kahle, futhi ngokushesha singena ehlathini.Siqhubeka sinqamula igquma ne-dale, ekugcineni sime eduze nezinsalela ze-Reiling Gold Dredge, insalela yokhuni yakudala ecebile ngamaminerali kule ndawo.

UFox uchaza ukuthi imizila eminingi yamabhayisikili ilandela imisele embiwe ngesikhathi sokumba izimayini kule ndawo.

Siyajika siphinde sigibele phansi siye endaweni yokupaka.Izimoto ezimbalwa zimile lapha manje, namanye amabhayisikili akhuluphele alungele ukuphuma.Sijikela emuva emgwaqeni omkhulu futhi namathayi e-knobby ekhala ku-pavement, sigijima sibuyela edolobheni.I-Magic Finger ayikaze ibe mnandi kangako.

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