Well, first time out, and it wasn't bad. Rode from Poultney up to Castleton, up and over Grampa's Knob, down in to West Rutland, then back to Middletown and into Poultney. Castleton to the Knob was terrible Very rough, and underneath a lot of heavy cover, so I don't think much of the snow actually got to the ground. From the Knob to West Rutland, Middletown, and back in to Poultney was really good. Poultney has taken especially good care of those trails, so hats off to the very nice people out grooming and clearing. The bad news is that I spilled it about 7 miles into the 70 mile trip, and broke my knee cap without knowing. So I aggravated it riding the rest of the way, and once the doc took a look at the xrays, he put me out for the season. Atleast I had a chance to get one good ride in for 04'-05'.

consider yourself lucky, and please learn from the experience to ride SLOWER.

I appreciate the concern, but I am one of the few people that is proud to say that speed was not an issue. This happend at just over 20mph, in a field.