It’s very tiring. Loose traction will make you sweat like a pig and realize you’re not in nearly as good shape as you thought.
I hate falling.
It’s difficult to never fall on even mildly challenging trails. Wherever you start go on the way easiest beginner trails. Anything past that will look super hairy to a novice.
Trend: underbiking. Using less High tech bikes on dirt and u tiling riding technique over spring technology.
There’s a lot of cool dirt roads east of Temecula and going north toward diamond lake that can let you ride dirt for hours…
Odds are you won’t like it. Anyone with a natural sense of self preservation would be scared. I was coming down a hill once in new Mexico and my bike did a 360 degree flip in the air. I landed with minimal injury but though godfuckingdammit I could a just died.
