These aren't bad, but they are my 6 yr old's first mountain bike boo boos! I brought him for a ride last Friday on what I think is the southern portion of the Columbia Trail (between Clinton and Pittstown). It is flat, a very few rocks, roots and bridges, but in places it has about a 12 foot drop-off down to a stream. He was doing great for about 20 mins but got a little nervous once we hit the area with the drop-off. He kept looking at the stream and I kept telling him "look where you want to go, not where you don't want to go." Next thing I knew he took a hard left and steered right off the cliff. Completely endo'd off the cliff. If a grown adult did it half our bones would be broken! He fell about 12 feet bouncing like a doll. I wish I had a picture of his bike completely submerged under water in the middle of the stream. He was soaking wet, bruised and banged, I think it knocked the wind out of him, it was horrible. But he's a trooper. He even rode his bike half of the way back to the car. Mother-of-the-year🙄.
