ATV ride.

Just how I had promise , I will tell about the my vacation. So my mother convince me to go with her to vacation, I was indenting to keep working at some projects I had. But I was finally accepted to go with her but I was still intending to come back next day. But because I was pick up two girls there I was decided to stay one more day. Seems that it was a bad decision, seems that the girls wasn't so fun anymore. So I have learn that not allays what seems to be the truth is the truth. So I was in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do.... but some ATV's pass near me. So I assumed that I can rent an quad for a ride. I asked when I can rent an ATV and I finally find where. Is about 20 Euro for an hour, kind of expensive but I was very curious how it is so I rent one for 2 hours. Until now I had drive all kind of terrain vehicles: motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses, an tank and a train. So I expected to be extremely easy to drive an ATV, almost like a motorcycle.

Wrong !!!! In the first 20 second I was the ditch near the track. I had felt so humiliated, everyone was looking at me. I get back on road and start thinking what I did wrong. It is very hard to steer and every bump in the road force you in a wrong direction. I hold the handle bar tight and try again. After a few seconds I realize that I can't handle it. So I asked what to do. Should I give up. No way !!! So I asked myself again what is the problem. At low speeds is hard to steer because of the high friction between the wheels and the ground, and when the road is earth road with lot of bumps. So I decided to accelerate. I am going to brake my neck or save my honor. At higher speeds it's a lot more simple to steer so my driving get better. After a few laps I get used to so i decided that I am ready for an off-road ride. The renting company it will not allow you to go off-road without a guide (That is in the price of the renting). So in case you kill yourself the guide to bring back the quad. So I go to the guide and tell him I am ready. I pick up a route and start riding. A 3 hours route by foot take us 45 minutes. It was relay nice.

I started from here and I go somewhere ....

... up there.

It was a a serpentine path so that thy take it so much, even it look easy. Unfortunately I didn't make any picture from up there.

And now some advice how to ride the quad. First I have to explain the controls. The handle bar for searing must be hold really tight. The throttle is not like a motorcycle. The motorcycle throttle is contained in the right-hand grip on the handlebars and twisting the grip towards you increases the speed.The ATV has a thumb throttle that you have to push it forward to accelerate. There are two brakes in the right and left of the handlebar for the front wheels. On low speeds it can help searing pushing only one brake. At high speeds pushing only one brake and will help you make circles. (Spin around in place) The third foot brake is for the rear wheels. I recommend using that one for slowing down. Be very gentile with the brakes because otherwise you will drift. Always keep some distance to the one in front of you, otherwise you will not see anything because of the dust or snow. Also sometimes the rear wheels can trow rocks and dried wood. Don't try to be brave, heroes die young. Always use the safety equipment and the gloves are mandatory even in summer, otherwise your hand will freeze in the matter of minutes.