I’m teetering on the edge of a platform halfway up a mountain, my bike about to plunge down a flight of stairs into the woods. A voice behind me shouts, “Confidence and commitment,” as if he were giving relationship advice. And then, almost as an aside, as I tip over the edge, he says, “Oh, don’t touch your brakes, or you’ll face-plant …”
So goes my Bumps and Bends training session at  … More