You pay five grand for suspension and disc brakes specifically so you can ride down things that'll wreck them.
Fun fact: The sport started in 1970s Marin County with riders racing modified beach cruisers down Mount Tamalpais.
Originally Portuguese, but try telling that to anyone three pints deep at the curry house.
Fun fact: Vindaloo is Portuguese, not Indian — descended from vinha d'alhos, it originally contained no chili peppers.