it's the most fun you can have on a bike, buy cheap and start slow as you will fall off, lower power will allow you to gain confidence without intimidation from the machine,
I started off roading at the age of 9 (1971), gave myself a bad injury at age 18 and slowly over the years my stupidity had caused arthritis that spread and had to stop off roading in 1999 as my knees couldn't take a hit anymore, I'm 59 now and have problems riding a road bike,
take it easy but have fun, your road riding ability will probably improve too,
I certainly miss dirty countryside on a bike
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