Finally got the spoke fixed on the mtb on thursday, just in time for some pre-riding on friday and saturday. Took off from Lock 8 park friday morning with Derek from the SHCC who showed me the loop, thanks. Back there that night for a 6:30 start with Rob Watt for another lap and again this morning with DeCal for a lap and then a little more.
Overall, course is pretty fast for mountain biking in the winter. Not too much ice, DeCal was doing better than I was and I had the studs while he was riding on Rocket Rons. Tomorow is going to be one lap with studs and one lap with Rocket Rons for me. For a detailed review of the course check out Jeff Kerton's blog (on the right side of mine because I don't know how to link haha).
Crash count was defenitively somewhere in the 30s over the 3 days. A couple good highlights; branch up the ass, missed gap right into a tree, knee off a rock, hip smashed off a tree, countless front-wheel-washouts-to-supermans are some of them.
Pretty stoked for tomorow, goal is to get on the podium but we'll see what race day brings.
Bonne course demain, man.
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ReplyDeleteWe took care of that evil branch for you and I tried to limit the front wheel washouts by removing thick snow piles.
ReplyDeleteGoing to be good tomorrow. As you mentioned the course is a bit faster. Good luck, have fun.
Thanks man, you guys deserve a pat on the back or two for all the work done so we can have a good time... See you in an hour
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