Hey ho,
Yesterday had a rather enjoyable day blasting down the trails at Lac Blanc bike park in the Vosges hills in the Alasace. Great fun! Weather at the top was akin to the Cairngorm car park in feb: very windy, very wet, and about 3degrees C. Not Fun whilst trying to get changed. 😥
Thank god sun came out at 2pm!
Anyhoo – main point – my front brake badly needs a bleed, will randomly pull right to the bars. Result = it wasn’t much use and I rode far better. 😀
Had no offs/OTBs (very guilt of grabbing handfulls of front brake), rolled stuff that I normally poo myself at, generally had a blast!
Anyone else have any other mechanicals that have resulted in better riding? (e.g. last week my mates Joplin seat clamp gave up, resulting in good thigh muscle work out!) 😀
Other learns:
Nukeproof Mega + fox 180s = sooooooooo good. Really, fabulous. Perfect machine, can’t wait to get it up some bigger mountains. No snapped chainstays 😀 (so far 🙄 )
Dropper seatpost = **** all use on pure gravity days. Will remove in future if not actually riding anywhere
Full strom trooper wear and full face = rather important. relentless nature of lift days, + high speeds and moments of concentration wandering + opportunities to push oneself beyond normal limits = high potential for serious offage!
So, in summary? no front brake = good, bike parks = great, standing in wet undershorts looking for that **** towel that you are sure was packed = dangerous!
Kev