I was tempted to race at FoD last Sunday but i decided to leave the bike at home and i think it was the right decision. I’m having a bit of a ‘race crisis’ in terms of where/how i’m finishing and the struggles to get anywhere near what i see as ‘respectable’ and in some way i just need to come to terms with the fact, i’m not particularly good 😀
The Slayer is ready for BPW Enduro race tomorrow with the stages being
Wibbly Wobbly (red)
Hot Stepper (Red)
Pandoras Rocks (Red)
and the long one which is Melted Welly, Groot, Surfin Bird, BlueBelle, Norkle. Full top to bottom, mix of blue/red.
I know most of the stages reasonably well… but that doesn’t mean i’m expecting miracles, it just means i know them 🙂
My One-up dropper still gets a little sluggish on the way up at times, which slightly irritates, it seems if i throw a little Juicy Lubes at it, it gets better, but I don’t have to do that nearly as much on my lads bike as i do on mine… so a little bit weird. It’ll likely get stripped down and serviced soon.
I’ve set the suspension flip-chip to full slack mode for tomorrow… see if that gets me down things with a modicum of safety.
Sadly i’ve still not found an ‘enduro’ style FF helmet that fits me, despite having now tried a TLD Stage, Bell Super3R, Endura MT500 etc etc… I think it’s only the IXS i’ve not bought and sent back. So i’ve got a minor debate as to whether i go for full DH FF helmet tomorrow or a standard XC type helmet.