The SW Chapter of MMBA did an AWESOME job with the trails at Fort Custer. The new parts are still rough, but after a bit, it’s going to be smooth sailing. Nov. 14 is the date for final trail separation. No more horses on the trail, which is good because the Green Loop was a mine field today. Today I stretched the trail as long as I could. Starting out on Red, I cut...
Other than Iceman on November 5, the race season is over. Triathlon season went well with PB’s in every event except Reeds Lake Triathlon. It was everything I could do just to finish that race. Bed ridden day and a half after the race. Not sure what happened. Mountain bike racing was blah. Triathlon training really takes it’s toll on my mountain bike performance. I’ve talked with other triathletes that have made the switch...
Completed the first of two Xterra’s this past weekend. The results were mixed. I swam MUCH faster than I thought I would. I did the half mile in 13 minutes, which ranked me 14th in my age group. The bike portion, which was roughly 12 miles on the Fort Custer trail, was good and bad. It was a little congested at first and then again at the end. I ranked 11th in the bike...
Finished 14th in my class. VERY happy with that given I thought I’d barely survived because I basically started my offseason prior to this race. I wasn’t really training anymore. Also, the trail was snow and ice and I was running Renegade tires, which don’t work good in dusty conditions, so snow is horrid. I did have one bad fall that left a huge bruise on right hip. Just cruising along on the ice...
Just some random pics from the races this year. ______________________________________________________________________________
Sexy looking crank. Finally going 2×9, yet still no carbon crank arms. Don’t really care for other XTR components since they tend to be over priced compared to SRAM (with exception of SRAM XX, which is stupid expensive). You can see the total line up here.
First is the crankset. Currently running XT, which has been working great. I just got the itch to upgrade and found an amazing price on it, so I went for it. Now I’ve decided to move to SRAM for a couple of reasons. First, I broke the casing around my XT shifters so I figured if I need to replace the shifter, now would be the time to consider upgrading. Then I saw SRAM...
Coming in at 23.3 pounds, this bike is insane. The level of efficiencies it creates is just unbelievable. Most notably is the front fork. The ‘brain’ feature turns this bike into a monkey when it comes to climbing. The geometry, compared to previous epics, is much more ‘relaxed’ if that makes sense. I haven’t dialed in all the suspension settings but I am looking forward to getting to know her better. Also, I bought...
