Yesterday was a bike ride day. It was destined to be a good day. Why? I hadn't ridden in over a month (due to Jake's weekend races and some weekends of rain and blah blah blah), and I had new bike shoes (sixsixone...they kick ass!), and new winter gloves (also sixsixone), AND a brand spankin' new Marzocchi fork (Jake got it for $80, it was originally about $250...ROCK!). It was like pre-Christmas. I haven't bought anything lately, so to get all this stuff at once was craziness. And it was all fairly cheap due to the magical bike shop discount.
So we went to Tyler Mill, and from beginning to end I felt more confident and more smooth and damn if I wasn't cranking up hills like a mofo. I even succeeded in climbing through a rock garden that I failed miserably at on my last ride. And logs...hoppin those were like butter. It's amazing what a comfy pair of shoes and an extra inch of travel will get ya. The extra inch makes my handle bars sit up higher and my overall bike fit seems to be just a little bit better.
So now I'm a little sore, but it's a good sore. The next trick will be to ride in the snow. I've never attempted 2 wheels in the snow, so that should be one hell of a ride. Turkey Day weekend!!!! woo!
Looks like I might be snowboarding AND bike riding this winter. kick ass.
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