From strength to strength...

Well out on the Orange tonight, and just Tony and I so we made good time and it feels like my fitness is coming back. It's been wet so the trails are grippy, but puddle ridden, but a combination that guarantees a smile.

Really interesting to chat to Tony about his trips to the Alps, and how he's finding his 1x10 setup - also really cool to see a Fox Vanilla R retrofitted to his Specialized Enduro... a blast from the past, and a solid shock that plenty of Fearingout riders past and present have relied upon...

So fitness was reasonable, and last week on the hardtail certainly helped me start to find the speed again and I felt confident and reasonably quick on the rough straight sections but I really need to find my cornering mojo... I'm sure it'll come back :)

Got home and finally bought a copy of 'From the Inside Out' on iTunes. What a mega film... an hour spent then creating a Wishlist on Chain Reaction - £600 and counting...

I'm back...

We've been out on the weeknight rides again for a few weeks, but you know, I've just not been feeling it. Those that are close to me will understand what a tough few years I've had, but I've turned a corner and things are genuninely getting better...

This week I was slow.
I've lost my mojo.

But the ride was good and thanks to Jon I had some good company.
I grinned all the time (or gritted my teeth on the climbs). The descents flowed much better. I felt really recharged and happy back at the car.

That's important. Speed and skills can be re-learnt. I've been searching for the happiness for sometime. It's good to have found it again.

Back in white?

The SantaCruz Chameleon is finally rebuilt, after some school boy errors in the crank reassembly and then lending my Shimano BB tools to Chris I finally borrowed a set of Jon and got it sorted. First ride tomorrow on the vintage frame, it will be interesting to see how she rides after a year with other bikes...

Wideopen longterm test rear tyre makes it's second appearance too, will it fair any better on the rear, it certainly was not great on the front of my BFe.