First off, my brother has got us entered into this years Dusk Till Dawn 12 hour night enduro, as a team of three. Hoping to build on the success of the recent BigDog and have a good end to the season to motivate us for the winter. You may remember around this time last year I started this blog as a method of motivating myself and as a record of mileage done each month, come the autumn/winter i aim to be more dedicated, both in terms of riding the bike and keeping a track of it all on this website. Time will tell!
This week has seen a minor set back that has thankfully been resolved very quickly. My Hope Vision 2 LED light, that has seen me through the winter for the past 2 years decided to start playing silly buggers forcing me to bail early on the regular Thursday night ride. ( dark in the trees by half 7? I hate that! ) After a little fettling Friday morning I think I have the issue resolved but its not 100%. I also acquired an Exposure Maxx Enduro light from a friend who was selling his to effectively replace the Hope. The Maxx is a bar mounted light so would counter the major issue with having a powerful helmet light; it flattens the trail ahead, removing any depth perception in dips in the trail. Its also a complete single unit, so no cables or separate battery packs to clutter up frames and bars. I'll test it in combat next week and see how we get on.
Sunday morning saw a good ride around the local trails, roughly four and a half hours of riding on slightly greasy singletrack, much fun was had by all and a good cuppa at the Stanmer tea rooms at the end.
Aims for next week? Get out twice and have some good long rides. Hoping for tuesday morning and thursday night, but we'll see what cards the weather deals with us!
Right then, that's it I'm afraid, short and sweet this week. I'll post up next week with a review of the coming week. Till then, Happy trails!
Jim.
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