Family day at Tuttletown

 I took the family to Tuttletown yesterday. The weather made it almost mandatory to be outside. They got to see some of the area that they've never ridden before.

Not many better places to be on a spring day like this one, especially with the winter we've had.

New Shock

I bought a new shock for my Enduro a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately it didn't come with bushings. I bought an Ohlins STX22 used off Ebay. I didn't realize that Ohlins used an odd size bushing, 12mm instead of the standard 12.7mm. After an order to Offsetbushings.com and waiting a week for them to get here from the UK I'm finally in business. 

For the first couple miles I thought my bike was broken. I stopped several times to check if the axles were loose or tires flat. Turns out my Cane Creek shock has been so crappy for so long that I adjusted to fork to compensate for the fact that it wouldn't hold the back end up. I had to add over 20# of air to the fork to get it back up to 30% sag. All of a sudden my bike would steer without tucking the front wheel. I only had a couple hours at Redhills, but so far I'm stoked. Made it up Red nightmare without a dab or pedal strike! Never did that with the old shock. Seems like five to ten pedal strikes a ride were the norm. 

This week

 I reluctantly revisited Parrots Ferry Wednesday night because of an invite from Joe. So glad I did. we found a new trail that completely changed my outlook on the area. As you can see we also rode down in the dark, witch just made it awesome. Jordan is always smiling.   

 It's really hard to hold still enough to get a good picture when its this dark.

 Really hard! Had a blast, Thanks Joe for the invite. That ride was the perfect mid week fix.

 My Enduro stayed still for the camera. Parrots Ferry is definitely big bike territory. It's the only place around here that you can get a dose of DH right now. I was also finally able to try out the Gloworm XS light I got for Christmas. 2500 lumins is pretty freakin cool. Need a longer ride to get a better impression but so far, WOW.  

 Joe and I hit up Redhills early this morning. It was pretty cold at 7 but by the time we got to the back it was time to roll down the window and cool off.

 Water fall is still so much fun.

Good thing my camera is waterproof!