Monday, April 17, 2006

Pat the Bunny

Okay, Now I understand.

Understand what? I believe MW would call it, "9erness."

The Niner and I went out to Wilderness for just under three hours of single track solitude. The goal was to keep the pace pretty high the whole time. Mission Accomplished. Apparently, Easter and some of the locals heading to Manawa meant empty trails for me.

While there is the sense of riding slower, a few measurements seemed to prove that I am pushing pedals faster than ever before and the bike is certainly to blame for some of this. Plus, my marginal technical skills now have a nice crutch with this bike. I am looking forward to getting out to Platte.

Your team kit doesn't look this good... BareKnuckleBrigade.

2 comments:

Paul said...

Great to hear! I am sure you are psyched about Trans Iowa!

mw said...

white stars on the shoulders and the rest black. that's pretty badass.

nice report on the bike.

i think there is far less 9erness with the 1.8s than the exi-nano combo. the 2.3 really feels like the front end is floating most of the time even rigid. the 1.8s are sufficient for loose gravel and rock in mud but have more crossbikeness for sure.

TI is filling my every other thought. i'm crafting a bag for the cue sheets tonight. maybe.