You guys did great
. What was that first root drop/thing? Is that usually done as a drop, or do most people just rattle down it?
And CUrveball, you really stomped that drop. Nice work.
Our Galby day was great. I'll write up a thoughts about ebikes some other time. But I rode a XL Transition Repeater PT rented from the Transition outpost, 2 buddies were on Trek Rails, and the brother in law was riding an Evil Epocalpyse rented from the Evil headquarters in Bellingham. We rode Evo (which, I swear the stinger feature or its run-in changed recently? I was the only one in the group to do it), U-Line, A-dog 4 times, Blue Ribbon twice, and then a bunch of the laps on the new jumps at the end.
The highlights:
I got nailed with some trailside debris (log off trail to the right, had a stick that stuck out directly towards me) right before the wallride on A-Dog.. It pinged off the front of the knee pad, and snagged on the side, and hit my patella brace I've been wearing (as this is the knee with the broken thing on it), and ripped a good size hole in it. I hiked back up immediately afterwards and broke that thing. It was dangerous.
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Tore up my knee pad pretty bad. I might get to see how good Raphas "repairs" are for this
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I think it also smashed the crap out of the derailleur. As the GX Transmission was NOT shifting after that. I actually rode back to the outpost, so then I could get them to take a look at it. I was worried I'd toasted it with the stick, and that I'd be on the hook for a repair bill. But it had just knocked the B tension adjustment out of it, and after a quick adjustment at the shop, it was back to the races.
This was my first time riding blue ribbon when it wasn't crazy wet (right after it opened... and should have still been closed). Its fun (I think it flows way better than U Line personally), but I am NOT good enough to get the jumps yet. I'd need a couple hundred more laps. But man, the berms are great.
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Also, they have some new jump lines right at the very bottom of gate and switch, juuust as you start to head to the parking lot. We had some extra time after my brother in law ran out of battery, and we sessioned these like 10-15 times. They have a green and a blue, and I'd actually call the "blue" a "light blue", but I was vibing on it pretty hard, and really started meshing with the bike. I thought I'd notice the weight more trying to do the sharp turns on this, and... nah, didn't bother me at all.
I call it a win any time I get comfortable enough on a bike/jump, to start moving the bike around. Check out my "sweet skills and movement"
. I'm like, off the ground by inches, INCHES I tell you
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