Sunday 28 August 2011

Bank Holiday Weekend

We had already planned to ride Whites Level at Glyncorrwg today
As the RM Slayer is laid up while I wait for a replacement shock link, I decided to give my 29er a try. Its a GT Peace fully rigid (see the pic for the err..stunning colour scheme) so I was a little apprehensive. 




Anyway it was great! Heading up the first climb seemed surprisingly easy given my lack of fitness. We set off down the Black section and apart from a little jarring that wasn't a problem either. As the trail wore on my hands were getting sore, and the final descent got so bad that I couldn't cover the brakes and hold the bars (it was one or the other)

All in all though I was very impressed by the traction on offer. It wasn't as difficult to steer through twisty singletrack as I'd been led to believe either, you do need to manhandle it a little more than a 26" wheeled bike though.
Off now to rest my weary arms :)


Friday 19 August 2011

Been a while

Not posted in a while as we've been really busy in the shop and have been surfing more than riding (waves are fickle while trails are usually where we left them :) )
We've not been filming much since but we did shoot some test video to give us an idea for a section.



It's been up on the YouTube channel for a while but I thought I'd post it here. We'll most likely get some more filming done on tuesday evening so keep an eye out for further updates.

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