Morewood please

Had the maiden voyage of my new Morewood Izimu at Sugar Mountain today. Got in 3 runs and it rocked my world. I've never ridden a bike that handles like this, and in a good way. It just floats down the trail and pops off the ground whenever I want, when it was really hard to get my old Demo 8 off the ground at all. The 3rd run was the first time I've ever gotten below 4 minutes time, and it could get so much faster now with this bike...it just wants to go fast.

Anyways, couple pics off mueller's camera showing a new rock section we constructed this past spring...

Back in the saddle

Just got back from 3 days of rippin fun at Snowshoe this weekend. It felt like I was right back where I left off in April right off the bat somehow and I can't complain. Just took a few runs to get some confidence back up and it was on. Absolutely epic conditions all weekend...it rained for a while early Friday and then the skies opened up and it was clear, sunny and mid 70s for the rest of the time. Perfect! I got in 30 runs total and am definitely feeling it now. The next race up there is in 2 weeks and I got word that its gonna be a tough track so I'm hoping to do good, we'll see! I'm just happy to be back on a DH bike again.

First Ride Back

This morning I got the Ok from the doctor to finally start riding my bike again. Its been just over 6 weeks since the latest surgery and the X-rays look good! So I rushed back home, threw the gear in the car and took off after a short bite to eat. Did a nice 18 miler to get the cobwebs out after 4.5 months off the bikes completely. It felt good, I've managed to keep my fitness semi-conditioned through running, hiking, and the gym and just basically staying active the whole time. Part of the ride included a newly finished trail in Greensboro called the Wild Turkey trail. Its an out-and-back trail that is 5 miles one way with so many berms, rollers, and sweet turns that I couldn't keep track! So fun! Looking back I think it was good to have such a long time forced off the bikes when I wanted to ride so bad, because I don't think I'll be getting burned out for a while now, I just want to ride all day every day now. Stoked!