When the weather goes mad...

Question of the day: what a hell is going on with the weather lately?! It's the end of November and here we are: yesterday I was enjoying the first snow with the Little Man and today I was riding my bike in stone splitting sun wearing kneewarmers. Crazy, isn't it? Well, I take it as it comes so bring on the good weather! :)  

Yep, this is the case alright!

Chillin' in The Shed

#messageoftheday #motivation #alwayshelps

Niner Carbon Fork // Review

Last night I've been doing some TLC on my bike so I took the opportunity and grabbed the fork to write a few words about it. 

I'm riding with Niner's rigid carbon fork since the summer. This is the first rigid for that I have experience with and all I can say I surprised in a very positive way. Sure, it has a very different feel to it compare to any suspension forks but it definitely has it's own benefits! First of all it's light as hell. Then it has zero maintenance to worry about and last (but not the least) it looks awesome. :)

It's just uner 600 gramms...not too bad for a fork that takes proper off-road beating!

But lets see the details: it's a disc only fork that comes with carbon (tapered) steerer tube and can accept rotor up to 185 mm. It works with standard QR and has Niner's classic black & white finish that gives the iconic look to this award winning fork.   

So, it's no secret at all: I'm pretty impressed! Neath looking MTB fork that's also durable and comfortable thanks to the damping charecteristics of carbon. I had some question marks at the beginning but all that went away pretty much straight away. So, are you thinking abouth making your move and gettig a rigid MTB fork? Then wast no time, go for it!   

Getting back in the game!

Another weekend means another MTB ride on the local trails. This was the first time when I started to feel good on the bike since I'm back on it. In the last two weeks I was kinda kicking the pedals but didn't really find my rhythm. Not this time though!

   

I decided to play hard and planned a proper check list for this morning:

            - get up at 5:30 am - check

            - leave the house at 6:20 am - check

            - have a 2 hours and 20 mintes ride - check

            - cover the distance of 45 km - check

            - do the whole lot in near sub-zero conditions - check

So, it was pretty hard to get going indeed but once I had the legs turning I didn't worry too much about the frozen puddles! :) Picked a brilliant mix of my favourite trails with long(ish) climbs and fun descents. 

It was a fantastic morning for it and it was great to feel that I'm finally feeling good on the bike again! It wasn't a big spin or anything, but I managed to set a pace that I was happy with and at this stage it's perfectly enough for me! :)