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You should have enough spares to build your Solaris back up now, no?I'm a simple man, I see a Duck Egg Cotic, I hit 'like'
It's pretty much done actually. I rode it around the back yard todayYou should have enough spares to build your Solaris back up now, no?
Ouch, real faceplant eh. Healing vibes and all that heeby jeeby shitHigh speed pedal strike on a non rocky flowy(ish) trail at stromlo, ate shit hard... Didn’t account for compression properly through a fast dip and caught a high point of the track. Might bump up the rear shock pressure a bit!!
Had a small stick literally embedded in my lip I had to pull harder than I liked to get out, and am brewing an arse bruise Moorey would be proud of. I promise there will be no pictures.
Ta Although the left hip took the brunt. Got spat up and left when the right pedal dug in and landed on my side... On Breakout before the big berms.Ouch, real faceplant eh. Healing vibes and all that heeby jeeby shit
I left the divot as a warning to othersPlayers please remember to replace your divots.
@Haakon - what did your partner say about the new facial piercing? does it look like a really odd shaving cut at work this morning?
Zero time to react, it’s a horrible way to crashIt's amazing how fast you can come off from a pedal strike... just wham, and you're down.
I love it, one of my faves. Nice to have a breather beforehand too, almost always run into someone at Wombat Junction. Chased and caught a dude through there the other week. Lots of line choices before the berms that can help with holding speed.It's a little section of trail I've always struggled to find my rhythm on, and I've ridden it so many times.
Sometimes I've wondered if it's because I'll usually stop for a drink at the Willo memorial just beforehand, and that pops me out of 'the zone' briefly.
But then when you get to bigger cleaner berms straight afterwards suddenly everything clicks again.
Use the whole track width is all I can offer, coming out of a couple of those rough hairpins there's some lines off the middle that let you flow faster. The hairpins themselves, 160mm on the front looks after em pretty well but jeez they get some big braking craters.The second half is amazing fun, I just need to find some speed through the tighter and rougher early section.
I've got 130mm out front, so I'm a gonna blame thatUse the whole track width is all I can offer, coming out of a couple of those rough hairpins there's some lines off the middle that let you flow faster. The hairpins themselves, 160mm on the front looks after em pretty well but jeez they get some big braking craters.
There’s a couple of “short cuts” I’m not sure are advisable too... Such as that gap jump thing that looks like someone has been keen enough to hit it. It’s gonna be some time before (if ever...) I’m game enough for that.Use the whole track width is all I can offer, coming out of a couple of those rough hairpins there's some lines off the middle that let you flow faster. The hairpins themselves, 160mm on the front looks after em pretty well but jeez they get some big braking craters.
Happens to the best!Zero time to react, it’s a horrible way to crash
Totally fair call. @Haakon that gap looks so sketchy and I'm not hitting it gong that fast but there's a few bits where you don't cut the corner as such but just get on the outside/inside of the track instead of just following the middle lineI've got 130mm out front, so I'm a gonna blame that