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Keep the updates rolling in...
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Following that weigh-in, I had a beer, a steak sandwich, and two glasses of water. Weight next day was 200g lighter. Nyer.Fluid go have a big drink .....
It’s sandy and dry as hell out there at the moment!Headed out to Eumerella again. Rolled my bars back a bit on the 29er to help with lower back pain I've been getting. It worked. Had an absolute blast. Finally made it up this little bitch of a climb on Track 5!
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Sounds awesome. Dec for us. Maydena and Derby.Maydena days 3, 4 and 5.
Did the learning to fly course and had a private lesson. Finally started to get a clue with jumping. Definitely need to hit some more dirt jumps and practise, practice, practice.
Started hitting more of the black trails. The freeride black runs (Super Cross and Local) are freaking awesome. They are also where I had the most mechanicals and stacks due to the speed and g outs.
The technical single blacks are pretty much where I hit my limit. They are steep and require perfect railing of berms. I also figured out that the key to Maydena is cornering and trailing brake control. Once I figured that out I had a much easier/better time.
The double blacks and pro lines require perfect cornering and jumping. I met a young gun Victorian dh racer who was at the pointy end of u19s who wiped out on one of the double blacks and needed a new helmet. He reckoned that Maydena was next level compared to his regular runs and Thredbo and would defiitely improve his skills.
Spent my final day chilling out on some of the green and more natural blue runs. Still had a ball just railing berms, pumping and doing the odd log drop. No mechanicals or diggers.
Overall had a great time and definitely improved as a rider. Definitely reccomend big brakes and big spikey tires. A dh bike for mere mortals will be easier on the body, lots of experienced riders on 140-160mm bike were still having a ball.
I took my 100mm travel XC bike with 160mm rotors and Racing Ralph tires. It rained for two days before I arrived. So much fun. I did 5 runs, zero crashes, but spent more time sideways than a drunk crab.Day 1 report upcoming but I can safely say that its a good idea to do lots of gym work before coming here, bring your dh bike and run the biggest brakes and tyres that you can.