Wednesday, October 14, 2009

It is Fall in New England

Racing Season finished up with a whimper (on my part) in Hingham MA at the Landmine Classic. I wasn't quite DFL, but sure felt like it. Mechanicals, Flats, and Physical Malaise led to a less than memorable performance. With that, I started in earnest on building and buffing up a small CX loop in the back field. No elevation to speak of, but lots of twisty grass turns to polish up the handling skills.

A couple of weeks ago at NEMBAfest at Bear Brook in NH, I demo'd the new GT Sensor. 5" of travel based on the I-Drive. Rides really nice. Have to look into adding one of these to the fleet if I decide to replace the incumbent 5" trail bike.

First opportunity I took to evaluate how CX racing is, was this past weekend in Providence RI. Havng never done this, I was surprised to do as well as I did, 42 and 44 of 60 odd participants in the Cat4 35+ group on Saturday and Sunday respectively.

Aside from those two events, lots of local riding.

Lots of fun.