I went out to Spain with Joe Taylor, for a long weekend of riding with switchbacks downhill last week from 31st March to 4th April. We rode lots of fantastic trails in the sun around the Malaga area.We where based in Benalmadena and where guided down different tracks within a 1 hour radius of our apartment there.
Had a great time by all accounts.
Raced the BDS rnd 2 at Moelfre yesterday, had pretty high hopes after my week out in Spain. Was feeling pretty strong on the downhill bike and the bike was working well, after ironing all the problems with it in Spain.New Fox RC4 is working great and a box fresh set of highrollers.
Finished pretty much in exactly the same position as Rnd 1 despite all the riding in spain and a perfect bike. I had what I thought to be a pretty quick solid race run, It felt like I nailed all the jumps and I thought I'd smashed a few turns on the way down as well. Turns out I finished 29th in Expert and a mer 100th Overall. Distinctly average. I actually went a second slower in my final race run than I did in my seeding despite feeling smoother and faster.
Have another month until Glencoe BDS rnd3 to make some changes.
Going to get some headphones made for my CAD/CAMM project at Uni this week first, deadline Friday.
All the best
