10 miles,
58 minutes
Tire Pressures: 40/45 psi (f/r)
Good ride. The rain last week is finally dried out for the most part so the trail was typically good smooth hardpack. A few muddy spots and the sides of the trail were soft. Spent the ride working on trying to stay in my largest chainring and accelerating before hills so I could get up them easier. Things worked pretty well for the most part. I noticed that I still have a tendency to look right in front of my tire rather than down the trail. I was able to go much faster when I was looking where I wanted to be going rather than where I was already.
Prior to the ride I lowered the spring rate in my fork (Rock Shox Judy J1) for a little more compliance. Turns out that it rtracks much bettter in the turns, but on some of the obstacles(logs), it absorbed all of my forward momentum. I guess I just need to unload the front in that case to get it over whatever it is I'm going over (logs, rocks, woodland animals, etc). I like it where it is and may reduce the spring rate even more for Lakeshore park. Not a lot of big bumps there.
Had a good crash at about mile 9.5. The front wheel drifted oof the trail and sunk into some soft stuff. I flipped over the handle bars and managed to knock the handlebars out of alignment. No serious damage to myself or the bike.
Notes for next time:
1) Focus on looking ahead and accelerating at every opportunity
2) Lower spring rate if riding lakeshore park, leave if going to brighton or pontiac
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