It's that time again
Posted: November 04, 2014 in Cycling
It's that time of year when it get dark before you're even home from work, and it's three degrees when you wake up. NOT ideal cycling weather, which is why it sucks that I got my new bike when I did.
I've been relegated to the indoor trainer for the past week or so, but I have my fingers crossed for something in the 60s this weekend (the forecast calls for 50 even) so I can maybe get out on the mountain bike. For me, mountain biking is less temperature dependent because you don't go as fast, so no sweat freezing to your body on a 40mph downhill.
Speaking of mountain bikes, I've had to scavange my 9700 to get my Jamis riding properly. The rear hub on the Jamis is shot, and I've never liked the Race Face Evolve XC crank. For some reason, the chain line sucks, and it likes to eat bottom brackets. Now I have the 9-sp SLX group on the Jamin, along with the Topo wheels. Those wheels aren't fantastic but at least they have decent hubs and they track straight.
They've put some decent new trails in that are around 10 min from my house. This county sucks at everything else, but at least they do a good job when it comes to riding.
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