Just back from the farm and the first offroad ride on the Lawwill. Three things became immediately apparent. !: The Scott titanium flat bars are too low so I'll refit the riser bars and see if it's more comfortable, 2: I don't like the Shimano twistgrip gear change. I'll change it to a clicker style arrangement soon, and 3: I've got some serious work in front of me in the fitness department. After two days of riding the bike down hills, around the paddocks and pushing the bugger up hills, every muscle in my body is on fire. Surprisingly my fairly trashed left knee cam out of it much better than I expected. The rest of my body however didn't fare as well. Still, it's a start and overall I'm pretty pleased with both the bike and my first up pushy dirt ride in yonks. I've left the bike in the back of the Jeep so I can go out to the Olympic Rowing Centre at Penrith tomorrow morning to start doing laps around the 6k perimeter road along with a bunch more huffers and puffers.
On the dirtbikes with engines front I had a ride on my mates brand new 2008 510 Husky and am soooo impressed with it. What a sweet piece of kit. I also had the dubious honour of being the first person to fall off it, much to everyones amusment and the horror of the owner. I fell off the 490 Maico too, just to keep it unbiased. All in all a very cool weekend!
