Well I guess to catch up, I'll talk about a couple of things. The first thing is I've ridden three times at Arrowhead...AWESOME! Helped out at the work party Saturday the 3rd. A lot of people showed up for a good day of progress. There is about 6 miles of trail to be ridden and we need to ride it as much as possible to wear it in, hopefully 10 miles in the near future. Some of the trail is in real good shape, some needs to be ridden, and the rest is real powdery. Maybe the rain we are getting tonight is just the right amount to pack it down a bit, but not enough to make a mud pit. The side away from the lake is smooth and beginner friendly, and the trail by the lake..... ohh doctor, it is the stuff of race course immortality. Let me be the first to say, Arrowhead can be the premier venue for future XC races in Georgia. So everyone get out there and ride it and work it. Lets finally have a trail in middle Georgia we can be proud of. One more thing, all the props to O.M.B.A. Great job!!
The other thing is my Dauset training. I've been struggling lately with a bad numbness problem in my hands and arms every time I ride my Jet 9. Been trying everything I could think of from grips to handle bars, But nothing helped. Then I remembered thumb shifters! I dropped thumb shifters and went to grip shift a long time ago because of this problem. But when I changed over to 2x10 I had to go back to thumb shifting. Well, Sram doesn't make a 10 speed grip shift yet, so, I put my 9 speed grip on. Just out of desperation. Holy cow it works, and works well. Their are two gears that get skipped sometimes when shifting but the beauty of grip shift is you can drag those gears when changing and it will drop right in. Put my Ergons w/bar ends back on, and so far so good. Hopefully I can get one more day at Dauset before the race to make sure.....Later
