Ok, so gearing up to head to Italy for the val di fassa Ews. I leave Sunday night. I’ll have a few days to adjust to the time change before the race. My family is coming out for the race and then we are doing a northern Italy vacation.
We added Cushcor, swapped in new brakes and rotors, new grips, swapped to saint paints that have both metal pegs and spd (on both sides) and swapped shoes to a set of ride concepts shoes. By “we” I mean Lou from Pedal Montclair. He’s the bike-wizard that keeps my bike feeling fresh and riding fast no matter how much I trash it. These changes are an attempt to decrease arm pump and allow my foot to have some grip ont he pedal if I’m not clipped in. 2 big issues for me in tweed valley. I test rode everything yesterday and it felt pretty good. Heading to Mtn creek tomorrow for another run through. And for some more cornering practice. Then it gets packed into the bike bag and we hope the tire won’t unseat and spill the sealant all over again.
I also have a eBike rental for Tuesday to go check out the trails. ;-)
And someone asked if riders are/can do both eBike and the ews- the answer is yes. In fact the legend that won my category did both. there’s the obvious fatigue factor- BUT, most of the stages are the same for the eBike and ews stages, so she may have ridden some stages up to 5 times. (EBike does up to 3 laps on the course depending on what category is chosen) plus the eBike pre ride, plus ews pre ride…. may have to source an eBike to race at burke & sugarloaf!
We added Cushcor, swapped in new brakes and rotors, new grips, swapped to saint paints that have both metal pegs and spd (on both sides) and swapped shoes to a set of ride concepts shoes. By “we” I mean Lou from Pedal Montclair. He’s the bike-wizard that keeps my bike feeling fresh and riding fast no matter how much I trash it. These changes are an attempt to decrease arm pump and allow my foot to have some grip ont he pedal if I’m not clipped in. 2 big issues for me in tweed valley. I test rode everything yesterday and it felt pretty good. Heading to Mtn creek tomorrow for another run through. And for some more cornering practice. Then it gets packed into the bike bag and we hope the tire won’t unseat and spill the sealant all over again.
I also have a eBike rental for Tuesday to go check out the trails. ;-)
And someone asked if riders are/can do both eBike and the ews- the answer is yes. In fact the legend that won my category did both. there’s the obvious fatigue factor- BUT, most of the stages are the same for the eBike and ews stages, so she may have ridden some stages up to 5 times. (EBike does up to 3 laps on the course depending on what category is chosen) plus the eBike pre ride, plus ews pre ride…. may have to source an eBike to race at burke & sugarloaf!