29'r Luvin...

This is my first foray into the 29'r world and so far I'm loving it. I just returned from a preride of the Tidewater Mountain Bike Challenge and all I can say is wow! It was just an easy spin sorta lap and on the downhills this bike is INSANELY fast. I will have to make a concious effort during the race to not go too fast. It really is easy to carry enormous momentum into the uphills and with this style of course being a roller coaster up/down time of climb, as long as there isn't any traffic it should have rather nice climbing manners. I will try to get as many pics as possible but as I will be racing during the SS class the pics will have to be either before or after, unless I can get someone to man up the camera during the race. The second picture is from the second time on the trail. I went into a corner just a bit hot, drifted wide, caught the loamy stuff, and BANG the fron wheel folded like a taco and split right at the seam. It's the speed like that, that I'll have to be concious of during the race. I just can't get over how FAST these bikes are once they are up to speed. I am running a 34/18 ratio which works out to a 54.78 GI.
until next time, keep the rubbah side down!