Bike Down!

[Sir Fallsalot]

After fitting the rear suspension back on last night I took the dog out for a test ride today i was going to go out last night but it bloody pissed down, went up over my mountain as there's a good range of different terrain up there. I noticed the difference as soon as i pulled off the bike now glided over small bumps on the road hardly noticing them at all, with the old shock fitted they felt quite harsh and the front of the bike didn't feel so loose either, it's  a bit hard to explain but for a long time now the front has felt very light like there's no resistance at all just didn't feel quite right, well that's now gone.  When i get onto the mountain track i was instantly surprised how good the bike felt on the rough surface,  the suspension just soaked it all up even the front seems to be working better.

I was heading east as the sky wasn't looking too good coming from the west and was following me a the whole time i was out

There was a lot of water about and the ground was still quite slippery the suspension didn't do anything to help that 

I stopped to take a photo here on a nice leafy lane 

Only to have the bike roll off the stand it's a bit steeper than the photo shows.

When I got on the bike i found the fall had twisted the front end a bit I had to stop at the next big rock to straighten it out and then the next post to knock it back as i'd gone too far on the rock. 

Look at the weather behind me that's the way i'm heading when i get up this hill onto Manmoel mountain road.

And this is what i'm trying to stay n front of

This is looking into the Ebbw valley towards Aberbeeg. There's no bent on that road it's straight the curve is due to the panoramic photo 

I wanted to check out a track off Manmoel mountain road to see if its still ridable i went down and took some photos for my records on the way back up

last time i was here this was all enclosed in tree's

 

I got as far as Brynmawr when the heavens opened and out came a hail storm so i took shelter under a bridge until the hail stopped but got off the bike the wrong side and when cocking my leg over it got caught and me and the bike ended up on the road luckily the car coming seen me in time and stopped, what a bloody old plonker.

After that i decided to head home as there was no sign of the weather behind me getting better and i was heading further away from home so would be out in it longer when i turned back. Ended up going down the Ebbw Valley i haven't been through here in a while in the old days it was a nightmare but there's a bypass now so a much more pleasant ride. I got caught in a few showers on the way back but they were not heavy so got home only slightly moist. 
I have a little bit of fine tuning to do with the shock and then it's see how long it lasts.

[XTreme]

BOTM surely?

[boboneleg]

I’m probably preaching to the converted here but do you leave your bike in gear in those situations?

[XTreme]

1 minute ago, boboneleg said:

I’m probably preaching to the converted here but do you leave your bike in gear in those situations?

Wouldn't have happened if he'd taken our resident Riding God to show him how it's done!

[Sir Fallsalot]

2 hours ago, boboneleg said:

I’m probably preaching to the converted here but do you leave your bike in gear in those situations?

Yes always, the auto decompressor must have been on as it rolled forward enough for it to roll off the stand

[busabeast]

On 29/03/2024 at 20:09, Sir Fallsalot said:

Yes always, the auto decompressor must have been on as it rolled forward enough for it to roll off the stand

 

That's what really happened don't lie

[Specs]

23 hours ago, busabeast said:

 

That's what really happened don't lie

Great example of fixation.