Sweet ride out there with Nelson tonight. I'd popped out to Josh's for one last tweak (and photos for his insta), cutting another cm or so off the top of the steerer, and to collect my remainders. Then headed across town to Nelson's and parked there, loading bike on his roofrack and we headed for Taylor's.
Chilly in carpark, but as soon as we got over the cattlestop to hit the Escape it was balmy warm. Stooge rode well up here, I love the low gear and the direct application of power through the rigid frame. I led the way, overcooking it to start with but settling into an only slightly hurried pace, chatting all the way (mostly Nelson talking, me puffing). Out the top at Livingston, and onto the Godley for a nice techy rock climb and then he led the way down to Breeze, faster than me, both of us still getting used to our new steeds.
From Breeze Col, out the OG-below-road trail to the end, nice fast ride through here, love the way the big wheels hold onto speed, then climbing up the grassy trail to the concrete where I lit the landing and Nelson jumped off... Then around Breeze Bay, nice smooth rolling fun-times. Love it in this direction.
Up the road from the Col and into the upper Anaconda. Whooo-eee, rough. This is where the rigid doesn't sing so much. It was quite the beat-up, but still fun as hell. I was no where near as fast as Nelson but not that slow either. Main problem was the 2 finger braking set up at the moment, not having enough grip on the bars, and also the lower bottom-bracket I was super conscious of not smacking my pedals which made me flow less good. However, I definitely prefer this trail on the Cotic... Still, good to know that now, and know what the Speedbomb likes vs not. The lead-in to the Snake's Tail (above the walking track) was sweet and flowy and rolly, and even the Tail itself was pretty good, none of the rocks as daunting or drops as harsh as higher up.
We headed back up valley to try out the 'new' Te Onepoto trail down the other edge of the valley. This was flowy and fun, and ended up in the wee Tagaste/Native forest above/alongside of the carpark. Nice.
A shard under 12 kms and an ostensibly prevailing 423 m accessioned.
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