Easter Sunday morning turns out to be a popular time at Waimapihi, I don’t think I have ever seen so many people up there.
I decided to try Lower George Denton (aka Squatters) for the first time. My brakes were making a really, really weird noise so I ended up walking much of it. It looks hairy as hell, but might be fun once I get everything going smoothly. The trail is pretty wide with a series of tight corners, with a couple of what I would regard as steep sections.
Next onto lovely Clinical. The seat post angle is different, or maybe it is that I have the seat in a different place that on the Roscoe, but I could really feel the climb in my quads.
Getting used to the bike on some of the narrow bits was a little touch and go in places.
I did notice that the bottom bracket is higher than on the Roscoe, which got me over a bump or two I might have struggled with.
Then the climb up Fenceline – I went up to Sawmill, and while parts felt fine, I was typically in one gear lower than usual. I don’t know what the Sawmill to Turbine section will be like, I’ll try that during the week. I expect it to be much harder.
I rounded out the ride with the top of Ikigai. It was OK, but I’m keen to get back to it once I have the setup dialled in.
The brakes were still annoying, tomorrow’s mission is to get that totally sorted.
I will also play around with the rear tyre pressure.
