The rear brake pads were pretty close to shot so I did a quick change and general clean up while the rear wheel was off. I need to sort out the bottom bracket at some point.
This week I commuted a couple of times and things were generally feeling better.
I was a little apprehensive about hitting Ikigai on the Roscoe after the experience on the Pivot the previous weekend.
It was the first time riding from the end of Highbury Fling up to top of upper Ikigai, and it was a tough one.
The ride down was amazing, and fun, although my quads were burning for much of it. I had started at upper Ikigai which I’d never ridden before, and the geometry of the Roscoe felt unfamiliar after the Firebird. I remembered I needed to be further back and working harder than the previous weekend, and the first decent bump my tail was airborne. No harm done, but I was a little lucky.
Ikigai has three tough right handers. I want to get good at them.
The strange thing was the ride back up Transient was amazing – almost easy. I couldn’t understand why it felt so much easier than usual.