It's all up hill...
I've just finished up a 6 month long job that was putting me at work over 12 hours/day for 5 days a week (sometimes weekends), and I finally had the oportunity to take some time off. Perfect, since the weather is so nice out right now, and I just got my Hayes disc brake levers back, all fixed (thanks to some GREAT warantee service by Hayes and Idaho Mountain Touring Bike Shop). I took Monday off to go ride my 1994 Yamaha YZ 250 up in the hills with my dad. Sure hope I can ride as well as he can at 60.

I took yesterday afternoon off and picked up the brake levers and spent the rest of the afternoon with my family and getting the brakes put on the bike and the hydrolic lines bleed (not fun, since DOT-4 brake fluid eats paint). It was a mess, but I finally got it all done, and the brakes seem nice and stiff.

So, today, I figured I would take the bike out for it's virgin run. I decided to go up crestline trail (a pretty nice and easy ride of 8 miles, round trip). Well, I'm REALLY out of shape, but it was a great ride. I love the bike, though I think the rear shock is due for new seals...either that, or I trade it in for a Cloud Nine rear shock from Cane Creek that everyone seems to be VERY happy with. And you can't beat the trade in value of only $225 if you send your old shock in.

Anyway, I love the suspension, just feels a little mushy in the rear and sag is a little too much, but I may try to raise the seat and see if it is just my impression and I'll try to add just a little more air preload. I really need to get the bike on a nasty/bumpy downhill before I do much more. Used a lot of the front suspension, and most of the rear, but was trying to hit some stuff pretty hard on the downhill.

I also stopped at Costco before the ride and picked up a new Rave MP 256 MP3 player made by GoVideo with 256MB of builtin Flash, an FM tuner and support for SD flash memory expansion for $94. I also picked up a 512MB SanDisk SD flash card for $53. That should keep the tunes playing for a while.


- posted by Jeff @ 9:01 PM | 0 comments