Still 2011 and now back in the UK
We returned to the UK, me 2KG lighter
and with arm pump that prevented me holding onto anything tightly for a week. Work Colleagues looked oddly at me as I
described my holiday adventures and walked away tutting about ‘you call that
fun’. We had a couple of weeks off the bikes to recover then
went back to Cwmcarn for a ride, the XC route is graded red, starts with a long uphill, a bit
of jump run in the middle and a great descent at the end. I love the route
here, it has nothing scary for me, but I do normally ride the brakes on the final
decent (just cos fast = scary) this time however, I was shocked as I recognised
the little bike grid that shows the start of the final descent it felt flat, no
steep downhill corners that I remembered being there, and even found myself
braking out of habit not need. The Alps
had changed me....
As well as the weight loss, I came back
from the Alps wanting more, it was a pretty set fact that we would be going
back to Morzine next year and as much as I loved the little Trance 100mm travel
was not up to Alp standards and neither was my riding.
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