As I am trying to get rid of my beer gut that I created last year, (I did this by not riding my bike for a whole year because of an injury).
Anyways getting out and pushing the thresholds of my heart and lungs is what I need to be doing at the moment and the all mountain bike is a good motivator for me, I need to ride dh so I just mix up the trail into basically a long super d course. I am always attacking the hills to get my heart rate going and trying to stay off the brakes as much as I can when im on the decents, and let me say its working! I am so tired after a few hours of doing this. I am stoked that there is the technology these days to allow riders to have a decent amount of travel for the dh and still be able to maintain a good pedal platform for the uphills.
I am really missing the DH bike right now... But I know that to be where I need to be for next years season my fitness needs to be at a high level so I am keeping my head down and trying to be at that level by april next year!
There is still so much that I am learning about suspension set up and bike positioning just by doing these all mountain rides. Such as having the seat an inch lower allows me to get over the back wheel and attack corners way better and running a little bit lower tire pressure on a course that is slower really gives you a more stable platform to work with.
Anyways thats the all mountain chat for today, hoping to get out on the jump bike tomorrow before I go for an all mountain.
Adam Is the coolest guy I know.
Your friend and lover of all woodland creatures,
Andrew Mitchell
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