I was also slower riding home because it was pissing down and I was stuck behind a truck going really slowly then when I got passed the truck it was really raining so there was loads of water coming off of the tyre into my face which made it hard to see to say the least 🙁 I really need to buy a front mudguard tomorrow when I get paid!
I am glad that I pushed myself and got out on the bike as I am feeling much better about going out and riding now 🙂 Also my ankle is a lot better then I thought too.
This afternoon after work I will be riding the Jump bike into work and then meeting the lad with the DH bike to take a look and see if we can get a swap done or not. I am actually a bit excited about getting a DH bike and I have already been invited to Windhill Bike park on Sunday 🙂 So I think that its a good idea to do the swap if we can.
I will then ride the bike home and have a play on it! The plan is to just ride it for now and then later on I will get it serviced and see what needs fixing etc then basically just ride it until things break! I am not really looking at this bike as a long term project to upgrade etc and more of a winter work horse to get me into riding bike parks and then when I have some money I will look into upgrading the bike maybe for an emtb so that I can ride back up at Windhill and get more runs in 🙂
Looking online the bike is pretty good so it should be fine as it is! The only thing that I will change is the seat and post as they are a bmx seat and post at the moment so I want to change it for a more MTB seat and post! I have one in the garage anyway I think so it will not cost me anything anyway 🙂
Day 7 – 14/11/2023
This morning I woke up really tired so I went back to bed until 6:00 then I drove into the office and did all the stuff I needed to do in there then drove home in time to start my daily tasks by 7:30.
I then worked until 12:45 and then went out on the MTB and rode to the track and back which felt really slow but not as hard as I thought that it would be 🙂
I was also slower riding home because it was pissing down and I was stuck behind a truck going really slowly then when I got passed the truck it was really raining so there was loads of water coming off of the tyre into my face which made it hard to see to say the least 🙁 I really need to buy a front mudguard tomorrow when I get paid!
I am glad that I pushed myself and got out on the bike as I am feeling much better about going out and riding now 🙂 Also my ankle is a lot better then I thought too.
This afternoon after work I will be riding the Jump bike into work and then meeting the lad with the DH bike to take a look and see if we can get a swap done or not. I am actually a bit excited about getting a DH bike and I have already been invited to Windhill Bike park on Sunday 🙂 So I think that its a good idea to do the swap if we can.
I will then ride the bike home and have a play on it! The plan is to just ride it for now and then later on I will get it serviced and see what needs fixing etc then basically just ride it until things break! I am not really looking at this bike as a long term project to upgrade etc and more of a winter work horse to get me into riding bike parks and then when I have some money I will look into upgrading the bike maybe for an emtb so that I can ride back up at Windhill and get more runs in 🙂
Looking online the bike is pretty good so it should be fine as it is! The only thing that I will change is the seat and post as they are a bmx seat and post at the moment so I want to change it for a more MTB seat and post! I have one in the garage anyway I think so it will not cost me anything anyway 🙂
I was also slower riding home because it was pissing down and I was stuck behind a truck going really slowly then when I got passed the truck it was really raining so there was loads of water coming off of the tyre into my face which made it hard to see to say the least 🙁 I really need to buy a front mudguard tomorrow when I get paid!
I am glad that I pushed myself and got out on the bike as I am feeling much better about going out and riding now 🙂 Also my ankle is a lot better then I thought too.
This afternoon after work I will be riding the Jump bike into work and then meeting the lad with the DH bike to take a look and see if we can get a swap done or not. I am actually a bit excited about getting a DH bike and I have already been invited to Windhill Bike park on Sunday 🙂 So I think that its a good idea to do the swap if we can.
I will then ride the bike home and have a play on it! The plan is to just ride it for now and then later on I will get it serviced and see what needs fixing etc then basically just ride it until things break! I am not really looking at this bike as a long term project to upgrade etc and more of a winter work horse to get me into riding bike parks and then when I have some money I will look into upgrading the bike maybe for an emtb so that I can ride back up at Windhill and get more runs in 🙂
Looking online the bike is pretty good so it should be fine as it is! The only thing that I will change is the seat and post as they are a bmx seat and post at the moment so I want to change it for a more MTB seat and post! I have one in the garage anyway I think so it will not cost me anything anyway 🙂