got up to lake mountain, trail has just opened from winter, they are still clearing the top section/has some snow on it so we were dropped at ticket box [but the bottom is the better trk anyways]
trail was swept but still had a few sticks but in overall good condition, 8-10 puddles on trail but were not big and only got a few splashes, mostly on 2nd run when i tried stop avoiding them and plough straight thru
grip was good on 2nd run, was bit slick in early morning, i had not ridden the last 4km to town track before -it’s clay rather than loam and was very slippery, it needs to dry out whereas the top loam was really good- i was even able to build up speed thru the berms , mostly in the 2nd berm section..perfect time to ride up there as long as it doesn’t rain -i didn’t ride it over summer but it has gotten rockier this last year
they only had 4 on the shuttle, we all did 2 runs so they lost money [all weekend driver added -they were only letting 10mride, but got around 5 every day only] the father son who rode alongside us we’re from san remo -dad has a RM ebike and towed his kid on the big climb with some sort of elastic retractable strap—seemed to work really
forgot i got some leg pump -i was riding the berms with my left foot back nearly always -the berms seem to go on for so long have some muscle soreness in that leg today in the quad area
(I was still the fastest there)
