Had a great day of riding yesterday after Friday nights debacle.
Started with finishing the build up at the trailhead as the sun was rising. A few scavenged parts from the commuter got the old trail bike going.
Morning ride was at the Kalamunda circuit with a group on high end enduro style e-mtbs. Think the least travel was 150mm and the smallest tyres were 2.6's. At 80mm and 2.1's, I kind of felt like I'd brought a spoon to a gun fight.
Did about 26km starting at Black Stump, riding up Gunjin (I didn't have the legs and pushed the last 1/3, getting passed by the shuttle bus I should have taken). We descended down Lazarus and Alchemy, then crossed over to do the Scorpion descent, before finishing with a partial run down another Gunjin trail.
Was my first proper hit out on decent trails for a few years, but I found some confidence pretty quickly and by the time we hit Scorpion I was keeping up with everyone on the descents. Was happy to get away with no break downs on a fresh build and without crashing or hurting myself.
Backed it up in the arvo with my 5 year old. He received his first MTB at Xmas and this was his first off road trip on it (he has been off road before riding a 12" clown bike and 16" bmx). Did about 8km of green trails around Black Stump including some flowy single-track descents, and then a play at the pump track. I'm really surprised how quickly he's improved, having only dropped training wheels late last year (which was a struggle); he very quickly started looking for rocky sections to hit.
He was keen to watch some MTB vids when we got home, which rounded out the day nicely.
