Random shots Part 2/2

Yosemite Valley. Just wow! I had 3 days in the valley, and was blown away, haven't seen such beautiful scenery since British Columbia.
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Jan, near the very tip of the trail gap, he had some difficulties clearing it, and the frustration began to build up. I don't know how much comfort it was, but it told him that we've "all been there before", in some way or another.

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We had a chance to revisit a place we usually only ride at winter. And we brought the big bikes, not because we had to, but because we could. Turned out that the lines worked better when covered in snow.

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Christian improvising a line.

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I replaced my CCDBA, with a 2014 Vivid AIR. It got its fair share of attention earlier this year, when RockShox trolled everyone by saying it was for "pro-use" only, and you actually had to be on their "list" to buy it. But in the end, we all love capitalism, and so does Rockshox = This shock is mine.

So whats cool about it? Well, independent LSR and HSR, and the new Rapid Recovery system, and the Counter Measure technology. The latter is supposed to virtually eliminate break away force, and I have to give it to RockShox, it takes VERY little force to activate it, less than the CCDBA, well, less than any air-system I've been on actually. Impressive. Full preview coming soon.

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There she is. The new tree-gap.

3,6m(11ft) just to clear the tree, then an additional 2,4m (7ft) to hit the transition. Not small numbers considering this is an All Mountain trail. You can just barely make out the trail gap in the background, it functions as a booster to this jump. How much speed does it require? Is the landing ok? Is the ramp angled correctly? Will it kill you? Well, yesterday, all of those questions got answered..Stay tuned.

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