In sync

[dpex]

Geez, what a day.

This morning I did the Bethells-to-Scenic Drive loop, then the Scenic drive. Going hard for most of the way, but never feeling quite in-sync.

Came home. Had some lunch. Went again. This time to Wellsford via Sh16. Not bad. Still didn't feel I was nailing the corners properly. But a good ride. Back down SH1 to the Warkworth TO for Woodcocks Rd.

Stopped at the entry. Had a fag. Nattered to a local about bikes. Set off. Suddenly! Zoom. Me and bike are in sync.

Notwithstanding, I've just recently learned the value of working corners in lower gears, so that was all apart of the learning curve up SH16. But through Woodcocks I decided to really get into gear.

Man! What a diff it makes when you have serious power at the arse end.

Woo! What ride!

At two corners I came in so hot the outside of my boot got scraped, but I still felt totally in control; cos I was.

Woo! What a ride.

Fuck! But I love my bike!

Frosty's taking me to Taupo, or I'm taking him....we're going, anyway... for the 31st. Ain't having a mentor good shit? Gawd, but he does go on; 'You must. You should. You oughta'. Nag, nag, nag. Always good stuff. And I listen and learn.

I'm going to present him with a spoon which he can use to ladle what's left of me off the track, into a paper bag........I'm always very thoughtful about such matters.

I shall report back, after the 31st. Or he will, in my absence. :--((((

But here's the chance to go hard and FUCK THE CONSEQUENCES!

Fuck but I love my bike.

[Katman]

The road's not a fucking racetrack.

[Headbanger]

Damn, I was thinking this was a thread about the group.

[dpex]

The road's not a fucking racetrack.

Kat, I don't get to go particularly fast, and rarely get above 105 on the straights. Perhaps I over-dramatised (I do that sometimes) the various descriptions. On the Woodcocks run, particularly, I had decided to not use brakes, so I had to get speed and entry gear ratios right. In fact I had to lightly brake, just twice. So I was pretty pleased with that. Felt in sync and never once got the gut-shrivel associated with overdoing it and losing control.

[madbikeboy]

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