^ Dunno much about them but that sounds like not many pounds for a carbon fork bike so may be a winner.
In my biking news I went to
Lee and Cragg Quarry mountain bike trail centre yesterday and all did not go to plan. We were a bit pushed for time so only made it part way to Cragg Quarry before turning back to go home but still made time for a bit of a play...or so I'm told.
We got to these set off drop offs...
...and I did the little one on the right fine and kind of did the middle one fine but instead of turning right into the berm I went straight over it rodeo style and did this to my front inner tube...
...and this to my brand new lid!
I don't remember any of it but I think it was a bit like this but with less skill and less luck.
Cue a long walk back to the car and my mates driving me home then 6 hours in hospital with my wife to get an x-ray and CT scan. I've got concussion so really don't remember much of yesterday at all let alone the crash but I'm still in one piece although I've cut and grazed my right arm and leg and bashed my right shoulder and ribs quite bad
(1st April Awesome Face Smiley not intended!) Fortunately my bike seems fine and I don't think my nearly new wheels are buckled so that's a relief, also Giro do a crash replacement scheme so a new lid will be £35 instead of £56.
Moral of the story, don't let your ambition overtake your skill and always wear a helmet!
Just writing this post was hard work so I'm off to bed and will be taking a couple of days off work to recover at home.
. But to use a motor to go faster on UK roads I believe means a registration plate, insurance and more than likely road tax and an MOT too.....I guess you could ride it legally it you could do all that but then I don't suppose it would then be legal to ride, for example, much of the national cycle network, abondoned railway lines and towpaths as it would be classed as a motorbike.
. Glad you are generally in one piece, but that helmet looks like like a ruddy good investment as it took a heck of a beating!
Shame it's been sent away to get the cheaper replacement! It's getting better but I think there's zero chance of riding this weekend as I need to go up in the loft to get my old wheels down and there's no way my shoulder is up to hauling me up there yet. I'll rope my brother into helping me on Monday though so I can send the news wheels back to Superstar Components to be fixed.
