Got a new chain delivered today. It is a golden KMC X9 SL Titanium Nitride coated chain, I already had one like this as a first mount on the Hilset and my last chain was also a KMC X9 TiNi chain, but no SL. Its a good chain, the SL chain even rolls a bit more quiet than the normal version and it is also very light. Perfect for the use I'm making of this bike. The chain has a Titanium Nitride coating which makes it a bit harder to wear. The Missing Link is a re-usable connector , along the same principle as the SRAM Gold Link. Obviously the chain looks well on the bike, especially when its new. I also changed the jockey wheels on the XTR rear derailleur. They were still the first ones and it was time they got changed since I had this bike - end of May 2005 - so thats nearly 4 years. The teeth were almost resembling shark teeth. I changed them for XTR 11T jockeys.
I only wanted to do an easy recovery ride today. The forecast calls for a dry week - yippee - so I know it will be hard to keep myself from biking too much. I'm playing with the idea of having the Litespeed equipped with the Fox RLT80 fork instead of the worn SID SL it has now. At the same time I need to replace the inner and outer rear shifter cable and possibly the brake cables as well. It would be nice if I could have all that done by saturday. If all goes well I am thinking of entering an MTB-O event next saturday. Its held in nearby Kessel-lo so finding my way around should not be too hard. Of course I will need to learn how its done the hard way, but I'm pretty confident I will find my way. Its a competition but I'm not counting on riding fast , just having a good time combining mountainbiking and orienteering. Should be fun. Lets hope the weather stays dry. Today I just did a quick ride around Heverlee, Bertem, Neerijse , Sint Agatha Rode and Sint Joris Weert, finishing with a loop taking me past the Zoete Waters to Oud-Heverlee and Heverlee again. The weather was nice with 11 degrees C and nearly no wind. It got a bit frisky by the time I finished my ride but I was home before dusk.
Ride Stats : 40K and 270/269 heightmeters (Polar/Garmin) in 1h41mins
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