My neck and lower back felt still stiff from last saturdays' ride but given the fact that the weather forecast for the next days is not a pretty one I decided to go out this evening. The weather was great with nearly 20 degrees C as I rode out on the Moots. What a joy to ride on a bike that has suspension on the two wheels. Even in the offroad I felt blessed to be able to ride such a great bike. Everything on the Moots is so smooth, the XTR shifters work almost telepathically. I only have to think about changing gears and hops - presto, it's done. And then to think that the rear derailleur is 10 years old. It is in fact the XTR that was mounted on my Cannondale in 1999. Just goes to show that good equipment goes a long way. The new Magura Durin SL front fork also turns out to be a very good investment. It is superstiff laterally - in fact I cannot detect any sideways movement at all. This makes the steering hyperexact and the bike just goes where you point it. The YBB rear suspension just gives a smoothing out of the terrain, its as if you are riding with a superbig rear tyre.
I took off at an easy pace along the Green Meerdael BLOSO route, along Heverleebos and down to Korbeek Dyle. Had some fun on the twisty trails next to the E40. The big puddles are nearly dried up and steering around them , using the off-cambers and other ruts was very easy with this bike. When I arrived back into Heverleebos I couldn't resist doing some extra singetrails - some of them forbidden but since I only use them once or twice a year and because the forestry had been using them to haul wood out of the forest , leaving far worse scars than my tiny tyres would ever do. No harm done and before long I was back on allowed trails, looping into the Kouterbos and finishing off back into Heverleebos, Vaalbeek and Blanden. I did an extra loop going over the Wijngaerdberg and along the cemetery near Haasrode to finish with a last loop into Meerdael forest. Had a very relaxing ride and yet my average was not bad. But blame that on the bike.
Ride Stats : 29K and 235/238 heightmeters (Polar/Garmin) in 1h25mins
2495/21110
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