Went straight home after work yesterday. There was a bit of a drizzle but it didn’t seem like it was going to last long. The artwork for the Rockabilly Surf Show was done and submitted, so it was time for a long-awaited ride. It took a while to get my riding s#%t together, but eventually got out and rolled around a bit. The new ’08 Fox 32 Vanilla RLC feels good on the bike – no geometry issues with the extra travel over the old 125mm Fox. It was the first time it was really ridden, so it feels a little sticky – I think it needs to break-in before it gets that buttery-smooth Fox feel. I swapped out to the purple “light” springs when I installed it last week. I guess I could have gotten just the “R”, but the “L” and “C” functions parallel some of the functions on the DHX 5.0 rear shock, so I got the full-featured one. Granted I run the compression and anti-bob settings really low anyway, but “just in case”…
The mysterious contamination of the rear brake last week is still causing issues – it still doesn’t seem as grabby as before. There is still some dark glaze on the rotor that probably has to be worn through before things are back to normal again, or maybe the pads need more heat-gunning…
I was just taking it easy since I haven’t ridden in a couple of weeks – I was just enjoying being back on the bike after the absence. Distance was 9.83-miles, 56-minutes, Vavr = 10.4 mph
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