26 Jul
2004

First Real Ride

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I did 50 or so miles on the Tigger this evening, about 1/2 of it
on dirt. Ran up to Horseshoe Bend and then east toward Placerville. Turned south up
the backside of Bogus and screamed like a bat outta hell down the front. I ate 3 cruisers
and a 600 crotch rocket for dinner.

I am love with this bike and getting more comfortable on it. I think
I may have heated up my brakes coming down Bogus. I got to smelling something funny,
but a closer sniffing inspection couldn’t ferret it out.

I did bottom it out on the logging roads a few times and did a little
“wiggle“ once on a sandy turn. That’ll pucker ya right up. I need to work
with the shock setting a bit to find the right balance.