Outlier22
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Best ride so far today.
Delta Watershed park area is known for some MTB romping and stomping. Nothing outrageous, but much more than I've done so far.
Rode to the watershed and back. Just under 20k total.
The path there is easy crushed gravel. Inside the shed varies from wide (not very much) to single track mostly. Lots of roots, stones, a few logs, and some nasty rocks with narrow passage.
Some of the downhill was not easy for me yet. I'm well versed with standing, but I found myself clinching the grips and too much tensing in my shoulders and back. I'ma pay for that tomorrow.
No wipeouts but they were available. My buddy almost went down but miraculously saved it. The shed has numerous trails with varying difficulty. Did most of the hard"ish" ones.
Near the end there was an opportunity to go down a very steep trail. I opted out. Being tired and taking chances (as previously stated) is not in my plans until I am better prepared.
The ride to the shed is mostly downhill. Coming back home is nasty uphill obviously. The Fathom E+ killed those hills. Ate them up and spat them out. Glorious. Got back with about 75% battery left.
Started to get an issue with the derailleur. In the top half of the cassette it was trying to shift by itself but failing. Tried to adust it with the screw at the shifter, and by adjusting the cable at the derailleur to no avail.
Will figure that out or visit the shop.
19.5km covered. Elevation 264m. Average speed 13.2kph. Max speed 32kph. Time 1h 28m.
Nice... Loved it.
Getting back in shape can be piles of fun.
For that steep scary stuff, the dropper post is awesome for that as it gets the seat right out of your way. Tons more confidence with the seat out of the way. I'd highly recommend one if you plan on doing single track - especially anything with steep sections. "white knuckling" the grips is common until you get more off road miles in. You start to get used to stuff you used to think was insane and get more comfortable on the grips.
regarding your derailleur. as mentioned above, it's likely just cable stretch but it also could be your derailleur hanger. If you bang that on anything it can bend quite easily and put the whole thing out of alignment. That makes adjustments of the cable from the shifter useless. Bike shop can either replace or straighten that for you.