robertaccio
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Dang this is getting habit forming. received LAMC club invite (paid entry of course).
The Sat ride was a well ribboned and arrowed course of @ 65 miles of @ 80% single track. Mostly Typ dry rocky stuff, but with a little of everything. including small tight deep sand washes that with the TXC310R are super fun!!
I carried a gal maxima oil jug 3/4 with fuel on my C-back strap, about 20 miles in my leg was wet....looked down to see 2 holes stabbed into the jug, I stopped super fast and shot the mostly remaining fuel into my tank (@1/2 gal). I just cant explain how good it was and how well marked it was for such a long loop with A and B splits as well.
Also the best thing about this ride was our group of guys (too many for dusty zones) but what I did to set myself up was to let our faster crew get out ahead and staying between the faster guys and our relatively slower guys (fast too), I had clean air and the safety factor of our "chase" guys to let it really hang out (but inside the middle of nowhere Mex envelope).
This weekend brought me much closer with the TXC310R and raised the confidence level alot. I may still go with .48 fork springs but the jury still isnt out on that. Of couse the Sat post ride festivities were epic with food and drink... then we woke up on Sun and did another 25 or something miles. stopped at a Tecate Taco stand pigged out and crossed the border (1.5 hour wait)
PS 9 in our crew....8 KTMs and 1 Husky.....riders 5 USA , 2 ITA, 1 FRA
PPS only beef was the length of the course logistically for fuel especially on the SX based bikes in our crew. If we had known we could have hidden staged fuel at one of the road crossings that we passed on the way the campsite staging BBQ area .
The Sat ride was a well ribboned and arrowed course of @ 65 miles of @ 80% single track. Mostly Typ dry rocky stuff, but with a little of everything. including small tight deep sand washes that with the TXC310R are super fun!!
I carried a gal maxima oil jug 3/4 with fuel on my C-back strap, about 20 miles in my leg was wet....looked down to see 2 holes stabbed into the jug, I stopped super fast and shot the mostly remaining fuel into my tank (@1/2 gal). I just cant explain how good it was and how well marked it was for such a long loop with A and B splits as well.
Also the best thing about this ride was our group of guys (too many for dusty zones) but what I did to set myself up was to let our faster crew get out ahead and staying between the faster guys and our relatively slower guys (fast too), I had clean air and the safety factor of our "chase" guys to let it really hang out (but inside the middle of nowhere Mex envelope).
This weekend brought me much closer with the TXC310R and raised the confidence level alot. I may still go with .48 fork springs but the jury still isnt out on that. Of couse the Sat post ride festivities were epic with food and drink... then we woke up on Sun and did another 25 or something miles. stopped at a Tecate Taco stand pigged out and crossed the border (1.5 hour wait)
PS 9 in our crew....8 KTMs and 1 Husky.....riders 5 USA , 2 ITA, 1 FRA
PPS only beef was the length of the course logistically for fuel especially on the SX based bikes in our crew. If we had known we could have hidden staged fuel at one of the road crossings that we passed on the way the campsite staging BBQ area .