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• #1877
video tutorials on jumps/jumping
Lesson one: NO LESS THAN 200mm TRAVEL!
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• #1878
Shhhhh!
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• #1879
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• #1880
Where have the mountains gone?
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• #1881
Are you braving it? We're having a duvet day!
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• #1882
Trying to raise MCF on the phone - if they have a coach free I’ll do a few hours on the jumps. If they don’t I’ll drink black coffee until maddened by the caffeine I go out anyway.
My reserve plan of taking the car round the Alps is a bit buggered by the cloud deck being at street lamp level here in Morzine.
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• #1883
I suspect every mtb coach for a 30 mile radius will be free today 😉 The hard part will be finding one with an impermeable jump suit that wants to head up the mountain with you. The rain is meant to get lighter through the day though...
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• #1884
No joy getting hold of MCF, I’m going to put on my pyjamas-impermeable and see how badly I regret it.
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• #1885
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• #1886
In the cloud now, visibility is going to be interesting
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• #1887
Fortune favours the brave
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• #1888
If I see him I’ll say hello
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• #1889
The weather is indeed a bit apocalyptic in this neck of the woods. We got caught out yesterday on the Col de Sanetsch. Road present and correct on the way up, on the way down not so much...
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• #1890
Looks ridable
On a Megatower
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• #1891
I am very wet, now in a cafe in Les Gets having coffee and an omelette whilst hoping I dry out.
Two hours of “beginner to ?” Jump coaching booked for this arvo- pray it stops raining.
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• #1892
On a Megatower, probably. On a road bike with 25s, not so much...
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• #1893
Is there much xc riding in morzine or is it all uplift stuff?
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• #1894
There’s lots more than I have looked at - I haven’t even gone to the other side of the valley yet, I’m sure there are some XC trails around.
I got absolutely, totally soaked today, and did a couple of hours of coached riding including the jump park. I’m still rubbish- but I now know what I have to work on.
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• #1895
Brave man. Were you the only 2 people up the mountain? Did you hit the gaps?
There's loads of XC BTW.
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• #1896
Not yet- I’d be stretchered off the mountain if I tried the gaps at this point.
Very much want my shoes to be dry for tomorrow- simple goals.
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• #1897
Stuff them full of newspaper if you haven't already. Weather looking better (a little further south) tomorrow at least.
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• #1898
Have done- fingers crossed. Sadly my new onesie proved to not be as waterproof as I’d like today, the main zipper is clearly meant to be waterproof but is not well made. I’ll take some photographs and email the company that make it.
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• #1899
Those "waterproof" zips are useless without a rain gusset behind them. They only seal when they lie flat: as soon as they bunch up and fold the seal opens and water gets in. TBH, I have no idea why companies continue to use them.
Edit: grammar
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• #1900
I can very well believe that. I do think the manufacture is a bit rubbish also:
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Watching video tutorials on jumps/jumping whilst the rain howls down and thunder stalks the peaks. At least the ground will be soft tomorrow for Jump Fest ‘19 (shit edition).