• new bits are nice, but the novelty soon wears off and you still need to train.

    The novelty of knocking 5 minutes off my time for a 25 due to using £5 second-hand tribars the week after riding the same course in similar conditions in (wide) drops still hasn't really worn off.

    Mind you, the satisfaction of beating loads of sci-fi testers that first week still feels good too.

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