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That was bucketloads of fun.
Great little group, alockett, tom a&e, owain, Lucy and me. Lucy was awesome at explaining lots of techniques to make things easier, positioning of body for climbing and descending. Hand position for climbing was very useful. As we did a few loops I could see the improvements as we went round. Owain and Andy were also hugely informative.
Shall try to organise a proper day with Lucy for the forum mtb folk. Half a day of training and then an afternoon ride. We can split the costs amongst us to pay for lucy's time.
My favourite moments were discovering the joys of suspension and bouncy tyres when we we bombing down a hill to discover it had a section of massive steps. Thankfully I had just been advised by Andy to bend my arms on descents but it did feel like I was riding a huge blancmange. We also did a really slippery descent a couple of times, after the first time I was told to focus on the exit for difficult sections and the second time it was much easier.
I do need to reset my front mech limit screws but basically a great morning out.
Thanks to all.