I took advantage of some time at home and rode a local trail. Caryn and I snuck out with our friend Francisco and rode a classic trail called Acadamy on Eagle Ridge. We live close enough that we were able to ride from home, which makes it that much better, and the icing on the cake is that the trail ends at Buntzen Lake, so we got to jump in to cool off. We are so fortunate to live in such an amazing place!

 

Norco Fluid LT ‘09 at Buntzen Lake

I decided that the only mountain bike I needed this year (except my trials bikes of course) was a Fluid LT. Sure I am a spoiled sponsored rider and could have a special bike for every kind of riding, but the Fluid LT seems to do everything I need. I was playing at the SilverStar bike park the other day, and today went on a three hour cross country ride, this bike will do it all. It keeps life a little simpler as well, in the past, with special bikes for every kind of riding, it seemed that I was always up late the night before a ride fixing and maintaining bikes, but with just one to keep dialed, it saves so much time. I was telling the ‘09 Norco Launch guests that having one bike is like being a bachelor and having only one spoon, bowl, and plate to keep clean; keeps it simple!