The Dillinger felt much better this time around. The night before I did some adjustments to the headset, the front wheel and tightened the EBB to 6.5 nM, according to Chad at Soul Cycles. I started my ride at Silver City and went into the forest and rode the Pond Brook Connector, through the new section that built this past summer, through the boat ramp, a bit on the old Shepaug RR bed and then up Pond Brook (dirt) to Lake George and into the ROW.
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The ROW was resplendent with fall foliage, however all those pretty, crunchy leaves made things rather slippery in the steepest of climbs. I am really starting to notice the difference between riding this bike and when I had my Fetish Fixation set up as a 69er. Rolling over stuff is much seems much easier. Also, the aluminum frame is a lot more rigid that the steel Qball and combined with the rigid fork the bike really climbs well.
After the first ride I felt pretty beat up but after this second ride I feel much better. Now, I can't wait to ride it again and a again, and again!
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