Pagoda

Took the girls riding for the first time last weekend. They had a choice of some trails in the woods or a local track. They chose the track.

They did pretty well considering it was their first time out for the season and their first time at this track, and it wasn’t an easy track. It wasn’t necessarily as big as tracks they’ve done before, but it was built on a hillside and therefor had lots of elevation change. They managed anyway.

Lauren was happy to get a compliment on her bike minutes within arrival. Though looking sharp, her bike was severely underpowered to make the big climb at the end of the course. She could do it, but she was crawling by the time she got to the top. A quick fix to her throttle stop and allowing her more throttle would have fixed it, but the car and tools were too far away. Now we know for next time.

Abigail rode very conservatively on her new hot rod, and rightly so. She only got a few rides on it last season after we bought it and before it got too cold. As the sessions went on she did get a little more confident. Near the end she was out of her mind ecstatic to finally be getting a little air on the whoop-de-doos at the bottom of the track.

Unfortunately the weather hasn’t really cooperated for us this weekend. Hopefully we’ll have a chance to get out over spring break.

– b