Too wet to ride...

Unfortunately, the rain around here makes the offroad trails pretty mucky, and for the sake of the trails themselves it's best to stay off them until the weather dries up some.

So I've been restricted to riding on the road - or paved trails for the past several weeks. And there's probably a couple more months of this yet to come.

However, I'm doing my best to get out there riding every day, if possible, to keep my skills up. I may not be getting better at rough/uneven surfaces, but I have working on hill climbing / descents, hopping / trials, and a few tricks that don't really have anything to do with MUni.

I picked up a cheap bike fender at Wal Mart the other day - and promptly snapped it off it's mount hopping off some logs. Still, it's nice to have some protection from splashing water - so I will just plan to mount it when I am doing road riding in the rain :)

I'm thinking about picking up some shorter cranks (125mm?) too, and using them over the winter months. Not sure if I will like them / gain anything - but at least it'll be something new to try.

I also got some KH Percussion shin-guards for Christmas. They are really nice. Unfortunately I haven't had much need for them from a "protection" point-of-view yet, but they are also useful to keep my legs from freezing in this winter weather!