Sunny days and breaking in the Superfly

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Man, I don’t think we coulda had a better weekend. The past 2 days have been filled with sunshine and riding. Saturday, I put in a long ride in the hills and today, I got to tear into the trails with the Superfly for the first time.

Saturday was a great day. I grabbed the paragon and headed out the door for a big day of views, vineyards and hills. My goal was to head down towards the Village of Naples and grab a few hills on the way. I’d come down with a little cold the past few days so I was taking it fairly mild and was out to get the time and see how the system was working.

Hitting the Open Roads

I ended up feeling pretty good and decided to stretch things out a bit. It was such a nice day, I felt like I could have rode forever. Forever, ended up being 158k (98 mi), just fell short of a century, guess I’ll grab it next time.

Enjoying the Sunshine

Keeping the legs in check

This morning decided to take the new Superfly out to MPH with Mark, Suzanne, C-dog and lizzy girl (our pups). Thing didn’t start out too great, as Mark forgot his shoes and I had 2 right gloves, while Suzanne had 2 left gloves. Suzanne and I decided to head into the trails while Mark headed home to grab the shoes. We met back up with Mark and tore up the trails

Suzanne puts on a good suffer face for the camera

The Superfly absolutely rocked. MPH is super technical and has tons of short steep power climbs and a few long climbs. The bike accelerates like a rocket and takes the climbs with ease. My legs were still suffering from yesterdays efforts and I could feel it on the steep climbs. The Superfly did it’s best to take the edge off.

Enjoying the Warmth

One thing I really noticed with the G2 geometery is how much nimbler the bike handles compared to the older 29er geometry and how it just rails in the corners. I was seriously impressed and even able to keep Mark in sight through the tight twisty stuff. We railed around MPH for 3 hours or so and had a blast.

Mark grabs some nice air

Lizzy Girl takes a rest and keeps an eye on the Superfly

The full photo album available here

Tomorrow looks to be another great day, time to get out again and enjoy it.