Casual Saturday at NESCO

Morning at the vintage MX track

My friend Dave called and told me Joe was opening the track and just a few people would be coming and it would be a good relaxed atmosphere for riding and testing. I brought the Hercules to try and figure out why I was having problems at the last cross country event, particularly my problem with gear shifts.

The bike was unchanged from the last ride, and the problem I was having shifting wasn't as noticeable if at all. I'm going to place blame on the rear shock being too firm at the previous ride and a very choppy surface whereas on this track, it was more sandy, perhaps rutted but not as hard-packed and the shock wasn't hopping as much which I Ithink contributed to my problems. A guess, since nothing else was changed.

The track may have been a little dusty since we haven't had rain in 8 days and even after the track was watered a bit by Joe, it was dusty, although with just a couple of riders out at any time, I still found it to be a good day. But it was getting hot, for me, and I was finished riding by noon. I brought my GoPro to capture a lap at the track but unexpectedly the battery was dead. So here are two photos of Dave on his Maico having fun ...