Archive for March, 2008

Some thoughts on the Flatline [mini review]

by Tanja on March 24, 2008 in Gear, News, recent with 1 Comment

While my Switch was being detailed, tweaked and tuned, I had the pleasure of going out with the all new Flatline. Unfortunately due to the weather I didn’t have the chance to go out on a downhill trip. Just local trail-rides. But since Rocky cancelled the Switch, it thought it would be more then justifiable to see if the Flatline holds on that terrain. The Flatline was setup in short-travel mode for this review. Continue to read for a mini review

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Easter ride in Nijmegen, beating the weather

by Tanja on March 23, 2008 in recent, Riding with 2 Comments

Yesterday I delivered the Flatline back to the bike-shop and today I’ve been out on my trusty steed, the Switch. Can tell you how nice it is to have your own bike back again. I’ve been looking forward to this long Easter weekend for a while and I even though about going to Bad Wildbad for the weekend. But the weather predictions where awful. Even Sauerland and Ardennes where out of the question really as a weather alarm was given.

We headed out to the official xc-trails in Nijmegen and we focused on our favorite parts of the tracks. I’ve tried to make time to take pictures. The best riding for me today was in the middle parts of what we call ‘ruiterpad’. I could to that part all day and try to perfect the riding. It’s more worn out then I remember and it makes for perfect flow riding. Where I feel best.