It's been a few days from my last post. I have been riding my mountain bike a lot. I rode Brown county state park Nashville Indiana. I rode with a great group of folks on my 40th birthday. The next day I rode in the Mayhem Enduro in Cumberland Ohio. Brown County was fast and fun. The Mayhem tested all my skills and some I didn't know I have. The course was fun and technical with features that were crazy. I have also came closer to having my arm for riding completed. I now have the chest harness, hand and Arm. We are now working on the final piece that will connect my Arm to my harness. I am excited to be test riding a Santa Cruz Tallboy Carbon. It will be my first ride on a 29'er. I will be riding Devou park. I have been riding Devou a lot lately. I am curious to feel what has changed in the last decade. I currently ride a Diamondback DBR XR8 Ketchup and mustard.

I went on a nice ride Saturday. I took my mountain bike to some trails outside of cincy. It was my first ride at the park and my first MTB ride post mohican, cross is in full swing. I now have a Hopey steer damper on my Diamond back XR8. The first time out I ended up in the ER. Second time out was a ten hour stroll at Mohican. I wasn't that impressed due to having some big spills. My opinion changed Saturday at Harbin Park. I went with a friend breaking in her new MTB. I twisted the damper to the maximum stabilization position. There is a dial on the dampener that allows for adjustment from free to max. The trails were twisty and flow well. With minimal technical features it was a nice place to focus on the Hopey. I noticed my increased stability when I grabbed my hydration mouth piece and started to drink while riding down the trail. It was also effective when ride a rutted down hill section. I went slow trough a down hill section with loose sand a gravel that would, in the past, given me problems. I think the more I ride with it the more I will love it.

I have been having loads of fun at the cross time trials at Kings. Cross season is in full swing. I rode in the Frankenbike 50 last week and it was fun. I got lost ,but still had fun. I start with BEATS personal training on Tuesday. Very excited to step up my training regiment. I have a Road TT on the 30th of Sept.

It been a few since my last post. I crashed at Nationals on the first day. I didn't recover from the crash until a few weeks ago. I am back to training. I have also started riding my cross bike in Time Trials on Wednesday nights. I will be racing in a road time trial the 30th of September in WV. I have acquired a set of DT Swiss wheels for road training. They seem to be holding up well. I will post pics of them soon.

I leave today for the U.S. Para national championships in Augusta GA. I am racing the Time Trial and Road race. Should be lots of fun.

The next few days I will be getting ready for Nationals in Augusta. I will be riding my road bike in both the time trial and road race. I am going to forgo aero bars because I wont have mechanical support during the event. I am excited to get to use a set of Zipp 404's for nationals.

MH 100 Set up

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