Today was our last day riding and testing together as a team here in Malaga. It was so cool that we had the chance to get together before the season got going. I learned a lot of valuable information and have got all the bugs worked out here, months before the races. The main focus here was suspension, which is a essential part of downhill racing. Justin and Christian at Fox Racing Shox had a ton of options for us to test. We ran through tons of settings on the fork and shock, and tried everything with different scenarios in mind. With all the help from Fox, I was able to find the setting that worked best for me, and the bike feels amazing. Whatever's inside that fork, it freekin works! It is such a good feeling to have all the equipment set up and tuned at this point. It was also really cool to have the sponsors here to hang with us. Peter from Shimano was here the past two days and he had a ton of new stuff to show us. He had a really cool presentation for us last night with lots of information about the Saint group set we're running. There were a bunch of guys here from Trek as well, all great friends of mine, who are really fun to hang out with. The past two days have been pretty wet actually. The thunderstorms at night were unbelievable. I've never heard thunder so loud! Yesterday's test was pushed to the afternoon due to rain, so my teammates Justin, Aaron and I smashed out some weights at a gym near by. Crazy place, reminded me of something out of one of the Rocky movies. Today I did a ton of riding on a new track we found. It had way more corners and gave us a bit more variety to test on. We did more work on the shock and found a really good setting on there to finish out the week where as previously we spent more time on the fork. It was great to get that shock dialed. I pushed up a few times for the Parkins as well, should have some great shots for an video edit we're doing that will be out later this week. Big thanks to Trek, Fox and everyone who made this camp happen. These are the things you need to do to win races, and it's awesome when the sponsors realize that and make it happen. At this level, It's not just the rider, we need to strive for every advantage we can get equally out of our equipment as our body. Im stoked at where we are as a team this early on. Tonight I'm headed back to Granada for a party at 23's place. Gonna be going hard these next few weeks, then headed over to Portugal to do a race and have some fun. Looking forward to it…
We were told not to post any photos until they were officially released, but a few got out anyway. Check out the new kit and bikes here:
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