Nice to have that black beauty back on the front of the Curtlo.
Initial impression is that it is more supple now compared to the earlier fork. Weird how only two weeks off the FS bike and it feels like I have a rear flat when I first get on.
Let's hope this "upgraded" fork holds up.
The Lunchbox is back at Lenz for assembly and should be shipping out next week with new rear wheel (150mm Hope Pro2 10mm TA, Flow, Comps.....NO DISH). My initial plan is to swap the fork with front brake and front wheel back and forth between the Curtlo and the Box for a while on some comparison rides. If I can ride the Box up the super steeps with managable front wheel lift, it will become the go-to ride since I am certain it will outperform the Curtlo in almost every other way. I don't think it will ever out (technical/steep) climb the Curtlo, but if it is close, it will be a done deal.
Got totally spanked on an afternoon run thursday at Granite Basin. Only an hour, but I overheated so badly I was walking quite a bit. Heat simply kills my performance, and there is nothing to be done but slow down until the radiator catches up. I have never acclimated well to it since I typically ride/exercise early.
Random thoughts.
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Looking forward to seeing the Lenz, hope I'll have mine back soon.
I was thinking about the heat a lot after next weekend. I fail to see how I could have hydrated better on my hike out of the canyon, excepting lots of ice water and various sports drinks.
Makes you wonder how those Badwater runners do it.
I think you did great on the canyon hike.
I was not dehydrated (although I did not drink for that 1 hour run). I simply go to hot I couldn't move. This has happened to me plenty of times.
Fitness can overcome it to a degree. Physiology teaches us that the body will adapt by increasing perspiration rates with "acclimitization", and that usually genetically African folks are better at producing large amounts of sweat.
In some ways I'm lucky I am "forced" to slow down as it keeps me out of the danger zone heat wise. Some folks don't have that sort of limiter and are able to push themselves way into the point of no return before collapsing and sometimes dying. More common in elite athletes trained to ignore and push on I think.
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