It was a pleasure to find my starnut and the Pedros nut tool in my mailbox today. Last night I had mounted everything I could and it went very well. Tonight I hammered in the starnut and it was perfect. Screw everything together and, voilà, I have myself an MTB! Despite not even having supper I had to head out and try it immediately, with caution since a) Perhaps this bike was not meant to be so light up front and b) I put it together. RockShox does have a warning that improperly installed shocks could lead to death. Seriously.

And it certainly felt different. Sid is stiff. I was braking heavily and it barely compressed at all. Wow! Down in the little valley next to me had some minor little rocks and I carefully tried them out and felt nothing at all. It was like riding LVG. So towards the end I had some good speed and the bike was just floating. Excited I headed up to Puketorp to that MTB trail where I didn't go on when riding the cross. Good thing too since it is serious MTB with lots of big rocks which I usually fall on. My technique is rusty but Sid helps so much. I never had any idea that this is what a shock should be like.

Game on my friends...game on!