I am sure most of you have already felt it. There is someting magical about the first few rides of the MTB year. And since everything is quite dry I can jump right into the singletracks. This feeling is especially strong since I was sick last weekend and generally annoyed with most things.

The other day I had another of those express rides up to Kåsjön because I only had a limited amount of time. I found that I could spice things up a bit by heading directly down to the lake on a bumpy little grusväg and then join the end part of that Kåsjön runt trail I mentioned before. There are quite a few of those wood plank sections which are okay but not my favourite. And that became obvious when I fell through the gap between one with my front tire and took 2012's first vurpa. Very mild though...no injuries. My 2.2 Conti XKing super super race tires are not meant to ride on these boards so I will just have to get some running practice here and there. But it feels lovely to float along a nice trail letting Sid take care of the rough parts.

I should be getting my new brakes today but I think I will take another ride first before dismantling anything.