A new Challenge

Well having completed Around the Bay in a Day I was looking for a new challenge. I liked cycling but was getting bored of riding on the road, mountain biking was the obvious choice. I already had a mountain bike, but it wasn't quite up to the task, I used this bike on my daily commute and it was showing signs of wear. I found a bike shop that would let me take bikes for a test ride, www.mymountain.com.au and I decided it would be fun to take a duel suspension bike for a spin. I told them the sort of riding that I liked to do and they recommended 2 bikes for me to try, a Garry Fischer HiFi and Felt Virtue. I fell in love with the Virtue and as you can guess from the picture this is what I bought.

Now it always good to have a goal so I entered the BMC Classic. This is a 100KM event, with 2000m of vertical gain. So I'm really going to have to do some serious training for this one. At the moment I'm doing a mid week ride and 2 rides on the weekend, but this is going to have to ramp up. I'll keep you posted.