{"id":41,"date":"2008-03-12T20:35:32","date_gmt":"2008-03-13T04:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2009-04-10T06:49:40","modified_gmt":"2009-04-10T14:49:40","slug":"setting-up-for-an-intense-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=41","title":{"rendered":"Setting up for an Intense Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" imagescaler=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/b985dd0aa20e97b742405b845ce14444.jpg\" border=\"3\" width=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/79a54b77233892fd3b218d485fe295f5.jpg?resize=650%2C433\" alt=\"6.^\" height=\"433\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I have finally kicked most of this crud out of my system and I&#8217;m getting jazzed about heading out to Arizona for the weekend to visit with some friends and\u00a0hit up some trail goodness out there.\u00a0\u00a0I&#8217;m going to &#8220;Intensify&#8221; my longer-traveled bike stables here in the near future so the fellows at Intense hooked me up with a bling bling sled for\u00a0the weekend so I made a little visit up to Temecula.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I&#8217;ll be kicking this 6.6\u00a0around for the weekend.\u00a0 This bike is a beauty!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" imagescaler=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/74f13da76bb87cd908df91cb19984a8b.jpg\" border=\"3\" width=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/9b1d7516df514c9f395ec271086495c6.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" alt=\"6.6\" height=\"650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I did not have a lot of time today, so I hit up one of my local rides, the La Costa Preserve, after picking up the bike.\u00a0\u00a0 I went up Switchback, down NASCAR, up Vista Del Mar and down NASCAR again.\u00a0\u00a0 I spent a bit of time dialing in the suspension.\u00a0\u00a0 My first impression is pretty freaking awesome.\u00a0\u00a0 I had to sum up that first impression in five words or less it would be:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Climbs Well,\u00a0 Descents Great!<\/p>\n<p>I feel it out more over the weekend, stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>-Bill<\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  data-version='5.12.81'><!-- without result --><div class='yuzo_clearfixed yuzo__title yuzo__title'><h3>More Stuff Like This<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"relatedthumb \" style=\"width:165px;float:left;overflow:hidden;\">  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1067\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"yuzo-img-wrap \" style=\"width: 165px;height:130px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"yuzo-img\" style=\"background:url('https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/SCST-21NOV12-06-.jpg?resize=150%2C150') 50% 50% no-repeat;width: 165px;height:130px;margin-bottom: 5px;background-size: cover; 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