{"id":868,"date":"2011-06-12T22:33:31","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T06:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=868"},"modified":"2011-06-13T06:43:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T14:43:22","slug":"getting-some-iron-in-the-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=868","title":{"rendered":"Getting some Iron in the Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I needed to get some iron in my diet so the Saturday morning ride was <a href=\"http:\/\/mountainbikebill.com\/IronMountain.htm\">Iron Mountain and Ellie Lane<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/944a8d5412c594486d6d8ecb54f96468.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/944a8d5412c594486d6d8ecb54f96468.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0This place is well known as a serious chunkfest and I was looking forward to seeing how the UZZI would feel in this stuff.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/460f56c850da1ff4038dcbdc2ac61cf8.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/460f56c850da1ff4038dcbdc2ac61cf8.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Steve was the usual suspect today out playing on the clown bike.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/3bc702a40c12130c7b557da31c311c10.jpg?resize=683%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/3bc702a40c12130c7b557da31c311c10.jpg?resize=683%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was pretty effing stoked about how well this bike was handling in the goods out here.\u00a0\u00a0 Both and the fork and the shock were responding nicely with not bucking or squating in the travel.\u00a0 I certainly optested out the bashguard a handful or so of times.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/4b15f31f056ab062c09973637e3b6927.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/4b15f31f056ab062c09973637e3b6927.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Steve playing in the chunk.\u00a0 That is a 3.8 tire on the front if your wondering.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/f70deb62776d1a46feffb0bf6fae1c9e.jpg?resize=683%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/f70deb62776d1a46feffb0bf6fae1c9e.jpg?resize=683%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Another chunktastic section of trail.\u00a0 Steve accused me of cheating with this bike.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/f102402aacb684870d4cc950b073cb5e.jpg?resize=683%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/f102402aacb684870d4cc950b073cb5e.jpg?resize=683%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0This drop into the switchback was not the problem.\u00a0 It was turn afterwards that took me nearly a dozen attempts to get.\u00a0\u00a0 Geez, I really need to work on my happy face,\u00a0 I look way too serious in these shots.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/e6fde059d06ae219870197bcbd6f1c6a.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/e6fde059d06ae219870197bcbd6f1c6a.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See now this clown looks like he is having fun!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/5ea37a9ca2ef7c90feece0acbcb77225.jpg?resize=683%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/5ea37a9ca2ef7c90feece0acbcb77225.jpg?resize=683%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some stairstep chunk<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/caeb801a3167ce53e963218a1d3f21cd.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" 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