http://www.crosstrainingenduro.com http://tractionerag.com My first proper dirt ride since I fractured my spine seven months ago. This is the second half of our hard enduro ride. I'm not really meant to be riding yet. But the guys said they would take it easy on me. So of course they take me into the gnarliest terrain they can find. Because they will find it hilarious if I wind up in hospital again. Who needs enemies with friends like these? I am sitting and leg paddling the whole time to minimise the chances of falling off. It makes this extreme enduro rocky terrain hard to ride. Lets see how Jeff handles this hard enduro. No rushing, he checks for the best line before moving. Waits the rear, then throws is body forward. Standing and leg paddling. Pivot turns are your best friend in rocks. At least one leg is always keeping weight on the footpeg. Minimising wheelspin. Careful placement of the feet. Now lets watch me doing the complete opposite. I am super careful. My spine fracture is now 80% healed. There is no danger of paralysis, but a bad fall could undo some of the seven months healing. Jeff offers to film me doing this section. Checking for loose rocks near the rear wheel. I could weight the bike much better by standing for hard enduro , but I have to make do with keeping my weight on the seat. A seat bounce. No good. This time a seat bounce then throw the weight forward too. The back is starting to get a bit sore now but thankfully we are over halfway through, so it should be okay. Despite the occasional groan, I am having the time of my life. The past seven months I forgot how much fun this is. And it's a kick arse track too. I am almost looking forward to the next extreme enduro horror obstacle. We didn't measure the length of the track, but later we figured our average speed was probably less than one kilometre per hour. Possibly the slowest hard enduro ride I've ever done. I am tempted to stay close behind Scott and film him. But his evil smelling pumpkin is blowing so much smoke it gets me nauseous. Something we never notice with the Beta oil injection. And I figure the TPI in more recent KTMs is probably the same. After all the nasty rocky shit in the previous vid, this almost feels like a highway. But I'm sure there is some more snotty terrain before we finish. What is that smoke screen up ahead? Why it's Scott and his smokey pumpkin. Cough cough. I think Scott must be running a 10 to one oil mix. Nice work Scotty, a minimum of wheelspin as always. Bugger. Here's the next extreme enduro snotty bit. The back is starting hurt now. And looking down so much is only making it worse, doh. Very tight hard enduro pivot turn here. I don't like this bit at all. Normally not a worry, but I am really worried about an awkward fall that could twist my spine. Best to play it safe and find some gullible muppet willing to ride my bike through. Ben is about to use a very handy technique here the static zap. Lets see him make an absolute mess of it. Then watch part of the training vid. Ben is understandably nervous. If he crashes my bike I will perform a vasectomy on him... using rusty pliers. Watch the timing. The clutch is released just after his body moves forward. This weights the rear wheel for traction, provides forward momentum, and prevents the bike going into a wheelie during hard enduro . Come on Ben, I have my rusty pliers ready. No vastecomy for Ben today. Our final section, and good timing. The back is getting painful now. I have to be very careful with the pivot turns, I can't afford to fall down this slope. If you are interested in how to get up slopes using pivot turns, see our training vid "how do to do switchback climbs" with excellent tips from Tim Coleman himself. This has been a really interesting extreme enduro experience, with having to sit down for the entire ride. It was very limiting, but it made me realise that if you take your time, pick your lines carefully and use all those traction tips, you can still get through... encouraging news for shorter riders or guys just staring to ride technical terrain. And despite the back pain, I am grinning like mad with my first hard enduro dirt ride in seven months. It's great to be back!

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