Got another short ride in today - felt like it would be a shame to finally start being able to get back on the bike only to not do it because I felt lazy… Uncharacteristically, I went for an afternoon ride. Which as it turns out is actually quite nice… Traffic was heavy on the way up the coast, but a joy on the way back - which was around 5pm. Why LA vacates the beach after 4 in the afternoon on a sunny day is one of those things that I’ll never understand. Still warm, still sunny… Knowing that I wasn’t all there, I dialed it back a bit and actually found it quite nice to ’swoop’ through corners that I’m normally hitting hard. Obviously wasn’t leaning as much as normal, but somehow as I was getting more and more back in touch with the bike, I was feeling more and more stable. By the time I hit Stunt Road back to Los Floras Canyon it was almost like I was on rails. And that’s perhaps one of the most amazing feelings there can be on a bike. When you take a line, see it, react to it, and hit it all while feeling in tune with the machine. Just glorious…