Dry then slippery

Got a couple of rides in this weekend: Saturday was sunny with dry trails but with a cold wind. Sunday was wet (but brightened up later) and the trails had becomes unbelievably slippery as the clay got just moist enough. Nearly stacked coming down the steep part of the Viking Way due to losing traction on my front wheel and nearly getting overtaken by the rear wheel. 

The new bike (Giant Reign X) is performing better than I had expected. A little on the heavy side for a traditionally useful trail bike (but then so am I!) It pedals extremely well though and I am a big strong lad so not too bothered about that. On the downhill sections it comes into it's own though; stable, way too confidence inspiring, plush, bottomless feeling travel and goes like stink. I love it. As Ferris Bueller once said, "If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up."