Yesterday I went to tune the rear suspension sag on my mtn bike but when filling it with air I saw a bunch of oil leak out of the air valve.

This Saturday I demo’d a new mtb, Norco’s Fluid LT. Since most of the rides close to home are on the North Shore, I am interested in getting more of an All Mountain bike that works well there.

I’ve uploaded a bunch of photos from our trip to Vietnam, click on the photo below to see them. https://500px.com/p/dougwsmith/galleries/vietnam

During our last full day in Hanoi we had a half day tour of the city with two volunteers from the organization hanoikids.

We arrived in Phu Quoc yesterday. Phu Quoc is a small island a bit west of HCMC in southern Vietnam. I wasn’t totally sure of what to expect as some of the comments I had read about the island weren’t totally flattering.

We arrived in Ho Chi Man City today to much fanfare. Actually, we arrived to a lot of other stuff - Grady’s tummy is filling up bags all over Vietnam.

We just got back from a 2 day trip to Halong Bay and I think it’s safe to say that it was a great success.

It’s 4:30am and we have about 3.5hrs left on the train I think. We all managed to get some sleep, or at least I think so.

We safely arrived in Hanoi yesterday afternoon. The “visa on arrival” scheme at the airport worked smoothly and a car from the hotel that Mercy booked was there to pick us up.