Saturday saw 11 riders hook up in the burbs for a Epix. Kinda like the old days when all the kids in the streets would hook up go cruising the neighbourhood. There will be many takes on the day from Jase, Bellie, Ben, Troy, Matt. Check their blogs for the goings on. Shame about the no shows, but hey your loss!
Basically it was planned to hook the trails together to get us from our (Jase, Matt, and Me) front doors to the St Andrews pub to watch the grand final. It was a day full of laughs, wet muddy moments, spills, mechanicals and a day venturing with a great group of blokes. It turned out to be 75 -80% singletrack/ trail with a few runs of blacktop to hook it up, including our famed Tee Pee trail and a run through the infamous BT Bend.
I was hoping that I would get through the day okay as apart from a brief appearance from Gav I was the only one running a solo gear. In the end I missed the last section of trail at Rob Roy as my legs were shot, and being cold and muddy headed to the pub with Jase and Ash.
It was great to see Ash at half way with the car fridge full of Coke and plenty of snacks. The rain and hail shortly after the snack was not so appreciated! Hail is okay as long as it is small as you don't get wet.
Jase was unlucky to break his derailleur and tried to run it single but it didn't work out so he pulled the pin 3/4 of the way round. I did note he was enjoying the car heater in Ash's 4wd.
In the end the video sums up the day, sweet trails, great fun, good guys and a good beer and meal at the end!
Happy trails
3 comments:
hey man, I made an executive decision about the Grand Final. I couldn't risk not seeing it so got the roadie out instead.
Next time gadget, next time....!
Neil, we made it with time to spare and saw the grandfinal, so mmmmmm whats your excuse!
It seems I have no excuse. :(
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