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  • #103874

    Wow, what a great ride.
    Tim wasn’t up to leading after a big Anzac day drink but I made him. :S He soon livened up and left his old man for dead, thus I did the sweep duties most of the day B)
    Started with 6, unfortunately maisey8 had to bail.
    Great crew and I soon found out I was the slowest link. :blush:
    (must ride sensibly, going on a 4 month holiday soon) stuck in my mind all day. ;)
    Started on time and did 4 Brothers which had us all warmed up.
    Next was Panadol (Killers), depending on who you ride with. :laugh: B)
    The hills in that section of singles never let you down, always challenging. :sick: 👿
    Did most of the singles heading north and you could tell by the way no one stopped at Prick Hill that we were riding with good calibre riders :woohoo:
    Managed to stay on the mesh at Mesh Hill unlike the last time. (No peanut gallery with camera’s, added to a lower stress level, I’d put it down to)
    Plummit Hill was next on the agenda and I was pleased to get to the bottom with out dogging the bike down (well almost, I did dog it at the Wombat hole. :whistle: :sick: )
    Great ride coming up and out the other side until we came accross a huge downed tree. :sick: :pinch:
    But like I said we had a great crew and with help from everybody we managed to get all the bikes over. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
    Another bypass was fashioned up further where another couple of trees had fallen. :ohmy: ;)
    Back to the main drag and then singles all the way back to Hitchy’s.
    Down with no dramas and at the bottom MrSquiggle left us opting for the blacktop, due to cramps :(
    Whitemans is always a good challenge and we were thankfull that the rocks were nice and dry. :woohoo:
    Some more singles and down Zig Zag and around to Woose.
    Three of the older gentlemen opted for the Woosey way, which is not so woosey anymore. :blink:
    Tim had to prove that youth is still the winning property and yes he did get it on his third attempt. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
    Funky had a few attempts (much to his credit) and just couln’t find traction so he opted for the woose track and smashed it. :woohoo:
    From there it was around Maculata and back to WF Rd
    Thanks all for coming along
    Its always good to ride with good blokes
    Found my legs cramping towards the end. :blush: :silly: :angry:
    Only 75kms but I was happy. :) B)
    Couldn’t believe we were back at the cars around 1:30 :ohmy: Even though we had a couple of stops for a chat and a good one at lunch :blink:
    So thats all folks
    No more riding down that way for me for a while :huh: :(
    Hopefully some pics to come later
    Cheers
    Murph

    #256201

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    MrSquiggle amonst the Panadol Hills. :woohoo:

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    Time for a rest. :whistle:

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    Chris on the Husky

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    Dr Nick, stepping in to lend a hand, only to blasted with roost. ;) :laugh: :laugh: :whistle:

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    MrSquiggle in the creek after the epic Plummit Hill

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    We didn’t expect this lump of timber :S

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    The Boys pitch in B)

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    Hope someone has got it :blink: :unsure:

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    I felt sorry for the boys lifting my 500 over the tree so I popped the front wheel up and stepped off the back. :) As did MrSquiggle. B) B) B)

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    Funky, just not finding the almighty traction needed on Woose. :pinch:

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    He did give the woosey/chicken track some hell though. :woohoo: :woohoo:

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    Funky time, break it down :woohoo: :woohoo: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: B) B)
    Cheers
    Thats all from me
    Gonna kick back and drink some Turkeys
    Again thanks to all for coming out and making the day that it was :woohoo: :woohoo:
    Murph

    #256202

    Dwayne O
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    Great action shots once again Murph :woohoo:

    Great weather for riding today, especially after the wet yesterday and the night before :S
    100mm fell in places I think

    I`m off to the Wattos and out to Finchley/Yengo NP tomorrow with Jeffro and OFBM, should also be good weather for that I reckon :)

    Cheers

    #256212

    damn cramps, bike is all washed and back in the shed thinking about going out again tomorrow to get the old body up to spec ……..
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    Great day even with the early exit, thanks for putting on the ride. Cant believe how many trails you blokes know in that area:) Top pics murph. Back to Turkey and thinking on what may have been :silly: :woohoo:

    #256203

    Adam Rodgers
    Member

    So what I want to know is when you came across that big tree across Middle ridge you didn’t turn around and go back up Plummit Hill, especially after so little rain :P :laugh: :laugh:

    You have to have gone down Plummit Hill to know ;)

    Adam

    #256217
    adam wrote:
    So what I want to know is when you came across that big tree across Middle ridge you didn’t turn around and go back up Plummit Hill, especially after so little rain :P :laugh: :laugh:

    You have to have gone down Plummit Hill to know ;)

    Adam

    Adam where’s plummet hill and why don’t we ride it ?

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    Adam Rodgers
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    underhonda wrote:
    adam wrote:
    So what I want to know is when you came across that big tree across Middle ridge you didn’t turn around and go back up Plummit Hill, especially after so little rain :P :laugh: :laugh:

    You have to have gone down Plummit Hill to know ;)

    Adam

    Adam where’s plummet hill and why don’t we ride it ?

    End of Bee Camp, and we have ridden it ;) Well sort of, it’s more stand beside your bike and hold on and slide down the hill and hope you don’t slip over and end up under it :whistle:

    Definitely a one way track :laugh:

    Adam.

    #256219

    Yeh!!!!
    Pretty sure you did that downhill on the pre run to Adams Fun Run. :) :)

    We only had 6-1=5 to go through the radical bits :whistle: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
    Those bits make the ride a 5. Sorry you missed the crux MrSquiggle :(
    Sorry we don’t have any pics, but as you could imagine, why back off in a silly section, just to take picc’ys
    Wished I had of though.
    Wished you were there!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Damn, Funky rode extremely good today
    Damn, Dr Nick rode damn good today
    Damn, Chris rode bloody good today
    Damn, Tim rode like the freak he is. :whistle: :huh: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: 👿 👿
    Damn, MrSquiggle rode pretty bloody good

    Damn, I am getting old. :ohmy: :pinch:
    Cheers
    Murph

    #256220

    Damn it
    Missed the hard core shite :dry:
    Didn’t get one pic of Whitemans??????
    Too busy concentrating :sick: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
    Gotta love that shite :woohoo: B)
    Goodnight ya’ll
    Cheers
    Murph the surf

    #256204

    Been trying to do a Murph ride for 12 months and finally got it done and what an awesome ride it was. Conditions were perfect and a great bunch of blokes all capable kept it flowing all day. Pristine rainforest, loamy tracks and some good challenges towards the end (even thou I eventually woosed out) made for a great day, thanks Murph. :)

    #256205

    Nick Blyth
    Member

    Big thanks to Murph & Tim for putting on another good ride, a great bunch of guys kept everything flowing… Tim kept up a cracking pace on the singles which made for plenty of fun. Murph rode very sensibly considering the iminent big trip, I would have done the exactly the same…… any ride that you come back from in one piece is a good ride. …. Funky was robed on woz hill………I was up front when Mr Squiggle bailed, so didnt get a chance to say ” see yah and thanks for the ride”, thought you went well…. (maybe take more Magnesium ?)
    Great pics as usual Murph….. I have a few which i will post before long as well.

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    Dr Nick wrote:
    Big thanks to Murph & Tim for putting on another good ride, a great bunch of guys kept everything flowing… Tim kept up a cracking pace on the singles which made for plenty of fun. Murph rode very sensibly considering the iminent big trip, I would have done the exactly the same…… any ride that you come back from in one piece is a good ride. …. Funky was robed on woz hill………I was up front when Mr Squiggle bailed, so didnt get a chance to say ” see yah and thanks for the ride”, thought you went well…. (maybe take more Magnesium ?)
    Great pics as usual Murph….. I have a few which i will post before long as well.

    Dr Nick by name and by nature ;) , I usually load up on magnesium during the week before a ride and it seems to do the trick, didnt this time and regretted it by the end of the ride, not very sore today so that was probably it …. again. Slow learner :( :(

    Looking forward to the pics Dr Nick and thanks for a great ride. While Murphs away make sure to let me know when you guys are heading out to play since my usual tour guide will be away :(

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    http://youtu.be/_v8ijUBf_7w
    My first attempt at woose hill

    #256225

    Bloody good 1st attemp funky !!

    #256235

    Diddo
    I have been through that way many times and only ever made it up Woose twice from memory
    It is a gnarly challenge and the water on the rocks would not of helped at all :pinch:
    I just leave it to the youth nowdays ;)
    Cheers
    Murph

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