batemans bay bash ride report

cjgoldman – kato450,vman – husky 450,blackzippo – tm450 & Furknurkle – kato 525 all headed off into the glorious batemans bay area last saturday.the pack was smaller than 1st planned(missed your mob hatto!!) but none the less still keen as.
after meeting at cj’s, we fueled up and headed to maloney’s beach cafe for b&e rolls, then off into some easy stuff, easy!!? 5 mins in i had my 1st offy, to much front brake on a gravel left(cant get rid of that roadbike syndrome it seems) maybe it was blackzippo’s helmet camera that had me fired up!>
we then crossed the hghwy onto the more challenging single trail for a few hours (getting very chopped up these days, pity the 6days boyz) and made our way to the east lynne servo for some much needed pies and pints.
after we all fueled up again it was back south again along the infamous 2nd power lines, not a bit of flat ground exits in them, all the guys made it through unscared, i myself started to feel the pinch after getting up at 3am that morn to make the ride (NEVER AGAIN). then it was back onto some very fast single trail, across the hghwy , more very fast single, and back to cj’s for a wel earned rest,
blackzippo and Furknurkle zipped into town for a wash and headed back for a BBQ and yarn//beers.
sunday was planned to travel to yowel (near nowra) i pulled the pin as was seriously drained from the previous 3am start and had a niggling pain in my shoulder, by all reports the sunday was much better with, dave vlackic,benny & glen joining the 3 left for a great ride, including a whole hour spent trying to man handle their bikes up a 100m trail that was the only way back to the cars, i only have photos of the sat, maybe blackzippo and cj can supply some of the sunday, anyway all up a great weekend, now i have more handle on what needs to be done and a better handle of the way around (much thnx cj) ill get another one sorted for late october.
p.s full marks to blackzippo and Furknurkle for the w/end, top notch guys, always ready to help, full of beans sorta lads, be happy to have you guys on a ride anytime anywhere, salt of the earth is the best words to describe em both.
bigbit lookout

bigbit looking west

cj goldman @ bigbit

Furknurkle giving “the madeyes” @ the snack spot

mmm, reminds me of something but i just cant put my finger on it….

the trusty steed @ the snack spot

most of the stuff was like this early in the day

fuel,food and dutch courage can be found here @ east lynne servo

me loading up on courage and food with the worst face a man can supply , obviously born smart not pretty!!!>>>

quick rest after some epic singles, ready to hit the infamous “2nd powerlines”

hill after hill after hill, this sh@t is awesome,challenging but a killer on the body, no wonder cj is so fit doing this 3 times a week!!!

looking south from last photo spot, oh no more to go and i cant even see the end!!!

all round nice guy, trailboss for the day and hard as f@cken nails cjgoldman, this guy should bottle his own courage and sell it in a glass like this!!! ill order a case!