Mr Squiggles Frying Pan Ride

[Adam RodgersMember]

Eight of us met at Dungog for the drive into Frying Pan Campground

The road in was a bit dusty, except for me

We found Mr Squiggle and Jonsa getting ready so we all unloaded to the deafening sounds of cicadas :pinch:

We headed up the road to our first track, up hill flowing and reasonably steep and it went for ages :woohoo:

That was the theme for the day, over grown logging tracks with a single line through them :cheer:

The tracks either went up or down, when we were up you could feel the heat brewing, when we were down it was cool in the forest

A bit slippery in places, especially when one hits a hidden rock and the front end goes where it pleases :blush: :whistle: :pinch:

We were back at camp earlier than expected so it was decided to hit a challenge hill only a few hundred metres from camp. As we got higher the track got more rutted and if you were in the wrong rut that was where you stopped, luckily for those further behind the congestion showed them the better option to take :laugh:

Once at the top we headed down another hill only to be told this was the challenge hill so back up most of us went :woohoo:

We found a sole single up there so rode it in both directions and headed back down the hill for a beer and lunch

Thanks to Mr Squiggle for posting and leading, and Dude for sweeping and the rest of the boys for a fun day on the bike

Video to come.

Adam.

[Shane CosgroveMember]

Thanks to everyone for attending, dude for picking up sweep duties and to adam for organizing things while I was kicking back at camp with no phone reception.

I had a great few days riding and enjoyed running everyone through as well. I need to throw in some more technical sections to make things interesting for next time and perhaps a longer loop option would have been nice, looks like more time on the bike might be called for, lifes tough

[StuartMember]

Thanks Mr Sqiggle for showing us around Barrington Tops,was interesting.
Thanks Dude for sweeping and the rest of the boys for the ride,
Cheers.

[Leigh FernanceMember]

Thanks Mr Squiggle for leading and Dude for sweeping, was plenty of fast flowing tracks that you could get some good speed going. Some fun hills at the end and great bunch of blokes to ride with.

[KevenMember]

It was an early start for most of us but all arrived on time at Dungog

Adam had called me as I was at the other end of town but got my PA instead as I had left my phone at home

My wife needed to get up to do some house work anyway :laugh: :angry:

I haven’t been on a ride since Nundle in August so the long hill climbs and long single runs soon took there toll on the fitness.

But the fun I was having :woohoo: :woohoo: being back on the bike and riding some new tracks the pain was quickly forgotten

Thanks to Mr Squiggle for organising and leading the ride and Dude for sweeping

A quick vid sorry about the shitty camera angle

http://youtu.be/HRXrAP6ekWk

Kevdog

[Geoff ForshawMember]

It looks like you gents had a blast :woohoo: Nice pics and report!

Thanks,

Lefty

BTW Happy New Year to everyone

[Adam RodgersMember]

Here’s my second vid first :huh:

Youtube is slow and also sucking the quality out :angry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QFsYupf50c&feature=youtu.be

Adam.

[Shane CosgroveMember]

A short vid of the guys getting over the tree on five steps and some line selections gone wrong on the hill.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UORRMJI4oX8[/video]

[KevenMember]

I needed lantana man to go first had all sorts of trouble :whistle: :pinch:

http://youtu.be/Dz5PPBSVd3s

Kevdog

[Adam RodgersMember]

Video No 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO-32oOYiUI&feature=youtu.be

Adam.

[Shane CosgroveMember]

great vids adam

[DudeMember]

Dudes View

Had a fun time.

http://youtu.be/Y1lw7sh6JLQ

http://youtu.be/uZzJlHmDhOI
bet ya didn’t know sweeps can just ride by and not be very helpful. :dry:

Thanks to mr squiggle for organising and riders for being there. :laugh: :cheer:

I will write a better review soon. :blink: :S :cheer:

[scott bockingMember]

Are you sporting some new graphics on the green girl there Dude?

STM

[terryjhaynesMember]

Thanks for that fella’s,enjoied the ride, :woohoo: some great bush up there in those hills
Cheers teza.

[GregMember]

singletrackmind wrote:

Are you sporting some new graphics on the green girl there Dude?

STM

He won the auction on the tee n Cee graphic kit. I will let him tell you about them but I saw the detail at tee n cees and it’s wicked to say the least

Only Dude would have thought it up

TB

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