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jtb2879 wrote:So who are these blokes you take on pre runs that don’t have camera’s? Or if they do don’t know how to use them? :pinch:
what?You’ve described the ascent from and into the valley of death… yet I see no pictoral evidence of anything but your bike on a hill, somewhere near a trig station and the prince of death himself, Lord Vader! :whistle:
Can’t take pictures if you are riding
You are going to have to make a better effort than this Chuck… saying that Shane WATTS or Stefan MERRIMAN wouldn’t have been able to ride it but you did with three broken legs just scares people away
TrailBoss wrote:
Mt Pinnibar may not be in the ride for a few reasons. The track condition is far worse then I have ever seen it for one. The track is so weather depend that any rain will make the section from the river to the turn off unable to be done by a recovery vehicle or an adventure bikeTB
What does that say?
TB
A few tips to improve your ride reports! :whistle:
TrailBoss wrote:Let me say this is the 4th time I have been up and down Mt Pinnibar on this side and it’s really changed :ohmy:So Pete and I pre-ran the day 1 special today. Today was an adventure, a true adventure ride. The run up Mt Pinnibar was the toughest 30 mins I have ever done. Where are the photo’s?
I havent been so scared and excited at the same time for ages. At times I couldnt believe I was still going up and on the bike. It makes Jacobs ladder look and feel like the Sydney / Newcastle F3 freeway. The rocks were relentless, the water has washed every bit of fill out between them making sunny corner seem like a sandy beach!!Where are the photo’s?
It rained towards the top and made it even worse with fogging goggles and visors. Once the THREEphotos were completed we headed down a dfiierent way towards Omeo. Where are the photo’s? We came across a rocky downhill, and looking back I should have followed my gut and got off. Where are the photo’s?
A 200 kilo bike down a hill most couldnt ride an enduro bike up wasnt going to end well. Where are the photo’s? Still full of stupidity I headed down. Where are the photo’s? I came to grief as I was almost stopped, in the process of dropping the bike I dislocated my left thumb!! Where are the photo’s?
Pete helped me pick the bike up PLENTY OF TIME TO PICK UP BIKES AFTER THE PHOTO’S… MORE TRAINING REQUIRED as I wondered what to do now, reality was there was no going back. The thumb to wrist joint was all out of wack but after some painful rooting around it went back in and while sore worked.Where are the photo’s?
We bulldogged the bikes down the ledge and headed on.Where are the photo’s? It rained and then pissed down, I am not complaining because when I got a rear flat an hour later it stopped raining!Where are the photo’s?
Pete helped me change the tube and we had a can of tuna each. Where are the photo’s? It was half past 1 and it was all we had eaten all day!! Onwards we headed to Omeo. Once here we checked in and crawled into a rum. Where are the photo’s?
My steed for the ride into the Valley of Death…
Some grass and sky near the valley of death that was filled with a gazillion serpents…
LORD VADER ON BOARD THE STEALTH MACHINE IN HI VIZ BLACK…
Mt Pinnibar may not be in the ride for a few reasons. The track condition is far worse then I have ever seen it for one. The track is so weather depend that any rain will make the section from the river to the turn off unable to be done by a recovery vehicle or an adventure bike Where are the photo’s? If there were photo’s I might be able to agree with you…
TB
You change after you fall off… :dry:
PTW,
No way! It’s a three day ride and I only ride for one day… ask any of them :whistle: and I’m scared without even having seen a photo!
It’s a gathering thread see up the top :laugh: not ride report thread we will do that after the ride. We do this to give people that are coming on the ride an idea of what’s going on. That’s not you, you aren’t coming are you?
As we were then eh
TB
How is your bike going PTW , bet its good to have it back although clocking up the klms on the company vehicles may have been a better arrangement
Looks like it was a wet old day down there enjoy and ride safe guys:woohoo:
Cheers James
So we have spend the day pre running, day 2 special is locked down. Blue Rag was awesome as always and the whole days route is one for the punter.
Day 2 standard route we will put to bed next Tuesday if all goes to plan.
We are at the Ensay Little River Hotel tonight, it’s the Saturday night stay of our ride
Yesterday we had a tue adventure that meant when we were staving in the bush we ate tuna from the can each using tyre levers, hardcore :laugh:
TB
Random photos from the pre run
Note for JTB this is not a ride report it’s just sharing some info
Lunch day 3
Blue rag
A Spur track
Where we ended up tonight
Dargo pub for lunch again today, Steve Smith, Shaun Goldsmith and Pete the Wulf
Some of the track we will actually be using
Today we took Steve and Shaun up Blue Rag again and to Dargo and then took them to Orbost. More slab then we ever do
More later
I just spoke to TB and PTW earlier today and this sounds like its going to be a ripper!! The best ever!!
I can’t wait!! :woohoo: Great stuff and well done on the pre-run.
Cheers, Lefty
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