Singletrack Heaven at Coffs 2010

[GregMember]

This is Crash having his 55th go at the widow maker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBhwMcaDhnM

As the title says but if you look you will see Factoryphil in a world of hurt :laugh: :laugh:

TB

[scott bockingMember]

Saturday morning cont:

Before everyone had assembled at the bottom Corey took his first attempt at the “Widow Maker”. Most hills look flat on film but even standing at the bottom you do not realise just how steep the middle face of this thing gets. It was enough to kill Corey’s momentum and back down he came. Riding it is one thing but turning around mid face and coming back down is even harder. After muscling the bike around he lined up for his second run. By now more riders were on the scene and before long it resembled a yard sale. There were bikes sand bodies strewn all over the place. At one stage there were three riders stopped at different points and others revving at the bottom ready to go. It was one of the best moments I have ever witnessed on an OBT ride. People yelling encouragement, laughing at the carnage and generally having an absolute ball. Murph and Mike made it look easy as you would expect from those two and Chicken refused to say die and nailed it after a few attempts. Crash lived up to his name and had what must have been a shit your pants type experience when he became a passenger on a BRP rolling backwards down what many people would consider a cliff! It looked bad from below so it must have been terrifying for him. He is a tough bastard and after eating shit he rolled back down to gather his breath.
Factory Phil turned a very new KTM into a very second hand one in a few short seconds. The noise that Austrian made as it scratched it’s way back down the hill side was like finger nails down the chalkboard and every one grimaced as if we had been collectively kicked in the nuts. Not sure who it was that screamed out, “turn it over mate, the other side still looks new”, but that was about all the encouragement he was going to get. Eventually he skull dragged it around and rolled back down to the waiting crowd
Corey by now was determined and hit the bitch with full commitment and made it. It really is not a hill to have half a go and hope you will get up. You have to sit at the bottom and believe you will make it or it will not happen. He looked solid right the way up and did what he needed to do. Unfortunately for TB this meant that he too now had to fire up his BRP and do the same. By now it was half on the bottom and half on the top and as TB put his camera away and got ready all eyes were on him. There was no way after the pre ride banter that TB could turn away from a hill the Corey had ridden so it was show time from the big fella. The next 60 seconds were some of the best riding I saw all weekend. He did not spin a wheel once and tractored up the face feet on the pegs and perfectly balanced. The crowd went wild as he arrived at the top with his full froth on.
I thought I should get up while I felt inspired and the little Yami charged to the top.
Soon after the Dude had a successful run and Tom had no choice but to join his old man on top which he did well.
Now there were more on top than below and you could see the peer pressure rising out of the valley like a thick fog. Crash tried valiantly again but his BRP pig rooted him and then Kram mounted his steed up and looked committed for a run. Till now he had been happy to sit out the madness down below but it looked like his time had come. I had witnessed him compound his wrist at Sofala and I hoped that he would nail it more than I had for anyone else that day and he did just that. I was stoked for the happy hippy who was back to full form after only a short time back on the bike.
Most had made it while a few remained below and no doubt in time everyone would have gotten up but we had to press on. We met up at the next junction and after a quick look at the watch I knew it was time to get going. I let the group spread out plenty over the next 15k’s as we had proven that the group working well together and through this period we rode some excellent terrain that was in primo condition.
At 11.50 I pulled over near the Pacific Hwy for our last regroup before lunch. As we waited Nick’s group rode by us from the south on their way to lunch and to everyone assembled it would have looked like perfect timing. I was worried however as Nicks group should have only ever been on the North side of the Pacific hwy and after the news TB had given us earlier I hoped that everyone in his group was ok. I did not need to worry for long as we soon regrouped and hit the road for the quick 2k dash to the pub for lunch.

To Be Continued….

STM

[GregMember]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrkp4vdNQWg

Watch Factoryphil still on the hill at the 1.10 mark :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

TB

[scott bockingMember]

Dont’t feel too bad about it Factory Phil. Even the locals give their bikes a cut and polish on the side of that hill ocasionally :laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33UHzToRQhA

STM

[GregMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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Congrats Jeffro PM me your address and I will get it sent to you mate

Cheers

TB

It went in this mornings post Jeffro, sorry I forgot mate :blush:

TB

[Mark BuntingMember]

I left Coffs with a sweep vest in my riding bag :blush:

I’m not sure who it belongs to but I’m happy to send it to its rightful owner.

If anyone wants to claim it just pm me their address otherwise I’ll just bring when STM calls us back to Coffs :woohoo: :woohoo:

Is tomorrow ok STM :laugh:

Kram

[scott bockingMember]

That was kindly donated by Tdriver. Hang onto it mate till we catch up next.

Cheers

STM

[Jeffrey SmithMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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It went in this mornings post Jeffro, sorry I forgot mate :blush:
TB

😆 That’s ok, I had forgotten too

[Aaron WildeMember]

In these photos are From left to right. STM, Bigger Al, Mthicket and Tdriver. We were the stayers that got to enjoy a little bit more of heaven after everyone pissed off and left us. Jeffro is now in the right side and Michelle is out of view.In the background is the tree that STM burned down with his blood shot eyes :laugh:Bigger al is telling him he had better put his helmet and goggles back on to protect us all from harm! No more Moon shine for you!

[Mark BuntingMember]

I just received a DVD of the Coffs weekend from Dude.

I haven’t watched it yet but can’t wait.

Not only was Dude great to ride with but he filmed, edited, paid for DVDs, sent them out in the post and asked nothing more than a beer when next we meet.

Champion I say That’s OBTs for you. Expect to get shickered when I’m seeing you next Dude.

Kram

[scott bockingMember]

I watched it last night and Dude did a great job. ‘Dude Productions’ has always been a market leader and this latest release is no exception.

It gives a good feel for the terrain and the old school Oils soundtrack is the sniz.
Some of the mid pack antics are golden. :laugh:

Thanks for the dvd dude, not so much for your moonshine though :unsure:

STM

[Mike WyethMember]

Yeah got my DVD yesterday got home from work and took possession of the TV, sat with Tom watching all the action :woohoo: and how good was it an excellent reminder of the event.

What a TOP man you are Dude

many thanks mate

[BrettMember]

Got my video today and watched it straight away thanks Dude great work many thanks cheap for a drink

[scott bockingMember]

Saturday Afternoon:

When we arrived at the Amble Inn Nick’s group were still in the car park getting out of their gear. I looked for Nick and I could see he looked a bit stressed. I asked him what had happened and he explained the Rchonda versus the roo story to me. He felt as if he had somehow let the group down which was ridiculous considering what a random incident it was. For no one in the group to have seen it and for RC to end up so far in the bush that even the sweep did not notice is a freak incident. Regardless of this fact Nick seemed a bit down but we had no time to dwell on it as my Hilux driven by Dad arrived right on time loaded with the jerry cans to refuel. I don’t remember telling everyone that the fuel would be kept on ice during its storage and after sitting in the back of the Luxy the cans were hotter than a Vegas hooker. This was not a problem for a conventional jerry but TB’s fast fill’s first chance to breathe was when he turned it upside down and shoved its throat into the BRP’s tank. Once the seal was broken it let loose like blue balled 16 year old and covered him from head to toe. It was very lucky that his bike did not ignite it as it was still hot and he would have been in serious trouble. There were a few comments from the locals about the mess he had make on the new hot mix laid in the car park but TB was more concerned with getting a new helmet for the afternoon and how he was going to get a goggle lens that was now only half its original size back into the frame.
Nick and I dropped the troops off at the pub to enjoy the $10 special whilst we ripped back to my place to prepare the food and put the home brew on ice for the beach picnic. As we left the pub I looked back at the scene of bikes and couldn’t help but notice Boony was already spread out on a bench seat with a half drunk schooner whilst others had barely even managed to get their helmet off.
My Mum made Nick and I a sandwich which we devoured whilst preparing for the afternoon, Nick was still a bit down so I told him one last time that it could not have been helped and left it at that. In no time at all we were back on the bikes and headed to the resort to get TB’s spare helmet before high tailing it back to the pub. For the 7th time that weekend I heard the S12 throw $’s off the back of my bike.
On arriving at the pub I expected to see everyone lounging around but to my surprise everyone was in the car park getting geared up. I expected a fair percentage to call it quits for the day but I was stoked to see almost everyone keen for another session. The afternoon was to be as physical as the morning and with almost everyone ready to go I knew we would be in for a great afternoon. Nick and I swapped groups and headed out for our respective loops. I had been told that Krusty had taken plenty of soil samples in the morning and the first time we regrouped he needed help. It was not a physical issue though but a mechanical one. His starter button was jammed and on a bike with no kick starter that is a serious issue. Tdriver pulled out what must have been the smallest multi tool in the world and some how managed to fix it. Tdriver was rock solid over the weekend and deserves massive thanks. Just as we were about to fire up and head off I heard Nick’s group on the next ridge line over. The loops had been designed to keep us apart and if he was where he was in that amount of time there had either been an issue or his group was on a flyer. He later told me that every time he stopped to regroup TB would wait until they could see the sweep and say “let’s go”. He was a man on a mission and the group was caught in the jet stream.
We fired our bikes up and headed off into the next section. We hammered through “Straight Shot” and then dropped into “Fully Loaded”. I asked TB at lunch if I should attempt the greasy gully and he said “Fuck Yeah! We did” and walked off. So we did. It was slippery in the morning but in the afternoon it was a mess. Boulder and I got to the top and walked back down and it was carnage. Mick got up the face but stopped to celebrate and had no chance whilst everyone sat in Leech town steaming up their goggles. We were never going to get out of there together so I turned it around and we back tracked up the hill. Fortunately it was only a short section of fire road to get us back into singles and we were soon on the sort of terrain that everyone had driven so far to ride.
The next section was nectar and I knew there would be some epic duels mid pack. What I did not know was that Bollocks was a contestant on the new series of dancing with the stars and his partner was a 250F. He rode up a gully face only to get to the top and stand the bike on its back wheel, jump off, hold the bike on the perfect balance point, spin a full 360 and jump back on. When we regrouped the accounts were golden and it breathed fresh life into the group. It has to be said at this point Mick and Moose were frothing like teenager at a strip show, Aaron was bouncing around like a kid with ADD on a sugar rush and Krusty had hit his straps. He was ripping mid pack and it was as if in that day alone his riding had gone to the next level. I am a firm believer in having to push your boundaries to improve. Mileage is one thing but being thrown in the deep end and to come out swimming is the quickest way to progress. Unfortunately for some this means drowning but today Krusty had steeped up and progressed more in one day than many ever will. From here we were into our next section of goodness before our date with the bitch known as the “Widow Maker”.

To Be Continued…

STM

[GregMember]

singletrackmind wrote:

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I don’t remember telling everyone that the fuel would be kept on ice during its storage and after sitting in the back of the Luxy the cans were hotter than a Vegas hooker. This was not a problem for a conventional jerry but TB’s fast fill’s first chance to breathe was when he turned it upside down and shoved its throat into the BRP’s tank. Once the seal was broken it let loose like blue balled 16 year old and covered him from head to toe. It was very lucky that his bike did not ignite it as it was still hot and he would have been in serious trouble.

STM

I did let the pressure out of it before I used it :kiss: The nozzle seized I took it back to Sutto’s when I got home, they went to send it back to Tuff Jug. When they rang Tuff jug about sending it back Tuff Jug said “Has he been maintaining it as per the instructions?” Apparently there was some paperwork that came with it that says you need to spray WD40 every now and then on the nozzle slide and “O” rings to prevent them drying out because of the petrol. Didn’t see no paperwork :blush: Sutto sprayed it, works bloody great again

TB

PS F*#k the pole smokers in the beer garden and their hot mix :laugh:

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