We had a great ride too!
myself,sam (son) and Old Bloke went on saturday(I had to work nightshift so could only get there by sat lunch) and basically setup camp, went thru scutineering and had a look around before settling down to some ales.
first loop was fast paced, but some problems with sams gear selector held us up and let alot of field run past. some bush mechanic work saw us on the trail again. tried all hard sections, only taking the short cut on one hill that had about 50 bikes waiting to get up.
good mix of singles and open stuff.
second loop after lunch had more tight singles and rocks,lots of rocks.once again rode all hard sections including one downhill that was a murph special. steeep and twisting .
sam connected with a rock which saw his gear lever bent back and under, facing the wrong way.alas no spare. he limped back to camp.
usual dopes who think its a race for sheepstations and want to push you off tracks or out of corners. saw one of these types pulling his bike out of a tree moments later :laugh: karma.
judging from numbers drawn at prize draw there was about 850-900 entrants. although trails were not overcrowded or chewed out.
we heard of a few injuries including a broken leg.
good job by organisers with some new safety checkpoints during ride being a new innovation after last years search for missing riders.
will go next year if able.
morgo
