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Nice day for ducks. :laugh:
Axel had come so far and I had a free pass and I was going to use it. :woohoo:
1st creek too deep and that was the order of the day. :dry: :unsure: :huh:
Murphs knowledge of the bush was tested with detour after detour.
Murph had a swim and so did I but been sweep no one had seen. 😆
Good point managed to push off Razorback drop cool.
So much water. At every turn, and no drowned bikes ‘luck, skill who knows. :huh: :laugh:
Great photos Murph
A great day out enjoyed it. :cheer:
Dude
Bonus :huh: :unsure:
Dudes wet weather tips
GLAD BAG (to wear over jersey)
to keep body core warm more than dry, if stops raining can store in backpack.HATTO WIPES (shammy in an M&M container cable tied to handle bars to clean safety glasses.)
SAFETY GLASSES I wear them anyway. :laugh:
HELMET VISOR EXTENSION (Ice-cream container bottom taped to helmet visor)
Stop rain/water droplets hitting your face. which makes situations nice.what lake was this at
great pics and well done that looked nastywow :ohmy:
hope you guys had plenty of air in your tyres …to float down some of those rivers :ohmy:
Great pics Murph…..your all madBol :woohoo:
Hello all, I don’t have photos of this ride as my camera would not have liked the rain.
This was a ride to remember. Sunday morning the rain came down as I slept in the van so hard it woke me up and couldn’t get back to sleep. Was a little worried that the shoulder injury the day before was going to ruin the day. I thought to myself, “there’s no way we can ride today, it just hasn’t stopped belting down”. Not so. As I was comfortable of the idea of packing the car and enjoying the wet drive to Dubbo in my heated Patrol, Murph had other plans. We were going to ride this storm. Heard the sound of bikes heading up the street. Dave and Dude came along by choice!
The first 10min and we all knew what we were in for. Massive puddles and soaked to the bone.
For me it was survival all day. After being jousted off my bike the day before I had no plans to come off in the slippery conditions. Nearly every lake we rode through could have been 1cm or 2ft deep. Roll of the dice stuff.
Single trails were just creeks we rode up and down. I think we did pretty well to make it through without a drama. Hats off to the Murphs for being able to put a ride together considering how many times we had to u bolt from a raging torrent across the trail. The quarry and that big drop off (razorback) were memorable. Probably easier when dry but everything was just that much harder to get through or up when you and the bike weigh what seemed like 50kg heavier. Didn’t think Dude was going to do the quarry climb, it was never going to end well, not enough momentum and he hit the sharp lip I did too. I stepped off the bike but poor Dude barrel rolled south. Funny but scary stuff as well. Maybe the mankini helped?
Lunch and fuel was welcomed by all but damn we were cold when we stopped for the while. Smurph stood shaking like a leaf for ages until the spare garbage bag sorted him out. It took about 20min for me to warm up again. I fell off the track into danger zone more times I can remember. I had a cheap trenchcoat style BigW jacket on and by the end of the day it was shredded. The only dry spot on me was 10cm2 on my chest!
Never rode in that much water before and I don’t think I every will again (the opportunity to that is). It was freaky. Over 100mm of rain that day in some places.
So yes it wasn’t the Murphsburg we thought it would be but it was tough nevertheless. Big thanks to the Murphs, Dave and Dude for coming along. One to remember!Top report Axel.
I ‘m glad you enjoyed it, I did.
Sorry we couldn’t do the proper Murphsberg mate but it was out of my hands. :unsure:
What we did was still fun though. :woohoo:
I must admit, I was scratching my head thinking how to get around those water diversions a few times.
Thanks to Tim we managed to sort it out though. :unsure: :ohmy: :huh:
Cheers
Murph
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