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Looks great mate….
Scotty wrote:That’s the spot Krusty. From here there is some awesome riding both sides of the road.At this stage I’m working that weekend but will look into some shift swaps if possible. This will be a cracker of a weekend.
Be awesome for you to make it Scotty… Pull some favours….
Thanks to Adam for organising the ride.. Murph, Justo, Action and Moto for sweeping various parts of the day… It was nice to meet up and ride with some old faces as well as the new..
To my surprise Adams backyard is only 1 hour drive away making it the closes riding spot for me… I’ll need to enjoy his backyard a little more I think as it makes for a great day ride..
I had a shite morning and could not find any mojo whatsoever… :angry: Not more than 5 minutes in we blast around a corner and right up a rutted rocky up hill… I was in third gear and I hesitated down shifting loosing all momentum and laid the bike down… Not a great start I thought and the next 2 hours I battled frustration making all sorts of rookie mistakes… Hesitating, using too much front brake, thinking too much, etc… :huh:
The first single was a nice slow tight one but greasy as… When we all came to the end everyones tires were just caked with mud… A quick blast down a transport section flopped most of the mud out and then we jumped back in the singles… Tight tight tight was the story of the day.. I think I smashed trees with the barky’s 20 or more times throughout the day… Adam mentioned at Nundle his backyard was tighter than the pines.. I didn’t think it could get any tighter but man he was spot on.. It appears a lot of the Ourimbah singles have been heavily ridden and most were just one long rut and some multi rutted… A lot of up and down hill singles, off camber, rocks, boulders and some root steps… Plenty to keep one on their toes… By the time we hit the final steep hill climb before the quarry I was fully frustrated and the anger was getting the best of me… A short cool down and forcing myself to get over it brought us to a nice 20 minute fast flowing loop that I felt was the best section of the day(as well as the return)… Coming off that I felt good and the ride back to the cars over the next few hours was a cracker…
It was nice to ride with Murphs crew.. I really enjoyed watching Murph on some of the hill climbs… Smooth as and really impressive throttle control!!
In the afternoon I got a chance to ride along side, in front of or behind Moto which I enjoyed as I been enjoying watching faster riders to see how they handle things, pick lines and just go for it.. Towards the end we went through a section that had large puddles every 500 meters or so.. With Moto right on my back side I thought for sure he was going to fill me in as I slowed up at each one before heading through.. However he was good bloke and didn’t attempt to get even after throwing sand in his eyes while he was helping me through a section.. Sorry mate… 
All in all it was great ride and great crew… I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad Old Bulls ride as the spirit is always the same no matter which crew is formed.. I suppose this for me is the reason the Old Bulls is the best site and group of riders out there…
Thanks again Adam and I’ll be looking for more rides in your backyard post Coffs……. BTW I feel great today and only slight shoulder muscles aches…
Cheers….
