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Thanks again Galey for showing off some fantastic trails :woohoo:
Once again, it was a good challenge to have a go at obstacles that previously i would follow the well worn detours. Whilst ‘resting’
on red belly hill, I observed Galey feet up, cruising up, using my bike as a mobile chicane.
As Galey metioned, I first tweaked my foot as the bike pivoted over a log and didnt quite go in the direction I was planning :angry: , as the day rolled on, it became more uncomfortable to use the rear brake.
Whilst cruising on some well cut-in trails through the gum trees, up to the lookout that hangliders use, I let out a loud “F%$#!!” and instantly felt :sick:
Once some sensation came back to my foot, it felt an inch shorter than it should be. A minute later, pins and needles, but could wiggle my toes
, so off we continued, me a little more cautious of stumps in the grass.We finished off the day doing a loop through Loam City, with MDR and Galey having a good thumper-nats style dash roaring up the hill full bore, hair pin, sailing back down ,roosting another hair pin, then roaring up approaching the next hair pin passing to my side as I am still rounding the first mentioned hair pin. :blush:
Once Ive stopped hobbling around, I’m looking forward to practicing log hopping and a few more vertical hill climbs and be ready for the next Mad n Wild Ride 👿
see you there at 9
Mary’s is on the left as you drive in the way we did last week yeah?” so your’e going to be led deep into bushland in an area your’e not familiar with, with people you haven’t met before?”
“Yeah honey, what could go wrong”
some people dont understand bike riders :whistle:Well, this was first time I have showed up to a graded trail ride with people i did not know, so I really wasn’t sure what to expect. Only I my way home from the ride, at the newsagent I pick up the latest issue of Trailzone, and on pg 24, I notice a photo of Galey, captioned ” …also known as the Torturer”!
Fortunatley, medogrocket was on a comeback from a knee reconstruction, so this saved me from to much punishment.After introductions and some warm up on a nice freshly cut single line practice loop through the grass, off we ventured.
As we progressed, some mention was made of getting to hill climb that during the A4DE was littered with fallen bikes and stranded riders. Toby Price even had dramas. Nervous? just a little :blush:
” keep your momentum, she’ll be right, just dont stop” was the advice medogrocket offered :unsure:Soon after, up we went, that was a little tricky, but ok, anticipation of pain is worse than pain itself.
To confirm, casually i comment to Galey,
” so that was Slate hill?”
” nah , down this gully and we’ll find it up the other side” :blink:Now for the real thing, after seeing Galey cruise up, monkey see, monkey do. half way up, arm pump, but going OK, medogrocket thunders past, front wheel of the 570 floating. Thats how i’ll do it next time :laugh:
After a relatively event free but thoroughly enjoyable half day ride, a big thumbs up and thanks again Galey for the invite and showing us some ripper tracks. Normally I ride more grade 2 typical bigbore adventure type terrain, and try ( try )to ride at a grade 5 pace, so it was good to get a little bit out of my comfort zone and into a bit more technical terrain. Gratitude also to medogrocket for imparting some local knowledge and shared sense of humour.
Looking forward to getting out there again soon!!
Regards ,Carl
