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This snotty hill was much steeper than the vid make out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmIXVlaoCRU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

This rocky creek bed we rode along was a highlight.

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The single track I was enjoying before my little get off

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BPwmP6Peh4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

A technical singletrack

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Following Otto

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Following Spud at the start of the day

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An early start is the only way a ride like this is going to happen so I picked up DY4 (spud) at 5.40 and Otto and Nige made up our now small Yamba crew for a day at Bello. 
We were suited up and ready to go by 8.30 and Ev lead us straight into the single track , within the first 5 minutes of Evs rides you know your alive and the pace was on from the start. Otto had a few dramas coming out of a creek in the first 30 minutes of the ride. We watched from the other bank and he spun out of control on the slick red clay and crashed. He tried to take off but had very little traction. We normally run 14psi on our local terrain so I thought I knew what the problem might be . Bigger al on a previous ride in Bello suggested 8-10psi and was bang on. Otto let some air out and was finding a heap more grip . 

We rode a great single and I was following Otto with spud behind when for no reason I could see I speared over the bars and head first into the floor, Spud reckoned it looked bad but I was fine and glad to get my off out the way early , now I could hook in :woohoo: 

After some flowing singles Ev told us  ‘now we head up the mountain and the ride starts ‘ and he wasn’t kidding. Tight singles followed by never ending technical hills was to be the order of the day from now on. I was loving it and after the Noosa ride was keen to compare Coffs hills. A lot of the hills had peg deep 4wd ruts and picking good lines was essential. Top stuff !

 Nige was sweeping and having a ball when an off on a snotty downhill ended his day,) sympathetic STM later asked if he got his skirt caught in his sprocket ) but he did look like he was struggling to ride so he headed back to the cars on the tar. 

Ev then upped the anti and threw some nasty short hills in the mix , Otto was lacking a bit of bike fitness and having to pick up his WRF took it’s toll and he had to bail out too. 

The downhill Ev gave us before lunch was something else near vertical and maybe a km long , I was following spud and he had to stop when a stick got jammed in his front wheel. After that is bike fell over and flooded so he tried to bump start it down the hill, he freewheeled and picked up pace in no time only to go into a big tank slapper and bail off into the bush. That’s the only time I’ve seen spud come off , it was bloody funny and we laughed about it on the drive home  

We made lunch at 2.30 and by 3.00 Tdriver decided he was done too , so it was just 3 of us left and Ev decided to push us at a cracking pace through possibly the longest section of polished singletrack I have seen , after 40 minutes of that and we were all pumped with a few cramps too. 

Ev gave us the option to take an easy road back to the cars or do some more singles and a mother of a hill to finish. We took the only choice and were soon riding bog holes and rainforest singles to the foot of the hill. I would say this was easily a grade 5 and ruts everywhere. Ev went first and as he disappeared round the corner we could here the power being sucked from his bike , spud looked at me wide eyed , shrugged , laughed and went for it. I waited , but already knew spud would nail it first go. So I had a crack and tractored  my way to the top only to flip it on the very crest of the hill. Ev was laughing and only then told me that he’d flipped his bike in the same spot on his last 3 attempts.  

We were soon back at the cars with grins all round , it was a great days riding and if anyone is in training for an enduro I think Ev would make a top personal trainer thanks again mate I had a ball !! 

Nick

Goggle cam footage to follow !! 

Yeah DY, Nige is fine , hardly even a mark he said

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If you do have time Maso either on this ride or at a later date I totally recommend the old Glenn Innes road and theirs a heap of good options off it to Ebor , Nymboida and further north if you want an overnighter
Both these links are reports on rides in this area

http://www.obtrailriders.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=78&id=99153&Itemid=75

http://www.obtrailriders.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=78&id=110270&Itemid=75

Nick

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I’ll let you know Eagle , by all reports they’re a good thing!
TB is also running one so it will be a good comparison

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What do you ride Maso ?

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Nice one Gaz legend !!!

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Got a bit of maintenance done on the Tenere for this ride 

New brake pads front and rear

 

New wheel bearings and seals front and rear

 

New sprockets

Next is new ultra heavy tubes , new tyres , new chain , grease linkage and headset , check all nuts and bolts and oil and filter change ! 

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Cheers for posting up the ride Maso , looks like a cruisey fun day out

I’m now saving my brownie points for the up coming Cameron ride so I can’t make this one. Maybe next time !

Have a great ride

Nick

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RETIRED HUSBAND 

After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Target. 

Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out.  Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women – she loves to browse. 

Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Target:

Dear Mrs. Harris, 

Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our store.  We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to ban bo th of you from the store.
Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Harris, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras: 

1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people’s carts when they weren’t looking. 

2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute 
Intervals. 

3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women’s restroom. 

4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, “Code 3 in Housewares.  Get on it right away.”  This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money. 

5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway. 

6. August 14: Moved a “CAUTION – WET FLOOR” sign to a carpeted area. 

7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he’d invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged. 

8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, “Why can’t you people just leave me alone?”  EMTs were called. 

9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose. 

10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were? 

11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the “MissionImpossible” theme. 

12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his “Madonna look” by using different sizes of funnels. 

13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled “PICK ME! PICK ME!”

14. October 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed, “OH NO!  IT’S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!”

And last, but not least: 

15. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, “Hey!  There’s no toilet paper in here.”  One of the clerks passed out. 
 

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A top video here of STM using the Rekluse’s ability to freewheel on a nice downhill trail ! You can tell he’s a downhill mountain biker in this one !!

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Trailboss wrote:

Nickj wrote:

Today was awesome , we covered just over 120km in 8 hours of riding with a moving average of 8 km/h which gives an idea of how technical this ride was

8hrs @ 8kms/hr = 64kms doesnt it? Is it just me :huh:

Great photos Ev look forward to the reports, did you have the trillion dollar goggles on when you flipped it?

TB

That’s total average not moving average mate :dry:
Their was time spent waiting , dropping , groveling and p#ss taking plus lunch !

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Today was awesome , we covered just over 120km in 8 hours of riding with a moving average of 8 km/h which gives an idea of how technical this ride was

Thanks heaps to Ev for putting on another great singletrack day !!

Report to follow ……..I’m Buggered after that !!!

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