Well a few of us were out for a ride. Between us we had all got a small ride in on Sunday with Geez out to Bottlelake, Silverfox for a jaunt around the Summit and Marleys and Phatboy (on Grandad) and I (on the 3 speed) blasted out to Ruapuna, and not forgetting Mellonfarker's play in the wet.
Last night the 4 of us met up at Allandale Hall and then drove the last bend or 2 to Living Springs. A first time for Phatboy and a first daytime ride here for the rest of us. We had word that Helmut was coming down from the Summit Rd and would meet us at the highpoint on the track. We headed around to the 4wd track and then up this grunt. The track was dry all the way which was a surprise after the rain. Last time most of us had walked the 4wd section cos it was wet, slippery and seemed real steep. This time it was easy to ride the whole thing although still a grunt. Then into Pines. Love this track. Phatboy blasted up here followed by the rest of us. Got to the top and Helmut was there waiting. A bit of a catch up and then we were off. Once again all the downhill was in good nick and quite dry. Totally rideable. Great blast down. I dabbed twice, although one could be called a baleout as my front wheel slipped on a tree root. (turns out Helmut had the same problem, on the same root both runs) From here all was good until the last bridge where Phatboy was off, fixing his front tyre which had caused a scare. It had dropped all air suddenly on the downhill entrance into the bridge nearly throwing him off into the stream below. Good recovery saw him save himself from this awful fate. I caught up to Helmut at the bottom and we waited for the others to come through. Off we went for another round.
Round two started well. We all blew Phatboy off,....on the uphill, then Helmut blew Phatboy all by himself. Gosh he can blow well.!!!!!
The truth is Phatboy had Helmut problems.
Anyway we rode up quicker than the first time. I thought gosh, The Fox and Geez were a bit slow. Turns out the Fox stopped to help Geez with a bike problem. No one could help as the Jamis, Yes the wonderful Jamis had broken again. 4 times this Jamis has broken in the same spot. Who would buy a Jamis any more? Poor bastard should buy Jamis walking shoes rather than a bike! He walked back while the Fox caught up to the rest of us. A lovely blast down, cleaning the whole thing easily. The riders in us were all happy, while Geez had hung around at the vehicles to show us the Famous Jamis. A bit of a chat and then homewards we went.
We dropped Helmut off, said Hello to Sandals and admired her backside.... of her home where the new courtyard will be. Helmut has been working on her backside.. of her house and it is looking rather good, Although he went to deep and created a big hole. A bit more work will fix this though.
Dropped off the Fox and then home for a bite.
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