Saturday 5thSeptemeber

A saturday ride this week since Fathers Day was on Sunday.  7 weeks since I last rode up a whole hill and that was a  road ride due to the weather.  Lots of sickness amongst that too.  Time to rotate pedals.  It was 10 weeks for The Cook.  Anyhow The Cook, Phatboy, Dozer, Bugs, Mellonfarmer and Johhny (neighbours bro) headed off from mine at 9 towards Gruntsbury collecting Tinkerbell at the bottom.  Up the hill we went with some up front and the least fit outback.  grunt it was for me and The Cook.  Regrouped and delayered a couple of times before heading around the Traverse.  Good spin with lots of fun.  I actually had a moment in a spot I did not think I could have a moment.  Regrouped at the top of Vic with discussion on where to go.  Tinkerbell dropped down the hill as he had a loose pivot.  The rest of us dropped down Thompsons which was fun and then we headed up from Sign of the Kiwi to the Nun.  Regrouped and Mellonfarmer had been nice to some guys who needed a chain breaker so Bugs led off with me next.  Had a great run down here still making me gasp for air at times, passed Bugs whose looking at air oozing out of his new tubeless set up.  Continued down with Dozer not far behind and then waited as everyone came in to regroup.  Bugs tyre pumped up and starting to hold air again.  After getting the word from a guy who said old Dyers was a muckfest due to recent logging we headed up to the top of Vic again.  Down the Rock garden and the Gums at pace then we headed down Shazzasa and Brents.  Joyful going down and fun was had.  Phatboyhad to tighten his seat before we headed on down bridges and Flow etc.  At the hidden track Dozer pulled out for a funeral and The Cook had had enough for his first ride out.  The rest of us headed up the hill with a brief stop as Mellonfarmer who had a tumble and needed to starighten his bars.  Then I watched Johnny tumble off the track into the gorse before I struggled up the steep section of the hidden track.  Regrouped here and off we went.  Nice run down Old skool which was in good nick.  I was feeling those 7 weeks off the hills by now.  We then had Mellonfarmer split off at the end of Bowenvale and then Johnny left the last 3 to have food at Kaizuka.  Good ride and a good test for me.

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