Needed to collect O from Lyttelton, and Paul was keen to ride, so figured a couple of birds with one stone. Drove thru and parked on St David's St. Headed up Stevenson's Steep and up to Fosters Tce, and up into the reserve...New switchbacks, then across with a rideable but steep path across to the climbing track, left on this and I was gasping in the heat and with my rumbling infected lungs. Climb climb climb, which seems to be the norm in here. Then up Stormer to the very top. To get a feel for the place, we took Stormer (blue) down the ridge, this was swoopy and fun, eventually down and around onto Grommies. I stopped a couple of times and Paul was having some challenge, which is good for him. Grommies was a fun yumpy roll (bypassing the log drop). At the bottom there's a Do Not Go Beyond This Point sign due to blasting etc. So, up Sloanstar we treadled, steep switchback corners getting the better of Paul most times. Around the sunny side, bit of descent and climb back to the hub.
Climbing again, this time, into Looper and following it down. I'd thought it was going to be something new but it was one I'd ridden before - fun swoopy and easy back and forth back to the hub. Another climb back up and Looper entrance cutting up to Stormer and I took the black ridge droppy track. Paul took the blue Stormer down next to me, but I found myself heading to the right around the ridge on I think a trail I'd not been down before. Found myself at the top of a massive rocky cliffy drop, which was very difficult to clamber down, then made it down to the main track where I found Paul. We headed on down Grommies again, swoop swoop, bomb bomb, and then climbed back up Sloanstar and around the Sunnyside for the descent back down, steep through the grasslands to the entrance track and then across, bypassing the Fosters Tce exit and down lots of new steps to Reserve Tce. Then bombed down this and Stevensons back to the car.
414 m climbed in just over 7 kms. That's more than a 10%er...
Climbing again, this time, into Looper and following it down. I'd thought it was going to be something new but it was one I'd ridden before - fun swoopy and easy back and forth back to the hub. Another climb back up and Looper entrance cutting up to Stormer and I took the black ridge droppy track. Paul took the blue Stormer down next to me, but I found myself heading to the right around the ridge on I think a trail I'd not been down before. Found myself at the top of a massive rocky cliffy drop, which was very difficult to clamber down, then made it down to the main track where I found Paul. We headed on down Grommies again, swoop swoop, bomb bomb, and then climbed back up Sloanstar and around the Sunnyside for the descent back down, steep through the grasslands to the entrance track and then across, bypassing the Fosters Tce exit and down lots of new steps to Reserve Tce. Then bombed down this and Stevensons back to the car.
414 m climbed in just over 7 kms. That's more than a 10%er...
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