Drove over to Steve's with the Fat on the back for 9am finding him and Wazz, Wahayno, Robin and Andy all ready to roll. Pete would be chasing...
Up the most busy Rapaki we've ever seen, Steve and me stopped for a good chat with Ranger Singletrack who was on his way down in a Ute. The others treadled onwards up and took in the Monty Loop. Meanwhile, STeve and me struggled our ways up to the top and waited for them, wondering how they could be so long. Pete showed up, and then we spotted the boys coming up behind. Bit of more of a rest for us, and then off up Vernon, hot grind, but Fatty handling everything pretty good.
Lost count of the comments "ooh, they're big tires"... "what's that for?"...
I had to bail early, so was keen on keeping it short, and Steve was keen on that too, so we headed around the beginning of the Traverse then took the new track down to the top of the Old Skool zig zags. Pete rode on ahead a bit and got his drone out, and we bombed off down past him under it's buzz. Here's where I said my good bye to most, and bombed off ahead, but on a new section of trail being built Pete got the jump on me and took the lead through sketched out cleared grass down the slope avoiding the worst bits of 4wd to the pylons.
Onto the Old Skool proper and fat bike was riding really well. The dropper post works a treat. I took off ahead from the stile, and left the boys to it. Nice blaze down the rest of it, surprised at how well the fatty soaked it all up. Tire pressures must have been about perfect. Through the bottom and then down the road and around the river back to Steve's. Then home and off Sailing for the afternoon.
My MMR crapped out so I had to copy Steve's, - my finishing route back to his place was different - where I took Eastern Tce, over the bridge and through to St Martins Shops, alley way, bridge, Ford Rd., but other than that, the same(ish) (top speeds probably different). 16kms and a gain of 460m.
Lost count of the comments "ooh, they're big tires"... "what's that for?"...
I had to bail early, so was keen on keeping it short, and Steve was keen on that too, so we headed around the beginning of the Traverse then took the new track down to the top of the Old Skool zig zags. Pete rode on ahead a bit and got his drone out, and we bombed off down past him under it's buzz. Here's where I said my good bye to most, and bombed off ahead, but on a new section of trail being built Pete got the jump on me and took the lead through sketched out cleared grass down the slope avoiding the worst bits of 4wd to the pylons.
Onto the Old Skool proper and fat bike was riding really well. The dropper post works a treat. I took off ahead from the stile, and left the boys to it. Nice blaze down the rest of it, surprised at how well the fatty soaked it all up. Tire pressures must have been about perfect. Through the bottom and then down the road and around the river back to Steve's. Then home and off Sailing for the afternoon.
My MMR crapped out so I had to copy Steve's, - my finishing route back to his place was different - where I took Eastern Tce, over the bridge and through to St Martins Shops, alley way, bridge, Ford Rd., but other than that, the same(ish) (top speeds probably different). 16kms and a gain of 460m.
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