Post work Sumnervale park up, and we headed up the Captain. I'd remembered my asthma inhaler for a change, and had had a blast at work an hour or so prior, plus had a couple puffs before we rode, so I was for once not dying. It helped that Nelson set a mellow pace for a change too, and so by the time we'd gotten up to where it levels off I was feeling pretty good. Cleaned the first rocky climb after that short descent, but neither of us got up the next two rocky ups. Good go from there on up, me almost enjoying the climb for presence of oxygen in my blood.
Up to the Evans Pass and off up the Summit Rd, taking it nice and easy, and climbing into scudding fog and peering over the downhill side scoping lines for a potential climbing track below the road. When we got to Jollies Bush, we headed up into it, climbing the through the few switchbacks to the stile at the top. Over this and up to the singletrack, we hung a left and climbed up to the Greenwood junction.
Climbed from here, up, out towards the original Greenwood entrance. Before we made the entrance tho, Nelson's puncture from last ride started to leak again (he'd taken out the tube and put in more goo, to no avail). He faffed with this for quite a long time, while I perched and froze in the blowing fog. A massive posse of riders passed through, heading up and round onto the wee singletrail descending from here. Then about 15 minutes later they rode through again, on their way out this time, surprised to see us still there. Help was offered - thanks guys. Finally Nelson reneged and put my tube in and off we rode.
Up the road and onto Britten, we rode out round the top, then through and across the road and over the fence to climb up Mt Pleasant. Fence changes up here, with a Track Closed gate across it, which we ignored and then found a fence through the middle of the first downhill! Backtracked then round the old one and more fence. Over this and down to the stile. Then down down down, fun times, but hard work in the fog, and damp tussocks. At the bottom we figured Greenwood would be mucky as hell before Gloomy, so we headed through to the gun emplacements and bombed down the ridge track here. Fun, but sketchy-as slippery slickness in some rocky bits, but good rolling the rest. Across to the ridge above the cliffs they're destroying (above Evans-Lyttelton Rd), and then back across and down to the lower reaches of Greenwood, entering just before Dangerous Dave's section. Excellent bomb down here, it's rolling well, and wasn't wet.
Finally, across the road, and into the Captain. Awesome blaze down here, it was good. Cleaned everything I was supposed to, and had some fun.
Excellent ride. 16.5 km, with 540 m climbed
Up to the Evans Pass and off up the Summit Rd, taking it nice and easy, and climbing into scudding fog and peering over the downhill side scoping lines for a potential climbing track below the road. When we got to Jollies Bush, we headed up into it, climbing the through the few switchbacks to the stile at the top. Over this and up to the singletrack, we hung a left and climbed up to the Greenwood junction.
Climbed from here, up, out towards the original Greenwood entrance. Before we made the entrance tho, Nelson's puncture from last ride started to leak again (he'd taken out the tube and put in more goo, to no avail). He faffed with this for quite a long time, while I perched and froze in the blowing fog. A massive posse of riders passed through, heading up and round onto the wee singletrail descending from here. Then about 15 minutes later they rode through again, on their way out this time, surprised to see us still there. Help was offered - thanks guys. Finally Nelson reneged and put my tube in and off we rode.
Up the road and onto Britten, we rode out round the top, then through and across the road and over the fence to climb up Mt Pleasant. Fence changes up here, with a Track Closed gate across it, which we ignored and then found a fence through the middle of the first downhill! Backtracked then round the old one and more fence. Over this and down to the stile. Then down down down, fun times, but hard work in the fog, and damp tussocks. At the bottom we figured Greenwood would be mucky as hell before Gloomy, so we headed through to the gun emplacements and bombed down the ridge track here. Fun, but sketchy-as slippery slickness in some rocky bits, but good rolling the rest. Across to the ridge above the cliffs they're destroying (above Evans-Lyttelton Rd), and then back across and down to the lower reaches of Greenwood, entering just before Dangerous Dave's section. Excellent bomb down here, it's rolling well, and wasn't wet.
Finally, across the road, and into the Captain. Awesome blaze down here, it was good. Cleaned everything I was supposed to, and had some fun.
Excellent ride. 16.5 km, with 540 m climbed
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