Jet and me met Nelson on Fosters Tce in sLyttelton and up we headed. Nice day. Steep-arse climbs as always, and the downs were a tad greasy. Jet had a lovely time and lots of drinks from my camelback.
First lap, up to top, and figured a slightly easier start, so off down Stormer, finding traction to be slightly dubious and untrustworthy. Into Grommies lower down, and I nana'd the jump but flowed the rest nicely. Into the up, grovelly bastard that it is, both of us screwed up the worst two corners, huff chuff on up to the level point, then into the short decent to the gap through the fence trees, and then the evil grovel climb short sharp bastard. Then climbing climbing back up to the top.
This time, into the ridgeline, droppy jumpy things, pop pop pop, and then a left down Zombie Lurch. Less traction than Stormer, and a bit hairy in places, leading me to dab a few times. Out the bottom and back into the mean climb. Around and back up to the top again, this time talking to a dude with a brand new Rocky Mtn for a bit on the saddle.
Then up around the easier climb Looper, and down this into Sunshine Face for my first time. Not bad, but for one steep straight down line that I just didn't want to gamble with. Then, once back on I was riding the last couple corners, and managed to smack my penis quite hard into the back of my seat. Yowch! Climb (from the easy part) up the open zigs and back up to the very top again, the Rocky Mtn dude arriving up behind us, having trouble with his dropper. Off down, Stormer again, much better this time, faster, and I took the lefty drop part way down, then was in the lead for a bit into Grommies. Final blast down and I nana'd the drop again and then cleaned most of the climb back up, Nelson miles ahead. Final section around, piggy climb, and up then down the access track to the drop track that was super sketchy greasy damp grassy dirt, front wheel lock-ups, sliding, and out the bottom back to the cars.
MMR failed (cos my battery was low again), and I thought I'd just use Nelson's, but he'd forgotten to turn his on. Probably the usual 8-9 kms, with around 550 m climbed, similar to one of these...
First lap, up to top, and figured a slightly easier start, so off down Stormer, finding traction to be slightly dubious and untrustworthy. Into Grommies lower down, and I nana'd the jump but flowed the rest nicely. Into the up, grovelly bastard that it is, both of us screwed up the worst two corners, huff chuff on up to the level point, then into the short decent to the gap through the fence trees, and then the evil grovel climb short sharp bastard. Then climbing climbing back up to the top.
This time, into the ridgeline, droppy jumpy things, pop pop pop, and then a left down Zombie Lurch. Less traction than Stormer, and a bit hairy in places, leading me to dab a few times. Out the bottom and back into the mean climb. Around and back up to the top again, this time talking to a dude with a brand new Rocky Mtn for a bit on the saddle.
Then up around the easier climb Looper, and down this into Sunshine Face for my first time. Not bad, but for one steep straight down line that I just didn't want to gamble with. Then, once back on I was riding the last couple corners, and managed to smack my penis quite hard into the back of my seat. Yowch! Climb (from the easy part) up the open zigs and back up to the very top again, the Rocky Mtn dude arriving up behind us, having trouble with his dropper. Off down, Stormer again, much better this time, faster, and I took the lefty drop part way down, then was in the lead for a bit into Grommies. Final blast down and I nana'd the drop again and then cleaned most of the climb back up, Nelson miles ahead. Final section around, piggy climb, and up then down the access track to the drop track that was super sketchy greasy damp grassy dirt, front wheel lock-ups, sliding, and out the bottom back to the cars.
MMR failed (cos my battery was low again), and I thought I'd just use Nelson's, but he'd forgotten to turn his on. Probably the usual 8-9 kms, with around 550 m climbed, similar to one of these...
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