Wet night and morning, but cleared a bit, so Nelson and me headed south of Greymouth to Hoki and up to the Station carpark for Blue Spur. Had a doozie of a ride in there...
Climbed up the access road, first left into Doolittle, fun little doing, descent back to the road, climbed back up, then left into Seesaw. Excellent blast down this into the valley. Up the valley, shoes off 3 times to cross the stream, then up Elevator, and UpCycle, which was really cool. Then up the main 4wd track again, climbing seemingly forever, passing the starts of all the tracks we'd hit on the way down. Eventually the very top of Edge.
And, down... First The Edge, then a climb on 4wd to Stagg's Drop, which Nelson immediately crashed on, tumbling down and disappearing into the bushes below the track, landing completely upside down. I had to drag his bike up, while he tried to untangle himself upright. This was a fun trail, one of the better ones. Next into Bad Boys which had a heckuva lot more climbing that it should have. Then the Cutting which was quite good. Out of here, we headed up a bit over and down the road to the tech top of Tunnels, and dropped in. Awesome wee trail this, tho a few too many ups in the middle bits. Through the tunnel, and then out the valley out to Tucker Flat Rd, right here, and along, then up a couple of steep corners back to the car.
A reputable 15kms, with 414 climbed (felt like a lot more than that)...
Climbed up the access road, first left into Doolittle, fun little doing, descent back to the road, climbed back up, then left into Seesaw. Excellent blast down this into the valley. Up the valley, shoes off 3 times to cross the stream, then up Elevator, and UpCycle, which was really cool. Then up the main 4wd track again, climbing seemingly forever, passing the starts of all the tracks we'd hit on the way down. Eventually the very top of Edge.
And, down... First The Edge, then a climb on 4wd to Stagg's Drop, which Nelson immediately crashed on, tumbling down and disappearing into the bushes below the track, landing completely upside down. I had to drag his bike up, while he tried to untangle himself upright. This was a fun trail, one of the better ones. Next into Bad Boys which had a heckuva lot more climbing that it should have. Then the Cutting which was quite good. Out of here, we headed up a bit over and down the road to the tech top of Tunnels, and dropped in. Awesome wee trail this, tho a few too many ups in the middle bits. Through the tunnel, and then out the valley out to Tucker Flat Rd, right here, and along, then up a couple of steep corners back to the car.
A reputable 15kms, with 414 climbed (felt like a lot more than that)...
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