Lots of steep ups today. Parked in Landsdowne Ave just next to Holliss Reserve and headed through this and up Holliss Ave. Stopped and feasted on easily accessed blackberries for a little while just before the valley corner. Then hit the real steep, getting steeper nearer the top. Into the stairs, buddha buddha buddha buddha down, then along a bit and up, push push push push, more blackberries, push push push up the stairs. Across Longhurst and into the lower Latters Spur track, climbing up under the houses and cleaning all the hairpins except the very last. Ugh... Clamber clamber clamber and finally at the stile, where I took this pic.
Looking across at where I would come down a little later...
Let a couple of walkers go on ahead, and then rode and pushed on up under the pines, over the roots and next to the barbed wire to the dog park. Left and clambering up the rock section then up to the gate, and on up through Vic Park, past 19th, into the Skidder where I filled up water and rested. Warm, and my cold wasn't doing my head any good. Hit the steeptrack climb, cleaning it all, only just, then up past Brake Free and on up to the very top of Vic.
Time for the down. Entry of the Traverse, then hard left into the swoopy double, pop and down to the see-saw, over this, into Brake Free, pop pop, ugh, speed broken by the first berm, then pedal across to the Sesame St entrance. Straight in, pop the first jump then waft over the big one, pop, pop, around drop, around, wall-ride, drop, around, oop - miss that double, drop that, off the edge and down over the jump to skidder... Into Shazza's, bomb bomb rail jump rail, across rail, around, down into Sneaky Ridge, lower speed than usual, droppity drop down through around, ooh, lots of leaves, jump, drop into Bridges, across and wending through Nu Bridges, and finally out the bottom, downvalley, hard right into Hidden.
Easy climb now with all the trail work, making for nearly like a rest bar the steepness, then past a mum and daughter up the steepest, cleaning both hairpins and gasping for air at the stile. Into the Old Skool. Across and little climb, bit of a rest, then fanging it. Nice flow, good railing, fun times. Blast blast blast... First big left hand hairpin I could see an XC dude flying up the hill (to the point I almost wondered if he was on a leckie - he wasnt!). Pulled up before the next hairpin to let him fly past, then dropped on down, swoopy pump pump waft, push fly. Blasting over the rocks, around the bend and dowwwwn, weave weave pop and roll, finally out the bottom and coasting the rest of the way down. Down the road, left into Wedgewood, right into Landsdowne back to the car.
Surprisingly short, less than 10 kms, with 399 m climbed.
Let a couple of walkers go on ahead, and then rode and pushed on up under the pines, over the roots and next to the barbed wire to the dog park. Left and clambering up the rock section then up to the gate, and on up through Vic Park, past 19th, into the Skidder where I filled up water and rested. Warm, and my cold wasn't doing my head any good. Hit the steeptrack climb, cleaning it all, only just, then up past Brake Free and on up to the very top of Vic.
Time for the down. Entry of the Traverse, then hard left into the swoopy double, pop and down to the see-saw, over this, into Brake Free, pop pop, ugh, speed broken by the first berm, then pedal across to the Sesame St entrance. Straight in, pop the first jump then waft over the big one, pop, pop, around drop, around, wall-ride, drop, around, oop - miss that double, drop that, off the edge and down over the jump to skidder... Into Shazza's, bomb bomb rail jump rail, across rail, around, down into Sneaky Ridge, lower speed than usual, droppity drop down through around, ooh, lots of leaves, jump, drop into Bridges, across and wending through Nu Bridges, and finally out the bottom, downvalley, hard right into Hidden.
Easy climb now with all the trail work, making for nearly like a rest bar the steepness, then past a mum and daughter up the steepest, cleaning both hairpins and gasping for air at the stile. Into the Old Skool. Across and little climb, bit of a rest, then fanging it. Nice flow, good railing, fun times. Blast blast blast... First big left hand hairpin I could see an XC dude flying up the hill (to the point I almost wondered if he was on a leckie - he wasnt!). Pulled up before the next hairpin to let him fly past, then dropped on down, swoopy pump pump waft, push fly. Blasting over the rocks, around the bend and dowwwwn, weave weave pop and roll, finally out the bottom and coasting the rest of the way down. Down the road, left into Wedgewood, right into Landsdowne back to the car.
Surprisingly short, less than 10 kms, with 399 m climbed.
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