Parked off Barrington again and moseyed around through Craycroft and past the CAP entrance and up the good old Worsley. Got off road after the bottom hairpin and rode up the grassy track to the top of Farside, where, I dropped in and bombed down for a wee reminder play (Loop 1). At the bottom of this, I got back to climbing, this time on the road (easier, slightly quicker). Up, up, up, onto the gravel and grovelling on up. Gets more real before the body bag, and then it gets really real. Walked about 10 m near the top, and rode out onto the road.
Over into the climb for the Nun still feeling pretty fresh, standing and cranking even. There was a dude up here to whom I said "nice clean bike." - said he'd cleaned it after a mucky xmas break... I gave him a good head start, taking a couple of pics for the MMR, then dropped on in. Whooah... Overgrown! You cant see far round the corners at the start, so it was a little surprising, cos the broom has grown up so much. It improves, but even lower down a couple of times I was thinking, "this is really getting neglected." Kept good speed and was catching the dude ahead, he was stopped at the Park crossing and I continued on past him down the original lines (not bailing right for the Gnarly Nun ending). Bombed on through and the popped up onto the midway carpark. He rode past, looking pretty cautious.
I crossed the road and headed into the Governors Bay track (Loop 2). Man was IT overgrown. It's really narrow now, and visibility is super tight. I was just thinking 'I wonder if I'll meet any walkers' when a runner appeared. He wasn't sure if I'd seen him but no trouble, I'd stopped with plenty of room. Bombing down, some nice tech in here now, and 2 extra wee climbs I didn't remember. Stays quite high as you sidle round, and then I was climbing again, struggling with the steeps. Cleaned lots, but walked the last to the top.
Back on the road, I headed back up to the midway Nun carpark and dropped straight in, bombing bombastically the rest of the way out. Contemplated the option of Capt Torpedo, but that entrance was still shut, so continued with my original plan, and popped up to the Kiwi for some water.
Up road to top of Vic Park, and into the Traverse, cruising around this, and pulling over for lots of oncoming. Overtook a dad and kid (out for first ride), and then bumped into Brad from work. Finally got to top of Fourpause and was still feeling surprisingly good, having had plenty of power on all those climbs.
Dropped into Fourpause and bombed it. Excellent flow over first, third and last jumps (middle one into the rutted berm, not so much). Down through the swoopy tussocks and then over the edge, way more grip than recently and down to the stile. Over this, and dropping through all the bits. Only one dab through that super tricky rock edge and lavishingly enjoying the rest of it down into the off cambers.
Final singletrack buzz, the Old Skool Bowenvale at it's best. Awesome run down here. It's just so familiar and predictable. Passed a couple runners and their dog near the bottom and finally rolled on down the valley, taking directional backstreets back tot he car to complete the largest loop.
A triple looped 21 kms, with over 750 m clambered vertically.
Over into the climb for the Nun still feeling pretty fresh, standing and cranking even. There was a dude up here to whom I said "nice clean bike." - said he'd cleaned it after a mucky xmas break... I gave him a good head start, taking a couple of pics for the MMR, then dropped on in. Whooah... Overgrown! You cant see far round the corners at the start, so it was a little surprising, cos the broom has grown up so much. It improves, but even lower down a couple of times I was thinking, "this is really getting neglected." Kept good speed and was catching the dude ahead, he was stopped at the Park crossing and I continued on past him down the original lines (not bailing right for the Gnarly Nun ending). Bombed on through and the popped up onto the midway carpark. He rode past, looking pretty cautious.
I crossed the road and headed into the Governors Bay track (Loop 2). Man was IT overgrown. It's really narrow now, and visibility is super tight. I was just thinking 'I wonder if I'll meet any walkers' when a runner appeared. He wasn't sure if I'd seen him but no trouble, I'd stopped with plenty of room. Bombing down, some nice tech in here now, and 2 extra wee climbs I didn't remember. Stays quite high as you sidle round, and then I was climbing again, struggling with the steeps. Cleaned lots, but walked the last to the top.
Back on the road, I headed back up to the midway Nun carpark and dropped straight in, bombing bombastically the rest of the way out. Contemplated the option of Capt Torpedo, but that entrance was still shut, so continued with my original plan, and popped up to the Kiwi for some water.
Up road to top of Vic Park, and into the Traverse, cruising around this, and pulling over for lots of oncoming. Overtook a dad and kid (out for first ride), and then bumped into Brad from work. Finally got to top of Fourpause and was still feeling surprisingly good, having had plenty of power on all those climbs.
Dropped into Fourpause and bombed it. Excellent flow over first, third and last jumps (middle one into the rutted berm, not so much). Down through the swoopy tussocks and then over the edge, way more grip than recently and down to the stile. Over this, and dropping through all the bits. Only one dab through that super tricky rock edge and lavishingly enjoying the rest of it down into the off cambers.
Final singletrack buzz, the Old Skool Bowenvale at it's best. Awesome run down here. It's just so familiar and predictable. Passed a couple runners and their dog near the bottom and finally rolled on down the valley, taking directional backstreets back tot he car to complete the largest loop.
A triple looped 21 kms, with over 750 m clambered vertically.
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