Arranged to meet Nelson in Taylors around 8.30 am in what turned out to be a pretty hot day... I arrived to find him assembling his bike, then witnessed his discovery of no pedals! Ugh. No ride for him then. We headed up, him on foot, me pedalling, up the new Taylors Escape track. Pretty rudimentary, a lot of work to be done. Mostly rideable, but some sections are so off camber your inside pedal strikes every rotation, and grip is tricky. He soldiered on and we stopped for chats a few times, then he bailed and I continued my merry way. The riding was definitely better higher up, less slope steepness. Got to the road, and rode around to Livingston Col, climbing back towards Breeze Col on the trail, fun climbing, cleaning all the techier sections and enjoying the descent to the Col. Straight into the climb around above the road, hitting the sketchy narrows, doing okay around here then seriously in need of shade, headed for the lookout thing and bombed down to the toilets, finding respite from the sun under the pines. Big drink, refilled bottle, and half a OneSquare set me right, and off I tootled back around below the road, nice spin around here too. Started on the road but then spotted relevant sheep tracks below and hit them around climbing to the 'new' Taylors entrance. Good bomb down here, spotting what looked like road bike tire marks in the dirt. "Hmmmm?" Into the original snake, and speed and gall increased til I was railing like a pro. Into the tail and across, stopping to admire the view at one point, before heading down the last where I met Shay the DOC ranger walking a wee measuring wheel which accounted for what I'd seen prior. We shared a laugh.
A meagre 10.10 kms and 419 m climbed
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