Sunday View Hill Rd Fatso

At the bay for a few days, and finally got out for a bit of a jaunt up the hill on the Fatty. Up the seal to Chorlton then up the gravel View Hill Rd, steep as always, to as high as I could be bothered - 597m a.s.l.  Then turned back down and flew at a rather rapid pace. Very splecky in the upper reaches.  

Fourteen and a a half kms phatted, with a total of 622m climbed. 

After this, Auckland with Otis for Tyler the Creator.  

Wettest July on record...

E-Planting Stix at Stycks

A few of weeks prior to this (15th May), I'd e-biked to the Charlesworth planting too... (didn't post it cos I didn't MMR it)

Took the E bike all the way across a chilly town, straight shot, Colombo, Trafalgar, Rutland through to Northlands, then Sawyers Arms to Railtrail, Tuckers and Cavendish out to the planting...  Planted lots of plants then headed home via Mitre 10, Pap Library, then straight shot down Railtrail, Kilmarnock, Harakeke, Mandeville to Torp7 (for some new brakepads for this bike), then into the park, Grove, Church, Collins to hit the usual Simeon, Cemetery, Studholm, Thorrington route home.

34 kms, and used 91% of my battery!  On 'auto' the whole way except fullbore up the hill.

Wednesday Morning Recovery (for Nelson) Blat

Good spin out with Nelson still recovering from the 'vid.  Pretty much the same as my last two rides...  Up through the usuals, wee pop round over the two jumps up top then tight right into Worm for to head across the Traverse.  A few stops for breathers across to top of Huntsbury DH Fourpause.  

Good blast down this, jumpity jumping then old route down the twisting and turning tussocks back onto the Landingstrip.  Through the cattle stop onto the singletrack, then finding the Rocky route in, and managing to follow it successfully for a change.  Zig and zag up the back then a break at the top, before hopping over and down, familiarity breeding more speed for me, and blopping down to the bottom of the rocks.  

Right hander here and back up under the cabbage tree on the singletrack towards the landing strip again for the grovel climb to the top of Hunts.  Onto the Traverse again and zippity zip around this all the way back to Vic, dropping down over the cattlegrate to the top of Pedalfine and a nice fang down this, peeling off left where the log got the better of my balance.  Back going again, steep, sketchy and loose down onto the traversing 4wd track; nice roll across to skidder.  

nto the lower gums trail out to 19th, down the road, into 235 and bombity bomb down here, jumps and speed through the oak litter then turning upwards again for the last one out to the tower for the fast bomb behind the houses.

Strangely, more kms than Saturday's - 12, but less climbed - 391 m, even tho we went lower than I had then. 

Saturday Morning Around About

Solo Saturday, early(ish), no breakfast, green tea in bottle - time for some fat burning...

Up the usual, huff chuff, ugh on the grunter, around and up to the very top.  Pop down for a jump or two, then straight round into Worm, climbing back up to the Traverse.  Took this across the top, not meeting many people, then stopped and breathed at top of FourpauseHuntsburyDH.  

Into the down, bombing, jumping, grooving.  After the bottom gap jump I peeled left(ish) onto the old route down through the tussocks, over the rocks for more interest than the straightline bombing that's been built.  At the landing strip I just turned up and hauled back to the top, kinda chasing, but mostly just keeping up with another dude.  He headed up onto the road to look at views, whereas I jumped straight onto the Traverse back towards Vic.  Good bomb around this, taking it relatively easy.  At the pond I stopped for what turned out to be a couple of fat Ebikers, then didnt stop for and 'accidentally' shoulder-barged one of the next two.  

At the rest spot the Huntsbury dude had caught me up and we chatted about how ebikers havent seemed to have gotten the memo regarding trail etiquette...  Onwards around the traps and into the trees, over the jumps, over the see-saw, first bit of brakefree then rabbit paddock, rockgarden, gums all the way down, then down the road into 235 and a nice bomb down this followed by the climb out to the microwave tower and bomb down the back of the houses, home.

Nice early 11.6 kms, with 407 m climbed.