Picked up Nelson (only a couple of weeks out from having Covid) and his bike from bottom end of Bowenvale Ave, leaving his car there, and we drove up to mine and hit the hill. Up the usuals, Vic Park Rd, 19th, Skidder, and gruntsville (I walked a snip), all the way to the top. Regroup and down around, popping the two jumps nicely then straight into Worm, climbing smoothly to the Traverse. Around here, pulling up multiple times letting (assumedly, the 'Slow Riders) lots of riders through all the way to the saddle, then mostly we got the track to ourselves after that. Stopped at the top of Lavaflow, climbing up to the fenceline. Good chat, rest, hang-out up here in the wind, taking shelter behind a couple of matagouri, and then due to cold, got moving.
Down the Lavaflow. What a blast. Loved it. Tech rock, tricky lines. I dabbed a couple of spots, took smoother less steep lines when Nelson took big drops. Only didn't ride one feature on my route. Below the open section, into the Kanuka, lovely swoopy back and forth. A couple of rocks I dabbed through, but will ride next time, then after the lowest one, tiiight rooty steep to the Hidden Valley 'bonus.' Climbed up through the steep pines onto Old Skool, around to the high point and then dropped in. Excellent blast down here. My weight to my advantage, rolling, coasting, pumping, no pedalling and catching Nelson all the way while he was pedalling to keep the speed. Bony as hell, lots of it, with some blown out bits lower down that could catch us off guard (but didnt). Finally the last few corners, drifting out onto the gravel and out down, coasting rolling to the car. He dropped me home.
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