Practically a month since last ride, due to Galapagos.
Sweet ride up and over from Nelson's this morning. Up Santa Maria, Selleck, Assisi, Drayton into the Reserve, greasing up the zig zags and onto the road, all the way to Upper Hornbrook and Britten. Good climb to top and down the short but of road to OG Greenwood entrance. Squirmed across here then I led into Greenwood proper, overreacting to every little bump, too much braking and not enough flow. Still, made good speed into the Gloomy Gulch where I had to walk the worst of the rocks. Nelson caught up here having had a little slickness trouble earlier. Cautiously down the next section of rocks, which went as bad as I thought, then some fun flow through the usual fast section, drop that I rolled and around the big corners, back and forth, grooving through the grooves. Through the fence and it was the worst I've ever seen it. Greasy rut city. Then, north facing fast and fun... And last corners before the road were not great...
Where to from here? Settled for up-the-road, plodding all the way to the Richmond pines, and onto Sheep Shit Alley. Nice climb here but man were my legs tired. Took it easy with a break and also a nice long look at a section of trail that needed drainage.
Back into the road briefly back into Britten, out the front on the 'new' trail (that's not). Dropped down here for some great flow, stopping a couple times to check where we were then off to the left to pick new lines down rocky sections. Fun exploration. Finally out the bottom and flying down the roads back to his place.
Remarkably, 15 kms with 620 m climbed
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