Up, round the top, gail nor'westers blowing from behind then across, then down the ridgeline, first jump, not second, third, and missed the final due to waaay too much cross wind. Hung a left on the older route and proceeded to get a flat. Sat down to fix. Double whammy snakebite, so two patches needed. Did it, tube back in, pump pump pump ftttwwwssshhhhhh. Damnit. Tube out, re-glued the offender, held tight made sure it was done, then back in, pumped up and got riding. Down the old bypass trails, walking the steepest bit and dabbing a couple others, into Old Skool, bombing down into valley, and into the climb when the rear end started getting softer and softer, again! Walked up to a seat at the walking track intersection and tore the offending patch off and re-did it, and then my pump fucked out. Tried to fix. No go. Ebike dude hoves into view, "do you have a pump?" "Yep", "Thanks!" to the rescue. His pump worked well and I got a tonne of air in my tire.
Finally got riding again, up valley, chatting with him for a bit, then chainsaw Ranger on UBCO. I pushed the worst bit of K2 yuck, feeling really shit, clambered around under texaco then on up the bastard steeps. Found the Ubco guy's chainsaw blade-cover and carried it up to the 40fter, jamming it on a broom plant in good view of the track for him to find at a later date. Last bit, stopped to let some fitter buggers ride past and then got going, through Skidder over 19th, into the dogparkcarpark and bombadiered down the left hander, lots of scrap from the trees and a few branches, then brief stint on H.Ell and climbed up to road, up and around down behind houses and home.
Frustrating 11.43 kms with 515 m escalated.
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