Quite a short one on account of needing new brake pads on the Speedbomb.
Rode up into Vic, first, just above the road on the walking, then dived across into carpark and into the old line, dropping onto the new line (under pylon) and down around through to climb Sleepy' 'Creatures, out onto walk track and up to 19th, all the while the odd spot of rain was drifting about. Up the grunter, slow and steady, only stopping to pick up someone's trash, then up into Brakefree zone where I stopped and checked the radar; which told me the spots of rain I was in weren't gonna be about for long. By the time I made the top of Vic they'd pretty much stopped. (Sugarloaf in the back there)
Plan was to drop down through gums, down into the valley to climb back up somehow to the new climb, but dropped down, jump, rabbit and into rocks, gums and flowing through here, around a corner and brakes started making awful noises, including when I wasn't applying them... Oh well, I'll just bail home, I thought. Stayed on down through the cedars, last bit to gate, and across into Heavenly Creatures for a lovely flow down, other than the racket the brakes were making. A little slick on a couple of sections, but mostly good. I saw a mouse! Ran across the track and I got a good view of it when it froze on a branch. Onwards down. Cleaned nicely all the way out and down - I really must cut a trail out to Vic Park Rd somehow for finishing. By the time I got home the brakes had kinda sorted themselves. Still replacement time tho.
Sub-limnal 5.08 kms alonged, 180.5 m upped.
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