hittin' up the trails

Spent saturday and sunday working, watching the rain, watching people come in from riding the Lysty trails wet, covered in mud, cold but grinning.

Sadly i missed the Chum Creek XC race on sunday which would have been a cracker. steep climbs. greasy clay. out of control descending...

But it seems i picked the better days to have as a weekend. Today started out misty and cold, ended up sunny. perfect day for trails so i loaded up the ASR5 and headed to Smiths Gully for a solo smashfest.




Been windy over the last few weeks. Surprisingly this was the only trail blocker i came across. Bit too big for me to move.

The weekends rain was still very much on the trails and apart from the new section below the Bakery it wasn't too slippery.
Dirty bike was the order of the day.

Definately a glasses ride with some large mud globs launching themselves at my eyes, only to be deflected by my Rudys...

The ASR5 was loving the trails. Propedal off decents, long climbs and windy trails. I really need a helmet cam and someone to chase...

Trail goes this way.....



I call this the nerve tester. Its near the bottom of a long singletrack decent. the trail is heading to the right at speed then switches back to the left at the last minute, with a large tree to catch you if you cant make the turn.

620 wide bars are awesome. no wider thank-you....