I usually organise my rides for Saturday, but as Paul Lacy had come down from Sydney for Al's Fumina ride, Paul asked me if i could take him out for a spin at Mt Dissapointment, so Sunday Level 2 ride was on. There's not many riders that want to try Mt Dissapointment's Megga Hills & High Speed, but 5 of us opted to give it a go. Cam was running a bit late , so i took the boys out for a Quick 30 Minute work out, up a hill that have no Dirt & no Loose Rock, just pure Rock!! This one hill in particular is known to totally wreck your Plastics and Muffler " and i have hit the Deck quite a few times over the Years". Anyway John and i managed to get to the top and waited for Matt & Paul to join us for the loop back to the cars to pick up Cam, we waited of 5 Min and decided to go back down to see how they were going, Paul had enough and went back down, Matt had another go at the Last 150 Mtrs but the Rock Ledges decided to stop him in his tracks, then we rode back to the Cars to pick up Cam.
We ended up leaving the Cars around 11.00 and rode for about 5 minutes, then Cam found out that you NEED Front Brakes when Trail Riding, when he looked down to see The Front Brake Caliper flopping around it the Breeze "He forgot to Tighten the 2 Bolts that hold it to the Forks when he swapped from Motard to Dirt, lucky Matt had some at the Car.
Off again and wide open for Lunch at Strath Creek, as the Tracks are now clear of Trees from Black Saturday. As we headed for Lunch there was one section where there is a Long Puddle and i didn't see it till the last Few Seconds, with John Hot on my tail, i slowed a bit and realised that i might end up will John Slamming into me, so i lifted the front Wheel and Gassed it through and looked back to see john just coming out of the Wave " Video Below".
Last time i was there, the Creeks were 3 Feet high and flowing fast, not this time, the Creeks were down to a trickle, and most of the tracks had a fine dust on them just right for good Power slides.
After Lunch we took the Tar up to Broadford Gap and went in the top way onto the Forest, cam had a Clutch Slipping problem that we fixed in a couple of Minutes, and we pretty much road around for 2 Hrs all over the Place and decided to call it a day, so we could see the last laps of Bathurst.
No injuries, couple of fixable problems,Good Weather and a good group of rider.
Thanks Matt & Paul for doing Tailman, John for Helmet Video and Cam For BEING LATE!!!
Riders:
Peter R FE570
Paul L FE390 Tail
Matt R WR450 Tail
Cam WR250 Falls Apart
John T TE510 Helmet Cam.
How to Keep Dry whilst following someone at speed through Long Puddles !!
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