Would like to start by thanking Jeff for riding tail for 95% of the day and Al for letting Jeff off the leash for a blast in the arvo, I can still hear you laughing as I slid my way around Telephone track trying to get away from you - that didn't happen but it was so much fun,, also thanks to everyone else who came to play in my backyard. The weather was well and truly on our side with only a light shower first thing and then cool and overcast for the rest of the day - -perfect!
We certainly didn't cover the distance I had hoped for, due to a couple of issues, firstly for some reason the cornerman system failed, which led to a rider taking a detour down probably one of the most physical tracks out there, one I had purposefully bypassed due to a couple of guys on the ride that I hadn't ridden with before, so anyways that held us up for an hour and then jeff had a tree jump out infront of his bike resulting in the need of a trailside repair, so a bit more time was lost, I made the decision to shorten the morning loop and head back to the cars for lunch, a late lunch ,but oh well. We said goodbye to half of the punters at this stage, told you, you needed to be bike fit to ride here all day. So after a quick bite (c'mon Jeff) 7 of us headed out for the "reward" of the gullies and very narrow tracks close by... There is a really nice flowing track that had the race faces on ,what a pleasure to ride, any little mistake and bang you got passed, not that we were racing or anything
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So how did the cornerman system fail,, I'm not entirely sure, but from what I can gather, somehow 2 bikes ended up on the corner and one bike wasn't facing entirely down the track we were riding, I know that the bike I left on that corner was, so can only assume it was the second bike, unfortunately the rider that went the wrong way was new to the club , when I rang him in the evening to see how he pulled up, he did say he would be back, a bit fitter, but back none the less, so that's a good thing.
Thanks all , I enjoyed myself..... see ya's on the next one............................................