who won the free beer?,close call between you and oupa gert me thinks. On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:19 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > After many, many months of missing night rides I got the opportunity to go > and play in the dark again . Lots of new faces but I was surprised at a > lot of the old suspects in the parking lot . I felt very brave and took > the hard tail of for the evening . A decision I would later regret . Me > and Power Girl had a nice chat about the To Hell and Back race she did and > it reminded me of a promise I made myself to go and do it again . > > With Eric bringing up the rear we headed into the night . I with Hardy all > the way as I knew he has done this before and knows where all the anthills > and big rock are . I got no cooking clue which route we took and although > I recognized some of the place from previous rides I could only plot > myself when we got to Smuts house . It was at this point that I learned > about a new rule that D&D got at some point ! The first one to fall or get > a puncture writes the report . I can hear you all going "ha-ha Dirt-Rider > fell again " , well sorry to disappoint , I got a puncture ! But close > spills I had plenty . Keeping that hard tail on the trail was not easy . > Just for the record , I know that lovely young lady had a tumble before I > had my puncture !!!! > Hardy knew that there would be mud out there and there for suggested the > white T-Shirt ride . Riding next to the railway tracks , me at the back > this time , I was disappointed to see everybody doing their best to go > around the mud holes and water . No ways I made the effort to steal my > wife's white T-Shirt just to return it white . So I came from the back and > when through the middle of all this lovely looking muddy pools . > Unfortunately I went so fast through them that I sprayed a lot of other > people with mud . I am so very sorry , that was not what I intended to do > ! > Anyway since most has a few pieces of mud on them most of us headed for > the water . At this stage I was way ahead it the "who's the dirtiest " > competition but Oupa Gert had his own very cunning plan . He did what any > self respecting MTB'er would do . Fall into the mud ! The Mummy also tried > the same trick but his bike was handling so well he just could not fall of > . He did however almost take Power Girl out in the process . > At one point the customary "sprint" was called for . Now from what I can > remember a sprint is like 100 to 200 meters max ! Not 3KM !!!! I was > behind Hardy at the start of the sprint but after 200 meters the Mummy > came flying past me , followed by QT and then Power Girl !! I hate sprint > ! > On our way back we had a hanger failing , leaving us with one push bike . > My light decided it had enough and I battled to stay with the push bike > as it flew down the hills . But as we all know it is not all downhill and > a time would come when Hardy will take out his tube and do his favorite > trick " I will tow you with a tube so short you will see the bald patch on > my head " . The dude that was getting towed also got a push from me and > Jan and we really flew up the hills . Hardy got tired and Jan said he will > do the towing . Me and Hardy wanted to again help by pushing but Jan took > of and left us all standing in the dust . > When we got back to the car park most of the group went for another look > but I decided it was a good time to pack up and head for home . Nice ride > , I am sure with time I will remember the "new" rider's names as well . > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > South Africas premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > For super low premiums, click here http://home.webmail.co.za/dd.pwm > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DarkAndDirty" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DarkAndDirty?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
