Good day folks. So this was my second D&D, and Donald, whose birthday wish it was that one of us newby's got to do the Ride Report, chose yours truly!!! Happy Birthday Donald, but more of that later. This report should be interesting as I must have spent 90% of the ride eyes riveted on the path immediately in front of me and the remaining 10 hoping I was still in the Pretoria municipal area. Night riding is very disorienting!!! So if I get names of people and places wrong, please forgive.
15-20 persons left from the mall 19h00'sh. The same amount returned. Well done! I was told 2 of them were virgins, which seemed sad considering their respective ages. Temp. stayed above the 17C mark, and made for a beautiful evening. First attraction was a grassy area with smooth sweeps and a nice drop off. Iam guessing 'Xtacy Park' from Hardy's description below. This got things warmed up. And I was already lost, does incentivise one to stick with the group though. The next part is a bit of a haze this morning, but I do remember horses and some passers by shouting "Beautiful!". On realising this was not for me or my bicycle turned round to see the multitude of lights from the D&D's. It was indeed cool. We stopped on top of a hill and the ladies x2 hauled out cup cakes x many, candle x1 and bottle of champagne x 1. Very impressive this is the way to ride!!! Happy birthday was sung, candle was blown out, well done Donald. >From here on there were washing machines, pythons, and I could have sworn I saw a bush pig. One section on the road to Smuts museum had grass at about head height. I can now categorically state that smiling whilst riding through this is not advisable. Unavoidable, but not advisable. It would seem my teeth spacing lends itself to a seed harvest size of 3mm x 0.26mm. I will let you know if this is an optiml germination size. Up past Smuts museum and the old age home at the end of the tar road, a nice climb where I was sucking air like a V8. Then past the St Georges hotel on the airport side, down a 43km/h corrugated road, fantastic. Over the river and back up to the mall by 21h19'sh I think. 1 or 2 minor stops but lets leave the feet in the cleats falls. I did a 12.9km/h moving average. Great mixture of jeep and single track. It was an absolute pleasure riding with such outgoing positive people. Awesome to see a club going after 4 years founded on the principal of for the people, by the poeple. Just Awesome! Moo mall led to long cold draughts, hot chocolates, deep discussions on where to focus on the path for optimal ride and then ultimately ascending to the literary skills of the Loslyf editorial staff. Hope ihave done the evening justice and definitely aim to be at the next intro ride. Later. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Heya Folks, > > Hey hey hey, it has been some really schweet night rides lately, the > weather has played with and has been fantastic. So this week it is the > INTRO route... > Great FUN, short route that has lots of entertainment. This route is > especially for folks that want to try night riding out, so no worries > about pace, if you can ride 25km, come give it a try. You will be > surprised at how much FUN it is. > For the regulars, this is a good one for to enjoy and look forward to > beers and hotchocolates afterwards. > > Highlights include: > Xtacy park, > Super-tube, > Wash and Go, > Python > Limbo lane > Some more dirt roads > Some singletracks to home. > > 98% Dirt > A nice mix of jeeptrack, single track and dirt roads. > > l8r > hardy > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > >>> MARCH 2009 NIGHT RIDES <<< > 4 March - 35km Mild2Wild > > 12 March - 35km Nu-Root > > 19 March - 40km Rock&Roll route > > 26 March - 25km INTRO Route------------<<<Next>>> > > !!!3-4 APRIL D&D 4th Birthday BASH!!! > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > Where: Irene Village shopping mall.......( www.darkndirty.co.za for map) > > When: Every Thursday night, > > 18h45 for 19h00 No Charge, > > Everyone Welcome > > Bring: Helmets, Buddies, lights, ride snax > > & juice, your buddies and some ching > > for beers & pizza after the ride. > > SOCIAL riding group with SAFETY a Key Factor. > > No-One gets left behind, > > We always have a sweeper and radio contact > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
