JYS TERUG OP JOU FIETSIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2009/5/8 D1 <[email protected]>
> > Hi, my name is D1 and it’s been 168 DAYS since my last DnD ride!!! But > when I got the a-ok to ride again, I zoomed in on the list to spot the > first Intro ride….. So Thursday arrived, my bike is ready to go….but > the weather had other ideas! Looking at the weather I thought, I wanna > ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike…I want to ride my bicycle I > want to ride it everywhere….but not in THAT weather!! But in the end > loaded the bike and made my way to the MooMall. They say in the dark > no one hears you scream….but you also DON’t see the lurking > thunderstorm…..so to my surprise a total of 12 riders pitched for the > intro ride, with a whopping 6 newbies! When last did it happen that > the newbies equaled the die-hard-regulars?? AWESOME stuffs!! > > Let me try to remember everyone’s names….the die-hard-regulars were > represented by: myself (D1), Hardy (Clinton), Q.T. (Thursia), Stealth > (Nico), Gizzmo (Eric ) & Malcolm (although he was almost mistaken for > a newbie ;) A-a-a-n-n-n-n-d-d-d in the other corner the brand- > spanking-new-newbies of Wian, Lizel, Christiaan, Landie, V8 (Rory) & > Mr. Tigger Big Wheels (hmmm cannot remember your name dude, sorry!) > > Just after 19:00 it was Lights, camera & ACTION! We left the Moo Mall > and cruised Cruiser Single track. What an awesome feeling – crisp > fresh air, some stars, some mist….some rain drops…..what a beautiful > night for a night ride! Halfway up Cruiser we hooked a right in the > direction of PVR, to go for a few quick loops in Extacy Park. From > there we turned our backs on the city lights and headed in the > direction of Irene. There were some Karen Zoid moments and tribute > songs….happy chatter and lots of laughter. We hit Wash&Go which turned > out (due to shorter grass and less water) to be a face-wash instead ;) > We headed in the direction of Smuts koppie…but Hardy (although he > previously stated we won’t be doing Python…) we DID do Python single > track…. SWHEEEET man!! After our Python loop we headed for the Hill > that shall not be named! But by the sounds of it, it was named in the > mean time *grin* Sooooo, Tha first SPEED zone!! Quad-Busta Climb!! The > guys got ready to chase up that hill…..and sooooo …they’re off….the > chase for top position leaded by The Man himself Hardy! Halfway up the > field spreaded and Christiaan took the lead pushing hard…Seemed Hardy > had some miss fortune on the last turn, but Christiaan hang on to the > lead….and he raced to the top. Awesome stuffs guys! > > Now while they are way up there and have time to ponder the theories > of the a hardtail vs a softail….exetera exetera….. the rest of > us….burn our quads beyond recognition and squeeze the last air out of > our lungs to get up that hill…. At the top Q.T. had still the lung > capacity to remind the guys that the rest of us only arrived now…so > they must keep on pondering on that theories while the rest of us try > to get the air back into our lungs…..that we can try…the legs…I’m > afraid….BUSTED!! > > After (what seemed like a very short time) we cruised down the little > hill….me relaxing while just following a perfect line provided by Q.T > – thank you very much :) Then it was time for Look-ma-no-brakes single- > track…. Well for some of us it was literally look-ma-NO-BRAKES!! And > some other look-ma-NEW-BRAKES! So there were a few close encounters, > great recoveries and LOTS of giggles on the way down. > > From here we headed past the cement factory in the direction of the > false-flat….another zone for the speedsters! We headed up there > falsely trying to convince ourselves the busted quads recovered….but > hey…they say pain is weakness leaving the body? This false flat was > more pain entering the body?? *grin* But the guys in the front pushed > hard from the word go…forgetting OR not knowing that it is quite a > loooonnnnggg false flat…so Mr. Stealth himself rained them in and > powered passed to take the second speedzone of the night. We cannot > have newbie’s almost out number us AND take all the speed zones???? > LOL!! > > It was now time for hopefully the last little bit of a climb up to the > billboards, and then the Shabeen Queen Speed zone!! WHOOHOO!!! DOWN > down DOWN!!! (Something where momentum takes over and you DON’t have > to peddle hard to gain speed!! *grin* It started of moderately….would > have thought the guys would bomb down there….but then Q.T. started the > chase for the title and the race to save the Ego’s started *grin* > Malcolm chased like a mad man and caught up eventually to take the > Shabeen Queen speed zone :) > > We then headed down on some of the 2% tar in the route in the > direction of the MooMall. Stealth and Q.T. leaded the speedsters chase > down the tar and did the die-hard-regulars proud and secured the speed > zones 3/1! > > We cruised the last single tracks back to the MooMall, encounter our > first little mechanical for the evening, by little I mean we cable tie > the back derailleur etc to the bike and hook up a tow rope to get the > bike back to the mall ;) > > We arrived back at the MooMall, all smiles! What an awesome ride :) > > Thanks guys and girls! It was AWESOME being out there again! > Tanks to Hardy for leading us, Eric for sweeping us and Q.T. for lots > and lots and lots of *giggles*! > Too all the rest – Thanks for joining us – like Hardy always say – it > was an honor sharing the dirt with ya! > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
