It was quite a night for some tumbles! I can recall at least 6 of which 2 were well executed endo's. Maybe Adri can elaborate a little :-)
On 12 February 2010 10:19, Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the AWESOME report Nicol!! > There were 26 Riders for the night, about 6 newbies > Cheers > C > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nicol Jordaan <[email protected]> > Date: 12 February 2010 09:38 > Subject: ride report > To: [email protected] > > At the Dark&Dirty there is a custom that the ride report is to be written > by first person to take a fall. So here I am typing away over my second cup > of boeretroos for the day… I must admit though, I could not have achieved > this honour without a little help from my friend and our little game of > trying to push the other off the road. As I was going down with Thursia and > her bike rolling over me, my mother’s words echoed in my head - “*this is > going to end in tears with somebody getting hurt*” – which is what she > always used to say when I was a lad playing rough boyish games with my > brothers. Well at least there were no tears, rather fits of laughter to go > with the bruised elbows. > > > > So, after a fun canoe time trial on Rietvlei Dam, while most normal people > were going home to take a shower and settle down for the evening, I lined > up with a group of other not-so-normal mountain bikers at the Moo Mall’s > parking lot. I never did a head count, but we must have been between 20 and > 30 riders. What a turnout! > > > > The weather was perfect and our route for the evening was pretty straight > forward. We basically followed the R21 east for approximately 17 kilometers > before turning back west with a fair share of single track and jeep track > between the faster gravel road sections. Being a “mild to wild” ride, there > were lots of time for socializing on the ride and after about an hour and > 15km’s, out came the cup cakes and lollipops… it was Chris’s birthday and > there we were somewhere in the dark singing away “*happy birthday dear > Chris… happy birthday to you!*”. > > > > Talking about singing, two new composers came forward last night with a new > club song. I am not really sure where the song is to be sung in the future, > but I think Adri and Thursia intends to sing it to us at every club event. > I can’t remember how the words go, but it is something about making new > acquaintances on the D&D rides and going low with a hyhohyho and off we go! > Adri, Thursia, maybe you can help me out a bit here? > > > > There were quite a few first timers on the ride. Dorette being a newly > converted roady and this being only her second time on a mtb, did pretty > well and was one of the few people who didn’t take a tumble. Coenie's > gamble to ride without a light on his first D&D (well, actually he did have > a light, but it went dead after about 10 minutes) resulted in him buying a > few pieces of land along the route and obtaining a few bruises to show off > to his wife back home. What's that saying - *pain heals, chicks dig scars > and glory last forever!* > > > > The race was on at the two speed zones for the evening with Hennie > triumphing at the first and “the young bloke with the blue shirt” at the > second (sorry, I didn’t get your name). The rest of the ride was rather > mild with Hardy keeping the group together and future events being > discussed. A few events that was mentioned was the club race in March, the > Diamond Dash, War Trail and Swazi Xtreme. Wow, it is really inspiring to > cycle with people with so much energy! > > > > Back at Irene Mall at about 22:30, the staff at Spur made my day by > re-opening the kitchen and preparing the best biltong and cheese burgers I > have had for a long time. > > > > Thanks Hardy and everyone else for a great ride. See you there next time. > > > > > > Nicol Jordaan | Civil Engineer MCWAP | MCC > > *Tel*: +27 12 643 9027 *Fax*: +27 12 663 3257 *Cell*: +27 72 524 5784 > > 2nd Floor Outspan House 1006 Lenchen Ave North Centurion 0157 > > P. O Box 8232 Centurion 0046 South Africa > > > > -- > 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]<darkanddirty%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/darkanddirty?hl=en. > -- 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.
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