very poetic :-)
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carine
Sent: 22 February 2010 13:26
To: darkanddirty
Subject: [DarknDirty] last thursday night
'you guys are crazy', the guy said as he left with the celebrity
at the bottom of cornwall downhill rush.
'but i'll be back'
that's what they all say, the newbies.
they all think cycling gnarly downhills in the dark is slightly
crazy.
what is it, then, that makes them keep coming back for more?
the string of lights ahead and behind you when you get onto
cruizer, your first singletrack for the night?
qt making up songs while we wait for oupa gerrit to fix a light
on vetseun?
the technical challenges of unexpected short steep climbs or
rocky ascends?
we know it's not the smell that transformed paul's bike into a
scott stinky :)
maybe it's the thrill of rushing down cornwall
or the expressions on newbie's faces after their first downhill
rush :D
seeing the river in flood while you ride on what's gonna become
the new R21.
seeing, but not being part of, the traffic in the city way
below.
knowing that in the other houses, people are sitting in front of
their tvs with their tv dinners.
bundu-bashing through the veld, then climbing up routter's route
with 11 likeminded people. initailly 14, which included our celebrity
for the evening, samantha oosthuisen - we were obviosly too hardcore for
her :)
personally, i think it's chasing lights down eric's trail that
make people come back. staying on the bike always helps :)
or maybe it's arriving at the top of quadbuster hill to
champagne and cupcakes (thank you qt!!!!)
or chasing down look ma no brakes, or python. yes, it must be
python that makes people want to ride D&D again and again!
the roadies or epic-trainees come back week after week for tour
de tar, or that tar-climb on cornwall. oupa gerrit might graciously
allow you to ride in his slip if you don't want to chase the bunch and
if you can keep up with him.
the mountain bikers come back for the final singletrack and
kakiebos on cruizer.
or maybe the the endorphin-overload, or the hot chocolate or
beer afterwards.
or maybe because while they're riding, they're alive.
whatever their reasons: here's to many more!!
thx oupa gerrit who lead us, mummy man who swept, and clint and
qt who kept us all together (and organised the cupcakes)
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