reading a ride report is *almost* (*but not quite)* entirely like riding a D&D.
thx Otto!!! On 3 April 2012 08:07, Cobus van Rooyen <[email protected]>wrote: > Cha! Great skill as a writer you have Otto - much more than staying on > your bike :) > > -----Original Message----- > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Otto Behrens <[email protected]> > > After the Shakespearian standard was set and then the challenge of writing > a song, I felt quite intimidated. But I'm still dreaming about that night... > > It all started with the "calling of all lovers", prompting some old d&d > folk to get together for a bit of a reunion. Well, I'm not that old and not > one of the first riders, but the vibe was lively and I couldn't resist. At > about 14:30 Thursday, after watching other people work for a while, I just > went home to get my stuff ready. On the way there, I called DK, said he was > mentioned on the list and expected to make a guest appearance, which he > did! Cool. > > I checked my light way too late. When I switched it on, it just went off > after a minute. Ran around frantically looking for another one, and ended > up using DK's spare one anyway. Like a choir, everyone shouted "roadie" > when I got out the car. Didn't realise that after my first ever Argus being > my first ever road bike race everyone would be that worried that I'd take > it up seriously. > > After some hesitancy to lead, Oupa Gert led 12 gallant riders off into the > night. We left Hardy and QT in their black mourning attire behind, suitably > dressed because they're missing out. I felt slightly shaky on my bike, but > thought that had to do with clearing my VW polo's throat on the way. We > looked around for big dipper, but could not find it in the long grass. > Following a single track led us to nowhere in particular; we circled back > and then caught a trail past Cornwall hill college where I earned my > privilege to be writing here. It's all DK's fault really because he was > telling me about his fireblade kicking 120 KW, going at 130 in 1'st, 170 in > 2'nd, and for a moment I thought I was on it. The landing was soft, in the > long grass. The ego's landing was harder. > > We rode next to the rail track towards Smuts House, long grass hanging > over the jeep track, some water puddles, wet grass in your face, smell of > veld wet soil and crisp night air. Bliss. Past Smuts house down python and > back. Watch out for the red rocks. And then we took a false quad buster, > perhaps the bud quaster? The jeep track just dried up suddenly and we > carried our bikes up to the top of quad buster. It felt like a real AR > night, our second portage. > > To my surprise, Oupa Gert asked if this is the picnic spot. We were served > with jam tarts, gluhwein, easter eggs and great conversation all round. DK > and Cobus, being fiercely competitive and all, compared > 9.7 and 9.8 k's on the clock up to here, bike weights (15 and 16 kgs) and > who can drink the most gluhwein. The roadies would have been proud (my > buddies of course). > > Down quad buster is more of a butt buster on the hard tail, but what fun! > I'll take a blue ass any day for that. We then went back up past Smuts > house up to the hiway, along side it up to St. Georges. Over the hiway and > then did the Shebeen Queen speedway. Who took it? I was 3'rd. Back along > the Cornwall hill wall to the Moo mall. About 20k's? > Who knows? My endomondo was quite confused about this ride. It really > wanted me to do a training ride, so I was in highveld technopark and back > in about 2 minutes, with some other erratic spikes. > > We could still order burgers at the spur and even a couple of beers or hot > chocolate. More chats about great adventures, great adventurers, some to > come others past. But what about the next d&d? Aw, not on the MTN racing > calendar? No, just pure fun, laughs, dirt. Thank you everyone, you're > making a city dweller happy. > > PS. Hope this one goes through. My posts have been bouncing... > > > > -- 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.
