Great stuff duckt tape dirt eater smile till it hurts, 29'er biker On 31 Aug 2012, at 8:35 AM, "Brendan Dawson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, I know what you are all thinking – the ride report gets written by the > person who first ate the dirt. Well, although nobody did do to > “dishonourable dismount” thing, being the sweeper I certainly did “eat dirt” > on this beautiful but very dry and dusty spring (dare I say it?) evening. > > Ok, so things looked a little shaky to start with. There were 4 cyclists > (i.e. people with bikes) in the parking lot, being Duct Tape and 3 > Noobs(!!!), and 4 non-cyclists which seemed intent on ensuring we wouldn’t > leave on our ride without a decent “Woop Woop” – Hardy, QT, Francois and > another old DnD’er whose name I forget. So just when it looked like a > tour-de-tar ride, Oupa Gert and Herman arrived to save the day and ensure > that we got our fair share of singletrack riding in on this beautiful Spring > evening. > > So we set off, a little late, but to a very enthusiastic “Woop Woop” from QT > and co – Oupa Gert as Trailmeister, Newbies Tyson (henceforth to be known as > “Tron”), Hendrik (dubbed “Yster”), Ed (a.k.a. “Pastor”), Herman and yours > truly as the sweeper. Thanks for the send-off guys, but next time, please > bring your bikes – we missed your happy banter on the trails! > > And at this point I’d just like to wish Francois “Strength and Honour” for > his trying week ahead, we hope they make a successful prognosis, accurate > treatment and that you have a speedy recovery, and look forward to having you > back on the trail really soon. > > So off we (Woop Woop) set, Oupa Gert managing to dig up some great > singletrack and dual track on the way to our first play area – Ecstasy Park, > which we did a few loops in, first counter, then clockwise. After that it > was with a dash of enthusiasm that OG led us to Mamba. One could see the > glint in the whiley eyes, and knew that the trailmeister had something > planned for the noobs. Yip, none other than a ghost ride up Mamba in the > light of the Blue Moon. Yeeeehaaaa!!! Waiting for me at the end were some > huge smiles, confirming that, just because you have ridden these trails > before, doesn’t mean they arent more thrilling at night! > > From Mamba the trailmeister pulled out some great fun dirt road rides to get > us to the blair witch forest, and after a few more speed zones we were back > at Moo Mall, smiles all around, with Tron, Yster and Pastor confirming > they’ll be back again, and Herman and I commenting about how we don’t do this > nearly often enough! > > Oupa Gert – you really did pick out a great route for what we decided would > be a relatively short ride, thanks a million, I can confirm my face is stiff > again from all the smiling last night (ok, and my teeth are still full of > dust despite repeated brushings, but who cares). > > Ride Stats: > > Smileage: abt 25km > Riders: 6 > Of which: 2 were on Mountainbikes, and > 4 were on 26er’s :P > > So to you all who didn’t make the ride, or who haven’t ridden a DnD for a > while, get your lazy butts out and join in the fun! I promise you won’t > regret it! And spread the word, the weather is perfect, the trails are > screaming out to us, so let’s ride them and keep the Dark and Dirty Rides > going! > > Yours truly > > Duct Tape > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
