good luck with your adventure in the alps, mummy man! On 31 August 2012 08:59, Jacques Booysen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > -- http://cyclingwith.blogspot.com -- 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.
