The last person to post a picture from their last bike ride wins access to the white courtesy phone.
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This was a trail that was raced within the last five years, I'm pretty sure it was all planted out with natives maybe 20yrs back. But us Aussies love planting dumb shit and sometimes dumb shit escapes, it's pretty impressive what we've achieved in 200yrs.
Another snek, this one was going bird hunting.
So our trails really took a big hit this last week with the warm weather...a lot of snow-bridges giving out and open spots opening up. Generally, that means stop riding the trail, because then you start to damage the tundra/dirt below and these are places where there are no summer trails, sensitive areas, etc. I went out last night though and did a "ski-around" at this one point that had opened up, hoping that we'd get some cooler weather.
We did, the temp dropped to about 28 degrees, but more importantly, it was finally a clear night, so the ground radiated and hard-froze. My ride-around worked perfect.
Really bumpy though where a lot of trails have just had dumbshit traffic late in the day creating post-holes and big ruts. Is this bike like gliding over the surface on a golden escalator? Yes. Yes it is.
We did, the temp dropped to about 28 degrees, but more importantly, it was finally a clear night, so the ground radiated and hard-froze. My ride-around worked perfect.
Really bumpy though where a lot of trails have just had dumbshit traffic late in the day creating post-holes and big ruts. Is this bike like gliding over the surface on a golden escalator? Yes. Yes it is.
Felt like poop today. Oh well, still good to get out.
Begin complaining...
Begin complaining...
-brought new shoes, but could barely clip them in. Need another spacer. New shoes suck.
-tied my shoes way too tight. Even after relacing them, my feet hurt.
-ebike bro didnt slow down coming head on to me, so I kicked a stump getting off the trail for him.
-2nd ride of the season, bike is already creaking. Dammit, stupid sandy trails.
-tied my shoes way too tight. Even after relacing them, my feet hurt.
-ebike bro didnt slow down coming head on to me, so I kicked a stump getting off the trail for him.
-2nd ride of the season, bike is already creaking. Dammit, stupid sandy trails.
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Bastid!!Short ride. Didn't run into a single other person.
We're not there yet. We have one DH that is dry but it implies hike a bike up since the climb is on the north side. Not that motivated, yet.
Have not moved my trail bike since mid-November. I guess I should service the lowers, bleed the brakes and replace the stans soonish...
Last weekend I did 90km in the bush in two days, this weekend I did 3km.
Similar amount of sleep but no energy this week.
Similar amount of sleep but no energy this week.
Had a good storm last week, there's still heaps of sticks about.
Ohhhh my reflector, may have to re-trace my ride tomorrow if it came off.
Ohhhh my reflector, may have to re-trace my ride tomorrow if it came off.
Do like we do and block off the go around. And put in a trail cam.Got a little snow last night. Pic below is from the same spot as the one above.
Someone out there needs a lesson on how to brake. Every little descent and turn on this trail had this clear locked brake action going on
Friggin people in this forest. I need to get horse blinders or something when I ride here...this stuff is never ending.
Here we see people going way around a tree, as the trail proper has a little root on it, which I've highlighted with my finger, otherwise you wouldn't even be able to see the damn thing. This trail has been there for 20 years and has never gone left of that tree.
On snow turns tho, I find people try to cut i side way too close, thinking their rear wheel follows the front. It doesnt, it goes inside of the front. Then it drags them inside the curve and usually skids off the trail. They especially start getting “hooked” when there’s soft snow off the packed on that inside of the turn.
Oh I block them. When I went after the snow melted it didn't look like anyone had gone there.
I posted on here years ago of this same forest, where people were taking a major detour around some roots (coincidentally a few hundred meters from this). I'd build a pile of logs and shit, return a few days later and the shortcut would be totally cleared. Repeat doing this like 5 or 6 times.
I ended up printing up a poster, laminating it and tying it to a post driven into the ground, saying politely "screw off mate, this trail and roots have been here for 15+ years. Go back to road riding if you want smooth crap". I pissed on the pile that time too.
That pile of logs is still there to this day, all these years later.
100% here in my back yard under full sun and an unseasonable 20 degrees.
It is quite strange to see everything lit up in full sun and then seem to stay that way until more than three quarters occluded, and only then you had to be paying attention to the dimming. The twilight phase is a bit trippy, quite eerie as there is no normal dark side / increasing shadow and bright side, it just got dimmer and dimmer very rapidly in the last few moments. Quite a few stars visible as well. The full eclipse was beautiful. How fast it gets bright again after is also shocking, the barest edge of the sun appears and wham, twilight is gone and sun and shadow are back. Birdsong picks up as it dims, then they go quiet, during the peak, then as the sun breaks, the song returns strongly to fade as it brightens.
Truly an experience.
I really struggled with the like on this one.
