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MichH - Can get you the CD at Urban Assualt. If other pics are given to MH by then, can take my laptop and create the complete cd and make some copies of it.

Best kept secret of the entire day - imagine my amazement when MichH offered me a sip' date=' and it turned out to be . . . .yup, you guessed it - BEER Only then did I understand why she consistently got her directions wrong! All I can sya, if she says go left, you'd better go right, otherwise yuore in trouble [/quote] And here I thought MichH was such a sweet happy person when she rides, turns out that huge grin is because she is totally slammed when she rides...........

And just for the record it's didn't take THAT long to get the milk out, the people moved hence the shadows moved. And the top of the milk came off in the bag, that's why we couldn't get it out. that's the most excuses I have ever seen for not being able to get milk out a cooler....... and I walked off after each shot and came back and you were still busy - hence the sequence.....

Getting to the end now.... Everyone being polite, waiting for the first person to start dishing up..... Notice MichH counting to ensure everyone had made it back - well that's her story, I thought she was trying to work out if there was enough food for everyone........ The pilote thing never lasted very long.....everyone with a healthy breakfast plate full of food. Catering was done to perfection. The only time there was silence......well almost..... The reason most men MTB...... SP on the right trying to look cool with a mouth full of food and a camera shoved in her face. You can see what MH thinks of the attempt (on the right) Was told to re-take the pic, not sure if the first was meant to published though. (PS, you can rotate it yourself, this is very tedious) "My Hero" or "What a twit" you choose Notice the cool bike in the background.....a fine eye for quality. It was the hero thing......how cute..... Notice the bike in the background - was that mentioned already - how cool is that, a piece of engineering excellence. This is a Dirt Brain or Nutter - you can tell because it was the only time I got close enough to take a snap shot was when he was off his bike busy feeding. At least that proves they are human, only just. PS, the other person is trying to hold him down so I can get the shot - thanks for the help. More of the Nutter clan. See what happens when they are off teh bike for more than 10min, they get all grumpy..... more of the Nutters - at 15min, thinking of the next ride about to start Cool, like only a MTB'er can be Happy dude: Always with a smile Still ignoring me for calling him Gramps earlier on. That concludes the last of the Pics. Comments are my own if you don't like them, please change them. If you didn't want your pic posted - oops, sorry. If you weren't in a pic, were you there? If you were, then ride with the group next time and stop showing off in front. A special thanks to MichH and her Hubby and parents and to all those who chipped in. A fantastic day. As MichH said earlier she will distribute the CD for favoures like getting her bike washed, some gear for her new frame and such. I work in JHB, so for those who are nearish, they can bring a blank CD for all the pics or a mem stick for just their own pic and those of the chicks......

How many roadie MTBers does it take to get milk out of a cooler? One? Nope Two!.... How long does it take them to get this right? VERY - notice how far the shadows have moved in the next shot...... Another shot of my new heros

Ok, now the last few pics as promissede earlier - meetings done for now. Slowpoke after getting "Bit" by her chainring. I think it is a jealousy thing since she has a distinct passion for the road thing.... or could be that she has no practice in lying her bike down, since a roadie would never dare do that......anyway, she complained in true roadie style This is my new hero after Landis got bust sniffing glue or whatever. He had breakfast cooked, warm and waiting as we arrived......what a man!!! The not so hungry riders arriving a little behind the starving riders Someone sucking up to MichH? I wonder if this acceptable practice with roadies, sneaking water out of someone else's CamelBak........or maybe he was putting something back into the CamelBak - best we don't go there.....

The last few coming out of the little single track section The homeward plod. These were taken while riding, trying to create an action shot of my own....it looks much easier in the movies. MichH's Dad, busy ignoring me - Ok, maybe I shouldn't have said "Hey Gramps, look here!" ......and the animals entered two by two An attempt at an over the shoulder, unsighted shot. Another attempt Have meeting now, will post final few after meetings......

A little steep hill with loose gravel - no chance of an action shot, seems more brains involved here....... The same steep rise, from the top. A Dirt Brains rider having a go at it. The traffic jam to get down again. Ok, so there was a little tree root in the way with the odd two tree trunks to squeeze between, all on soft loose sand.....but still, I needed an action shot here! (The nutters had gone through already) And yes there were shouts to "Ride It". I thought I would got my action shot, but alas, common sense prevailed - needless to say the dirt brains were joined by some normal riders.......probaly would have got shots of a medivac helicopter. (Those who don't know, this is normal for Logwood)

These pics were on the single track somewhere in NF. Dirt brains were way ahead again. A little more technical (Had to ride with both hands).

The next string of pics was a section which determines if one can make up their minds or not. Which way to go????? Most passed, which is an achievement for the guys since the can only use one side of their brain at a time - Ride ahhhhhh Decision ohhh ride again ahhhh Decision......... Yess, once again teh dirt brains were not in the pics, I couldn't cacth up with them. Everytime they were overtaken, they thought it was a challenge and disappeared......

"It was him, he passed wind on the uphill" A gathering of the clan at the top of each hill was the norm - the sound of beeping HRM's and rasping breaths broke the tranquil setting Northern Farms on these occasions. Downhill nutters in the next few shots. Those with dirt for brains even tried jumping the humps at crazy speeds The dirt brainers didn't get their shots taken, since they were already forming the gathering of the clans and comparing max speeds, which is the same as comparing the size of their d%$# (sorry ladies)

The rest of the Pictures from the Northern Farm Breakfast Ride I have a CD with Higher res pictures about 2-3M each.....

If for MTB - I ride a set of Ritchey Pro's fairly affordable. I weigh about 94kg and have hit some pretty nasty stuff. I also "try" and do jumps etc, and they are still very true. I am using the V-Brake rims which are not Disc compatible.

Thanks for the input.