All welcome on 9th Aug - MTB & breakfast

[amateur]

a day ticket is R12, you can get these from SA Horse trails, they are on the way to the farm on the left before you get to Heron College, form Randburg's side.

If we all use one or two season tickets then we'll all have to meet outside the gates as they won't let u in otherwise, what happens if we have guys who are late, then they can't get in?

And all please remember that on a day like Wed there will be marshal's on the farm, so for all the beginners comming with they have to have helmets!!!!!

 

[dirtrider]

Good point Amateur . We saw a few riders without helmet last time .

[slowpoke]

amateur - spoken like a real "contact" to one of said marshalls! smileys/smiley2.gif

[MichH]

Good point. I know I don't feel comfortable riding with people who are "lideless"!

I'll bring my spare...

[NotSoBigBen]

Hey SlowPoke, so can Byron and I get in on one of your 'tickets'? We will be there early no problem! I will then re-imburse you there and then!

[ewep]

I'll need to get some tickets as well!!!!  smileys/smiley7.gifsmileys/smiley7.gif

[IanJ]

Both Slowpoke and I will have spare so we can meet at the gate.

ewep if you don't get in we will leve some beers at the gate for you. smileys/smiley2.gif

 

[amateur]

SP - offcoarse Ettiene will skin us alive if he sees us riding with people with no helmuts. smileys/smiley2.gif I've run into him a couple of times!

And the problem is that we can't just ride away from him, because he is much bigger and faster than us. smileys/smiley18.gif

 

[NotSoBigBen]

Just thought I would let you know that I fell as the Afrikaans would say 'n helse skoot at Northern Farm yesterday at the interclub race. Those who know will understand - it was that sharp 'little' up with the root just before the drop off into the tunnel.

A strange looking cyclist was just ahead of me (from the fun class I assume!) with a full track suite, running shoes, beanie pulled right over the ears, lock around the seatpost, helmet that looks the same either way round. As he went up he very professional looking hopped the front wheel over the root, I coming along at 30 and God knows how fast, thought great he's going over but to my shock and horror as the back wheel reached the root he braked hard and got off. I now unable to stop and in my attempt to not injure the poor soul ride straight into the highest part of the root and stop dead. Straight over the bars, left thigh just above the knee straight into the bars (bending the SRAM X9 shift lever up and my right knee straight into the root blood pouring as usual!), bike slams left into the ground (somehow moving the rear disc brake caliper).

He says 'are you aaaallllriiiiiiiight' as he thunders down the hill to the tunnel, not sure what he was going to do if I said no! I get the bike and myself untangled and get over the top, rear wheel partially locked, stumble through the tunnel and then have to get tools out to move the caliper around till it loosens up! later find on the long lekka downhill that I can't shift to the big blade cause the levers too bent! By now my left thigh and right knee are aching like hell but hey believe it or not I still had a blast.

It's still flippin sore today, if I sit down with it bent and then stand up it hurts like hell. But no this aint no copping out of Wednesdays ride, I'll bring out the trusty Fuji hardtail for some fun. I have managed to bend the SRAM lever back to where it was, needs to be tested and I'll have to get my engineering mate to 'press' my rear rotor straight again so that the 'red rocket' can be back up to speed.

[slowpoke]

amateur, it would be plain idiocy to even think of trying to ride away from him! and yep, he'd seriously kick our butts and inflict gruesome bodily harm to us if we were even to think of riding with lidless riders so the standard rule of no helmet no ride applies.

BB and ewep - i'll wait for you guys at the gate (ok, i'll park my car inside and ride back to the gate to wait for you guys ) with the greatest of pleasure

ouch BB, that sounds eina!

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[NotSoBigBen]

Thanks SP!

Will a Supe M chocolate milk make up for the ride back to the gate?

[ewep]

Will appreciate SP.  Will then make monitory refunds immediately

 

 

[slowpoke]

BB, one of those in the cooler box for post-ride will be fabulous! smileys/smiley2.gif

ok, so that's now 4x extra's off my cards accounted for! hehehehe - i'm gonna look like a serious regular when i keep going and buying tickets at the bunkhouse.... they're gonna think i'm moving in smileys/smiley36.gif

[NotSoBigBen]

SP - consider it done!

[NotSoBigBen]

BTW - anyone interested in entry cards for LogWood? Byron won them at the TT some months ago (remember when he broke the collarbone?). 2 of them available with I think 10 entries each, free to a good home!

Logwood isn't really in our area so we won't be going there soon, seems a waste them lying in my car!

[MichH]

BigBen, I will help you with some of them! But please let me at least reimburse you a little?

If I get them, I promise to share the love and introduce many a cyclist to the pitfalls that are Logwood!

Oh yes, and world peace!

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