Holy's Mine Dump Ride 26 October

[Tumbleweed]

He most definitely won't win the stuffed sausage look compitition' date=' but neither will Holy or Thug. I could compete though

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ah, you say the nicest things!

 

thug, you doing the telkom ride?

Nope, try not to do too many races otherwise my seeding just keeps improving.

Will be riding one of IanJ's special long distance, hill climbing, lactic acid inducing rides.

 

he seems like such a sweet man when you first meet him, but you know there's evil lurking?

[Thug]

 

 

Nope' date=' try not to do too many races otherwise my seeding just keeps improving.

 

Will be riding one of IanJ's special long distance, hill climbing, lactic acid inducing rides.

 

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he seems like such a sweet man when you first meet him, but you know there's evil lurking?

 

And he doesn't even apologise for it .......

 

 

[Tumbleweed]

am outta here. see you guys on sunday!

[markStockton]

 

am outta here. see you guys on sunday!

 

me to, see you all Sunday.

 

[Pocketbikes]

 

He most definitely won't win the stuffed sausage look compitition' date=' but neither will Holy or Thug. I could compete though

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ah, you say the nicest things!

 

thug, you doing the telkom ride?

 

Nope, try not to do too many races otherwise my seeding just keeps improving.

 

Will be riding one of IanJ's special long distance, hill climbing, lactic acid inducing rides.

 

 

he seems like such a sweet man when you first meet him, but you know there's evil lurking?

 

any person that does 2 laps of suikerbos soutbos, must be evil

 

See you guys Sunday. A friend might be joining as well.

 

[Tumbleweed]

looks like this one's gonna get of to a chilly start. rain looks like it's holding off! see ya guys later!

[Thug]

Cool, wondered about the weather but driving through anyway.

[MsBehavn]

See you there!

[Serendipity]

Post some pics when you get back.

[MsBehavn]

Thug has got all the pics.  I'm sure he'll put them up later.

 

It was my first proper mtb ride and I had a few spectacular wipeouts (with lots of bruises to prove it!).  Thanks to the rain last night there was enough mud to build my own mine dump when we finally made it back to the cars!

 

We lost Hog when his rear derailleur broke and the chain modification we made left him with a chain that was too short and no gears.  He got a lift with two guys who drove past and still hadn't made it back to the cars when I left!! 

 

Thanks to everyone who was there - it was fantastic to meet you all and I had a great time.

[Hog_]

It was a fun ride until, like MsB said, my d?railleur decided to implode. I caught a lift with 2 guys in a Pajero to a place called 'The Rock' - a nice little MX track. There's not too much shade there, so found a spot where I could see the MX action but also keep an eye on the entrance to see if PB pulls in. Only problem was that I was looking for the Vito, and PB was there with the Polo. So I missed them. I did get a lift with some MXers a while later, so it's not too bad. I quite enjoyed watching the MX.

 

Thanks everyone for the fun ride, and thanks PB and mtbking (I think) for manning the search party.

 

 

[Pocketbikes]

 

We felt a bit k*k, as we looked at The Rock and then came back to the car and you weren't there either!

 

I had a great time, but had an automatic gearbox for the last 3 or 4 k's. The bike kept changing gears, and at the worst times as well.

 

Pocketbikes2008-10-26 07:17:08

[Tumbleweed]

It was a fun ride until' date=' like MsB said, my d?railleur decided to implode. I caught a lift with 2 guys in a Pajero to a place called 'The Rock' - a nice little MX track. There's not too much shade there, so found a spot where I could see the MX action but also keep an eye on the entrance to see if PB pulls in. Only problem was that I was looking for the Vito, and PB was there with the Polo. So I missed them. I did get a lift with some MXers a while later, so it's not too bad. I quite enjoyed watching the MX.Thanks everyone for the fun ride, and thanks PB and mtbking (I think) for manning the search party.

 

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that was the second or third search party. i went back on the return leg to find the splinter group after i found amateur, but missed you guys somehow. eventually piernas phoned, and got hold of me, so we went back again. by that time, you were already gone. sorry, dude.

 

 

 

zoo, you looked mighty peeved when you left. what's up?

 

 

 

otherwise, it was a good one! mark, glad to make your acquaintance, as i am to my namesake on the santa cruz shaunh, mark gave your apologies. hope you're rested, mate as thuggie pointed out, it is awesome singlespeed territory. the alice b toeclips bike loved it although she did seem to amplify my lack of bike-handling skills holy roller2008-10-26 07:57:28

[Tumbleweed]

ok, so finally got the dirt, grime, slime, sludge and mud off me and the bike.

 

 

 

had a cool time today. there were some huge puddles, but it was the muddy dirt road after about 5 kays that caused problems. i couldn't keep my bike up cos i was hanging onto brake hoops. riding in the drops is only good for short stints of singletrack and drop offs to get to the brakes, but my wrist got sore when i rode like that. some of the bumpy stuff was sketchy.

 

 

 

highlight of the day, i thought, was the dune we trekked (read: pushed) up. i thought getting down was fun, but a little scary in the soft stuff. msbehavn entertained us with a faceplant, and somehow blamed me! pocketbikes entertained us with an (interntional) endo which went way too far!

 

 

 

the loop out to murray park was nice, and we bumped over the stones of the old railroad. we lost zoo and tnt1 at this time, and were going to start speculating about why they disaapeared together but thought better of it when we saw zoo at the cars later

 

 

 

the loop back took us through a "tyre river crossing" (the pics will tell that story). stole thuggie's peace for a tiny little spin. awesome bike and grips

 

 

 

we lost piernas, sign girl, clive and hog at this point. i found amateur early into my search mission, but somehow didn't find you guys. the rest were waiting patiently about 3kays up the road. we thought that maybe you'd taking the road to catch us - sign girl's ridden out there before, i thought. we rode a little further. crossed another tar road and stopped, that's when piernas phoned. (on this note, i reckon we should all carry phones if we do this ride again). four of us came back and found you and i paced everyone back (actually i got bust sucking thug's wheel, and them mtbking81 took advantage by holding onto my camelbak

 

 

 

pb made many calls to hog in the last coupla kays, but no go. i tried to phone nino's cos we were gonna be late for our booking.no go again!

 

 

 

so sorry to those who didn't enjoy it. was gonna say sorry for the wet stuff, the gloopy stuff, the smelly stuff, but i won't think it made the ride

[Hog_]

Well I had a look at the damage and it's not too bad. The derailleur may still work, although it needs new cage plates. Will also need a new dropout and a new chain - mine was fairly close to gone anyway. Guess the honeymoon with the 'Goose is now officially over. Not too bad, seeing as I've had her for

over a year and a half, and I've put her through hell all the way! 

 

On the cellphone topic - I'll be buying a new battery and a sim card for my old phone. I decided not to take my phone today because I forgot to take a zip-lock bag. I would've felt a lot worse having my (rather expensive) phone destroyed due to water damage, than be stuck at the MX track for an hour.

 

Overall, still a cool ride. The mud made it very challenging today, and we also had fun with the routes - and watching HR trying to turn his bike into a boat! Dude, you don't know what's in the water!

 

[Thug]

Great ride today mud and all, thanks.

 

Definitely calls for a return visit.