Call to ride - Cappies MTB 16th

[Buff]

Yeah, cool ride. Got to meet another Hubber as well... Dick.

 

Ended up being Popeye, C50, Dick and myself plus non-hubbers Mark, Pea & Henning. Had a good couple of laughs at guys wiping out ... fortunately no damage to bones or bikes.

 

We'll do it again soon, maybe on an open weekend so we can meet a few more hubbers.

 

Minty, how did the rest of your solo attempt at 9-5 go?

Buff2007-06-18 07:39:01

[MintSauce]

Was cool to see you guys there.

 

It went ok. The lap I went out on after chatting to you guys i started losing air in the back wheel. Had to walk about a km back to the start/finish but off the course so couldn't count the lap. Put in more Stan's. Chowed some food, chatted to a hottie etc etc....

 

Next lap felt like i was still losing pressure so went in again and checked everything over. Rode a lap with Velouria since his partner in crime fell himself out the race after they were lying 3rd.

 

I ended up doing 8 laps and 61km. A good day's riding, but I pushed hard on my last lap. Realising how much energy I had left made me feel slightly disappointed because if I really focussed on the race as opposed to being as social as I was I'm pretty sure I would've managed 12 laps. Although I would've been completely stuffed then!

 

Keen to do Zevenwacht at some point. Schedule is a bit hectic at the moment, but we must organise sometime.

 

 

 

[Buff]

Kewl, nothing wrong with an honest 61km's on mtbing, well done anyway 

Yep, we'll definitely make a plan to ride Zevenwagt again soon.

[_C50_]

Mints,

 

Ask Buff how he managed to get his shoes wet.  ;-)

 

[Marius]

let me take a wild guess...he pee'd into the wind???

[_C50_]

it wasn't THAT windy    ;-) 

[Buff]

 What goes on Hubber rides stays on Hubber rides

Without photos you have no proof....

 

If those pools get any bigger we can turn the ride into a triathlon

[MintSauce]

Details Buff.....details! Come on.....we're all friends here! The worst that'll happen is we'll point and laugh!

 

 

 

 

[Buff]

Oh okay, it was nothing major... at the end of our ride we came across two rather large pools of water (like the size of a decent swimming pool). I was going too fast to stop for the first one so I bailed through it. Only just made it but got my feet slightly wet, it was deaper that expected.

 

So I figured the 2nd one would be much the same... WRONG!! When my shock disappeared up to the headset I realised I was in big  trouble. Had it bail in the middle of the mud pool and ended up thigh deep in muddy water with shoe suck. Not sure why but the others found it very entertaining .

It never helped it was piss cold and very misty so I ended up riding to Delvera with wet feet and knee warmers... nearly froze my tootsies off

The hot coffee & pancakes helped though

Buff2007-06-18 09:39:33