I am...Captain Crunch
...or Singletrack Slayer. This, according to the Mountain Bike Name Generator. Of course it is also dependent on the name you input! If i put in my preferred name, it gives me "undefined" hahaha!
Rode the Tingle again today, as atonement for a week of free-flowing booze. Weather was good, and the riding group I hooked up with was fun too. BUT. The ride started off on a really bad wheel...
Team All-Terra member Juboy was warming up with some big-ring sprints in the parking lot where we assembled. It was his first time there and apparently didn't know that the lot exits to a busy street. He zoomed past us once, turning left onto the street without incident, and I thought he wouldn't do it again. A few minutes later he did the same, and just his luck, there was an incoming car. Jubs took a spill and landed on the other side of the street, and we feared for the worst. Luckily he was unscathed, as the car clipped his rear wheel. The car's owner was livid. In all honesty, he had the right to be. Juboy shouldn't have been going that fast!
Jubs must have been a cat in a previous life/lives. Oh, the said name generator says he is: Rock Chomper
Go figure.
Rest of the ride was pretty good. As usual the first climbs were out-of-saddle efforts on the Tingle. Ground was a bit moist, so traction was pretty good. This 30km loop has pretty much everything. Things got even more interesting when it started to rain! Nothing like a good downpour to wash away all the mud and crud from you and your bike. On the final downhill/fire road ride, the group got separated, and I decided to take the singletrack route, called "Duck Trail", and it was a blast. A bit sketchy thanks to the trail now becoming a run off for water. I'd rather ride on two inches of flowing water than mud! Here's where I really got to appreciate the big fat tires and absence of gears and cables to get fouled up. Still, some mud and CRUNCHy sand did manage to get in my mouth - since I was having so much fun and grinning at the same time!
The group reassembled at the outpost prior to the rainy road ride back to the mall. A quick change into dry clothes, and then off to a well-deserved lunch. Salad, chocolate cake and a double espresso for me!
Sorry no photos this time, as it was really raining cats and dogs!
Rode the Tingle again today, as atonement for a week of free-flowing booze. Weather was good, and the riding group I hooked up with was fun too. BUT. The ride started off on a really bad wheel...
Team All-Terra member Juboy was warming up with some big-ring sprints in the parking lot where we assembled. It was his first time there and apparently didn't know that the lot exits to a busy street. He zoomed past us once, turning left onto the street without incident, and I thought he wouldn't do it again. A few minutes later he did the same, and just his luck, there was an incoming car. Jubs took a spill and landed on the other side of the street, and we feared for the worst. Luckily he was unscathed, as the car clipped his rear wheel. The car's owner was livid. In all honesty, he had the right to be. Juboy shouldn't have been going that fast!
Jubs must have been a cat in a previous life/lives. Oh, the said name generator says he is: Rock Chomper
Go figure.
Rest of the ride was pretty good. As usual the first climbs were out-of-saddle efforts on the Tingle. Ground was a bit moist, so traction was pretty good. This 30km loop has pretty much everything. Things got even more interesting when it started to rain! Nothing like a good downpour to wash away all the mud and crud from you and your bike. On the final downhill/fire road ride, the group got separated, and I decided to take the singletrack route, called "Duck Trail", and it was a blast. A bit sketchy thanks to the trail now becoming a run off for water. I'd rather ride on two inches of flowing water than mud! Here's where I really got to appreciate the big fat tires and absence of gears and cables to get fouled up. Still, some mud and CRUNCHy sand did manage to get in my mouth - since I was having so much fun and grinning at the same time!
The group reassembled at the outpost prior to the rainy road ride back to the mall. A quick change into dry clothes, and then off to a well-deserved lunch. Salad, chocolate cake and a double espresso for me!
Sorry no photos this time, as it was really raining cats and dogs!
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