The one with Carro's return, Ryan's return, Tony's mechanicals & Scott's first go at Ambergate!
It's a double blog entry this time, don't miss the Cut Gate story further down!!
It's a double blog entry this time, don't miss the Cut Gate story further down!!
Ride Date: 29/06/2014
Distance: 15 miles
Route: Shining Cliff> Black Rocks.
Weather: Temperature - 12°C, Wind - 7mph →, Humidity - 81%, Conditions - Sunny.
Riders : Jake, Deley, Tony, Ryan, Carro & Scott
Not a lot controversial in this one, but we were missing Matt, Howard & Basil due to birthdays & Dan went to the zoo!
We did only expect to complete Shining Cliff & Blackrocks today with it being Scott's first go, I was flagging a bit from Cut Gate, it was Ryan's first natural ride since October & Carro had to be back for just after dinner. With that in mind we set off on the now standard route that we set back in March, Shining Cliff was dry and running well and we made our way through it's twists & turns down to the fire road and climbed back up, even the last bit before the field crossing was almost all ride-able.
We continued onwards to Blackrocks, however once up the bit of track into the field, we found the farmer had strung some extra high barbedwire across the gate, so either he's got the hump with bikers using it as a shortcut, or he's got plans to keep giraffes, either way we'll probably have to start using the footpath in future.
Blackrocks, was again dry as a bone and trouble free except for Tony smashing off the plastic gear cable guide under his bottom bracket on a rock.
That just left the ride back along the canal, unfortunately it was quite busy & it seemed the good weather had bought out a high percentage of ignorant walkers, bless 'em.
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