Wednesday Night Ride

**Peeteey** · 10th January 2011, 02:15

Originally Posted by Spuds1234

I nearly went on this ride. From what I hear Im definitely glad I didnt.

Seen to many accidents in my time.

I think he was all good, finished the ride and all. From what I could see he just had a bend handlebar and that was all.

There was a certain guy there who looked alarmingly like you ...

Here's the map of wot we done.

Hey TA, was it Harmon's track you went down? You would have hung a right just once the Summit road hits the main road?
It's a public road? No gates etc? Might have to investigate

**Gareth123** · 10th January 2011, 03:04

Originally Posted by Peeteey

I think he was all good, finished the ride and all. From what I could see he just had a bend handlebar and that was all.

There was a certain guy there who looked alarmingly like you ...

Who was that?

**Peeteey** · 10th January 2011, 03:06

Originally Posted by Gareth123

Who was that?

Jesus mate, what are you doing up so late?

**Gareth123** · 10th January 2011, 03:09

Originally Posted by Peeteey

Jesus mate, what are you doing up so late?

Normally start work at 5am. Hard to sleep through past 4am when my alarm usually goes off.

**Peeteey** · 10th January 2011, 03:30

Originally Posted by Gareth123

Normally start work at 5am. Hard to sleep through past 4am when my alarm usually goes off.

Bloody hell, 5am is bed time! I think if my employer tried to get me into work at 5am I'd quit, unless it had something to do with warming up Swedish bikini models

Ah, that takes me back ...

**Gareth123** · 10th January 2011, 03:35

Originally Posted by Peeteey

Bloody hell, 5am is bed time! I think if my employer tried to get me into work at 5am I'd quit, unless it had something to do with warming up Swedish bikini models

Ah, that takes me back ...

Well as a baker, I do get to play with some hot buns!

**Transalper** · 10th January 2011, 08:04

Originally Posted by Peeteey

I think he was all good, finished the ride and all. From what I could see he just had a bend handlebar and that was all...........

I never saw any accidents, everything looked fine when I caught up on the Port Levy-Pigeon Bay Rd after a late start. I have stiffer bars on the DR to make them harder to bend.

Originally Posted by Peeteey

Hey TA, was it Harmon's track you went down? You would have hung a right just once the Summit road hits the main road?
It's a public road? No gates etc? Might have to investigate

Harmons Track sounds right. No gates, just watch out for horse riders near the bottom and around the few houses on the flat.

**Peeteey** · 10th January 2011, 15:38

Originally Posted by Gareth123

Well as a baker, I do get to play with some hot buns!

Yum, hot buns! just what I feel like right now. Just crawled out of bed and need food, love buns!

(Tee hee "love buns")

**SpeedMonger** · 10th January 2011, 15:38

Originally Posted by Gareth123

Well as a baker, I do get to play with some hot buns!

Not your own I hope, I always wondered about you bakers

**Peeteey** · 10th January 2011, 15:45

Originally Posted by Transalper

I never saw any accidents, everything looked fine when I caught up on the Port Levy-Pigeon Bay Rd after a late start. I have stiffer bars on the DR to make them harder to bend.

Must have been on the port hills I guess before I met up with them.

Originally Posted by Transalper

Harmons Track sounds right. No gates, just watch out for horse riders near the bottom and around the few houses on the flat.

Cool, now that the DR is feeling more how I like it after adjusting the suspension, I am keen to go find tracks like that. Might scour the hills on Google Maps and see what shows up ...

Oh, figured that the Dusty Butt, being about 500k per day, would be what we rode, repeated five times, then doing the same thing again the next day!

Bloody hell!

**Mully Clown** · 10th January 2011, 17:17

Originally Posted by Peeteey

Oh, figured that the Dusty Butt, being about 500k per day, would be what we rode, repeated five times, then doing the same thing again the next day!

Bloody hell!

Hell of a lot more than 14% gravel though. Surely someone is keen to do that on road bikes?

**dumpclutch29** · 10th January 2011, 17:26

seeing as i had to work

on Monday and missed whatever you guys were doing is there anything planned this week. Wednesday looks pretty terrible

**Transalper** · 10th January 2011, 17:28

Originally Posted by Mully Clown

Hell of a lot more than 14% gravel though. Surely someone is keen to do that on road bikes?

yea, normally closer to 50%+ unsealed stuff including dirt, gravel, rocks, 4x4 ruts and bogs, fords and other interesting and sometimes challenging terrain.

Few pics from the last route scouting mission early December over here.

**gloplg** · 10th January 2011, 19:08

WNR.........Was thinking about TaiTap pub, via Evans, around the bays to Diamond Harbour, Gebbies. A few may want to go Dyers Pass, Summit Rd, Evans Pass.

The ones going Evans Pass would leave at the usual time. The few going via the Summit Rd could leave at 6.20pm.

Next weeks "Gravel 101" on Sunday is Western Valley Rd. TA and HOT Lady are welcome to show us how to handle the gravel. Meet at BK 1.00pm, depart around 1.30pm

**dumpclutch29** · 10th January 2011, 19:41

Originally Posted by gloplg

WNR.........Was thinking about TaiTap pub, via Evans, around the bays to Diamond Harbour, Gebbies. A few may want to go Dyers Pass, Summit Rd, Evans Pass.

The ones going Evans Pass would leave at the usual time. The few going via the Summit Rd could leave at 6.20pm.

Next weeks "Gravel 101" on Sunday is Western Valley Rd. TA and HOT Lady are welcome to show us how to handle the gravel. Meet at BK 1.00pm, depart around 1.30pm

sounds good. but its ment to bucket down with rain do you guys still go on those days?