Welll for the first evening ride of the summer that was cracker. Biggish crowd out, with a good flowing pace and no real delays or mechanicals. The bombhole was dry and dusty, and the singletrack out towards the Hole in the Wall from the start of Rocky Rooty was as good as it gets in the height of summer. Claggy John’s wasn’t even claggy ! All the usuals, Voodoo, v-notch climb were all riding a treat and once we got up the park and into Narnia, again it was dry and dusty. Me and Tim were remarking that exactly 3 weeks ago we rode, well actually pushed, up that trail, pushing ‘cos of the snow.
…and that very satisfying feeling driving home and the rain starts -)
…roll on more summer rides
You forgot to mention that there was also a post-ride trip to The Burnbrae, purely to celebrate the official start of summer, of course!
Hell of a change from the last two weeks, the bike was even reasonably clean at the end of it all. And riding with no lights for the first half (for those of us that don’t apparently suffer with night blindness ;~) ) was great.
Damnation,I missed the first beer and banter session of the year. I’ll have to make up for it on Sat night at Barry s birthday do. Who else is going?
Have ridden this route rather a lot recently but as is always the case, the good weather results in trails that ride completely differently. Great local ride and some good chat in the Burnbrae after.
Despite the dust, I still managed to find some mud as I rode the singletrack on Dumgoyne last night. It’s funny how a solo night ride tends to encourage you to go that bit faster than normal! Ha! Ha!
Looks like normal service has resumed with the weather though.