Saturday I joined some of the senior members of the fatties for an introduction to racing ride. Unlike the last one everyone turned up, and we did a couple of laps of Han’s Loop, with some small log jumping in between. I didn’t actually get on the bike last week so I was suffering. Joel Read was strolling and chatting on the second lap with a young guy with a motocross background. Fantastic bike skills, made me feel like the nearly 50 year old newbie that I am. Rode back with some of the faster riders to Ivanhoe, with them waiting up for me after each bit of single track. A lot of mud, slipping and sliding all over the place slowly learning how to just let the bike go and stay upright. At least it has given me a kick up the bum to get in some hours on the bike again. Been bloody slack lately.
So who are you? I was the one on the Blue Yeti…
You mean Ben’s ex-Yeti? I was on the orange Jamis (well, still am).