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Member#: 881 Location: south Coast Registered: 24-07-2004 Diary Entries: 17
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9th March 2011
Mt. Biking: Angler's Retreat - Artists Valley Wind Direction: N/A Wind Stength: Strong Surf / Sea State: N/A Air Temperature: 5ÂșC Sea Temperature: N/A Weather: 'orrible! Max Speed: 21.1 mph (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 7.25 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
A night ride with John and Pete and then later joined by Dave. Our parking
place was it's usual miserable self with the wind howling and even some
snow-like flurries now and then, but we set off and soon warmed up.
The descent into Artists Valley was nice, but at the bottom one of my
jockey wheels exploded with bearing all over the place. I managed to do a
few trailside repairs to get it going again without the bearings and then
started the long climb back to the top.
I'm not sure if it was my legs, the fact that I had new tyres on (that were
a little draggy) or everyone else was faster than usual, but I was
struggling to stay ahead on the climb and John and Pete pushed me all the
way.
At the top I did the little MX descent to the mines then headed off leaving
the others as I didn't want to tempt fate and cause anymore damage with my
broken jockey wheel. I was feeling pretty tired anyway!
the climb back up to the cars was a nightmare though with the howling wind
in my face.
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