Well, eat, bus, ferry anyway. Today I am ready...I slept. Yay sandman.
Delay at the ferry means we start 45 minutes late. Ahead: 63km.
Somewhat apprehensive: Bc mountain biking is tough. This is not fir
wimps. 3 days in and I am,well knackered.
Good job I have Zoe and Sherry!! Mmmm. mmmmmmaasaaaaaggge!!!
Sherry "did" me last night and on days 1 & 2. Strong yet supple hands
on my back and thighs.....aaaahhhhh. Bliss. I don't think I could
continue without them. Alsi, seeing as tou asked they' re pretty good
looking too!!! I digress
No Acdc today. Atleast I don't think so. I'm tired. At the start we
see a Sinhke speeder and admire/mock/sneer/are awed by his approach to
getting over these hills. Madness. Little did Kike know he would soon
join that club.
2 km in we com across Kike and NASCAR grocellinv in the dirt, Spanish
swearwords spewing forth. Jokes beast is dead. Lord knows how, but his
dérailleur bolt snapped. The bag of tricks we all carry had not what
he needs. Basically he is screwed. 61 km to go and no gears!!!
We ask I'd they need anything from us,.... We ride on being ignored
amid yet more rapid fire espagnol.
A food start to to th day.
It then starts to rain in the first traverse. Dopey annoys some riders
az we try to recover some lost ground. Somebody misjudges his braking
hits my rear tire and ends up in the bushes and rocks below.....bye bye.
We get som nice double track, a few sreep climbs some nice descents
and basically enjoying riding along minding my own business, when
suddenly...... CRAP ATTACK. I leap from my bike, throw of my pack
helmet glasses shirt and gloves, grab the Kleenex and......
..... Some time later, feeling somewhat betterr CRAP ATTACK #2. Oh
shit. Indeed..... Some time later.....riding along enjoying the
scenery. Aid station 1 shows up. Refuel. Water. Eat. Gotta stink gotta
eat.
So my plan if taking it easy really works. My heartratd us averaging
137. Unmoving right along. The trails are great. Some fast double
track. Nice easy flowy, not too technical single track. Nice. Apart
from the CA's of course.
Km 32 goes by....nice....when suddenly CRAP ATTACK #3........some time
later wd hit son SWEET SINglETRACK. Grest twisty turbing clinbimng
lots of traction. Fantastic.I'm not happy though and whilst my legs
and heart are there, my mind is wondering when CRAP ATTACK 4 is coming.
About then I look back from a turn, see a niner rip 9 but not Nascar,
who zips by me. Kike is there too.....singlespeeding!!!! Damn that guy
is fit. They cut down the chain and had at it. Better that than
spoonbg inthe woods waiting for the rain to stop!!
They go on. CRAP ATTACK 4. definately not enjoying that part but have
figured I can leave my helmet on to take my shirt off (bibshorts).......
.....aud station 2 is at km 45 or so. Est. Drink. Don't think about CA
5. pedal on.
By the way dopey wax great. He waited patiently whilst I did my bear
thing(s) once I caught up with him at the aid station 2.
Anyway. A climb. A fast descent. Fire road. Oooooohhhh I love My
niner. Blasteroid time. Rocks fly. Dust rises. Dopey and missile
hurtle. Past people. Yeah. Rock n roll. Awwwwsome. Dude.
Now the hard part starts. It's steep. It's km 50. Were tired. But my o
my those Canucks can build trails. INCREDIBLE swooping and diving and
climbing trail. Oodles of traction. if you had the legs. Which I
nearly did.
The effort was worth it. Fast flowy descent. Really fast.
Fingerbreaking fast. Trees everywhere. (we're in a forest!! Duhh!) o
my. I can smell dopeys grin it's so big. Ossum descent. Jumps,
Bernard, roots, (the good kind for once. )
We finish and I realise I just lost 15 minutes to pure unadulterated
bliss. I was in the zone in the downhill. I ate enough, I drank
enough. My fingers held on enough. I RIPped. Not sure how I got siwn
but that trip down into sechelt is stored in the library of mythical
rides. You know you did it,but somehow time stops/disappears/vanishes.
Only when you stop do you realise it. AWESOME.
Despite the problems,yet again, a great day.
And I also realise.... CA 5 never came!!!
We do rip 4:30
70s Crop 4:20
Can't remember the position but I think ed list some..
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Got to luv it, cheers
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