A quick plan is hatched to slab it out to a section of powerlines out to the east of Melbourne for a bit of an explore.
5 mins in Enigma finds he cant change gears, we work out that a new case saver he put on is in the way so out comes the tyre lever for a bit of bending action
Air down for dirt, round 18psi, should have gone lower as I will soon find out the hard way
we get to the track that follows the powerlines
I was here in summer, it was 35°C and dry as a chip, its about 10° now
looks dry on the sunny side
that was easy, nice little single track
the southern side of the hill was a different story
for some strange reason my bike decided to have a nap half way down, been doing this a lot lately
I can describe this little bit like trying to ride over a VW covered in shit, from this point its no stop
Phew
There's a wheel in there somewhere, hard compound road legal tyre ...FAIL
These guys showed up and had a crack, the patrol made it ...just, we where waiting for the explosion, it hovered there for what felt like an eternity before it found a tiny sliver of grip and pulled out
The disco wasn't so lucky
great view, I wanted to get to the top of that hill, but our government put randomly space fences across sections, to protect us from having to much enjoyment
Went back the other way .....yep fenced
mmmm fence
yay an open bit
but not for long
So feeling a bit frustrated we hit the slab back home
Coldstream airport, you can come here and throw yourself out of a perfectly functional aircraft
not a bad little ride, but for some reason it left me a little frustrated with some restrictions that are placed on riders around here, apparently it is illegal to ride singletrack in the state Victoria and I have heard of areas getting closed off permanently ...but enough of my bitching.