Aye, it was a really good day out. Fair bit of stop/start since it was very much a mixed group, including a roadie who'd never really ridden off-road before. They all did very well though, no major offs and some of the stuff they rode was harder than black.
We climbed all the way up to the radio mast, and took a new descent down. I'd say it was blue at the top, tight, twisty in the trees, no berms, not too rocky. This brought you down to the start of Ho Chi Minh, which is basically above the bench where you stop for a breather before of the last climb for Spooky. Ho-Chi Minh is a bastard, rooty muddy and rocky, hard work without suspension as has already been discussed. Then we hit a couple of short link up sections that take you down to Zoom or Bust. Then we went down that, nipped round most of the green and then more off-piste stuff back down Janet's Brae, some of it quite steep, but really rather good. I walked the final 10 feet since it was steep and rooty, but of course you get to the bottom and it doesn't look all that bad. We basically ended up at last year's finish line for Enduro World Series, so I almost felt suitably gnar!
Then it was back to DaveDH's house for a cuppa and cake, then Velo and myself headed back up for a final buzz down Berm Baby Berm and the blue. Braw day out, and weather was not bad either.
We climbed all the way up to the radio mast, and took a new descent down. I'd say it was blue at the top, tight, twisty in the trees, no berms, not too rocky. This brought you down to the start of Ho Chi Minh, which is basically above the bench where you stop for a breather before of the last climb for Spooky. Ho-Chi Minh is a bastard, rooty muddy and rocky, hard work without suspension as has already been discussed. Then we hit a couple of short link up sections that take you down to Zoom or Bust. Then we went down that, nipped round most of the green and then more off-piste stuff back down Janet's Brae, some of it quite steep, but really rather good. I walked the final 10 feet since it was steep and rooty, but of course you get to the bottom and it doesn't look all that bad. We basically ended up at last year's finish line for Enduro World Series, so I almost felt suitably gnar!
Then it was back to DaveDH's house for a cuppa and cake, then Velo and myself headed back up for a final buzz down Berm Baby Berm and the blue. Braw day out, and weather was not bad either.
