Town bike ride tonight following a shitty wet weekend. I'd hoped to get a good ride in Saturday morning, but nope, woke up to solid rain which lasted til this morning. Nelson came round after work and we jumped on our townbikes, me on the Troll, him on his skinny. We headed down river from Swanns Rd bridge on the Avonside side, staying on that side all the way to the end of the trail. Along Kerrs Reach we rode on a newly built track which ran out half way down, and the dirt on the sides was soggy as hell. Nelson managed to ride down it, sinking almost to his hub, but stupidly I walked down the bank, winning for a start til my both feet sank into slurry. ugh. Cleaned our tires off in a puddle, and further downstream I washed my feet off too. Crossed Anzac Drive at the bridge and onwards downstream, bumpy rough packed shingle stopbank trails. Past Andrew's old place and right to the end of the line.
Then we headed through and checked out the old bmx track, now munted, then into the wind along Dyers Rd, taking turns to slipstream, to Brookhaven, through Charlesworth, and over onto the Ferrymead Tow Path round the back. Brief break near Ground Effect for a snack, then up Bridle Path Rd, and up Morgan's Valley Rd, right to the top. Hard graft up the last steep seal, but 80 kph on the return back down. Wheeeee. Light was starting to get low at this stage so we headed on up Bridle Path and then Port Hills Rd through to Opawa Rd, a lap around Steve's block just for a laff, and then straight shot up Opawa, Shakespeare, Wilsons, Nursery, Stanmore (into supermarket) and home.
All up, 34.5 kms, apparently 251m climbed which was slowly accumulated around the traps with the 100m boost of Morgans Valley.
Then we headed through and checked out the old bmx track, now munted, then into the wind along Dyers Rd, taking turns to slipstream, to Brookhaven, through Charlesworth, and over onto the Ferrymead Tow Path round the back. Brief break near Ground Effect for a snack, then up Bridle Path Rd, and up Morgan's Valley Rd, right to the top. Hard graft up the last steep seal, but 80 kph on the return back down. Wheeeee. Light was starting to get low at this stage so we headed on up Bridle Path and then Port Hills Rd through to Opawa Rd, a lap around Steve's block just for a laff, and then straight shot up Opawa, Shakespeare, Wilsons, Nursery, Stanmore (into supermarket) and home.
All up, 34.5 kms, apparently 251m climbed which was slowly accumulated around the traps with the 100m boost of Morgans Valley.
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