The Legend of Greyballs — Day 2

Mountain bikes…pffffft. REAL men ride cruisers.

So, according to this picture, the clearance on the van with bikes is just a teensy bit under 11 feet. Guess I should try to write that down somewhere……

Today we rode two laps of Arawana. Here’s Dave getting warmed up…

Dom styles out a long skinny on his 3rd try.

One MASSIVE stepdown. No-one wanted to even try. That thing is a solid twenty vertical up in the air, and maybe twenty-five out. Way bigger than it looks in that crappy pic.

Railing the corners at the bottom.

Some sweet canyon bottom singletrack.

The infamous liquid lunch.

Sure it was a long run, but one is never enough. Even though everyone tried to weasel out of a second one, it’s the second run that makes the day.

Bob checks his sphincter on the sidehill.

The Birthday Boy in the canyon again.

Barracho on the same line.

End of the line. Pass me a beer willya?

Of course, one beer leads to another, and the next thing you know we are rock stars.

Like all good rock stars, after trashing the hotel we went out partying. Nite Moves never disappoints on the long weekend.

“Can you make him go away please?”

More Fun with Aussies

Richard stuck around for another day while Julie went to prepare for a test she needed to take to complete her Business Degree.

These are the first Aussies that have come by for a trip. Pretty funny when you think about it. It’s summer down unda’ right now.

Here’s the top of TNT.

A brighter day today. Actually it was very cold. All the wood was extrememly slick and covered by ice. Best to just try to keep it in the air.

We went for a rare run down Dale’s. That’s such a sweet trail, and nobody ever bothers. It’s got the best teeter on the Shore too.

Plus one of the steepest, gnarliest rock lines. Even if the pics don’t do it justice.

We did multiple runs on the Big Seymour today. Funny what you find out there. Haven’t seen this bridge before….

And the obligatory speed run down Pangor to finish the day.

Richard and Julie will be heading to Texas via Maine over the next few months. They plan on visiting Penticton and North Carolina among other places. If you want to hook them up in your ‘hood DROP ME A LINE.

Kobau Cruising

Or “How Tired I Felt After Hammering the Peat Bog All Day Yesterday.”

Funny how tired we all felt after spending a couple of days at…

Oh God. We have to do this again?

I noticed that the crew over at PureMTB.com were wondering what happened to all the carnage shots.

Well, here you go.

Actually, everybody pulled out a good one today. FunBobby pops some wood.

I did too, only bigger.

Round log, sketchy teeter totter, and FLEXING BICEPS.

Eric keeps it upright (I think it’s Eric).

Trask getting a little “Head” on the Head Drop.

Barb gets her share.

Eric reverting to form.

Back in the open again.

A bit of rain made a huge difference to the dust. The clay was unbelievably grippy. Gary couldn’t quite get over how hard you could corner in it.

Some trail hazards here are unlike anywhere else in Canada.

Another epic sunset at the pub at the end of the ride.

…And the traditional passed out in the smelly van shot.