Well the Sunday roadie ride started out exactly the same as the Saturday morning ride - a flattie within 1k of leaving the start. Snapper thought he was at the Nitro Circus try outs and was jumping all over the road to avoid the hole.... or maybe he was just being mindful of his nice new steed and didn't want any first week bingles??
Croz was in charge of the flat tyre change - no instructions needed today Caro! Might I say though that I think the instructions are a mighty good idea for newbie riders (and those that don't ride with their own mechanics) however, you may want to leave out the "squeal like a girl" part when you use the gas cylinder - that was a little embarrassing Croz!!
Unfortunately for us, there was no coffee shop to pull up at in Goondoon Street at 5:30am so we had to change the flat and ride on. I can honestly tell you that I was looking around pretty darn hard for that coffee shop too.
Everyone in M1 land was in for a bit of a easier morning this morning after yesterday's little hit out. On the roadie ride there were a couple of new-old riders (Croz and Drop Bear) and a new-new rider (Charmaine) to complete the morning.
It was a leisurely roll around the circuit but somehow a few didn't make it to the brew shop??? Super short cuts perhaps???
Steve received his initiation into the Dirty Rat clan with an over-the-handle-bar-dismount down Hayden's Hill on the 5am MTB ride. Ahh, the State Forest is such a great place for Dirty Rat initiations to take place.... makes me recall my own initiation when Pengu made the remark "one more little hill Kate" - I don't know what kind of "hills" they have in Antarctica, but in the State Forest there is no such thing as a little uphill or downhill!! Initiation complete.
