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red hill sampler
Red Hill Reserve car park, off Lady Penryhn Drive, Beacon Hill. Another option is to ride over here from Oxford Falls.
A tour of the hill for anyone that's up for it.
Its not a Downhill ride, nor is it an XC ride.. lets just call it a technical ride
Planning about a 15K ride, no real need for armor, i don't wear it (famous last words?) but of course your more than welcome to wear it as there will be plenty of opportunities to go crazy ( if your into that kinda thang ).. you just gotta be prepared to wear it for some uphill as well.
WARNING, this is no easy Saturday morning Lycra clad trail ride down to the cafe to eat some cheese with your soy latte.. you can really break your body here, be sure to have your personal details on a tag in your left shoe and remember to say goodbye to loved ones before you head off for the morning, couldn't hurt to have a current life insurance policy and an updated Will.
Although the hill is classed as "super your sure to kill yourself super technical", B-lines are abundant and you can walk what you cant ride (I generally walk a lot of them).
If it rains rains rains (yes three of them) much more between now and Saturday.. the ride will be canceled?moved to Sunday if possible.
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how does compeating on a very wet track in an organised event fit into the context of not riding wet trails?
I knew someone would bring that up (riding Sydney 24 in the rain).
As Del Rio is a private track that is only open for special events it doesn't really fall into the usual trail advocacy realm. This is a shame (because you cannot ride it at other times) and also a blessing (that we don't have to grovel to landowners to build there).
That said, I agree it sets a very bad example, but you have to realise that this track will now go unused for quiet some time and hopefully have a lot of work put in to bring it back up to standard.
This is a very different situation to the local trails here that have no official maintenance going on and are used constantly by the public. Given that level of use and lack of care, one has to be careful not to damage them as there will be no period of recuperation or private trail fairy work going on when that happens.
I wont be able to make it this weekend. Heading down to Thredbo tomorrow for the Nationals.
I may be able to make this... but don't wait for me.
red hill just took a massive downpour..
not a chance I'm leading this ride tomorrow (scared that I might get beaten up by an angry guy walking a dog who's even more angry since they banned the dam..) or some uber empowered local elected council official citing some irrelevant bureaucratic rhetoric will slap a "evil bike rider must be banned for the greater good of the community" sticker on my forehead...
I'll post it again in the next week or so..
i was pretty keen to get a bit of a run around the Hill. Looking forward to your next post
Perhaps those so passionate about riding in the rain might consider directing some of that energy towards the policy makers and the liabilities associated with falling of your bike and open up the national parks to responsible single track building.