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Terrey Hills Night Ride
When:
Wednesday, 18 April, 2007 - 19:30
Duration:
1 hours
Come Rain or Shine:
I'll be there, no matter what the weather.
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Terrey Hills / Duffys Forest Details:
Hello!
I would like to do a night ride of course BUT was wondering...what about doing the Letterbox - Sandy Trail you call it - it goes down Cooyong Road and comes out in Duffys Forest where we can join up and home along the Perimeter?
However I am also happy to do any other course, as long as it's on the Wednesday night
You all know what to bring!
MEEE 
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I think I might actually be able to make this, assuming of course I get the beast back from Northside in time, chalk up another victim to the Easter Social Ride.
Ooooh... yes, Sandy Trail -> Booralie -> Cullamine -> Perimeter.
In the dark? Yes indeed. Just remember, there are hills this way
P.S. We only call it Sandy Trail, 'cos that the name on the dept. of lands topo maps. It was rocky at first, but now it is sandy again
Rob from the ride on sat the sandy trail is not in bad shape....the rain had compacted it. Nice downhill with some tight corners, should be a hoot in the dark.
I might try to get there for this one.
Cheers
Sam
then it will turn into a 'roid boy experience you, Rob, Gazza good lord!
- if you come will you go slooooooooow?!!!!
now i am in a panic
MEEEE
I hope
Hey Stuart, wouldn’t that then make you the hemorrhoid boy?
anon
Sounds like fun.
Cya
Evan
I'll come. I'm not very good. I'm a beginner with all the gear and no idea. Hope that's ok.
Olaf
your name shows up on the submitted by line. Now listen here santa clause at your age I would have thought you would know that type of roid doesn't follow up the rear, they come out the rear:-)
Aside from that I'd always much rather follow Blondie rather than some of the other choices putting their hand up for Wednesday night.
Thats not a very nice photo, I think the bulge at the front was sweat pouring off my six pack.
See Ya Wednesday with my unicycle.
Greg
I have a very simple philosophy, why have a six pack when you can have a keg?
I will be bringing my roids for your delectation if you can catch me...
See you tomorrow,
Matt.
Haven't ridden since Good Friday, not that I had any chance of catching you before then anyway. Besides I think Christine and I will just let you guys go and clear the trail of spiders for us.
Stuart
can we please make it a 7.30 start? Julie and I have a meeting/conference thing in the City and it doesn't finish until 5 - then we are supposed to 'network'...of course, I have my priorities right and have no intention of missing the ride!!!
MEEE
ps if we are doing the letterbox and perimeter i am concerned about where our beer brake with be...
Just a thought
Something has come up at work and will not be leaving in time to get there for the ride.
I'm a bit bummed as i was looking forward to my first night ride in some while.
see you next time i guess.
Sam
Well what an interesting tonight this one turned out to be!
Christine started out by leading us on a quest to find to steepest mother f.....r hill she could find and even had it cement rendered for us.
Next Gary turned his front wheel into a pretzel; luckily we had bike surgeon Matt (9-lives) with us and was able to turn the rim back into a twistie good enough for Gary to ride back via the nearest road.
Then as Gary and Christine (AKA George and Mildred) came via the same Ute, they had a tiff over not leaving Gary on his own to wait by the car Bla Bla, so they both left the ride.
We got back onto the perimeter trail where Stuart and Evan piked it due to both having experienced tinny whinny low battery beam issues, boo hoo too!
It wasn't until we (six left) started out on the long trail off shoot (name escapes me) that we realised that Olaf's light was as bright as the laser beam on a computer mouse but we persevered with me shinning the way when Peter got a puncture, by the time we got that fixed the other lads had returned from the out and back so we joined them for the leg home.
All was going well with about 1.5 km left of the trail when Olaf, who was riding a bike length behind me, dropped like a bag of s..t. I thought what the hell did he hit as I had been shining my light in his path and saw nothing as the trail was compacted sand. A split second later a Black Wallaby appeared from under Olaf and I think his bike. The stupid Wallaby had run full speed into Olafs front wheel (see photos) Once we realised Olaf was ok and we stopped pissing ourself laughing we headed back to the cars where Olaf must have realised it was going to be a memorable first ride with NoBMob as he produced a six pack of his favourite German Beer to celebrate which as good Aussies do we obliged.
I cant what till next weeks ride.
Greg
PS: I have reported Olaf to NP&W for endangering an Australian native animal, Tick Tisk!
Wow! Sounds like an eventful ride!
I hope the wallaby was ok! And Olaf too of course!
Where can I see the pics?
There's not that much to see, but:
Fur in the wheel:
Bent spoke:
'Roo scratches:
We were thinking, how normally there are wabbits all over the place down there. None last night, perhaps the killer 'roos got them all
I was thinking about Gazza's off. There was a tree root sticking out the right side of the narrow rut we were riding down. I caught my foot on it. Perhaps he hit it too, but harder, causing wobble & the front wheel to turn? A sideways wheel in that rut could easily jam, throw you OTB and taco it.
Either that, or he hit a ghost!
P.S. Mind you Gaz, lucky you didn't come further, should have seen the spiders on Cowan Trail!
had a very nice squabble free ride home - we waited for you guys - along with Stuart and Evan until nearly 10pm when we decided something must have happened to hold you up...
What happened to you is hilarious!
M
Guys,
thank you for adopting me into NobMob. What a night. I still like to know if you arrange the Black Wallabies for every new rider who wants to join you and if I have passed the test. I had great fun and special thanks to Greg staying with me to "show me the light". Consider me as a permanent fixture on your rides from now on (once I get my wheel, rear breaks, shoulder fixed and upgraded my light). Like some advice on this: How about the Visionstick Night Flux 10Watts. Looks like it does the job and doesn't upset my bank manager. Any advice appreciated (but that's what I thought with the mouse laser beam I currently own). Also in the market for a hand me downs in good nic.
Cheers
The Roo Killer
P.S.: I think the Wallaby is fine. At least I didn't scratch to then hop away without an apology.