Tuesday mtb ride

Today me and roger went out for our first mtb ride for ages. We rode over Leith and did a bit of singletrack. There snow was still squeaky and grippy.

On the ride back we did the usual climb up White Down, it was still hard compacted snow and quite treacherous. On the first bend a 4wd had gone over the edge and was stuck, a little farther up we were shocked to see a Land Rover lying on it's side. Just past the Land rover were three other cars abandoned by the road side.



Unbeknown to us the Land rover was a recent occurence. At the junction there was a police cordon and an officer and the driver of the Land Rover. He said he just been driving down the hill when he started to slide and it turned over. His wife and kids had been ferried away by the police and he and the officer were waiting for the police car to return for them.

thetford rnd 2

Jane had a been suffering with a sore throat almost since the last round and had only been on the bike once since, but I was still surprised that I caught her only a bout a quarter of the way into the first lap. She was going ok in the singletrack bits, but had no strength on the rises or open fire roads. I had put a more aggressive rear tyre on her bike, expecting some mud, but as it was the course was mud free. The tyre may have caused a bit more drag than she was used to.

In the second lap my rear brake lever suddenly came to the bar and I lost my rear brake completely.

So we dragged on for the minimum four hours, even slightly lurking a bit on the last climb to make sure we didn't have to go around again :)

Paul had another great race and took fifth in the vets once again.