HONC 2009
Honc number 3.........
3 of us Plumz riders fancied this, Bob, Dave and myself and we could not have asked for a better day!!! The sunday morning was chilly but glorious and a good days riding ahead of us!!
We all met up at about 8.30am with fresh faces and well up for the ride...Bob nipped off to take a quick pee and that was the last we saw of him til the lunch stop!!!!!!!! 37 miles into the ride...ooops, so dave and I set off after a quick look for Bob......we were both on single speeds and so the first few miles is always quite steady and just getting warmed up!!!
Then came the first climb.....oooooh morning legs.....this dragged on for about 5/6 miles and fairly steady with the odd steep bit, i was loving it, all those geared up boys clanking and clicking and puffin!!.....me, well i was out of the saddle and pumping all the way to the top!! It was mega, and no saturday sore legs!!!!!....Dave, however, decided to get off and walk to conserve energy and save his legs mmm!
So, once that climb was out of the way we got off and running..and all those boys we had overtaken on the climb were nailing it past us.....singlespeeders PAH!!! Until the next climb and here we go again....they span their legs we pumped past them out of the saddle!!!!.......and so it went on, flat riding they came by .....hills we went by!!!!.....the split off for the 50km came and went without either dave or myself noticing and we pushed with the totally awsome Garmin 705 route uploaded and leading us perfectly........37 miles in and we met up with Bob for coffee and cakes!!!! and a top up of bottles....we were all in good spirits and felt really good ready for the final chukka!!!
the last part of the ride was really quiet.....we rode most of the last part mostly on our own until we found a bunch of riders lost......Garmin to the rescue and off we trotted with all the others in tow!!!!
the hills kept coming and the single speeders kept leaving the others.... mmmmm my fave!!! Poor old Bob's legs at this point were tiring but he plugged on regardless.....shouting at us when he got to the top..."you guys are animals"
Dave here missing out the river crossing!
Well some of the riders look like they should not be there!!!!!!! why the hell not it's for all sorts!!!!
The ride meandered nicely for the last 6 miles with a great down hill section towards the finish with bob and me full pelt and slightly out of control at one point....we held it together and the last part of the last descent was bloody swamped....Bob and i pelted through it at mach 2.....and ended up getting caked!!!!!...Dave tootled through and did not have a speck on him.......3 miles to the finish and medals and tea and buns!!
Wicked days riding, weather good and good trails........now i have the start of that cough bug!!!!!!! Bugger
Honc number 3.........
3 of us Plumz riders fancied this, Bob, Dave and myself and we could not have asked for a better day!!! The sunday morning was chilly but glorious and a good days riding ahead of us!!
We all met up at about 8.30am with fresh faces and well up for the ride...Bob nipped off to take a quick pee and that was the last we saw of him til the lunch stop!!!!!!!! 37 miles into the ride...ooops, so dave and I set off after a quick look for Bob......we were both on single speeds and so the first few miles is always quite steady and just getting warmed up!!!
Then came the first climb.....oooooh morning legs.....this dragged on for about 5/6 miles and fairly steady with the odd steep bit, i was loving it, all those geared up boys clanking and clicking and puffin!!.....me, well i was out of the saddle and pumping all the way to the top!! It was mega, and no saturday sore legs!!!!!....Dave, however, decided to get off and walk to conserve energy and save his legs mmm!
So, once that climb was out of the way we got off and running..and all those boys we had overtaken on the climb were nailing it past us.....singlespeeders PAH!!! Until the next climb and here we go again....they span their legs we pumped past them out of the saddle!!!!.......and so it went on, flat riding they came by .....hills we went by!!!!.....the split off for the 50km came and went without either dave or myself noticing and we pushed with the totally awsome Garmin 705 route uploaded and leading us perfectly........37 miles in and we met up with Bob for coffee and cakes!!!! and a top up of bottles....we were all in good spirits and felt really good ready for the final chukka!!!
the last part of the ride was really quiet.....we rode most of the last part mostly on our own until we found a bunch of riders lost......Garmin to the rescue and off we trotted with all the others in tow!!!!
the hills kept coming and the single speeders kept leaving the others.... mmmmm my fave!!! Poor old Bob's legs at this point were tiring but he plugged on regardless.....shouting at us when he got to the top..."you guys are animals"
Dave here missing out the river crossing!
Well some of the riders look like they should not be there!!!!!!! why the hell not it's for all sorts!!!!
The ride meandered nicely for the last 6 miles with a great down hill section towards the finish with bob and me full pelt and slightly out of control at one point....we held it together and the last part of the last descent was bloody swamped....Bob and i pelted through it at mach 2.....and ended up getting caked!!!!!...Dave tootled through and did not have a speck on him.......3 miles to the finish and medals and tea and buns!!
Wicked days riding, weather good and good trails........now i have the start of that cough bug!!!!!!! Bugger
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