Rolled out after an extra hour of sleep, which was appeciated. Off to Neerim for a few hours of being shown around, and I think talk at the end of the day centred around 'best trail riding thus far'. 5 hours of linked single track, hard to fault!

Big, blue and clean, seems like its owner is getting to grips with it and saving it from the chopping block. Hopefully we'll see it around for a few more rides before he sells it :)

 

Muffler tape to try and reduce the amount of burnt nylon from my pants. Worked will, right up until I dropped the bike for the upmteenth time, and now it looks a bit second hand.

Distinctive?

Wide variety of trails today.

Each time I take the camera out to shoot moto, it just reminds me how much I need a decent flash...

 

 

Doing a race change on the clutch lever. "Isn't the definition of insanity attempting the same action repeatedly with no success, and no change of strategy" - Tim's synopsis of a frustrating hill that eventually resulted in a tumbling bike and rider, and subsequent broken clutch lever.

Whoops!

 Saving on front tyre wear.

 

 

The photo doesn't do it justice, it was actually quite pretty here. Although we'd been bush bashing for about 30 min, so most things looked pretty appealing.

The boys did a nice job of ensuring my bike made the voyage safely, as I was flat out wielding the camera....

And back into the foliage...!


Happy to have gotten some more saddle time in, rode the rollercoaster of confidence (isn't that a fickle bloody thing...) and put another good ride in the books.