Words by Pete – who wasn’t there ! , Photos by Butty
Crew : Funky , Butty, Dr S, Lee , El Pres, 3sheds , TJ , Bern
Route : Something Macc Forest based “ Duncan Chandler: Route now charity, narnia, hardingland, Ford, Smithy then another loop of the forest with rusty nail”
Notes :
(Interpreted by Pete from the WhatsApp dialogue, and in no particular order. So we get a record of the ride !)
Captain Funky D is in charge of Operations this week
Manflu means that many of the core team (and AOE) are absent . And jet lag is the absence excuse for the jet setters.
Plan A was the full Chumby Circuit and a St Dunstan’s finish – for some reason the Dunny response was “not tonight” , so The Leathers became Plan B. And sorting out food orders in person necessitated a change of route plan.
Rusty Nails at Dan’s Bench courtesy of Funky D
Lee’s arrival is delayed by a Light Issue . After this is resolved and he joins the crew he has some sort of big mechanical mid ride (rock vs Santa Cruz) which snaps off the rear mech hanger.
A “bodge it to get us to the pub” fix was devised with assistance from 3sheds , Bern , Dr S & TJ .
Loose sheep on Chazza
Butty has trouble with tubeless – getting a hole in the tread on the downhill track. It is soft all the way to the Leathers. Here , once parked up outside it becomes “the tyre that heals itself” .
“Phil Ball: Part ride report: technical hill climb challenge was not liked by the puffs in the group.” I believe most viewed this as a push up hill, not a ride.
“Mark Butty: Two new downhills, both steep, full of leaves, and fun (for some)” .
“ and exploding effin tubeless tyres were one of the pub topics.
“ Trevor Jackson: We also discussed serious topics such as how to measure the speed of light and the force of gravity, though the gravity topic moved onto t1ts. “
“Lee Wadsworth: Looks like I have obliterated another derailleur. That’s 2 in two months ? “
“ Mark Butty: Another update for the journal… All left early as the axis of evil brothers were absent, we obviously need a parity or erasure encoded redundancy.
“Duncan Chandler: It was noted by smithy John that the trouble causers were missing.
“ Bern : ….. in fact, he seemed to really miss them!!???”
The evening was bereft of an AOE