Paul Petch

Sunshine – yes – sunshine!

As if by magic we have some UV so off to Bottlelake in a summer top I went. Yes my nipples were like Dolly Partons in the shade, but overall I was loving the 15degs in the sunshine.  Strangely, I think that it is the GT’s first ride on trails that are solid in parts :D I managed two laps (with the second in a kind of reverse- whacked way) and the pace was quite intense as darkness was not blocking my choice of lines and the tunnel vision of night riding and its illusion of speed was not there either….. so I had to go hard and fast to get upto the speed which makes it all worth while :D

I’ll be honest and say that by the last quarter I was really feeling a bit bonked! I was craving sugar- something other than water….which means that I was working my little legs quite hard…. and why not with parts of the trail hard and fast! One thing that kept bringing a smile to my face was the dust clouds catching the beams of sunlight breaking through the canopy of the trails…. licking my lips I could also taste the trail dust…..what a buzz.

On the way home I literally dived into a dairy (newsagents, milk bar…. what ever!) to grab a can of the old brew- coke. Why I was there a bag of milk bottles took my attention for keeping in my pack….. and then at check out I noticed some Reeses peanut butter cups!!! I had to double take infact, as I’ve not seen these for 11+ yrs! I grabbed two for my wife and I to inhale later :)

On the ride back I just chilled out with a coke in hand…. coasting with the sun warming me. Good times.

Related posts:

1. Port Hills + Sunshine = :)
2. Single speed riding – trail rises
3. Bottlelake Forest
4. An afternoon with the Salsa Fargo
5. Single speed riding – an introduction

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 28th, 2008 at 2:14 pm and is filed under Bike Rides and tagged with bottlelake, gt, single speed, Trails & Rides. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.