YPR#11 – Abbotsford to Kinglake West
Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like…
- “Bicycle Race” by Queen
It was a great day for a ride yesterday and a handful of us managed to show up – enough to call it a YPR – for an early start. Norm made a last minute call not to ride partly because he was tired and partly because of an incident on Friday night when he cracked his skull. Speaking of which, he still hasn’t told Mrs Geek about this. Incident-free on the way to Whittlesea, except for a call on the mobile from Keith 20 minutes into the ride to find out where we were as we had rolled out without realising he was coming.
Alan turned back at Whittlesea for other family commitments during the day and the rest of us continued on to Kinglake West. It was a smooth climb to Kinglake West except for Ian’s “call of nature”. The descent was smoooth but none of us were able to get faster than 75km/h. However, I find the more windy descents like Kinglake-St Andrews or Sassafras-The Basin more exciting and interesting.
Back into Whittlesea, quick stop at Baker’s Delight then off again back towards the city. Another smooth run from Whittlesea to South Morang without a single stop, a close call at the road works but we all stayed upright, then on to Bundoora where Keith and Ian still had legs to do sprints up the hills – sickos…
Anyway, cut a long story short, we got back to Abbotsford safely. My computer wasn’t working because of a damaged wire but according to everyone else, the ride was about 105km. All up, a great ride.
Will have to find a way to give you those pedals…
Yer, bit disappointed I missed this as I wanted to tacle ‘the wall’ again.
And please, it wasn’t a cracked skull! It’s just a cut. (SSSSHHH… don’t tell Mrs Geek yet. I can’t get any TLC with her 8000kms away
)
Speaking of rides, I’m declaring next Sunday “Hay’s Ride”. It will be a non-profit, non-charity event, taking us from Carnegie, down the scenic coastal route of Beach Rd to the infamous “Mordy roundabout” before heading back for a cold beer or hot coffee at maybe the Belgian Beer Garden or Cafe Racer.
So who’s coming? I think if everyone comes we could have a pack of 8 which will make it interesting.
BTW DJ if you’d like you can either borrow my old Shogun or maybe Hay’s old Shogun (or maybe even Yang’s fixie). Apparently there’s a spare set of pedals to fit your shoes already, so you just need to bring your kit.