noble steed
Race Dog
Yesterday Zerc and I decided to go drive some canal routes that were discovered on the Breedtsnek Rally, just the 2 of us. Meet at the dam for coffee and drive from there. This would be the first ride (apart from commuting 10km/day) on Donkey since the front forks have been redone.
Things felt a bit different. Firstly, back end very bouncy, put that down to Tulip not been with us, can't remember when last I went on a long ride without a passenger...
After our coffee we set off. Must apologise for the lack of pictures. Zerc assumed I'd bring my 350D, I thought it was rather big and didn't feel like carrying it, and Zerc always has his little cannon... In the end sat with 2 sony cellphones
The canal routes we drove are definitely nice roads with odd challenging bits, but not nearly as pretty as the ones heading to De Wildt - further reason for lack of photos. Most of them wind through platinum mind ground, mine dumps on either side etc. Bit next to the railway track with its very loose gravel was fun too, but I felt sorrow for any real n00bs on the Breedsnek ride, they could have found it very challenging...
Stopped for a few drinks breaks now and then. Donkey was getting twitchy front end on some gravel highway at about 90kph, don't know why. further on, had a big tankslapper on some not to bad gravel at 60-70kph, was planning where to jump off...
Anyone know possible reasons for that? front tire was at 1.7bar...
Then somewhere near Losperfontein (Losperfontein??? :-\ :-\) ((thats near brits)) not sure what happened, straight road, but this was the result.
I have no memory from at least 30min before the event to about 15min after. Zerc said he waited few hundred meters ahead at a tar road, came back to look for me, few onlookers and I was lying very still. Just breathing. After been unconscious for about 5min, I apparently sat up and removed my helmet. And asked repeatedly for Tulip (who luckily was at home).
First proper memories are climbing into the ambulance and driving to Brits Mediclinic. They where thinking of doing an MRI, in the end just a voltaren shot in the bum. And Tulip arrived to take me home!! :-*
My memories of the scene: bike was gone before I was noticing anything. Saw a little pile of helmet, gloves, boot contents. Helmets visor was gone and deep gouges along right side. My pant have little hole on left knee. My jacket has its reflective piece on shoulder ripped, and little rip on R forearm.
I have little holes on L wrist and R ankle. Wrist hurts a lot. Ankle not. Whole R elbow and forearm very sore, just slight scratches seen, no bruising. Small 3cm area roadrash above R hip where jacket pulled away from pants when zip holding them together broke. And my head. POUNDING!! and a bit puffy on the right. Neck is aching on the left, actually all around.
BIG O0 THANK YOU O0 to Zerc for looking after me and calling my wife!
So as soon as I found out what Santam has done with the donkey, and donkeys back on the road, I'll be back riding him!
;D ;D ;D
Things felt a bit different. Firstly, back end very bouncy, put that down to Tulip not been with us, can't remember when last I went on a long ride without a passenger...
After our coffee we set off. Must apologise for the lack of pictures. Zerc assumed I'd bring my 350D, I thought it was rather big and didn't feel like carrying it, and Zerc always has his little cannon... In the end sat with 2 sony cellphones
The canal routes we drove are definitely nice roads with odd challenging bits, but not nearly as pretty as the ones heading to De Wildt - further reason for lack of photos. Most of them wind through platinum mind ground, mine dumps on either side etc. Bit next to the railway track with its very loose gravel was fun too, but I felt sorrow for any real n00bs on the Breedsnek ride, they could have found it very challenging...
Stopped for a few drinks breaks now and then. Donkey was getting twitchy front end on some gravel highway at about 90kph, don't know why. further on, had a big tankslapper on some not to bad gravel at 60-70kph, was planning where to jump off...
Anyone know possible reasons for that? front tire was at 1.7bar...
Then somewhere near Losperfontein (Losperfontein??? :-\ :-\) ((thats near brits)) not sure what happened, straight road, but this was the result.
I have no memory from at least 30min before the event to about 15min after. Zerc said he waited few hundred meters ahead at a tar road, came back to look for me, few onlookers and I was lying very still. Just breathing. After been unconscious for about 5min, I apparently sat up and removed my helmet. And asked repeatedly for Tulip (who luckily was at home).
First proper memories are climbing into the ambulance and driving to Brits Mediclinic. They where thinking of doing an MRI, in the end just a voltaren shot in the bum. And Tulip arrived to take me home!! :-*
My memories of the scene: bike was gone before I was noticing anything. Saw a little pile of helmet, gloves, boot contents. Helmets visor was gone and deep gouges along right side. My pant have little hole on left knee. My jacket has its reflective piece on shoulder ripped, and little rip on R forearm.
I have little holes on L wrist and R ankle. Wrist hurts a lot. Ankle not. Whole R elbow and forearm very sore, just slight scratches seen, no bruising. Small 3cm area roadrash above R hip where jacket pulled away from pants when zip holding them together broke. And my head. POUNDING!! and a bit puffy on the right. Neck is aching on the left, actually all around.
BIG O0 THANK YOU O0 to Zerc for looking after me and calling my wife!
So as soon as I found out what Santam has done with the donkey, and donkeys back on the road, I'll be back riding him!
;D ;D ;D
