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So after a good afternoon of sun tanning and drinking beer, Fugly gets a call from Rone who wanted to ride to Gamtoos for a nice couple of frosties.
And so it began.
As Bakkie had been monopolising the forum all afternoon instead of riding, we thought we would get his number from Thump. :thumleft: good call that was as they were meeting Crab at the Engen in Cape Road opposite Makro for a ride to Jagtvlakte and Rone and I jumped at the chance to have a better ride than what was planned.
When meeting at the Engen, Bakkie spoke to 2 GS riders from Natal who were on the way to George. After getting talking Bakkie suggested to them that they do all the passes between Knysna and George to which they unsurprisingly
ot: replied "we don't do gravel" :imaposer:
Anyway, the gang was held up for a few minutes as Fugly quickly topped up his oil. Turned out this was a good thing as we could have been caught out in a really nasty accident where a bakkie (a real 1) rolled about 5 km up the road just before we passed that point and we could have been in the thick of it if we weren't dellayed those few minutes. Thump and Fugly stopped to see what could be done and as he had a medical kit and gloves, he stayed to help and Fugly left to join the others. All 8 of those injured, some seriously, were taken to hospital but Thump missed the ride. Good on you Thump for helping the injured :thumleft:
I'll post the picture of the accident scene if there are any requests.
Anyway, Bakkie, Rone, Crab and Fugly continued our ride. Being rather brave with a brand new Dunlop 606, Fugly decided not to ride around the mud like Bakkie with the expected result... :imaposer:
For the second time in a week, Fugly demonstrated that Rone's DMD armour was good stuff :thumleft:
We then continued on our jorney and found a lovely steep decline which we would ride back up again after the visit to the flaktes. Rone and Crab negotiated their way down without incident.
We then came across a nice little hump in the road to play on ;D
Bakkie
Rone
Crab
Fugly
On the way back, negotiating the incline we previously came down was a bit more testing for Rone and Fugly who both took a tumble :imaposer: and again Rone was shown how well his body armour worked :deal:. (I wonder when heâ??s going to want it back?) And yes, I think he is going to now buy new crashbars and not try to scavenge some second hand ones!ot:
The â??roadâ?
Crab
Rone, looks like he went farming!eepwall:
He did :imaposer:
And then makes it but almost lost it where Fugly didâ?¦.. :biggrin:
We then met up with Thump who was finished nursing and we went for a frostie at the Keg! The dirty smile on Crab spoke volumes of the great ride we had.
And so it began.
As Bakkie had been monopolising the forum all afternoon instead of riding, we thought we would get his number from Thump. :thumleft: good call that was as they were meeting Crab at the Engen in Cape Road opposite Makro for a ride to Jagtvlakte and Rone and I jumped at the chance to have a better ride than what was planned.
When meeting at the Engen, Bakkie spoke to 2 GS riders from Natal who were on the way to George. After getting talking Bakkie suggested to them that they do all the passes between Knysna and George to which they unsurprisingly
ot: replied "we don't do gravel" :imaposer:Anyway, the gang was held up for a few minutes as Fugly quickly topped up his oil. Turned out this was a good thing as we could have been caught out in a really nasty accident where a bakkie (a real 1) rolled about 5 km up the road just before we passed that point and we could have been in the thick of it if we weren't dellayed those few minutes. Thump and Fugly stopped to see what could be done and as he had a medical kit and gloves, he stayed to help and Fugly left to join the others. All 8 of those injured, some seriously, were taken to hospital but Thump missed the ride. Good on you Thump for helping the injured :thumleft:
I'll post the picture of the accident scene if there are any requests.
Anyway, Bakkie, Rone, Crab and Fugly continued our ride. Being rather brave with a brand new Dunlop 606, Fugly decided not to ride around the mud like Bakkie with the expected result... :imaposer:
For the second time in a week, Fugly demonstrated that Rone's DMD armour was good stuff :thumleft:
We then continued on our jorney and found a lovely steep decline which we would ride back up again after the visit to the flaktes. Rone and Crab negotiated their way down without incident.
We then came across a nice little hump in the road to play on ;D
Bakkie
Rone
Crab
Fugly
On the way back, negotiating the incline we previously came down was a bit more testing for Rone and Fugly who both took a tumble :imaposer: and again Rone was shown how well his body armour worked :deal:. (I wonder when heâ??s going to want it back?) And yes, I think he is going to now buy new crashbars and not try to scavenge some second hand ones!
ot:The â??roadâ?
Crab
Rone, looks like he went farming!
eepwall:
He did :imaposer:
And then makes it but almost lost it where Fugly didâ?¦.. :biggrin:
We then met up with Thump who was finished nursing and we went for a frostie at the Keg! The dirty smile on Crab spoke volumes of the great ride we had.
