Sunday 21st ....... 3 of us decided on Glyncorrwg and as I'd put a new cassette and chain on the sub5, it looked like a good un. I hadn't realised how much the worn chain had bu**ered the middle chainring so i had a bit of slippage under power ......... i thought it may have been the freehub, but after a stripdown, clean n lube I reached the conclusion that it is the middle ring that's at fault....
Anyway ... the ride ... I've realised that as my age increases, so does the time for a pre-ride warm up. I'll usually spend a few minutes spinning aroung the car park while everyone else fettle around, but I arrived with a flat rear! so we started riding as soon as I'd fixed it.
The place was full of mtbers and the pace of my 2 buddies was slightly faster than supersonic ...... I tried my best but after about 15 minutes decided on my own pace as I wanted to keep hold of the 3 weetabix I'd downed earlier ;-)
Twas a bit windy but we headed for the boardwalks and the dh run. The boardwalks were fun if a little wobbly in the wind and I only lost my rear off the edge on one of the corners ...
A big tree had been downed in the earlier gales which put paid to a fast end to the penultimate section.
The final descent was great fun .. I finally warmed up and had a little chuckle passing one of my buddies who'd hit a rock and flown off down the side of the hill ;-0 .... he was ok though and took the brunt of the fall on his head (I think he was trying to keep his new gloves clean)
The ride took us 1.5 hours including chat n pee stops, which is probably why I found the initial pace a bit speedy!!!