On the Road

The last few weeks have been hot and humid. You may have seen Sydney on the news with it's heavy rain and flooding.

Rain means I'm back on the road. Manly dam shuts when it is wet. Even if it didn't, riding a mountain bike in the wet is just too damn expensive. The sandy trails around here eat chains, blow seals on shocks and buggers gears.

I got an invite for a bunch road ride this weekend to Ettalong. In the end the roadies didn't turn up and Mat and I cycled together through the rain and humidity. It's a great route and one that should have some great views on a day with less mist and rain. Mt White wasn't really a hill but I had some back-wheel-sliding action on some wet overbanding on one of the bends downhill.

All in all a good day out, though the 4:00am wake up call is a kicker.