Swtchbckr Rides... (bloggage)

swtchbckr · *by **swtchbckr** on Tue 18/May/10 9:45pm*

spin spin spin round the sandpit tonight. bottle lake singlespeed blat

swtchbckr · *by **swtchbckr** on Mon 24/May/10 10:08am*

bit of a non ride yesterday...

swtchbckr · *by **swtchbckr** on Sat 19/Jun/10 11:10pm*

after nearly 3 weeks in the tropics, got a bit of an actual ride in today, finally.

bit annoying looking down on the CLOSED Traverse track from the summit road and seeing it dry as a bone... :angry:

swtchbckr · *by **swtchbckr** on Wed 23/Jun/10 9:29am*

swtchbckr · *by **swtchbckr** on Thu 24/Jun/10 10:18pm*

bit of a spin of Mcleans tonight... was wet out there.

swtchbckr · *by **swtchbckr** on Thu 1/Jul/10 9:44pm*

finally got back up onto the hills on the singlespeed tonight... nice chuff.

stiffeeslicker · *by **stiffeeslicker** on Thu 1/Jul/10 11:09pm*

Yeh sorry about that. Don't think I would have coped very well... :paranoid:

danose · *by **danose** on Fri 2/Jul/10 9:58am*

swtchbckr wrote:finally got back up onto the hills on the singlespeed tonight... nice chuff.

you realise your persistent whining about 'the traverse was obviously dry - why is it shut' (when people who've been up there KNOW it's still got major boggy bits) just re-inforces the image of the ignorant-twat "I'm gonna ride it even if it stuff its" mtber (further encouraging Nick to take a hard/conservative line on closures) - and more to the point encourages total morons like Wuffy (see are-the-port-hill-still-closed-t107201-240.html )

swtchbckr · *by **swtchbckr** on Fri 2/Jul/10 11:49am*

danose wrote:
swtchbckr wrote:finally got back up onto the hills on the singlespeed tonight... nice chuff.

you realise your persistent whining about 'the traverse was obviously dry - why is it shut' (when people who've been up there KNOW it's still got major boggy bits) just re-inforces the image of the ignorant-twat "I'm gonna ride it even if it stuff its" mtber (further encouraging Nick to take a hard/conservative line on closures) - and more to the point encourages total morons like Wuffy (see http://www.vorb.org.nz/are-the-port-hill-still-closed-t107201-240.html)

yep, i've been watching that thread with great interest. those groms are indeed dicks.

the traverse was 'dressed' in teddington shit for the sole purpose of making it an all weather track. when it is as dry as it currently is, it should be open. i have been up there, i know too, yes, it has maybe two or three short wet sections (i definitely wouldnt call them "major(ly) boggy"), all of which could be remedied with a single working bee of about 5 people (i'm more than happy to volunteer for this).

talking to the ranger the other day at the planting (not Nick, cant remember this guy's name), he had a point that if the Traverse is open and all the others are closed, then people might think all the others are open too. Thing is, the people who abide by the signs now, would be the ones who'd ride the traverse were it open and would stay off the other tracks while they're closed.

i'm happy to keep whining about the Traverse.

unlike wuffy and his kin, i remember a time when tracks were open all the time and no body cared. you stayed off them because you didnt wanna trash your bike. yeah, i know, times've changed...

if trail building days coincided with my life a bit better i'd be at them all. pesky things like kids being sick or (last sunday's) horrendous weather get in the way...

vindicated...

DogsBollocks · *by **DogsBollocks** on Fri 2/Jul/10 11:58am*

danose wrote:
swtchbckr wrote:finally got back up onto the hills on the singlespeed tonight... nice chuff.

you realise your persistent whining about 'the traverse was obviously dry - why is it shut' (when people who've been up there KNOW it's still got major boggy bits) just re-inforces the image of the ignorant-twat "I'm gonna ride it even if it stuff its" mtber (further encouraging Nick to take a hard/conservative line on closures) - and more to the point encourages total morons like Wuffy (see are-the-port-hill-still-closed-t107201-240.html )

I think Switchy has got the message previously. At least now he's looking and not touching. I figure you're allowed to bleat a bit if you are following the rules

swtchbckr · *by **swtchbckr** on Fri 2/Jul/10 12:01pm*

DogsBollocks wrote:
danose wrote:
swtchbckr wrote:finally got back up onto the hills on the singlespeed tonight... nice chuff.

you realise your persistent whining about 'the traverse was obviously dry - why is it shut' (when people who've been up there KNOW it's still got major boggy bits) just re-inforces the image of the ignorant-twat "I'm gonna ride it even if it stuff its" mtber (further encouraging Nick to take a hard/conservative line on closures) - and more to the point encourages total morons like Wuffy (see are-the-port-hill-still-closed-t107201-240.html )

I think Switchy has got the message previously. At least now he's looking and not touching. I figure you're allowed to bleat a bit if you are following the rules

cheers bro.

swtchbckr · *by **swtchbckr** on Sun 4/Jul/10 8:01pm*

w00t!!!!!
singletrack finally!

swtchbckr · *by **swtchbckr** on Wed 7/Jul/10 8:55am*

and, a bit of a dirty one last night...

yeah yeah... heard it all before... technically - they were open, but yes, we perhaps should have stayed off, but also, it wasnt as bad as you might have thought... they're only on Avoid now...

great for honing the old skills for things like the Wharfdale...