Frodo’s Fables Oct 15 2010
Weeks Rides
THURSDAY 16H30 CARLSWALD NORTH
SATURDAY 06H00 A CHRIS “STEINMAN” 80KM/4HR
06h30 B FRODO FALLALOT 70KM/4HR
C LEON POPCYCLE 40KM/3HR
1. Weekend Spills and Thrills
The weather this weekend was chilly and overcast; I blame this on the Watson clan and Elize who were out to play.
Saturday’s turnout was pretty poor but we managed to get 6 in the C group led by T bag and I looked after the remaining 9 riders.
I took the crowd off to run the gauntlet of Blue Valley and the om die Dam loop, it was a very enjoyable route and we ended up with 50km in the 3 hours of riding.
Naturally I claimed the Red Jersey early in the day when I fell off going up a steep climb; the boys have now pronounced me “Sir Frodo Fallalot”.
Fortunately, I was not the only one to throw my name away, my technically gifted Mankele partner, Burry, showed the group how to hop straight into a puddle of water and fall on your face. He had the gracefulness of a 1 week old deer running across ice!
We also had to cross a stream which was named shit creek; it was like watching Julius and his family splashing around in the Jukskei.
As I stated, we had to hop over this Maleema infested creek and as the wise man would say “Old Oak with short legs going to be up shit creek without a paddle!”
Old Oak jumped the river and his one foot went into the poo, personally I think he intentionally stood in the shit hoping he would grow a bit!
Vasbyter of the day normally goes to the rider who kaks off the most, this week I will hand the award to MCC legendary sweep vehicle, Oom broom.
Oom, patiently brought home Eckhart who was forced into the B group by myself, he quietly exploded about 10km’s from the end.
Mind you the explosion was due to “Can you Philleep” who decided to pick up the pace on the home stretch, Detox was trying to work out if maybe there was a special on at the Mug that we were all worried about missing!
The C ride managed 35km’s and it must have been tough as “Castle Kevin” was drinking a coke when we got in, must be a first!!
Sunday we had 13 riders brave the cold dark 05h30 start. We set off to Teak. It was an unbelievable route that Sallad took us on. Chris joined us at the halfway mark and the pace lifted notably.
The ‘Silent Sufferer” soon sorted this little problem out, by collaring the power horse and quietly gelded him, he was told to fall in at the back of the group. He looked like a school boy who had been sent to the corner for being naughty, was hilarious and he took it like a man!
We then hit the tar section to teak, where “KFC’ thought he would chase and abuse some roadies, unfortunately all the A riders took this as a sign to put the hammer down.
In Teak I took my customary rock hoping dose when I navigated my shin into a nice rocky outcrop, I managed not to squeal like a pig this time, I am getting used to the pain!
Halfway through the Teak loop I asked the guys why it had gone so quiet, ‘KFC’ had broken his bike again and had returned to base camp, that explained it. Phil wants to rename “KFC” to “Decibel”
After some hard riding, we lost another 2 riders, Damon and Gavin took a short cut as their egos were taking a bashing as “The Silent Sufferer” kept pulling away from them.
Tantrum of the day has to go the ZeeeMan who at the third unsuccessful attempt to ride a steep climb (which impressively Burry rode) threw his bike into the bushes; it was one of those situations where you only laugh when the culprit turns his back.
Chris and Philleeep went on to do a couple more climbs, but the rest of us were like tortoises trying to catch two hares!!
All in all it was a very successful days riding with over 1000m in climbing over 65km’s.
Congratulations to the following riders who were selected for the MCC race team, as explained this is the core team. The criterial for selection will be posted in the club newsletter.
- Sallad (Dallas Fenthum) Team Captain
- Old Oak Malcolm Burnett) Team lead out man
- Oom (Peter Hawkins) Team Domestique
- Silent Sufferer (Lee Ziervogel) Team tactics
- Zee Man (Mark Ziervogel) Team technical
- Steinman (Chris Steinbach) Team engine
A big thank you to Tracey for organizing one of the most well attended functions and also to MCC for sponsoring the lunch!
2. Ride equipment Requirements
- Helmet.
- Mountain bike that is in good working condition (yes you need to oil it). In addition, if you have left it standing for a long time, something will fail.
- Water, at least 1L per 20Km.
- Two spare tubes.
- Puncture repair kit.
- Working pump.
- Tire liners and bike tools.
- ID document and emergency contact details (carry with you in you backpack on the ride)
- Some basic first aid materials
4. Round the corner:
- 24th-26th September Cradle Quest
- 24TH September Ride to Cheese Farm. (Public Holiday)
- 26th September Possible group ride with JHB and club 100
- 15th-17th September Mankele 3 Towers
5. Frodo’s Quote of the week!
This was from our ride on Sunday,
“Chris what the hell are you doing, trying to kill us? Slow down man”
This was followed by the infamous “Silent Sufferer” stare; looks were worth a thousand words!!
Regards,
Wayne Burnett