The Good Friday All Comers Hertfordshire Trail Ride and Wombat Hunt (29 March 2013)

[Greg Masters]

Well, bandit turned up sporting a mega-hangover. Darkhorse was on his G450X and Geziuks arrived with a road-tyred 1200GSA.



Disappointingly, and despite all the noise being made in other parts of the forum, no toilet riders were brave enough to make the cut!

Geziuks with bandit behind

darkhorse and I await bandit's arrival...

.... and Geziuks'

darkhorse skirts the water...

Geziuks at periscope depth.

bandit taking his usual approach.

bandit

darkhorse

Geziuks doing a wonderful job of keeping the GSA upright.

bandit

bandit in the Old Bourne


At around 50 miles the day was a little shorter than I'd anticipated, but with the snow (more about on the lanes than I'd anticipated) and the cold, an early finish was OK.


Great day guys!

 

[Geziuks]

Well, what can I say.. Great day out! A bit scary at times, but mainly to my poor off riding skills and tyres. Got adrenaline for the next month in my system! Thanks guys!

P.S. you told me the tyres I should look into, forgot the name of it.. TCX80 or something like that?

 

[Greg Masters]

P.S. you told me the tyres I should look into, forgot the name of it.. TCX80 or something like that?

Some proper tyres would have made quite a difference but you did amazingly well!

Have a look for Conti TKC 80 tyres.

 

[darkhorse]

Great day out.

Good to see you all.

 

[bandit]

A fun day

Good to see you all.

Still drying my boots out

 

[Wreford Miles]

I thought the Old Bourne was no longer legal...

 

[Greg Masters]

I thought the Old Bourne was no longer legal...

 

[bandit]

 

[Smug]

I thought the Old Bourne was no longer legal...

Not been legal for a long time. Good job you didn't go there.

Impossible to miss signs...........

 

[allthegearnoidea]

My son Charlie and I would be up for any ride like this in the future. We weren't around this weekend as we were over at the off road skills school in Wales. We are certainly not able off roaders but would be well up for a go.

 

[Greg Masters]

My son Charlie and I would be up for any ride like this in the future. We weren't around this weekend as we were over at the off road skills school in Wales. We are certainly not able off roaders but would be well up for a go.

Keep you eyes on this area of the forum as there are several rides kike this during the year.

If you're serious about trying off-roading, get your bike onto some appropriate tyres. They make a huge difference.