Cul and Bike_freak's weekend ride...

So Cul - Baire decided to come to sydney for the weekend much like the rest of his recent random travels. Stayed at my place for the weekend.. so much for the diet..

Cul arrived from Geelong (in Victoria) friday night and we quickly rebuilt the highly disasembled/over packed Titus (the bag weighing approx 26kg - the bike weighs 11).

Saturday was an early start and we headed to the mountains (blue mountains out west..), here we parked at Glenbrook station and hopped on the train bound for wentworth falls - little did we know.. the 'door out of order - use other door' sign actually meant something...

So we arrived at wenworth falls station 50 crappy minutes later to find the train door jammed... So our ride was dealyed till the next station.:madman:

Sorry, but we just didn't manage to get any photos of the ride.. basically it was about 65km with some ripper descents, someone breaking their hip and a few climbing lessons for Cul (poor Geelong boy..). Andersons and Oaks for those that do not know is 'awesome' as Cul descrides.. fast, rocky, sketch, fun and fast. Very popualr ride and well known in sydney. A few 5+ km DH's and a few challenging climbs.

Sunday we hit Manly beach and took in some sights. Hit the BMX track in the afternoon with Cul showing me that I'm really not all that fast... (I still feel it was his RacerX that was helping him.. after all.. I was on a 15.5kg dually..).

The last full day of Cul's sydney adventure and I decided to show him wisemans ferrry. We had planned to do the 60km loop.. but without maps, we weren't willing to get lost. We managed to get some photos from this ride.. but very few action shots as we were too busy riding:thumbsup: Wisemans is a road built in the 1800's by convicts to connect sydney area to places such as Hunters valley and Newcastle (I think).

The ride begins at the base of Devines hill (a 3km hill that is in restored condition).

Cul cruising once we met onto the real trail:

We soon hit a technical spot that was the first of many challenges..
Myself giving it a go:

So... I may not have made it.. after 4-5 attempts Cul was impatient:

10-15km's later we reached this intersection.. not having Maps - we weren't sure on the route to take if we were doing the 60km loop.