Today I had my first real introduction to Mountain biking courtesy of fellow Perth twitterers Scott and Dave (@fairy_s and @madrapper). The course was to be the 6hr Enduro course in Langford Park.
Langford Park
I picked Scott up at 7am and we met Dave up there… eventually. A slight misunderstanding on which car park, but it was all good in the end. The course was fantastic, but way more technical than either of the previous 2 rides I’d done so I set out cautiously and just followed the guys around for the first couple of kms. Once I found my rhythm we stepped up the pace only to be slowed again after Scott swallowed a mouth full of dirt from Dave’s back wheel! 
Scott stopped to drink and then unfortunately with it being single track got stuck behind another group, so I took off and let’s just say got a little too confident. Jump after jump, sweeping turn after sweeping turn went by until I took off over one jump with a little too much enthusiasm and couldn’t make the following right hander. The following picture tells the story!
Go hard or go home!
Go hard or go home I say. I picked the bike up, checked she was OK and carried on smiling from ear to ear! Dave caught me up soon after and we finished the loop. Scott eventually caught us up and we all set off again. Just a half loop this time as we were all only allowed out to play until 10.30. We finished up the second loop together and cleaned up.
All in all – I’m hooked! It was a blast. Thanks to the guys for showing me the ropes and taking me to a great track. I’ll be back there next week. Might try and do 4-5 hours next week if I can get extended play time…
Posing for the camera
Filed under: cycling | Tagged: 2009, cycling, focus, Jarrahdale, Langford Park, mtb, Perth, single track, Western Australia, XC
Glad you enjoyed it Lee, i’m sure there will be plenty more rides to come. Hope the arm heals ok
Great write-up and I wished I could have made it. Next time I hope.
Andrew
yikes i don’t think i’m going quite hard enough
Good onya for pushing through the pain.