Manly Dam 6/1/08

[taibo]

anyone up for the dam in the evening?
the guys are meeting there at 8:30pm but i plan on getting there at 7:30
meeting at the hydro

[Clifton]

i dont have lights :(

[taibo]

its do-able without lights as long as u ride in the middle of the pack

ive got a spare light...its not much(its one of those ones u get from ananconda) but will get u by if u wanna use it

some of us have done stealth mission before...its actually quite fun! :D

[Clifton]

ill pass this time :P

[Justified]

How was the night right taibo? haha

[taibo]

i got out there at 7:30 and did a lap before the night ride but it was fantastic! i think it was the biggest group we have had for our weekly nite rides...9 in total i think. We did the BB extension too...

[crank]

i got out there at 7:30 and did a lap before the night ride but it was fantastic! i think it was the biggest group we have had for our weekly nite rides...9 in total i think. We did the BB extension too...

Yeah it was a really good ride. The BB bit would be cool to do during the daylight!:D

[DANNY]

The Dam at night :eek: That's just farkin insane! Good luck guys!

[taibo]

Yeah it was a really good ride. The BB bit would be cool to do during the daylight!:D

i just figured out who you are...that nomad has an awesome colour on it! hope to see you on the next night ride! i think we might be doing st ives/cascades...nice and techy with a killer climb that would put heart break hill at MD to shame :)

[Clifton]

do you guys use those dodgey jumps to avoid those drainage dips?

[taibo]

u mean the water bars?

[Clifton]

yeah but the ones that go down into the ground

[eckstar]

Clifton means the section that was remade , poorly I might add. Not only are the water bars to steep, the channels are too deep. It's only a matter of time before someone ( more than likely an unsuspecting noob) has a large off there. I know this is a shared trail and that land management was more than likely the primary concern but imho there was zero consultation with riders on the redesign of this section , which sucks considering they outnumber walkers 100/1. We haven't really had a serious rain event as yet, my money is those channels will eventually develop into chasms'. To make matters worse someone has decided to build 2 ghetto gap jumps along this section. The first is about 1 1/2 feet high and 1 foot wide with a steepish take off , the second is about the same size but off camber and a flatter takeoff, both located on the far right of the trail. I've hit the second at speed and only just cleared the gap , maybe my skills are crap ?. Now don't get me wrong I am all for properly constructed TTF's but I get the impression these were built by a couple of 13 year olds and will probably get knocked down by the rangers anyway.

[taibo]

i havent noticed the jumps yet, i usually just pump through the section. they basically went thru it with a bobcat and flattened it turning it into yet another freeway. im usually not bothered to put any riding effort in that section, its, as well as many other section around the dam, have been flattened by council or riders. the dam use to be challenging, now all the hard stuff has been flattened or smoothed(is there such a word :D) out.