Welcome Back Westleigh!

Hey Trendsetters,

Well, today was the first day back on the mountain bike after an extended absence. It has rained for the last 2 weeks and before that, my injury kept me off the bike for 4 weeks, so a total of 6 weeks..

But, I just realised, I haven't told you what I did yet, have I? Oh well, you will have to wait a bit longer...

After 52km's on the road bike on Sunday, I backed up with a 2.5hr, 25km mountain bike ride today. Come spring, backing up will become very important for me (yet another story I haven't told you yet.. and as they say, Treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen - yes, that's YOU).

So a solo ride at Westleigh today. Track condition; A for Awesome. After weeks of rain, Easter delivered with an absolutely stunning 4 days in Sydney. It's been many weeks since I hit Westleigh and it appears those track fairies have been hard at work, bless them.

A nice little berm, to redirect riders off to the right (the old track used to go straight through this berm), which adds about 200mtrs of track:

 ...and a nice easy does it drop off before a right hook back onto the original track:

And here is an interesting specimen from the past, obviously uncovered by the fairies while track building. An old school Toohey's Draft can (now known as Toohey's New). I estimated late 80's/early 90's, and upon closer inspection of the can I can see the Olympic logo with the words, "Official Sponsor of the 1992 Olympics. Love it!

>>>end transmission, Justin<<<