Good turnout today for a short offroad ride. As well as the usual offroaders we were joined by Paul HH and John Corder. Interesting to see that john is riding a 29er and that like me he prefers a hard tail instead of a full suss. I was very fortunate in that Dave HH had read my blog reports and once again let me try out his on-one 29er hard tail.
Once again we started from kings drive straight up the chalky white climb to the ridge above Alfriston. Once reaching Firle beacon we enjoyed the long decent down through Norton and Bishop stone before the climb back up through the golf course. At this point there is a sharp twist eastwards through some woods. Malcolm remembered this being a bit hairy last time we were there. This time it was far worse as the path was all over grown with vegetation , it was badly eroded and there were lots of exposed tree roots. I did not enjoy this section at all and decided to walk down much of it. From here we continued eastwards through Alfriston and into Friston forest, finishing with the same long rocky decent (much better on a 29er) that we finished with last week. Despite having to check the gps a few times we got back to our other halves before 12:00 as planned (unlike last week). Not a bad route but unfortunately I need to re plot it to avoid the hairy section through the woods. As for the 29er hard tail it was so much better than the 26er full suspension, so if you are looking for a light weight Ellsworth full suspension you will now find one very local on ebay, LOL.
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