Cypress Triple

With a slightly warmer few days this week, the trails were free of snow and unusually dry just in time for a bunch of the usual suspects plus some local celebs to squeeze in some sociable laps on Cypress :-)


I kept the camera holstered for the first three laps as we had a world class camera jockey with us but here's some snaps from the last lap.

We rode Wild Cherry to Roaches to S&M - probably my favourite way down Cypress. This is (I think) Noel of Knolly Bikes fame on the Cherry Bomb - really steep with an awkward roll in.












Elsewhere (actually nearer the top) is the Widow-Maker - a nasty steep line that has an odd run in and choice of narrow run outs between trees but the main issue is that you have to ride round the outside of some craggy bits on the off-camber - anyway - its tricky. Here we see Nicole conquering it very smoothly indeed - she doesnt ride like a lawyer!?












....and crazy Derek Timmermmermmermmerman in one of my better photos

















....and of course, no ride would be complete without Derek trying to blow up his fork. Again. This is supposed to be a big steep roll but unconvinced by this Derek insisted on jumping all 8-10ft of it to (almost) flat. Nice job Del! And what was even more impressive is that his fork (a 55 ATA) appeared to be fine - impressive stuff from the Italians as usual.

With the sun dipping towards the horizon, and all of us relatively unscathed from our fun, we headed to the pub for a beer and Ostrich burger. Mmmmmm, Ostrich.

Oh btw, our other celebs were Crankworx nutters Ross and some block called Ben