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Sunday, March 07, 2010

Kobble Creek

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The purpose of this ride was to find a route from Kobble Creek up to Mt Glorious. There’s a road visible on Google Maps, but as we found out, it disappears into private property.


Due to recent rain, we had to cross a few flooded creeks. The bikes held up really well until the last crossing, when the current snapped my read derailleur off.


The area around Kobble Creek is beautiful. In drier weather it would be a really pleasant ride, with some challenging hills greater than 17% gradient. When they’re not swollen, some of those creeks look like they’d be really fun to swim in too.


But to be honest, crossing flooded creeks is a pretty stupid thing to do. If you slip, it would be easy to be washed away or lose your bike. And even if you do make it across, there’s a good chance you’ll damage your bike.


So I’m going to be a bit more sensible in future.









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