Singlespeed Worlds Day 4

After a bit of a break I was feeling better on day 4 so headed back out on the bike with the guys. We decided we'd have a more leisurely day, enjoying the trails and taking a few pictures whilst we were out.

Dave told us we were soft & rode some dropsI feathered my brakes on the Tickler (dad-joke copyright N Drummond)
and groundskeeper Nidley finally showed us his treehugging side
It's hard not to have fun when you're out riding bikes with your mates somewhere like this
It was Flys birthday so after lunch we went out to the Luge, a series of concrete tracks set high above Lake Rotorua that you get to by gondola

The tracks wind down the hill like ski slopes, and even on the simplest track you can pick up a fair bit of speed and have some close races. I'd love to see the casualty statistics for this place.
It was at this point we found out that one of our number had a bit of a fear of heights & wasn't that happy about the chairlift. So naturally when the lift stopped one time we had to bounce the cable. Fortunately it was taken in good grace.
He was very obviously in his 'happy place' on the gondola on the way down too...
Tomorrow was race day so we had to attend 'race briefing' that night. This was a very serious matter

Race briefing was pretty simple - have fun, be nice, ride bikes & drink beer but remember - don't drink beer and ride bikes.

After that there was a competition to see which nation would hold the next Worlds. Naturally this involved hats & clothes pegs

But the action off-stage was just as good - well, it was for Fly anyway. He seemed to be enjoying his birthday...