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What a beautiful weekend.
I rode 33km of the black trails at Kirroughtree yesterday, it was nothing short of amazing. Gorgeous scenery, flowing and very technical single track and some slabby stuff. I rode it on my cross bike, much to the amusement of pretty much everyone on the trails. It was so much more fun that way, picking a smooth line isn't optional; it's about life preservation.
I did get a few pinch flats on the front tyre though, by about 3/4's of the way through I'd ran out of tubes and had to resort to a mixture of jogging and riding fire roads with all my weight over the rear wheel. Next time I'll run a 29x2.1 on the front (I was on 700x35).
One of those pinch flats did result in a spectacular fall on a fast descent, so I've got a few more scars but lots of prescription pain killers from one of the other guys. So all's good.
Pictures to follow...