{"id":2559,"date":"2011-01-23T21:03:09","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T10:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/?p=2559"},"modified":"2011-01-23T21:03:09","modified_gmt":"2011-01-23T10:03:09","slug":"doubles-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/?p=2559","title":{"rendered":"Double’s trouble.."},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I’m easily distracted.. “Where DOES that dirt road go?”\u00a0Curiosity\u00a0laid to bed plans to complete the ‘Channel Century’ today. Midway ’round, I\u00a0turned my roadie uphill to follow some previously unknown (to me) gravel double track into Snug Tiers Reserve.\u00a0 A bit of scratching about and I found a track that linked into the Kaoota to Margate Tramway\u00a0and back home. The trails were a bit of an ask for my 28c shod road bike and I spent most of the ride wishing I had a little more rubber beneath me.. ..so when I got\u00a0back to the Ranch\u00a0I whipped my 29er out and headed out for round two. Turns out, double is trouble.\u00a0 Halfway down my second passage of the Nierinna Creek Track I spilt my rear tire and was sprayed head to toe with tubeless slime. No worries, I’ll whack a tube in a nurse her home. Whipped the tire off only to find that inside she was like a pin cushion from our time in the desert (which is THE thorn capital of the world). Twenty minutes of picking pricks out and I’m back on my way, winding through some very nice singletrack, across a paddock or two and home in time for a beer (or two) with the Old Man. Not bad for a sunday outing.<\/p>\n