What a great way to spend a June Sunday morning – rediscovering the trails on Mt Lofty near Redesdale.

25 riders headed off ready for the challenges the old 24 hour track had in store – and challenges there were, not the least of which was finding the actual track! Parts of the Mt Lofty Park had been burnt in the Black Saturday fire and much of the single track was hidden by bushy re-growth and littered with fallen branches.

Plenty of opportunity for Mary to practise lifting the back wheel – thanks for the coaching, Toby!

There was a fair amount of “bush bashing”, sticks through the spokes and damaged derailers but we were rewarded with some great flowing single track in the unburnt areas and an entertaining “mad downhill”!

We had a really enjoyable morning, great to have so many turn out – looking forward to exploring more new areas on our next ride.