Smiths Gully

So after a big week on the bike with plenty of kms covered on both the road and mountain bike I had an early morning ride at Smiths Gully with Geoff Tait, no relation (that we know of). Geoff was out on his new Epic S Works which handled the trail all day without missing a beat.

My bike on the other hand had a few issues, that will require some repairs/replacements this week.



There was a quick dump of rain on Friday night which made the tracks tacky and perfect, and it was great to ride with no dust. This was my front yard as we were leaving.


This is the the top of the climb out the back of smiths gully, there is some great new trail out in this section which was great and thanks to those that are putting in the time to build these trails as they are first class. The loop we did took about 1 hour 45 mins and we could have added another 30 mins of riding so this loop is getting longer and longer as we find new sections to add in.


Geoff was enjoying the steep final section of this climb.


Maybe one day we will ride from Warrandyte to Kinglake on the Mountain bikes. Might have to start doing some work into connecting all the trails.

So the trails at smiths gully were in top condition and not having ridden out there for a while it was great to get out there again. This area is getting more popular as I saw about 9 or 10 other mountain bikers out when last year you could ride on a sat morning and not see anyone.