Scorchio
Kids were actually not on top form but they did do well considering. Typical of the younger one to lose a brake pad early on in the ride. I still don't know how he did it but finding the pad later when we were lost and went back down the track where it went missing I was amazed to find it on a relatively smooth, level part of the track just lying right on the riding line??? When he lost it from the front brake I nicked one of the rears to replace it as I reckoned he was much better with a front brake instead of skidding out of control down a gravelly hill with just a rear brake.
As it turns out it was the right choice and the lack of rear brake didn't seem to hinder him much and I reckon the only bit it stopped him from riding down was the stony bit after the swoops on Hully Gully.
Ironically, when we tried to cut the ride short at the end and got lost we actually ended up covering over 14.5 miles, the circuit is supposed to be about 11 miles
Think I might go back alone some time and do a full fast loop to see how it feels at full tilt. I reckon it could be a nice flowing circuit with enough technical interest to make it worth the 2nd trip.