Lummaloop night ride

It's cold in Belgium at night...

Our international crew rolled out last night in the deep dark forest of Lummen.  Conditions pure Belgium - endless mud pits and myriad consistencies of the slippery stuff.  Jo, Alex, Maarten, and I donned our lights and cold weather gear for a good slosh in the wet.

It had been a while since I had done a real night ride, and it was good to get out there.  Maarten was on his new bright orange Cobra (no brakes!), Alex with his busted-ass Blaze, and Jo on a racy carbon Ridley Ignite. 

Despite Alex's rear shock blowing up early in the ride (that's what he gets for riding a fully suspended bicycle in Flanders...), things were pretty ok until Maarten took a header into a ditch, in a spectacular fashion.