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Plan: Roadie for me all weekend. Weathers dried the lanes up quite considerably over the last few days and no forecast for rain 😀 I've some new winter gear to try out, some spanky new Giro Empire reflective dancing shoes, new winter top and a toothless grin.
So Hampshires vast lane network ought to get ready for a Man in Black to come and blow snot balls all over the Downs.
It's gonna be most excellent.
And you?
Tomorrow morning heading out for a gentle fireroad hour with the wife and then doing another hour of 6min super-threshold efforts afterwards (I'm trying to copy trainerroads work out plan but outside).
Sunday morning will be a standard xc ride somewhere.
Cannock! - Twice hopefully, with different friends on different evenings, both will be in darkness. Riding there pretty much every week at the mo, love it, it just gets better with every ride.
Also probably cheeky up Barlaston Downs on Saturday while my daughter and wife are at a 5yr old party for 2 hours. No way I'm hanging around to chat nonsense with a load of mummies.
Have fun everyone!
Another penance of a day in Hong Kong tomorrow, riding dry trails down and taking cheap shuttles up with stewartc. Dreadful.
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Bennachie and Millstone Hill in Aberdeenshire in a few minutes, on the trail bike. The joys of getting every other Friday off work.
Dallas in Morayshire tomorrow, riding (well trying to ride) my DH bike, followed by curry and beer with a few people off this forum, and then sleeping in my car.
Not really sure what the plan is for Sunday, but I believe it will involve riding a bike.
Woburn Saturday - its dry and bloody good fun. Sunday probably trying to keep up with the missus as she has just bought a new Road Bike and wants to try it out.
Been ill all week so not sure. I really want to get the big bike out and hammer some stuff tbh but might need to be a gentler one.
I'm getting dragged out of the Peak District house to Anglesey to get the holiday house ready for the holidays.
The only redeeming factor is I'm road riding there. Weather looks good for it.
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A wee cheeky night in the van somewhere round Thirlmere, riding sat and sun. Hoping to take in a wee cheeky loop up above Hayeswater along to Boredale hause and maybe if snow allows - Sticks pass.
Pics to follow. 😀
Edit - best of luck with the Lee Quarry day, always fancied the singletrack weekender there, never got round to it.
Planning a 50-60km loop taking in some hills and coastal paths linking up some old mine buildings and scenery, there will be some technical bits, road work, and tracks. It will keep me busy for the morning.
secret NWAlps trails tomorrow inc breakfast and long road ride around the lanes sunday.
interspersed with omloop & K-B-K and a beer festival
Brother's coming round with his new-to-him Karate Monkey, some new to the world Rebas, his daughters and their bikes.
Fit the forks, ride the bikes (punchbowl pootle with the kiddies), cut down laurel and holly trees. Longer ride on Sunday, hopefully.
Roadie for me all weekend.
This, providing my frame is ready for me at the LBS this afternoon. Otherwise, it'll be MTB at Cwmcarn and Cardiff North Saturday and Sunday.
Lee Quarry on Sunday I think. Looks like it might be quite busy...
me too....see you there
Straight out of the door for me (Leicester). Mrs asbrooks has plans for me this weekend!
A 200 mile trip to Wales from Essex in the morning for 5 nights @Ty Beic for a bit of a break inc The Antifreeze on Sunday at Coed Y Brenin & Penmachno/Marin Trails in the week and no work...yippee!
Sunday off piste in the Forest of Dean .
Sunday morning I'll be attempting to ride my Demo 8!
I've not done too badly with riding this week; the dry weather has been far more encouraging and it's nice not having to wash the bike after every ride.
Off to grizedale now! Whoop!
Doing a Lakes ride that I've never done before in Eskdale. Cant wait for some new trails. Going to slay me but its all good fun.
Parkrun on Saturday and AntiFreeze at Coed on Sunday
Early start tomorrow to drive from Kent to Llandegla. Staying in Llanberis and then the Antifreeze at CYB on Sunday before driving all the way back home.
Local yokel ride for me tomorrow morning, but with an explore of some nice hidden singletrack that was revealed to us on Wednesday evening's night ride. Looking forward to riding it in the light so I don't overshoot every corner trying to be cool at the front of the group 😳
Millstone and Bennachie today.......plenty of snow!
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First club 10 of the season tomorrow, I'll be there if I finish building up the bike.
Then hopefully some 60 miles of West Berkshire back roads on Sunday on the road bike if things go to plan (or a long turbo if it doesn't.)
Was gonna head out early Sunday to do a 100km road ride (an offering to the gods of Strava), but yesterday's MTB ride showed encouraging signs of dryness on the trails - so now I am conflicted.
Was gonna head out early Sunday to do a 100km road ride (an offering to the gods of Strava), but yesterday's MTB ride showed encouraging signs of dryness on the trails - so now I am conflicted.
.......conflicted......dry trails!!
working tomorrow but looking at in a big day on my fat tie in the South Lakes out of Staveley 60 miles plus on Sunday 🙂
More like slightly less sloppy trails tbh, but that's appealling in its own right
tomorrow, finish building bike while daughter is having a party in the house (wife is supervising)
Sunday, well earned local spin on new-to-me bike. Just back riding after flu/cold/flu/cold for 7 weeks.
could be crispy trails...
Nothing for the weekend as I'm working Saturday and Sunday but I'm off next week so hoping that Surrey Hills will have dried out a bit for a couple of rides.
If there's any particularly nice days I might head down to the seaside along the London to Brighton off-road route to get some miles on my new Kite 🙂
Thetford tomorrow for some simple twisty flat fast xc fun. No mud fingers crossed.
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No surf so Windy coastal cruise today, hard tails at Haldon with mates on Sunday
Me and the Wife also at Lee Quarry on Sunday. Maybe we need a STW signal, like some sort of handshake? 🙂
SMBO Day/Nighter around falkirk, could be chilly.
I was thinking of having a look at the Stirling classic ride from the current issue of the magazine, but it may not be the time of year for it. Quite likely glentress or Innerleithen for me otherwise.
https://www.strava.com/activities/502825666
Bosh. Quick hour in before home to bath the boys. Still can't ride loam. Top 10% on the rocky stuff, bottom 10% on the loamy stuff. Go figure, as they say.
Stunning sunset over the lake though.
The Quantocks is drying out nicely, a couple more days like this and the trails will be perfect.
I've started as I mean to go on...
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local singlespeeding for me tomorrow, summer tyres, the only tricky bit will be the first down as that'll be a [s]river[/s] slip&slide otherwise should be mostly dry 🙂
Cannock was epic today absolutely destroyed it right up until the moment when the bars came loose ha! It's always on the descents eh never uphill
Perfectly dry on the tourist trails off piste still shot to bits
Have a good one wherever you go
Working all weekend. Finish at 1500 home for 1600 and out for a short blast. Probably Darwen tower.
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not bad for 20+ miles cross country at the end of feb 🙂 always nice when the bike comes back cleaner than when it left !
remarkably dry today after only a week without rain, trails running fast and we reveled in the pre spring growth openness
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My dog walk was sticky as **** so I'm not too distraught about working rather than riding today.
Lovely pic that rocketDog!
Chilling with a few bottles of Sharp's Atlantic this pm. Have just prepped mine & wife's bike for the Amberley Rocket sportive tomorrow and started off the steak and ale casserole for after in in the slow cooker.
Morning dog walk revealed pretty good trail conditions in QECP and I felt marginally guilty about not riding but 67 miles tomorrow will even things out.
Blimey that felt cold! But at least the slop is finally starting to dry up (in places) here in the South Dales.
Just got back from riding local and it surprising how much the trails have dried out. More sludge on the dog than the bikes. Lets hope the Peak has dried out a bit since last week for tomorrow's ride.
Boredale, Martindale common and Ullswater shore.
Lovely day for it
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49 miles on the road bike and i was froze !
Bedding in the new bike
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50 miles on the Fatty today!
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Going to Mabie tomorrow, after several months off the bike in winter hibernation. A mixture of excitement and fear, I checked my bike and had a quick ride around the block today and i was knackered..easy does it.
An hour on the bike in a skin suit here, bloody hell that was cold!
Headed up to Sherwood Pines in search of dry trails and wasn't disappointed! Trails are in basically perfect condition at the moment bar a couple of what look like permaslop sections.
Couple of laps of the Kitchener, Breakfast Bagette and home in time for the Rugby!
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All colours of cold today, 15mph NorEasterly meant chilly arms and chin.. The Farmers of the South Downs have been busy replanting over the "wet" season, we have fields of manicured corduroy...
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And no beer today, it's far too early..
Lots of bikes at Lee Quarry
Yesterday afternoon I rode up to the top of Baildon Moor and back via Shipley Glen.
Then early this morning I headed for Harden Moor for some fun before the general public got out of bed.
Trails are drying out nicely:-)
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Another partial success. Hit ice on the priest road and nearly didappeared in to the waiting chasm. Then lost my wingman on the last descent and spent half an hour searching for one another fearing finding an air ambulance job. Thankfully just navigational error.
Stunning day out.
Took my lad for a couple of laps at Hicks Lodge yesterday - I need to get their recipe for peanut butter brownie. Half bone dry, half mysteriously wet, no idea why.
44 miles and 2800+ feet on the road bike with a mate this morning. Both with heavy winter legs still. Got overtaken a lot by big groups near Carsington. But first dry road ride of the year. Also first puncture of the year, going downhill at 25mph with a thankfully considerate driver behind.
Comrie Croft with Stirling Bike Club today. It almost seemed like spring...just whisper it mind, for now. 8)
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I've had a belting weekend! Off on Friday and the wife wanted to go to Cannock as she hasn't been for a few months, trails where in perfect condition bar a couple of puddles.
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Yesterday was the wifes birthday, so we went walking with friends on the Malvern's before watching the rugby with a pint.
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And today I headed to the Long Mynd on the Blur's penultimate ride before it's replaced. Bit damper than I was anticipating under wheel but a cracking day for it:
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And as I'm off work tomorrow as well, I might crack the summer roadie out for the first time this year 😀
Had a great day out in the Peak, along time since I saw as many riders out. Sun was out and the trails were a lot drier than last weekend. Bikes have been cleaned and its now time for a glass of wine and a long soak.
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Only decent weekend in ages and it my Mrs birthday...so no riding bikes for me!
pootling with the good lady.
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No bike this weekend but a great weekend in the Mountains!
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All day friday building n' clearing new trails of debris, same on sat, similar on sunday morning then riding for a couple of hours sun afternoon..absolutely shattered now with trembling arm muscles and shaky jakey legs but it's been brilliant weather over the past few days and i've got shitloads done so i'm a very happy bunny - I imagine i'll be off the land of nod before 8pm t'night and nae work t'morn for me.
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Getting a new sony AS200 action cam delivered t'morn so i'll try and get some filming done of my trails.
Twice round Ae red and once round Mabie red yesterday and once around Dalbeattie red this morning. Not been down there for years. Trails are all pretty immaculate and running like summer. Shows a bit how Glentress is a victim of its own success I feel when you see how damaged some of the trails are (I know they do what they can)
Recent running injury has forced me back out on my bike for the first time in nigh on 5 years! (Running and hill walking seem to have got in the way...) Anyhoo, had a right blast, easing in gently down the local railway walk before hooning about in the woods. Woohoooooooooo!
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I love my brick
That may be the case but why remove it from your wall?
There are a lot of cracking photos form this weekend, a lot of comments about "enjoying oneself" too..
Which means only one thing.
We all love riding bikes, riding bikes in some lovely weather 😀
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Mabie, today...glorious,.there are some serious climbs I wasn't aware of. Perhaps over estimated my abilties/fitness. Once round the red and I'm in bits, my arse is broken.
Twice round Ae red and once round Mabie red yesterday and once around Dalbeattie red this morning.
??!...oofft, you are a machine.
Buzzing pictures from everyone.
No riding for the foreseeable here but it didn't stop me [s]blowing cash[/s] investing some quality time in my hobby.
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cracking ride 59 miles of the Lakes finest low level BWs
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