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Fantastic evening to be on the bike warm temps and no wind 40 miles on a mixture of trails
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Got 50k in this eve. It was warm and lush at the time. Finished by a beach. Water everywhere, none to drink. I drank all mine too quickly as was caught out. #britishbakeon
out on a Bird Zero demo bike at Swinley... haven't seen it that busy for a while.
When I got back to the car I realised I'd forgotten to put my lid back on after one of my stops... so had to retrace back to where I thought I'd left it... turned out that I was so <span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">excited about the demo ride that I completely forgot to put it on in the first place !</span>
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No, Grrrr. Had planned a P.O.E.T.s but a water leak kept us on site until 7pm.
Nope, due to me having a chest infection.
****in marvellous! ☹️
How do you have a poets mid week ?
The last two letters are ' tomorrow's Saturday ' ? 😁
Unlucky by the way ...
Took the Dude up to Pitfichie. Lovely evening but I think I need some suspension in my life
No, my forks are at TF tuned 😣
Going out tonight. Hoping the last few days have dried things out a bit.
A little potter.
I'm running at lunch today.
Hoping for local spin tonight.
Finished in the light (just). What a difference a week makes. It’s gone from cold, horrible slop to mostly dry, grippy and only a few puddles. Didn’t clean the bike and sat in the pub garden at 9pm drinking beer with one layer on!
Three days in the Elan Valley starting tomorrow. Two of them at least in sunshine. It’s all a bit of a novel experience!
Yep lovely little pedal up on to the stream on cut gate. Met some new riders pushing cx bikes down the stones at the top end of langsett and let one of them have a go in my jekkyl. I think he's going to be getting a new bike soon!
Yup.. Usual Wednesday evening ride. Started off in The Goyt Valley, over to Buxton, Back into The Goyt, Taxal, Goyt and back to the car. Only 27km, which is about the norm as riding buddy has 45min drive home so tend to be done by about 21:15
Amazing night to be out after all the crap weather we've had. Warm, 90% dry, slight breeze, clear skies and a fantastic sunset. What's not to like?? Too early for the Midgies as well, so no mad rush to change before getting eaten alive by the little @&$£s
Couple of mates are back out tonight, which is going to be even better, but I can't make it.
Obv - a positively incendiary lap of Cannock in world class conditions
14 PRs some of which have stood since Mar 2017. Epic
Yep, 50km on the cheap aero road bike that's been sitting on the turbo since October. Knees and elbows full visible. Local shop was running demo rides so lots of people out.
Yep, 15k in the local woods, was it dry? was it bawls, but I didn't care, slid about, crashed into my mate, ended up in the pub. Awesome.
Grabbed the kids from school and went up the local woods for a loop on the fire road (which to be honest is pretty technical in places when you've 20" wheels).
Went out Tues night. Some mud, but some dry bits too.
It was enough to have me grinning.
I've been out twice most weeks for a few months now. Last night there was a group of us doing Fineshades/Wakerly. I'm still the fat slow wheezy one at the back though. Last night wasn't my finest hour, infact I really struggled.
It's nice to be out though, and in shorts.
22k of drying-out bridleways around Farnham and Puttenham. Bliss..
Was going out but couldn't find my front light which I last saw on a recent Scottish trip. After much swearing I decided I must have left it behind after said trip so went to computer to order a replacement.
Needless to say I found it immediately I went back in the garage, it had fallen behind yet another pile of crap.So, I am going out tonight and in a day or so I will have a spare light. At least the new light is an eBay cheapie so not a big investment and a spare will hopefully avoid this kind of kerfuffle
had a little light chaser round the bottom of Swinley. for some bizarre reason i was really struggling for motivation last night despite the weather but eventually forced myself out and had a jolly old time! kicking myself for not going out earlier... very fragrant logging going on down the Bagshot end!
I give up with pictures like
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had a lovely ride out to devilla forest, it’s around 11miles to my favourite spot, set up my tarp and hammock, had some supper, then just lay and listened to the radio for a while.
got up early and had some breakfast then packed up and rode home.
first overnight trip of the year, saw some deer, swans, blue herons, canada geese, heard a woodpecker, and felt properly warm for the first time in ages.
it was brilliant.
16 miles yesterday morning along the seafront - glorious. Will check Bedgebury tomorrow morning - must be nearly dry after last week's gloop.
Nope, replaced the pads and disks on my car which had been up on bricks for months as I've not had a dry free weekend!
Commuted in this morning though, 26 miles of road and a bimble through Windsor park so its not all bad. Same again on the way home too and if I'm not too sore tomorrow as well, that'll make it the first 100+mile week in a very long time!
Nice pics Martymac ..you got there in the end !😁
Mate bailed on me, which was disappointing. So cycled home from work the interesting way instead, still good!
Lovely loop of the Sugar Loaf last night. Dry and dusty in places, crystal clear views out to the Bristol Channel, and almost no puddles or mud. And got back in daylight too. Fantastic. Just feel sorry for my mate who had organised it. On getting his bike out he found is rear brake had seized on and nothing we could do could free the piston off in the handpiece. So he had to miss it 🙂 We didn't rub it in afterwards. Honest
Drove 30 miles to waterfoot. Did Lee mill quarry, cragg and tried the rolling boar NE route because I wanted to do a bit more. Rolling boar was a horrendous bog fest not worth it, wasn't even a nice route, Cragg n Lee good fun but still full of puddles. Warm but crap ground conditions were still here.
Nope had scout/cub/beaver St George's day parade practice. However did ride into work today which was lush and am intending on taking the scenic route home 🙂
Am out after work and I can't wait! Lights are also on charge so we don't have to stop when it gets dark - gonna make the most of some dry trails 🙂
Had a lovely ride last night. Still some mud patches and puddles but drying out nicely
sunny afternoon/eve riding Rivington for about four hours
I have never ever seen so many people out up rivvy - not that many bikers but runners, teenagers getting stoned - even they managed to get out their cars and walk to do this but my favourite was the 6 muslims praying facing the Pike[ sunset]. Never seen that before
Out tonight with kids and Saturday in the Lakes as well
First ride out in ages due to injury happy days
Didn't pass you near the barn on a Turner did I Junkyard?
I was on my lairy yellow & red Nukeproof.
Surely the trail side politeness let you know it was me 😉
Yes sorry did not recognise you - though you did not look like you were stopping
Hey I didn't recogonise you either but just had a funny feeling I knew you from somewhere, then when you posted up there it clicked.
I wasn't stopping! Had run out of water 45 mins or so previous.
Lovely evening for it anyway.
Terrible conditions in the Dales today. Don't bother.
Not last night but I did a 24 mile commute to work this morning. Trying to decide which route to go home (I only live 4.5 miles away but there are detour options...)
Tomorrow I have a work networking event all day. Said networking event is a 50 mile bike ride*. Oh, the hardship...
*I am prepared to ride very slowly to make it last all day...
Thanks hodgynd, it was a great night out, barely a breath of wind.
Did a 46 miler on the road bike at 9.30am and back home for midday and i still got burnt to a crisp.
I was out this morning at 6:30, Whinlatter Pass both ways from Lorton. 10°c felt odd at that time if day.
51 miler this afternoon up in the South Downs cat4 hills this afternoon, crazy hot for April! Hopefully I will come to my senses and set off at ~0630, if I go up there again tomorrow.
I'm waiting until my daughter is in bed before hotfooting it upstairs to get changed and getting out. Probably only be for an hr but I haven't ridden since around the end of Jan, so it'll be nice to get out!
Just got back from 30km from Ligh****er into Swinley. Fine dry trails at last! No bike wash required.
Hopefully Surrey Hills will be just as accommodating by Saturday...
Nice ride home form work on the new bike, will probably do in and out tomorrow
45 miles on the South Downs this afternoon - one KOM, no sunburn. It's been a good day.
The usual commute and then my local loop tonight. What a difference a couple of days make 😁
Managed to get out again this afternoon at 3.00pm until 7.00ish ..did the cross border route to the Bloody Bush Stone on the Lonesome Pine Trail at Kielder..where it was cloudier and a tad more chilly than it had been 20 miles down the road at home ...a few more pics ..
2 metres wide the woodwork on the Stairway To Heaven section as it is so exposed ..
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But it narrows on the Borderline once under tree cover ..in total there is about 3km of woodwork which swallowed up a lot of the budget earmarked for other sections as well as a brand new JCB!
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Going back a few years I helped with quite a bit of maintenance on this section down to the border ..but it's been a few years since I have ridden this section and it's as rough as a badgers arse ...naughty I know but I rode it back the way I came ( it's supposed to be one direction) ..and it works much better as a climb ..seems to have more flow on the descents..wonder if the F.C.would listen ?
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Bloody Bush toll stone ..complete with price list for drovers bringing their cattle over the border and how far in miles to Northumberland villages..
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Bombing down Oliver's Oscar where everything is vivid green ..something caught my eye so I had to stop to investigate ...
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The Smurfs are alive and well & living at Kielder ..!!
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Popped out for a bit, lovely evening....chilterns (without tree cover) running sweet....didn’t venture into woods as I know it’ll be muddy...I’ll ride that Saturday!
Yeah managed a quick 21 mile road blast which involved chasing some emtbs up a hill, they had me on the ups but I made it past them on the flats thank goodness! I even managed to get away with sunglasses and a sleeveless jersey! Driving up to Betws-y-Coed after work tomorrow evening, pizza then crash in the van and hit The Marin first thing woop woop
26 mile club social (ie pub) road ride tonight - perfect weather, nice group of 10 riders, cracking pint of Broadside.
Apparently last night's social ride had 37 riders out, running in 3 groups.
21miles around baggeridge, 9 riders out and the pub garden was chocker
Nice spin out on the Dune. This weather is owed us that's for sure!
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Spin round the Pentlands last night, very busy but it's drying out nicely.
6 of us round the Badaguish XC course and then the Lairig Ghru lower section before a pint outside the Woodshed. Lots of pollen being blown around which was only noticable in the beam of the head torch.
I have chores to do later and then off into Herts. for a cx tastic romp.
Legs are a little sore from yesterdays flier...hurrah.
BTW ,I'd also like to bitterly complain about Martin Hutch's brake cables.
Scandalous. 😉
7 PRs last night on all my local climbs. Consistently inside the top 10% now 🙂
No pics but a glorious CX ride pre breakfast this morning, linking up a local towpath, some singletrack via 2k of road then some gravel local park loops.
I feel alive!*
*almost
Would have done but after going to the garage and finding that my sons front brake has completely gone, pulling back to the bar with no braking at all (damned shimano) and then getting stuck in 2mph traffic trying to get through the Gloucester gridlock, I gave up.
Went home and did an hour on the spin bike 🙁
Yes! 1st ride out in about 6 months due to 'cantbef*ckeditus' and it was lovely. T-shirt on the way out @ 7pm and on the way home @ 10.30pm B-)
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Bit of a lonely moorland explore last night. 5 excellent pints of Moorhouses followed by a smashing ride home.
Clouded over for us though which was a tad disappointing given the weather during the day.
Would have been rude not to really, heaed up Glen Dye, over Mount Battock and then on to the Fungle.
My favourite pictures so far are hodgynds toll stone, and kayaks ‘sunlight flaring over tyre’
Spent the last couple of days doing the Uni student champs dh race at BikePark wales. Wednesday saw the track being a complete slopfest and then bone dry concrete on Thursday.
Didn't think I'd quallified after having to slow and stumble around someone who binned it hard in front of me, so I'd already changed and had a beer before a mate ran over! Then proceeded to crash in my finals run in the tunnel catching my tyre on the lip of it!
But heckling at the bottom when the fast boys came down was incredible, especially when someone tried a backflip on the zut allors step up in their race run! Looking like a Salmon today after my pasty white skin wasn't used to the sun!
Despite the warm couple of days its mud and puddles in my local East Mids woods. Looking forward to tomorrow though - still warm, trails should be nicely tacky and not too much surface water lying about.
With any luck the brambles and nettles wont be out in force yet.
Yup, rode home from work, took a slightly different route, threw in a couple of hills and a nice jaunt along the canal too, rounded up to 62km, sweet.
Top moors adventure above Marsden.
Scuttler, great pic
yes, 15 mile out and back around the South Downs near Winchester...thought I'd get away mud free, but of course I didn't...hit a deep patch of drying out mud which brought me to a stand still.
Our 4 legged fellow bridleway travelers were out in force...
Loving that Scuttler pic too..
Cheers for the "like " Martymac..
Glorious tonight:
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Have ridden 3 nights this week. Nice to have warmth and dry weather
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