[Closed] Happy new year! First ride of 2012?

Hmmm, forecasts says: rain... rain... rain... 👿

Off to slide down a mountain next weekend, so 1st ride might be weekend after that. Might just say sod it and get wet later today, but not at 8am 😉

Short road ride tomorrow to burn off some more of the crap I've been eating. Big ride on Monday with the STW crowd in Winchester

I've got a cx race @ 14.00 today cant wait, currently carb loading on party food 😕

Hopefully a little trundle round local stuff tomorrow (actually 'this' I guess) morning to blow a few cobwebs off.

Nothing in any way strenuous, but there are a couple of rumoured local 'built' spots I want to find.

slainte 😀 rob

out in an hour for 20mile XC ride.

In bed at 10 ish last night up at 5 this morn with the 1 yr old. Off road riding with local club. Cafe and a steady 50/60 would be nice. Burn off some Xmas crap I've been eating

Just back in from a 10 mile pootle with the dog
all flat towpath stuff but real nice morning nearly frosty with the stars out
looks like rain any minute now

cwmcarn, 2 laps, finish off the mince pies between laps 🙂

It's dry, clear and 5 degrees. As I've not got any excuse not to I'll get out for a trundle round the local woods in about an hour (i.e. once it's actually light). Try and start off on the right foot as it were...

FoD 🙂

An easy ride around my local loop although it is so muddy that nothing is particularly easy at the moment. It should be nice and peaceful.

FoD

+1 - though I'll be on my uni, so probably not the same trails as you (I don't think I'm even up to Freeminers, and possibly not even Verderers)

Beautiful out there today. Bit muddy, but superb.

well my girlfriend was up half the night poorly, so never quite managed to get up for 8! heading soon though, yeah 🙂

last year i rode everyday for at least the first couple of weeks so it'd be nice to do something like that again, but for longer 🙂

Will be going out for a quick spin after roast beef + yorkshire dinner 🙂

Managed to get out for an hours ride this morning. Was up until 2.30 this morning trying to fix a leaking toilet so was a bit sluggish on the uphill bits. Good to get the first ride of the year done.

12 mile loop across the South Downs at 7am this morning. The idea was to ride into the first sunrise of the year, but the mist thwarted our plans.
Had a good ride though - very slippery, in a fun way, and nobody else out, apart from a few dog walkers.

Lovely!

Mrs Magnet and I have just taken our 10 month twins out for the first time on their new weerides. Awesome start to the year.

Was at llandegla for 9 to ride the new b-line and have to say, they've done a great job on it, it's fast, found myself absorbing the jumps to avoid getting too lofted - still overcooked one and bailed to avoid hitting the trees 🙂 the climbs were good too - makes it a much better place to go IMO, shame it was pissing down and blowing a gale

Fab 4 hour muddy ride in Epping forest - a complete hoot. Happy 2012.

i managed a 40k road spin this morning after 4.5hrs sleep and a selection of chocolate biscuits, got home just before it started tipping it down.

3 hours in the Pentlands this morning. Great start to 2012

Just got back from filthy, cold, wet, muddy, misty c.15 mile South Downs loop. Effin grotty out there...but glad i did it. 🙂

Gonna get out for a group ride tomorrow. The masses haven't decided a location yet but a couple of laps of Ashton Court followed by a first look at the new stuff in Leigh Woods is favourite.

Just another quick urban blast for me - 1 down, 365 to go 😛

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Lots of folks out though - starting the New Year right!
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Went out with the local club and got murdered as only the "bigger boys" came out to play.

A very wet n muddy bimble round whinlatter, me and GF hid under a tree to avoid the hail stones.....priceless.

Happy new year!

An enjoyable club run, we did get passed by Alex Dowsett and a couple of mates though.... 😉

Mabie for a bit. Place was really busy. There was the annual orienteers knollbagging event, hordes of walkers and bikes 😆

Coed did mbr then a route up to Gomez and back in to centre, much fun but very wet 🙂

An easy ride along national cycle route 75 for me this afternoon.

First time out for about a month so I felt quite chuffed that I had managed to get the motivation to go out as it has been very low due to the crap weather and darkness at this time of year 🙂

Dragged myself round Cannock Chase this afternoon. Wetter than an otter's pocket. Was like riding through overcooked porridge with added grit. Took a long hot bath and a large chugging whisky to revive me.

Hopefully will be pootling round the Purbecks with a mate of mine tomorrow......got ready for a ride twice today and it pissed it down both times. I dont have a problem if it starts raining whilst I'm out but wont go out if its already raining.

I've got two rides in already this year. The first started at 11pm last night and was a couple of hours xc on local trails, watching the fireworks over the city as we headed out and then back home at 1am. This afternoon I went out to Wharncliffe on the dh bike for a couple of hours of playing around.

A bit damp but both really good fun.

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Edit:why do my images never work? 😐

first ride of 2012, a fab ride around a very quiet Forest of Dean

my mate had 3 crashes, left the trail 4 times inadvertantly and even fell over going for a pee in the woods 😀

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also from today
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First ride: mudfest, very cold and wet and a busted frame 🙁

Ah well, things can only get better....

You broke your Orange Matt?

A fantastic start to the new year for me, 40k loop from Brecon through the Gap with some friends. Got lucky with the wind and rain as it had eased off. Happy New Year to everyone and may there be some good rides ahead!

A muddy (for the Trans Pennine Trail section of it) 47 miles to MiL's in Liverpool for lunch on the Tripster. Headwind too - but great fun all the same and incredibly quiet. Started to rain about 5 minutes after I got there too, so that bodes well for the rest of the year! 😉

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Great 3hrs round local trails - dry and firm. Got home then as I was washing the bike it started to rain...

Perfect!

GB

Couple of muddy hours spent exploring the local area looking for more little bits of trail to fill some gaps in my (work in progress) 100% off-road urban trail. Found some sections that will do the job with a little trimming/spadework and some drier weather.

Also found this only 10 minutes ride from my front door (a kid at school had mentioned to me that his dad was helping to build it but didn't let on where it was) -

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- shame I'm too much of a jumping wuss to make use of most of what has been built so far!

Sight/shot of the day for me though was this carpet of crab apples with the trail cutting through them.

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slainte 😀 rob

ChunkyMTB - Member

You broke your Orange Matt?

Went for a early ride over Cannock Chase to burn off the hangover.

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100 mile road ride round the Chiltens today. Last 20 miles it rained, joy! 🙂

Got out today for my traditional new years day ride. Weather was pretty good ground was pretty wet. Nice to get out though 🙂

Think the litre of cheeky Vimto was a bad idea though!

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My first time around Long Mynd today, fancied some natural trails to begin the year rather than the usual cannock trip, and really enjoyed it, even though it hossed it down for all but the first 5mins of the ride...

Riding up through the forest from Hamerly (sp?), it looked like there was a mass of nice cheeky single track running down in the woods?

Quite entertaining watching the walks of shame as I drove through town this morning too!

Six of us did a very rainy, but great ride nonetheless, in Calderdale.

Didn't see any other mtb'ers at all.

@Rob

I know where that is. Good to see it is being rebuilt. It had a bulldozer go through it last time I was down that way, and was in pretty bad shape.

Jamie - Member
@Rob
I know where that is. Good to see it is being rebuilt. It had a bulldozer go through it last time I was down that way, and was in pretty bad shape.

The lad I teach who told me about it claims there's some agreement now with whoever owns the land to allow the trail pixies to carry on building. Not sure how true that is though.

Now I know it's there need to sort out my jumping skills or I'll be forever stuck on the nursery slopes (middle photo)!

slainte 😆 rob

Rob are you allowed to let us know where that is or is it an invite only place? It's probably quite close to me and it looks fun 🙂

My first ride will be tomorrow. Went out today with the dogs on the cats back west of Dingwall and the mud was everywhere, so it will be off-road tomorrow with the mud tyres and hopefully i will get the chance to play and get dirty.
Flock

The lad I teach who told me about it claims there's some agreement now with whoever owns the land to allow the trail pixies to carry on building. Not sure how true that is though.

Good to see someone has some common sense. If I remember right, it was a bit of a grey area as to who actually owned the land and the people who wrecked it had overstepped the mark.

Managed a nice wee ride in the Kilpatrick hills despite a decemt hangover..Sun shon for most of it but very windy at the trig point..
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Nice view of Glasgow but completely invisible on my iPhone snap..
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I got out on the roadbike this afternoon.Poured down around here (West Lancs) all morning,so yesterdays plan of getting out early doors got modified.Better than last new year though, I got the dreaded turbo trainer out that time..

_tom_ - Member
Rob are you allowed to let us know where that is or is it an invite only place? It's probably quite close to me and it looks fun

slainte 🙂 rob