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Cracking day up here in Cumbria. Did the Borrowdale Bash, which was good fun. I do love that ride even when overcooking a rock garden and having to bail out over the bars!
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I've been doing the brown run in my toilet.
shipley glen and esholt riding and digging been a great day in the sun
Bramley Trailbreak in glorious sunshine, great fun, still very muddy though.
Might have even seen you between Seatoller and Rosthwaite - I was the friendly roadie on the Ellsworth.
Top of Honister was fairly grim 🙂 Good ride out though.
Pentlands with a tailwind. Near miss fork dive otb.
Never felt so alive. Since Thursday when that happened in the dark.
Cwmcarn XC trails. Not doing the new one agen til I find a route to the top that doesn't involve the horrific mess of the somme on the way up.
Just ridiculous!
On the other side of the valley, however, it's aaaall good!
Did a quick loop from home, St Ives, Harden, Cottingley.
Nice to be out in some sunshine for a change riding some slighty drier, faster trails. 😀
Just local mud plugging SS ride across the fields and canals but any riding is great riding in the sunshine 🙂
I went over on my ankle after .3 of a mile into my run, and now have a double sized ankle. Ouchie.
Rode down to Glentress, some of the black, then back again on the SS. About 100k all in, and surprisingly not dead.
Cwmcarn XC trails. Not doing the new one agen til I find a route to the top that doesn't involve the horrific mess of the somme on the way up.
Did it this morning, wasn't that bad. Could tell you a route up to bypass the signed route but its not tarmaced so you probably wont like it either
AlasdairMc - Member
Rode down to Glentress, some of the black, then back again on the SS. About 100k all in, and surprisingly not dead.
Good effort sir, one in the karma bank for the summer.
Well done Al!
A 45km loop around East Fife on the CX bike taking in a heady mix of road, gravel, woodland, singletrack and fast reverse camber country park path on the way into down into St Andrews for coffee and the most amazing apple, cinnamon and milk chocolate scone...
Kirby Stephen - tracks running like rivers, foot deep mud, wind, sleet, stinging hail, more mud. Sunshine, tailwinds and a superfast descent on the way back. Great really!
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first time on the dog at Cannock. loved it and was on a HT. mite be looking at a new bike for trails only.
Saucer of milk Mr Egg? 😉
To be fair it is quite smooth under the couple inches of mud, had great fun loosing control repeatedly and saving it again round Cafell yesterday afternoon 😀 only ended up on my bum twice
Usual surrey hills big loop, but without Leith as I left home late - it was getting dark... 75 miles, 6.5hrs on the fat bike!!
Trails in amazing condition given the weather. Fire roads on Winterfold a bit wet but Holmbury was almost entirely lacking in puddles!!
Day trip over to Afan from Portsmouth to see the new trails. Planned to do Blade and then lap Penyhdd and Blue scar but by the time I rode up to Blade from old visitor centre and did blade + rode back was a bit buggered so just had a look at Bluescar.
Blade bloddy hard work and really technical in places at the moment!!
45 mile local loop
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With a great tail wind from Crosby all the way up to Southport Pier.
Looking at tomorrow's forecast I think the garage needs sorting and a bit of fettling is called for
Holmsbury early doors was great in the sun and dry considering what it's been through. It's been a long time since I was last there.
Fair play Gee. Do you know what pitch is like, apart from Evian are there any other trails left over that way? Hoping to get back over there tomorrow 🙂
Lots of Cannock today also out on the motorbike and just demolished a spectacular curry. Pretty good day really
Hitting my bike with a rubber mallet and cable tying things to it, might be able to ride it soon!
Hey Alasdair, I was on the black and the red at GT today. It was my second time there since I...
Rode down to Glentress, some of the black, then back again on the SS.
On your old bike as it happens but that was ages ago. Today I was finally discovering the joy of the 456 - wonderful fun. Day slightly marred by losing my wallet.
creamegg - Member
Cwmcarn XC trails....Could tell you a route up to bypass the signed route but its not tarmaced so you probably wont like it either
I'm willing to give it a try.
It was a ****ing joke btw! Not what I wrote - the first climb, you must really enjoy not enjoying yourself?
At home with a stinking cold after planning a day at cwmcarn and got family stuff fulling up my next few weekends
I'm gutted haven't had a proper ride in weeks!
Dalby Red, with a bit of a play at Dixon's Hollow. Yep it was fun, but a long drive when there is better riding on my doorstep.
Mickleham, and Ranmore today, trails in surprisingly good shape as well. The trail pixies have also been busy in places where they don't normally go as well...
Had a quick blast around some of the unmarked stuff at Haldon. The rangers have done a great job clearing up the main trails after the storms but there's still a hell of a lot down.
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Did 62 mileson the cx bike,derby,Loughborough and Nottingham.
Guess where I was riding today.
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A nice bimble round Dartmoor for me, with a loverly new (well to me) bike, a 2005 Turner 5 Spot. Ride characterised by quite a bit of sloggy wet grass and squelchy mud, not made any better by poor tyre choice (WTB Bronsons) but alleviated by a strong wind that seemed to be at my back all the way around 🙂
Shiny new looking bike at Bennet's Cross
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Top of Shapley Tor descent- 2 minutes later I was OTB after hitting a sneaky bottomless mud puddle... no harm done, either to me or (more importantly!) to the bike.
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Jay's Grave
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View from Bowerman's nose- sketchy descent on a new bike...
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Most importantly- Snowdrops! Spring is around the corner!
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Out on the road bike for me. 100 miles, 8100ft of climbing around the Trough of Bowland, Lancashire with the odd trip onto Yorkshire. Good training for the Fred Whitton I'm doing in May. Need to get out on the mtb soon though, I've entered the gravity enduro at Gisburn in April.
Surrey Hills, Pitch was surprisingly dry and beautifully quiet. Haven't been for a while and made me realise that Swinley (where I have been riding a lot recently) has been ruined by the new trails and lack of option of exploring. Was fun up on Leith Hill too.
First visit to Calderdale today. The steepness took some getting used to, but we'll definitely be back!
Took in descent down to golf course, then back up over top to zig zags and blue pig, then Pecket Well to finish. Good day out albeit quite damp. Looking forward to exploring more on another visit.
Afan with the kids. Blue Scar and Penhydd with Teen2, then White's Level with Teen1 and back in time to watch the end of the rugby in the visitors centre before the long drive home along the M4. Didn't see another Single Speed all day. Nor any other funky handlebars.
Big build day at Haldon putting the last of the trails back together, nice to see the hard work paying off;
Had a quick blast around some of the unmarked stuff at Haldon
It was ace to be in the sunshine for a change.
(but you could have stopped and helped you know... 😉 )
Absolutely brilliant 25 mile ride on the Long Mynd
The Blackwater (West Mersea, Osea area) originally I was going to meet up with a new mate for a rideout South London way but he bailed so I chucked the roadie in the van and headed Burnham on Crouch way and unloaded the roadie and hacked the lanes all around the area where I have many many fond memories of some excellent sailing times. Beautiful and sunny, topped off with a stop at the Checkers Pub In Goldhanger for real beer.
Whoop!!
Big build day at Haldon putting the last of the trails back together, nice to see the hard work paying off;Had a quick blast around some of the unmarked stuff at Haldon
It was ace to be in the sunshine for a change.(but you could have stopped and helped you know... )
Is it worth starting a new post with a call out for volunteers? I'm sure there are lots of folks like me who would put something back if we knew the where and whens?
Kunstler - Member
Hey Alasdair, I was on the black and the red at GT today.
I was surprised how much fun the black is on the SS though - I think you just have to force yourself through it so carry more speed uphill. I left the trail just at the start of the climb to the mast, but it was all rideable until then. Does the 456 have gears or have you stuck with SS?
At some point I dare say the FC'll do that. I was just teasing really as you clearly weren't one of the guys on lurid full-sussers that breezed past just as we needed a lift with a massive tree.
@bikebouy - spent many years sailing there for a mersea club and brightlingsea, I wonder if we've raced against each other in the past?
Did a loop around Richmond Park
Not technical but fun as wife was riding too, I was pulling the kids (and picnic, drinks, wellies, coats etc) in a double trailer and dog was running with us
Went skiing up at glenshee Was terrific
I left the trail just at the start of the climb to the mast, but it was all rideable until then. Does the 456 have gears or have you stuck with SS?
Ah, so you went over the windfarm. I did that in September and got a bit freaked out riding under the turbines. A bit of mist swirling around and a good wind pushing the blades makes them very unerring. Good to have done it but not a ride I plan to repeat soon.
The 456 is 1x10 but I'm contemplating single speeding it. I wasn't really getting on with the frame until yesterday. It seems a bit heavy for very long days that I like to ride but great fun for four hours around a trail centre. I might enjoy it a little more before trying something else.