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Trails are starting to dry out on the eastern edge of the Peaks (shoot me).
Last Tuesday
Today
Birthday ride today.
Over 2000 metres of descent seems like a nice way to spend a morning.
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Saw our first bluebells of the year too.
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Early morning ride for me - cold, grey and still really muddy in places - colourful bluebells and rapeseed, thought would have looked nicer with a blue sky!
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Rip round with Mrsstu this morning.
Trying to make the most of the dry trails before the rain comes.
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Gorgeous evening last night, the fun stuff dry too!
Sunny gravel evening spin on Tuesday
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No new pictures for a week?
Best give it a bump then.
This mornings hardtail spin round.
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Got my shock back after 4 weeks away with a warranty issue, So I went out and did a very enjoyable 1000M of elevation in 20 miles to celebrate.
I'm working a nice commutable distance away at the moment, most of it off-road, now the weather has perked up a bit and the suns come out
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and it happens to pass a rather nice pub beer garden on the way home. Result! 😀
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A glorious evening up Snowdon on Monday 😎
Up the tourist path and down the (quite tricky 😬) Ranger’s Path.
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Tonights short commute
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Work is done, kids are in bed, it hasn't rained for like 3 days and the sun is considering coming out.
A cracking ride last night over the tops and then down through the woods after an enforced diversion for live firing on the ranges. We finished in the beer garden of the Hare and Hounds and had a couple of pints and watched the Champions League semi on their big outdoor screen. Midweek evenings really don't get much better than that 😀
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Covid in the household so to manage the boredom I cobbled together a bunnyhopometer.
It could be a big week.
I'll be honest, these are all from last week, in and around Torridon.
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I had a ride around Whinlatter for the first time in years after work today and really enjoyed it.
I came up the Braithwaite road so picked up the south side blue trail on to the red sections of the south and then over to do the full north red trail.
It is quite nice and flowing for the drop bar bike.
2 evening rides this week, weather and prime trails make it rude not to!
Weds
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Tues
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Lovely light last night riding around Staunton
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Celebrating a Covid negative test this morning with a sedate ‘gravelage’
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Beautiful evening last night, didn’t leave the pub till 10 minutes to sunset, and it was a bit dark back across the heath to the ferry
If the rest of the spring/summer is like this I'll be happy.
But... where am I?
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Another Topstone pic 😁
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But… where am I?
looks awfy like the flat river plain area after the Burma road des ent and the bridge crossing ?
^^^ or not 😁, I should’ve looked on Strava first… !
Visiting the folks down South, been a while since we've been up on the Downs...
Tuesday avo rip round the local.
A trail that was wrecked by storm Arwen has been given a new lease of life.
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Came the long way back from the gym this morning
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A rare occasion yesterday I got out to the actual woods for a ride, with actual hills*, and actual trails. Got a bit of a beating on the rigid MTB but was expecting it and taking it easy(ish) to reduce impact. Brakes got a good workout! Need to get my Bird Zero TR back up and running with 130 forks. *compared to my regular doorstep riding.
A rather splendid day out with @nobbingsford in the Lakes.
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Blue skys and dusty stanchions, heaven.
Couple from our week off:
Mini family cycle tour
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Couple of days near Bala with Mrs Davy90 without the kids
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Riding showing a worrying road bias of late!
Only one picture for me so far on this weeks rides.
As this tyre is now seemingly as much plug as tyre I've pushed the boat out and ordered a new one. 🤣
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No en-route pics today. Went for an Essex back lanes ride on the gravel bike from Dunmow around to Halstead and back. Only one close pass in 3 1/2 hours of cycling which is an Essex record for me. Pics of the main event at Little Book Cafe.
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Took the long way to work this morning as there was a glimpse of sun on the horizon
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Can we spot what is missing from picture 2?
I'm guessing you didn't go down Brick Kiln Lane/Clay Lane in Stebbing or you'd have had your wheels pinched (well maybe in the '80s)
@reeksy I did venture along part of Brick Kiln Lane, wheels remained on the bike. It was well before primary school chucking out time though. Stebbing now looks like an expensive place to live nowadays.
A most pleasant evening was had.
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Nice evening for ride last night over the Chase.
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Not sure if this is webs or fungus or something else - looks quite eerie...
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Pleasant ride to the beach for an evening swim
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Ain't been up this way for a while. Set a PR though, which is a combinaton of a lighter bike and a lighter me 🙂
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@sandwich - that was my primary school. I think it’s a Steiner or Montessori school now! Was a nice spot in the 80s… but if anything went missing the first place to look was the travellers down the lane…
Just back from a week of glorious sunshine in the Lakes. I've never seen the trails up there so dry.
Had a cracking ride up Lonscale Scar fell on Tuesday. It really doesn't get much better than this...
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Dark wet morning. Got a shock when the local trail Emu (Fluffy) appeared from behind a tree in a random location and proceeded to pester me for snacks.
Had to give the bike a hose down at work… security guy asked if I was riding so fast I had to cool the tyres down.
Couple from last weeks after work rides.
Few from tonight.
XC ride for me today heading away from the valley.
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Then found the creak that started half way round the ride.
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Circular route from Ravenstonedale today, via Smardale and Great Asby Scar - great views in all directions!
Shortish, but fab ride tonight in the Derbyshire Dales with a couple of mates, ending up with Hoffmeister at the local.
Was rather impromptu too, considering I'd had a BBQ and 3 beers before setting off
Another 2 KOM:s though...
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My first proper off road ride on an electrical bicycle.
Still hard work but I got to ride up stuff I normally only ride down and add an extra loop.
It was fun and that’s what it’s all about.
Early start for a pre work ride with Mrsstu.
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moon reflected on the way to work…
first star out on the way home
Well, that didn't work!
Beinn a Bhuird from Invercauld today for me (booked a couple of short notice days off 😀). That was one long and hot climb. Close to 4000ft high and I was too hot in short sleeves 😀
Hubba!
Crap day at work yesterday, great day at work today, followed by a very good ride and the best ice cream in Liguria.
Great pics those @jimmy748 - reminds me of being in Molini two weeks ago.
Used most of the long light last night in the Yat. Stunning conditions, great ride and a couple of beers on the river. Feels a long time since we were muddy and cold, shivering outside the pub!
Brilliant ride out last night, mix of woodsy singletrack, moorland XC, and some fun enduro lines. Beers & pies on the train back.
What a great time of the year. Didn’t get out until gone eight but still plenty of time to ride some classic Lakeland trails.
School holidays and we just had time to check out the reworked jumps at Noosa before collecting Grandma from Brisbane airport for the first visit in 6 years!
First time out on the hardtail since mid May.
Early Solstice ride up to the local stone circle (Nine Ladies, Stanton Moor). Lots of hippies, psuedo hippies and a mix of people really, all seemed to be having a lovely time.
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50 mile/4000’ loop to get some venison mince on the singlespeed.
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Weather did rain and sun. 62” worked well.
I had planned an epic ride today that was going to be all the best trails at Ballater, Aboyne and Banchory and ride between each location. The weather forecast for biblical rain put the kibosh on that so I just headed to Ballater and rode until the rain came…….it didn’t 😂.
I rode ‘Final Destination’, ‘E.T.’, ‘Mastermind’, ‘The Green Mile’ and ‘Heartbreak Ridge’.
41 miles and 6000ft of up, legs were shot at the end.
Very early solstice ride. Back in the day we'd stash beers and ride till midnight. Still great fun and definitely more appropriate for a 6am start tomorrow.
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Quick, short spin out today to support the D of E students on their practice expedition. Beats being in a sweaty, hormone-fuelled classroom all day.
Soltice night nide
