No weekend riding thread yet? How disappointing!
20 miles of local byways and bridleways for me, some bits of Kent are very, very pretty.
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All bar about 2% of today's ride really didn't need a 15kg 140mm full suspension mtb, the need* for a gravel bike is strong...
*OK, not need, more like really, really want 🙂
dodging the showers yesterday on the road bike and a local ss bimble with the mrs today. Actually saw 2 cuckoos today, never seen one before. And an Egret that didn't want to move from his fishing spot.
Macc Forest classic for me. Such a lovely morning. Couple of pints at Leather's Smithy before spinning back down the hill to Macc 🙂
no riding for me but building a new bike up so made a vid of clips from rides on my old bike. Heading up Ben Vrackie on Wednesday with Mctrail rider.
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Some new (to me) trails in the Dales, including a bloody brilliant descent I can't believe I haven't ridden before.
Just under 40miles on my singlespeed today over to Sherwood Pines. Still a few bluebells about
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A bit under the weather, but I managed to get out for a gentle hour this afternoon.
38km round the Eastern Moors in the Peaks.
Great bit of everything ride, open moorlandy bits, trail centre-y bits at Lady Cannings, Techy bits at Blacka.
Lovely day and my neck might be a bit burnt...
No riding for us this weekend. Went away in the camper and did some walking. Got back and started bike build. New frame to us and building the rest up from whats in the garage and stripping a 650b.
Think the wheels will need to be destickered.
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Did a peaks loop on friday. Started sleeping coming out of glossop so we took the road with the hope of the weather clearing to do Jacobs ladder. Didn’t realise that was such a climb out of glossop! The weather cleared for up and over Jacobs ladder though. Was a practice ride for the lakes Jennride and trying out new bike packing bags so was loaded up.
Some new (to me) trails in the Dales, including a bloody brilliant descent I can’t believe I haven’t ridden before.
Just checking your Strava activity (stalker mode!) there's a couple there I've not done. I'm assuming the above descent was the one off the first section of moor?
I've looked at the track you took when dropping off the Dales Way when riding along the road and wondered where it went - now I know! I've not done the climb up from Grimwith either - the only time I've been up that way was via the BW up the lane that your route joins at the top. Great bit of moorland riding after that, I assume it was fairly dry today, I did it on the fat bike in December.
My riding? None this weekend unfortunately - I had some nasty bug mid-week and I've definitely not recovered from it. Diddly squit (sic) energy 😖
After some very warm weather it's vey cold here again in Sweden. Stillsome snow about. Off to malaga next week mind.
Z1 training rides this weekend. 50km off road yesterday and 35km today. Reeinder and Elk all over the shop.
balls how do i paste google photos links?
Just checking your Strava activity (stalker mode!) there’s a couple there I’ve not done. I’m assuming the above descent was the one off the first section of moor?
Yep, that's the one. The downside is having to sneak past the house on the reservoir where they used to set the dogs on you! But it was decent enough it might justify climbing right up from Thorpe or from a bit further down the Burnsall/Bolton Abbey road.
I’ve looked at the track you took when dropping off the Dales Way when riding along the road and wondered where it went – now I know! I’ve not done the climb up from Grimwith either – the only time I’ve been up that way was via the BW up the lane that your route joins at the top. Great bit of moorland riding after that, I assume it was fairly dry today, I did it on the fat bike in December.
The Dales Way bit was pure curiosity. Not worth it really. Track descent plus a couple of very tricky gated stiles to fight with, so leave that one to the walkers. The parallel path along the very top of that moor from Mossdale towards Kettlewell is better.
Moor above Grimwith was not that dry! Approach was easier to link with the climb up from Appletreewick though.
Nice pleasant ride out along the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal.
Followed by a slightly less pleasant return via the Tumble.
Saturday, out on the road bike. Dunkeld, Aberfeldy, Tummel Bridge, Pitlochry, Dunkeld.
Sunday, out on the other bike. Cairn O'Mount, south Deeside, Glenshee.
Bike maintenance on Saturday in preparation for Bike Park Wales, BMCC and Revolution Bike Park next weekend.
Today was chasing a really quick lad up and down at Drumtochty Forest. On the final descent, and very fatigued, I hit a tree stump and ended up head butting the floor. I smashed the peak on my helmet and also appear to have ridden over myself 😀
My back garden was on form today, the Carneddau 3491 feet...
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I need to learn how to post pics in this new modern world, but yesterday I rode 74 miles round the Yorkshire Dales leading a group on the FLAB sportive. Dodged all but one shower, but did see a fantastic funnel cloud.
Cracking ride up in The Lakes. 55km and 1872m, a bit of cheeky, some Hike a Bike, amazing views and lots of friendly folk out and about
Gentle little loops round the local blue this morning (resting the legs for Boltby next weekend).
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Original plan for a long ride scuppered so I got up early doors and did a loop of Loughrigg and Arnside then back to Elterwater for a fry up. Beautiful morning and I only met 4 ramblers and not a single biker off road.
I didn't stop for pics sorry.
Sat was 55km locally, today was blue red blue at Swinley, great rides!
Managed to grab a few hours this afternoon and explored a few new trails near Cock Bridge. Lots of entertaining stickers on the road sign as usual and a cracking day to be out.
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I'm jealous.
A weekend of boys being run around to things and revising, painting a rendered cream house different cream and brown windows brown again....
No riding for me 🙁
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Was supposed to ride with some mates yesterday and today.
Also supposed to be going to Llandegla on Thursday and 417 next Sunday.
Seeing specialist tomorrow so hoping for good news.
75 mile ride through the Dales cracking ride!
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Was supposed to ride with some mates yesterday and today.
Also supposed to be going to Llandegla on Thursday and 417 next Sunday.
Seeing specialist tomorrow so hoping for good news
no hitch-hiking either 🙁 what happened?
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Nice spin around the white peak near Ashover.
oh dear I sawed my thumb a couple of months back doing bike maintanence 🙁
I was working in Cardiff at the Let's Ride event so it seemed like a good opportunity to ride a mountain bike for the first time in 2019.
After my daughter’s first ride round the Whinlatter blue, our regular Sunday night crowd had a stunning sunset Skiddaw/Ullock Pike ride, in perfect conditions. Couldn’t sleep for hours as still buzzing.
Edit- arse, still can’t post pics. Any tips? I’ve uploaded them to post image.org.
Edit- arse, still can’t post pics. Any tips? I’ve uploaded them to post image.org.
Go to your image. Click on the share button. Look for the "Hotlink for forums" option. Click on the button to the right of that to copy the link to the clipboard, then just paste it into your message.
I’ve uploaded them to post image.org
Good start! 🙂
No pics, but me and the lad attended the QECP demo day yesterday and tried a couple of £8Kish Cannondales (road bike weights!) and Cube eBikes (not road bike weights!). Absolutely brilliant fun in perfect conditions.
Try again......
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proper summer's day at Mugdock yesterday :
Spent Saturday & Sunday in the Lakes, sleeping in the back of the van for the first time. Had a great weekend, 4 Passes on Saturday & Whiteless Pike Sunday. The 4 Passes is the toughest 16 miles I've ever done but well worth it on a sunny day.
Had a bike free Saturday after a Friday night local ride. Rode sunday over the Long Mynd, plenty of walkers but not many in the way down mynton batch or callow hill, ridiculously wet though. Started one colour and finished a completely different colour.
proper summer’s day at Mugdock yesterday
hows the conditions?
Did the Mary Townley, my phone created this badly stitched panorama
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proper summer’s day at Mugdock yesterday
hows the conditions?
pretty much perfect, no mud, slightly moist, really nice !
I was channeling my inner Lycra Lout on Sunday at the National XC event at Cannock, i wasn't racing (waayyyy too unfit) but spectating and supporting a friend who was, but i managed a bit of off-piste around the Cannock woods:
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pretty much perfect, no mud, slightly moist, really nice
Think I've ridden there once when it was like that ha ha ha ha
Saturdays conditions in the Lakes were outstanding. Glorious sunshine without any haze... Glad to see so many of you out and about.
I tossed it off around Grizedale.
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Spent Sunday in the Quantocks, it was awesome!
Bimbling in Glen Tanar on Saturday with some mates who rarely get out so having to take it quite easy nonetheless decent day out
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What can I say, I'm rather perceptive haha!
