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Friday is damned near enough for me.
Fluffy the trail Emu was keen this morning.
A showery lunchtime loop from home, WFH Fridays 😁👌
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A quick ride at Durris Woods after nightshift. I felt shattered and weak so gave up after an hour.
I’ll save myself for Saturday and Sunday.
The new bike is very good btw, way more agile than I ever thought a 29’er would ever be 👍
First ride out to get a feel for the new frame at Pines downhill bit. Snapped gear cable stops play early
Up in Innerleithen for the weekend. Spent the day riding Golfie. The weather held up better than expected and the trails were spot on.
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yesterday, decided to ride home from work taking in all the byways and bridleways I could. Ended up being a bit harder than I thought it would be…particularly the 5km section in the middle that took me nearly 40mins…
First summer evening local ride of the year for me (no training plan = more outside rides), thought I didn't need glasses - what a mistake that was! Swarms of flies and bugs out there.
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, thought I didn’t need glasses – what a mistake that was! Swarms of flies and bugs out there.
Isn’t that a pain?
I’ve been caught out recently commuting in twilight as the front light attracts all the bugs and I keep forgetting.
Got up Before School (egads) for a quick hour-ish blast. Believing and achieving.
Still shaking the rebuilt Epic (now vaguely christened the sEPtIC) down, so local XC style loop tonight.
That trail emu isn't getting the recognition it deserves!
He did recognise it, even called it by its name.
Peak hayfever season 🤧
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Golfie,Glenbena and Inners DH for me with a few mates this morning while Mrsstu was on an outing over the Golfie with the FNYs.
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Ferry over to the Isle of Wight today,
Another incredible day in the Sierra de Tejeda. Taken on some trails I thought I could only ever dream about. Some of our route up can be seen in this pic
The marvellous machine that got me up there
and down again, of course.
Torrox beach in the distance, where i swam the day before 😊
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Whilst Abigale was out practicing for tomorrow's Enduro we were lucky to have some guiding on stuff we hadn't done before on the Inners side.
Met her at the end of stage five then back to the camper for a beer
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My usual just under 20 miler that I do regularly today because I'm resting in preparation for tomorrows ride which apparently has a 'surprising amount of elevation'.
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Been riding far to many trail centers recently so went for a local bridlewayroute 
Rode around the western side of the Morvern peninsula from Lochaline via Drimmin and Doirlin
Lintrathen Loch, Angus
Didn't know there were still Wimpys.
Forest of Dean yesterday.
Absolutely stunning and awash with wild garlic.
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Mynydd Du looking particularly fine on a Saturday afternoon.
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I seem to have broken the dog
First short sleeve ride of the year !
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Basque MTB back country tour. As amazing as everyone told us it would be 🙂
Photos don't do it justice. Definitely the best trip I've ever done and certainly the most sustained technical riding on all sorts of different trails.
There's a whole load more here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexleigh/albums/72177720298738842/with/52057499597/
I think it'll take me about six months to edit the GoPro footage 🙂
Cor blimey what awesome photos this weekend! Hard to believe this is North London:
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Glad I got up early for this!!
Greet pics. Still not hang of uploading onto here.!
Murky Rossendale loop this morning - cleared up nicely now I'm back home.
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@Alex
Always love seeing your holiday pictures.
Makes me really want to ride my bike.😁
Local ride today with Mrsstu and a couple of folks I've not ridden with before.
Only pic I got is of a very rare thing on our local.
Full on dusty legs.
@singlespeedstu - thanks, and honestly the photos don't capture how amazing it was.
Dust in Scotland? In May? Does not compute 🙂
Mrs_oab is still unwell, but after weeks of being at home she decided a nice easy ride was the order of the day. The cycle route between Comrie and Loch Earn was the answer. Slow, but she did it.
Solo local ride.
I seem to have broken the dog
HAHA that is funny.
I wish I got out. My Hello Dave needs a thrash. I will be like that Dog after the climb.
Beware of the beef.
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A few hours up the local trails today, bluebells out in force, as was some rather large downed trees!
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Are videos allowed?
Are videos allowed?
Only with sufficient beard, gnar or sunshine content.
Mini road trip started with 9ne of the best trails in Scotland, Even the climb is brilliant. Well worth the effort to get to.
Doh, photos not working on phone.
Golspie is great.
Only with sufficient beard, gnar or sunshine content.
1 of 3 achieved
Trying again.
Sunday XC loop still shaking the last few niggles out of the rebuild.
First race back for Abigale after her broken leg. Good news was she finished. Bad news was a bashed mech and broken chain at the bottom of stage 1.
She managed to get the mech working and the chain repaired and then had to coax it round the rest.
The chain has done two weeks in the Alps and a few rides. It came on the bike new. No stretch in it but on first inspection it has got 9 links that have cracks in them. Never seen anything like it before. Spent the day pedaling between the stages spectating
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👍
I bunnyhopped the children
@poah Ha ha. It looked like there was only one kid there ... or does the other one not move due to a practice run gone wrong?
That trail emu isn’t getting the recognition it deserves!
@davros - Fluffy even has a trail named for it so definitely has local recognition!
It's a total scrounger, and has worked out that backpacks contain food so comes up behind you to try and get the food out. It's pecked a mate's ear before.
I've been the Alps all week.. I don't want to make people jealous 🤣🤣🤣
nice evening ride last night around crickhowell
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Explored some sections of the Southern Upland Way with the GF...
@trickydisco.
Your second/third pictures brings back memories of feeling like i was going to die riding up that climb on a singlespeed with the words worst hangover and no water left. 😂
Fred Whitton for me
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Yea that would be tough. Luckily i have a levo so was easy. Hardest dialling it back in eco to be social with my mate who was riding.
Were you riding with Sheldon by any chance?
unsurprisingly i've moved to wales and got to know people that have ridden with or met Sheldon
Fortunately not...
Ebike quandry:
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Will the bridge be strong enough?? 🙂
Solo ride around Ladybower yesterday, trails are amazing at the minute!
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On my way to Kuwait for a couple of days, so school run them straight to Puddletown for a quick 1 hour, 1K ft this morning.
Bluebell’s are out.
Nice overnighter across the Quantocks to Exmoor and back. The broom is in full flower.
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