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It's the Weekend Ride Picture Thread again.
You know what to do.
Ride your bike.
Take some pictures.
Post them up with a few words.
Easy spin round for me this morning just to keep my legs moving.
25k/600meters of easy woodland/riverside riding.
The woods smell fantastic ATM. 
No riding for me this week, because of the cracked ribs. But hoping to finish this for my youngest so he can ride on Sunday. £50 hybrid frame on ebay, but should do for an 8 year old for fire road/gravel duties. Most the parts salvaged from my 2011 giant anthem! 
Thought it was high time I did my own pedalling today 👍
Gravel loop for me today. Bluebell wood was looking, well, bluebell-y 😂
Took today off to enjoy the dry weather. Took my e-bike to one of Northern Ireland’s best biking spots - Tollymore forecast park.
I originally bought an e-bike to try to burn less calories (since I’m unusual in that I’m struggling to keep weight on). But so far, I’m failing. All I’m doing is riding further and further. The upside is obviously the amount of grins and the mahoosive quantity of single track I’ve been enjoying.
After riding above Asti yesterday we continued South through Italy to Massa. Managed to liaise with a local rider last night and although he couldn't show us around he did send us a Trailforks map of his favorite trails. A quick lunch and we were out climbing in the hills above the town. 11 miles later and we dropped into the first trail. Dry, fast, steep, rooty and rocky what more could we ask for. Climbed back up and dropped into the second. It was even better than the first. Followed the same pattern all afternoon till we ran out of steam in the heat. 25 miles and we're back at the van covered in dust. 😎🍺
I rode from my Daughters flat in Alva to my home in Aviemore. 200km
I got distracted following cycle path options in Perth but detoured over the new Destiny Bridge just for a gander.
Harebell out in Dunkeld. Not seen any up our way.
Always glad to get back to the Highlands.
Mrs A wanted to see what the fuss was about on Y Wal now it's up and running again. The final zig zag descent is very awsumz but the beech woods are just sublime.
No such luck here. Everything is still wet.
Worst week of exercise on my Garmin's record due to a virus. Just managed a flat 20km Friday afternoon gravel roll among the Roos.
Split day spin this morning, made going to work even worse than usual...
Bone dry, dark and 2 degrees in the hills above Adelaide. Still waiting for proper rain.
Saturday morning singletrack. Tried to take it easy so did 11km/300m around my happy place. First race of the year tomorrow at a place I've only been once, two years ago. I have low expectations.
What a great set of photos. Looking great everyone.
A lovely morning, frosty and then windy high up - hares, cuckoos, curlews, lots of warblers and some fledglings on the trail (dogs on short leads you lot!) Friendly cows but not so friendly “countrymen”! 
70km solo epic for me yesterday. Ringinglow to Jacobs ladder and back via redmires, stanage, win hill, jaggers, chapel gate, roych, south head etc. and two stops at the penny pot cafe. Lovely day for it but acquired some comedy tan lines. Extremely loose and dusty so the climbs were tricky. Managed to avoid cramping by taking it steady and plenty of rests.
Spin round with Mrsstu this morning.
35km/1000Meters.
Great weather but a little windy in places. 
Lovely ride from Cleeve Hill, over Dumbleton Hill, up Bredon Hill and back.
Lush.
Later than most of you guys, but the Belfast bluebells have just hit their prime.
Another 26 miles above Massa today. Still had to do the first long climb to get to the top. Then a push/carry to get to the Top of the World trail.
Came down and back into the woods for some fun. Finished up at a bar with a couple of Aperol Spritz and a bike back along the coast to the van
Loads to explore but once again a few pointers from the locals is priceless
I did a Glorious Gravel sportive type thing in N Wales. Bone dry, the bike was covered in white dust!
Edit - why isn't the pic showing?! 🤬
Some from the Bole Hills opening jam with appearance from Ratboy
Kinda missing the odd greasy root, to keep me honest. Kinda.
Bone dry on the North York Moors. Some pushing along non existent bridleway exploring, some great trails, lots of lapwings, bluebells and blossom. Much colder today.
Another blue sky day in the Pentlands, the gorse is amazing just now, as long as you don't get too close. About 30km and 1200m of climbing.
HS2 not so keen on you taking a break on the new bridleway replacement track
It’s a 5010 despite what the sign says.
Earning beer tokens on the way to meet friends.
Trail with a smattering of enduro lines and a couple of jumps on the way.
Started off cloudy and cool, I was slightly worried I had underestimated how cool it would get, but ended up perfect. Not as hot (which is good for me!) but loads of sun and looking beautiful everywhere.
Back from the Marches and Castles tour. Will put up a separate thread in case anyone is thinking of doing it, so it's easy to search for, with lots more info. Had a great time tho with the odd hour of mild misery 😉 This from our last day on our last climb out of Ludlow.
Had an amazing day racing enduro (open tracks as many laps as you like) with Reeksy1. He beat me! We both did pretty well considering our current fitness and health.
We don't really know the place we were racing but the rain made it grip like sandpaper. Tracks were easy but very fast and really good fun.
Race plates (with integrated timing chips) were fitted with string instead of cable ties. Great idea.
Should get some decent photos in the next day or two. 
Stiniog yesterday (what a day!) local twisties today.
What a great collection of photos folks 😀
Sitting here Monday morning tired but happy.
Started off the "weekend" with a pre-work scoot around the local woods on the Cascade. Lovely riding conditions:
Saturday was an a11y-family day out to Glentress. 31km/890m with a fair bit of ebike-assisted towing. A mish-mash of the original blue and red trails plus the new blue stuff at the end - plus a sneaky solo excursion off to ride Mud n Roots, Mild Peril, Deliverance and Redemption while Mrs a11y and the kids had an extended lunch break. The smiles on the kids' faces is why I do this 😎
Then a quick, solo Colsnaur in the Ochils on Sunday evening, making the most of the conditions. 30km/980m in just under 2hrs - perfect case use for my ebike as there's no chance I could hammer that one out on my non-powered bike in that time window.
Now sitting here with a smile and a coffee on a quiet holiday Monday morning after an early morning 75min swim session. Tired but happy.
Some rigid bike roaming this weekend. Pootling about the local area with no particular plan, just enjoying riding in the sun.
Stunning, if a little cold Eastern Moors solo ride. A good few folk out but all walking, didn't see another MTB. Got a load of PR's including Stranage Plantation. Loving the new Levo. Finished with a couple of Peroni at Fox House
The bike park (Fujiten) is opened again after the skiing season is over. They are replacing the ski lifts over the summer though so have to ride / push up to the top. It is surprisingly difficult considering I've been doing quite a lot on the road bike over winter. Maybe it's the attitude, but it's only around 1500m where the park is so not sure.
Anyway, view of Fuji from the bottom:
Snow still hasn't fully melted from the ski slopes
Another nice view of Fuji just as I got to the top
Couple of the trails
Nice to be back on the mountain bike, but they are only opened once every couple of weeks because of the ski lift replacement. Back onto the road bike next weekend.
Wasn't up for a big ride after finishing four days on the Gravel bike. Couple of hours on dusty local trails. Looks like I've lost my bike in the first photo 🙂 Good to be back behind "proper" bars!
Zwift, a walk and bike maintenance, like it has been for the last 5.5 weeks. Having a broken wrist sucks, especially when the weathers like it has been 😕
Zwift, a walk and bike maintenance, like it has been for the last 5.5 weeks. Having a broken wrist sucks, especially when the weathers like it has been 😕
Mines only been 2 weeks, and I'm getting itchy to ride, and it's no way near as bad as your injury. Hoping you get back on the bike properly soon dude.
Travelling day for us as we move further down in Italy to Punta Ala. It was here back in 2013 that the EWS had its first race. We have heard so much as to how good it is that it had to be on our list of places to ride
Forcasts not that good for the next few days but can't wait to hit the Bandite trails
What fab weather for a bank holiday. Got to Tollymore before the crowds. Rode some trails that I’d never been on before. Generally excellent day.
Got to Tollymore before the crowds
good call, we were there yesterday, busy in the area around the river, but away from there and up towards The Drinns it was pretty quiet, good bivvy spot by the wall in your pic, or plenty of trees for a hammock 🙂
cheers,
Keith
Mid Wales for bike packing. A great first day ended with my mate ripping a brake hose out (don’t strap things to your forks). So day 2 was me going back for the car and his bike being fixed. Then a day ride today for 
the best of the boys we’d missed. Fabulous, lots of fun, views and hills. Changing the plans was part of the fun
Just a short local loop yesterday.
This was one of those lucky shots taken while riding and holding the phone down by my knee facing backwards. 
A bit further on we found some littler on the trail so obviously had to pick it up and remove from the hill. These things really should be banned in this day and age.
Back on the ridge the sky turned a bit angry. Not that it seemed to bother Flossie. And it wasn't long before the sun was back out again
And finally a shot of Floss admiring the view from the ridge back down to the farm and the valley she calls home.
Had a great solo ride yesterday evening round Woburn , was ridiculously dusty in places
then to the family toThetford for some fun in the sun
and got the drone out
Down Hill laps with Daughter yesterday at the local in preparation for this Sunday's race.
