around Lustleigh - anyone else around?
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Dartmoor ride tomorrow (friday)
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Posted 6 months ago #
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no can do - sorry
have fun though it's super slidey up there
Posted 6 months ago # -
rats. anyone else?
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I was up there in the rain last Saturday, courtesy of some Woody routes.
I thought the grip was fantastic - a bit puddingy on the high moor, but otherwise excellent. If you think it was slippery, you ought to come to mendip.
Posted 6 months ago # -
glad you enjoyed the routes
we're so spoilt here with the super grippy granite and generally dry climate that any kind of slippyness seems a tad unusual. it was good fun though broadsiding down the nutcracker
Posted 6 months ago # -
did it rain there much today (this week)? I was hoping/thinking it wouldn't be too bad, especially with all the rocks around really can't be bothered to change my tyres yet. Planning on doing nutcracker tomorrow too
Posted 6 months ago # -
there's been a fair old bit of rain.. I rode it on some scraggy old tyres on tuesday and it was great.. there had been some very obvious run-off from heavy rain.. peck farm and nutcracker was a bit slimy but fun and there was tons of grip in the woods.. I wouldn't have been optimistic about the open moor though..
but we've had at least another 24 solid hours of rain since then..
Posted 6 months ago # -
Not doing Lustleigh tomorrow, but intend heading out from Princetown at about 1330 if anyone fancys it.
Posted 6 months ago # -
glad you enjoyed the routes
We did 'lustleigh large' which was really quite smashing. Nutcracker was of course the highlight. Silly giggly fun!
Posted 6 months ago # -
I've been gagging for a ride all week but I've been too busy. It was great last Saturday, I got back to the car just as it started raining, and we have had a lot of heavy rain all week.
I might be up for a hangover ride on Saturday if anyone is about?
Posted 6 months ago # -
possibly bucko, post on friday ?
Posted 6 months ago # -
Been pretty wet here last couple of days.... hoping to get out for an early morning blast on Saturday. Not sure where yet. Was fancying a nice widescreen ride up over Grimspound way but suspect it will be a bit miry.
Posted 6 months ago # -
@singletracksurfer, did you get out today then? It's not stopped raining in Exeter all day.
I won't be able to make a ride tomorrow, I've just been advised that I won't be home until 4am (it's a mates 30th birthday tonight)
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Was fancying a nice widescreen ride up over Grimspound way
i really wouldn't do that.
Posted 6 months ago # -
Fairly 'orrible here today in Bovey - just missed the downfalls cycling to work but prob not on the way home
Its very soggy out!
Posted 6 months ago # -
The ringmoor cottage descent was interesting today to say the least!
Glad I changed my back end to Medussa's last week to. The rain held off though and I pretty much had the western side of the moor to myself.Posted 6 months ago #
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