Just home after a couple of hours in the Pentlands on the cross bike. Fantastic autumn sunshine. Not sure about the rest of Britain, but if you're in Edinburgh then jump on your bike and get out.
Currently trying to negotiate with Mrs Kenny to get back out this afternoon.
It's been raining here for 3 days 🙁
whats it like up there today? It was pretty bad last week. My fave trail, cox's, has taken a hammering, the last steep bit has been ridden heavily either by someone repeatedly or a group with the old locked-back-brake approach and its a bit of a muddy chute. Capelaw was bad too.
Been blue skies and sunny for the pst few days here! going to get out on the mtb later this afternoon for an hour around my local.
I was up for a wee spin round on Friday night and some bits are as bad as I've ever seen them. I also got the impression (don't know why) that there had been a big group up.bigjim - Member
whats it like up there today? It was pretty bad last week. My fave trail, cox's, has taken a hammering, the last steep bit has been ridden heavily either by someone repeatedly or a group with the old locked-back-brake approach and its a bit of a muddy chute. Capelaw was bad too.
I reckon there needs to be a ban on all non-Fat Bikes until March 🙂
Nice morning for a run this morning, started at 6 & ran through the dawn for an hour or so. Lovely time to be out. Sunrise was nice. Hopefully prise the family out on bikes later, with the promise of tea & cake no doubt. 🙂
A lot of the Pentlands tracks are as muddy and cut up as I've ever seen them. Even Maidens, traditionally hard wearing since it was "done up" a few years back, is starting to show a lot of signs of wear.
I've always fancied a fat bike but never had the excuse to get one. I was very tempted by that frame The Bike Chain were flogging cheap last week.
sounds go down there its -15degrees here and with 3m/4m swell not much i can do other than stay online and look at your riding pics (please get some up) ow and its now snowing or should i say blizzarding out 😥
Stunning day but I'm on nights so have very little energy been up for about an hour. Popping out in a bit with the Mrs and our eldest then I'll be heading back for some sleep before work. Make the most of it folks.
Is there such a thing as an Indian Autumn? 🙂
Cracking evening down the road in East Lothian yesterday 🙂
Trails, fireworks, pub for a few, star lit ride home in the early hours 🙂
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Frosty start to the day,its glorious out there now, heading out later for a low tide sunset beachride this evening, 🙂
Clear blue skies here in the mids, nice brisk 50 on the road bike before midday. 🙂
Was out yesterday, bit muddy, bit slippery but great fun. Need to fettle a bit as the headset came loose so will try to get some more miles to "bed it in" later.
Just back from sons football match, was quite pleasant in the sunshine. The game was abandoned with 20 min to go due to a suspected broken ankle.
Not sure I can get out today tho, however forecast looks good for tomorrow so I will get out while everyone is at work 8)
Zero degrees at first light and fantastic clear blue skys once the sun was up for our 42 mile local beach ride
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Horrible here, cant really complain as October was glorious.
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Absolutely gorgeous down here in Exeter, clear blue sky....and i'm working a 12 hour shift until 7pm. Gutted.
The view out of the window is lovely though
Sun is out in Manchester. Need to look at the steering rack on my car as it clunking 5min job. Then out on bike for a cpl of hrs in reddish vale. 8)
Quite Nice down in london. A little windy early morning though, and got home just as the sun came out too 😆 still I great ride 🙂
Another stunning morning here. Beautiful autumn colours on the trees. Will be on one of these today....
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Blue sky here is Warwickshire
Went out for a mojo building exercise, which worked but those non wired bridges are slippy. Whoops
Also met a guy playing a full keyboard set up with amps etc in the middle of a bridleway in the middle of nowhere
Folk eh??
Fantastic in Gloucester. Just got back from a Pootle in Haresfield/ Painswick
kennyp:
i stay often in that area visting partners folks, are there any maps / signed routes - i've found a PDF on the hills, but it doesnt give much away. would love to do some cross while i'm up here.
coastkid:
was jogging those tracks yesterday and wished i had a camera - great pics!!!!!
EDIT: great bloody blog coastkid!!!!!!!!!!
It was an excellent morning.
I was half listening to the TV yesterday when a lady came on with a weather forcast for today. She said it would be wet, cold and windy. Which made me a bit unhappy.
I'm glad she was completely wrong.
Gorgeous here.
Just had my first mtb ride since i got injured 4 months ago. Felt awesome!
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It's been lovely all day here in Bristol. Had my first ride out on my new (to me) Blur 4X. Went out for 3 hours, riding the best of the local stuff. Had alot of fun slipping and sliding around in the mud!
Glorious indeed 😀
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Glen Loin/Succoth Loop near Arrochar this morning - below zero in parts, lovely though
Just back from a ride with the smaller Cursings.
Second pic was for the benefit of a couple of more cash than dash fellas. One on a New Stuntjumper and his mate on a Scott carbon thing. They got off and lifted their bikes down that. Made me chuckle anyway.
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Yes very nice day. 100km around North Somerset on the road bike for me.
Lovely 2.5 hour spin on my fixie under cloudless blue skies this afternoon. Perfect.
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Glorious in the Malverns too. But riding tonight for a couple of hours instead. 😀 ... starting to feel like a vampire rarely getting to ride in the sunshine 🙁
Hang on is that The Edge up there ^^^^ off of the U2?
Cold and grey in Surrey. Good rid all the same.
It's been lovely all day here in Bristol. Had my first ride out on my new (to me) Blur 4X. Went out for 3 hours, riding the best of the local stuff. Had alot of fun slipping and sliding around in the mud!
Ditto on the Mendips, but on my hack bike - Dry and fast in places, other bits where the wheels were never going in the same direction at the same time! Thrill a minute. One unexpected low-speed OTB. Still not finding the courage to descend the lowest part of East Twin, but I managed to get half-way down the trickiest bit before deliberately bailing-out sideways. I'm convinced I can do it. A very good ride with one grumpy walker encounter and 10s of positive ones - they seemed to like watching me struggle up steep hills.
Nearly forgot the best bit. Spent and hour or so here playing.
What more could a man want from a Sunday
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Stunning morning at Glentress.
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Lovely here on the Fylde, been for a potter on the canal...
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Lovely day here too - we were up for a CX race in Northwich. Blue skies but my first taste of CX mud and oddly sapping soft wet ground (it's only my second race so it's all new). Great race thanks to Weaver Valley CC!
Drooling over those photos though - wish we could have done everything in one day - days off like this are just too rare.
I missed you sfb but you were disguised!
Nipped to glentress instead, was an amazing day, larches golden and Beeches almost orange against a blue sky. I wonder if the uni club has been caning the Pentlands, can't think of any other big clubs.
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Got up and went for a jog.
Took all my will not to get the bike and go up the hill. Jimmy and me had a plan to paint my front room and we stuck to it.
He was on call all weekend and i really needed the help to get the job finished.
We spent the day justifying the lack of riding on the basis that it was super wet and we would make a mess of trails. Seems by what you guys have said that it is in bacd nick regardless.
What a day though, the view of the hills from all the angles along colinton road and woodhall were amazing.
Got some free time on wed... hopefully it is nice then too!
It's been a great weekend here (Berkshire/Oxfordshire).
Did a 40mile loop on my SS up onto the ridgeway trail via some cheeky singletrack, and home via the pub yesterday. twas great.
today was great weather too no riding though, family walk instead...
All round a good weekend.
I'm waiting to see a proper downside to climate change...
Persuaded Jnr to get out for only his second decent ride of the year - took him for a steady 4 miles up the Tissington Trail from Ashbourne to Tissington in glorious autumn sunshine and stunning Peak scenery.
Then met up with the rest of the tribe and went to Dovedale with the hordes.
Lovely day today
i stay often in that area visting partners folks, are there any maps / signed routes - i've found a PDF on the hills, but it doesnt give much away. would love to do some cross while i'm up here.
Not sure about maps. Trouble is the Pentlands is an area I know so well I never really think about it. However if you look for Harlaw Reservoir on a map and just head off on any of the trails from there you won't go far wrong. Check out the woods next to the trails too. There's often some tasty singletrack hidden away. There are trails and tracks everywhere up there, so you won't have too many problems.
got a tan up at lee quarry this morning.
it was lovely; loads of people up there playing about on their bikes too. good times...
Lovely day for a pootle in Zummerzet, just what the doctor ordered for anti-depression therapy.
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I woke up this morning and though today has to be a beach day so pack girls and kit into the car and off we go, leaving Mum at home for ultimate brownie points, spent a few hours larking about on the beach - brilliant.
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I did garburn pass first thing this morning, bit cold but was amazing.
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Thought i recognized royden park 😉
Did Glas Tulaichean (Glenshee) yesterday. Fab views.
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