Not as bad as WCA’s. Bike is fine, I’m just a little roughed up from some aggressive brushwood. Grip, Grip, Grip… no grip 😉

It was RAMMED in the Malverns. Never seen it as busy in nearly 10 year of riding up here. I knew it’d be a magnet for everyone’s last day off but wasn’t expecting quite so many people. 99% who were fine and 1% who must just enjoy being miserable on an absolutely stunning day. Their loss.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Qgr8A7]First ride of 2017 – Malvern Hills[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/QgqDF9]First ride of 2017 – Malvern Hills[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/QQxKhH]First ride of 2017 – Malvern Hills[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/QgqWgy]First ride of 2017 – Malvern Hills[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/QgqFCA]First ride of 2017 – Malvern Hills[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/QQxH8x]First ride of 2017 – Malvern Hills[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

Back to work tomorrow. Boo.

Light frost on dartmoor but not enough to freeze the 10mm of rain from yesterday

cool pics, went to Gisburn and it was the same, loads of folk, no grip anywhere!!

didn’t crash though, I employed the “powermince” technique

That first pic Jam Bo looks epic!

Nick – still not ridden at Gisburn… must do a weekend round there with some natural riding this Spring…. fancy showing us round some of the natural stuff as well?

Looks pretty, was actually a bastard big boggy hike-a-bike. Another one on the ‘don’t ride up that track’ list.

My New Year’s day on the CX traing bike. Nice and cold icy with blue skies. Tonight’s going to be fun as it has been snowing the whole day. First night ride in 2017 on fresh powder! 🙂

Alex, sure! Let me know when you fancy coming up, and we can do the tour de Calderfornia

Mine was a bust – got to the trails and lost pressure on my front tyre after the first decent, stupidly 8d forgotten to pocket my pump. had to ride home again and just made it.

Alex and Jam Bo really lovely photos. Weather colder and more frosty than many bike photos I’ve seen from the Alps this weekend.

Lecky Hill above Cheltenham was packed everywhere and plenty of people on way to Cranham shame the frost cant all everywhere but still didn’t get as muddy as the Ridgeway last Tuesday Fat bike is amazing in mud those bonty tyres are great.

My first was yesterday and I didn’t crash but came very close after a pedal/rock interface whilst cranking pretty hard. Was a nice enough day for it but today was much nicer!

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Envious today – still too lurgied up to make the most of the conditions

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Not for me

Awesome conditions with a hard frost at Rivington. Only the Shooting Huts descent really affected by ice (I managed a spectacular save, with no witnesses sadly).

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Just a few patches of unfrozen mud waiting to catch out the unwary MTBer and tip him OTB…

Where’s that Jam Bo? – looks like redlake in the background – must be ryders?

West Dartmoor. First one is just below south hessary tor, second is in the woods below sheepstor

Ahh not been out that way for a while -looks “fun” 🙂

[url=https://flic.kr/p/QEE9ir]20170102_140518[/url] by Dave Lowe, on Flickr
[url=https://flic.kr/p/PyJWvL]20170102_115628[/url] by Dave Lowe, on Flickr

Lakes. Sun. New Bike. Best start to the year ever!