Carefree, dusty, summer trails. What a joy it is to fly along them in the warm breeze.

You’re in the wrong place, just spent a week in the borders, rode Dalbeattie Mabie and Drumlanrig and I think I saw one (small) puddle, even the burns were low.

Sunburnt to **** now.

Came off on my local trails tonight, front end washed out on the dust. We need some rain, it’s been to hot recently.

Frustrated of Ayrshire.

We were chuntering because we’d took options for coats and jumpers for a week in Scotland and no one thought to take any shorts! Couldn’t even sit in the sun room at the cottage it was too hot, and we took a bottle of red wine there and back, it was lager weather.

They swept the fort bill world cup course as its too dusty. Wish someone would do dumyat, slid all the way from the top to the fence! We need rain here…

They swept the fort bill world cup course as its too dusty. Wish someone would do dumyat, slid all the way from the top to the fence! We need rain here…

Is that a standard Matte Orange Rocket or some custom colour? Looks bloody awesome in that shot. 🙂

rossburton – Member
Is that a standard Matte Orange Rocket or some custom colour? Looks bloody awesome in that shot.

It is bloody awesome!

Standard matt orange, but as is my wont I’ve played with the photo in post processing – deeper shadows, pushed the contrast a bit and knocked back the saturation.

prawny – Member
You’re in the wrong place

True enough. No hills and precious few rocks. Just clay and sludge and roots. We usually get a couple of weeks of totally dry trails sometime in August, but even that’s looking distant at the moment.

Oh well… Got to make the best of what you’ve got I guess…

Hmmm, not impressed, I could find a boggy patch in a 6mnth drought !!!

Not a lot of dust in Paris either at the moment. Bike under lock and key 🙁

Prawny clearly isn’t a northerner who rides year round in shorts lol
My local trails have been perfect on a few occasions so far this year, but then it’s rained continuously for 3 days after each day of perfection

Ben Lomond yesterday. 28°C. 😀

It’s quite treacherous on the Quantocks at the moment due large stretches of deep sand/gravel dislodged by a really heavy storm last Saturday.

Standard matt orange, but as is my wont I’ve played with the photo in post processing – deeper shadows, pushed the contrast a bit and knocked back the saturation.

Suspected as much. Awesome shot!