What an amazing weeks riding Ive had........Inners, local trails up Falkland then today up at Laggan did the black sections, upper red, few times down the orange then on the way back down the hill for the last time thought I'd do the lower red.....bad move! Rolling along the boardwalk section before you join the orange nice and easy, I must of feathered the brakes very slightly.....boom, back ends out, handlebars go 360 and im on the ground...the result? have a stomach like someones taken a cheesegrater to it and mashed up ribs! bad times.
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Who else hates "boardwalk" ?!
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Posted 9 months ago #
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Correct, 3rd party tools needed.
Where is your backup of the old laptop?
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A mate of mine has a bit of a mental block with these sections.
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I hate the stuff (a broken leg might have something to do with that)
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Me - completely mental block
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Broke my neck on some super-slidey stuff at Chopwell last year. Did my first section since at Ae two days ago (sh@t mesel' but thought I'd better get back on the horse and all that). Also super-slidey so didn't touch the brakes.... I found it helped me to look well ahead.
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I like a bit of boardwalk - there's something about it that reminds me of going on walks as a child (honestly). There's a trail at Kielder with loads of boardwalk at the top of the hill - from a MTB point of view it is inane, pointless riding. But I still like it.
Busted ribs is never fun though - hope you get better soon.
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Have they still not covered it in chicken wire or that nonslip paint? Must be as slimey as a politician by now.
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I love it!
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Hate it. I get some visual disturbance while riding it which means it looks completely out of focus. It's not too bad if it's completely flat (like Glentress) but the lumps and bumps at Laggan are a nightmare.
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kevin1911 - Member
Have they still not covered it in chicken wire or that nonslip paint? Must be as slimey as a politician by now.Nope in the wooded section it was like black ice, well I realised that after haha!
Ironic thing is that Ive done some pretty full on riding this week with no dramas so it just goes to show that the simplest of things can be the ones that trip you up.........also, never say one more run!!
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+1
that is exactly how I broke my pelvis (3 places), sacrum, hand (metacarpal) and a rib in Les Gets; slippery boardwalk, touched the brakes, bike disappeared and I came down hard!
Dave
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yep hate it.
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I don't mind it which is strange cos I'm rubbish at proper North Shore stuff. Laggan took a bit of getting used to but by my third time over it I was MUCH smoother.
I like the boardwalk at Grizedale too on the NFT, in fact it's one of the few properly good bits of trail on that route. People say it's slippy but I've never found that, even doing on my CX in the snow and ice. I do know several people who've fallen off it though! There's a definite technique to it, I think faster is better but it's totally counter-intuitive.
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First time I tried was on the Dalby black run a few years ago. It was a wet day and it was like ice. Got a little scared halfway down it as I nearly lost the back end. Tried about a year later after it had had a lick of gritty paint (or it might've been a really dry day, not sure) and loved it.
Can't stand the smooth wet stuff though. Hope you heal soon.
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Is it just me but is the guy in the post after the op answering another thread
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THe stuff at Kielder is Scary if it's anything other than bone dry. Apparently they stopped putting chicken wire on it in case someone got injured when they came off. Now it's lethal. I only ride the stuff at the top of Lonesome pine if I'm heading over to Newcastleton but there are other bits just as bad on the trail. The stuff at Chopwell is not as interesting as the red natural stuff next to it IMO.
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Chopwell has wooden stuff? I need to go there to Tmrw if I can find the bloody entrance
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Ouch! Sounds painful! Yep, I hate it too - never come off it, but just don't see the point (unless it's totally necessary to get through a bog or something), but I don't enjoy it at all!
Liftman - Member
Is it just me but is the guy in the post after the op answering another threadGlad you said that, I thought it was just me... I certainly have absolutely no idea what he's talking about!
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That section at Laggan is a F'in disgrace. Mate and I both hit the deck within seconds on it.
I can't believe the FC are flattening jumps in the name of health and safety, but this dangerous section of trail remains.Posted 9 months ago # -
I also hate boardwalk, especially when it ends abruptly... as a result i now have a broken collarbone which ruined almost my entire 2 week alps holiday this year! argh!
Still i was able to film this with all my freetime
www.vimeo.com/27831454Posted 9 months ago # -
Its very easy to miss the boardwalk at Laggan, you just cut up to the road and join a few corners above where you would normally on the orange. Right it enough its slippy in the wet if you touch the brakes, but once you've come off once on it you stay off them the next time!
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I love it. I get a big grin on my face when I see some approaching. Maybe it's because I haven't stacked it on some yet though. Can see why riders get a bit jittery if it's slippy.
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agree hate boardwalk also have mental block
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That section at Laggan is a F'in disgrace. Mate and I both hit the deck within seconds on it.
The boardwalk at laggan? it's not dangerous, just rubbish!
I can't believe the FC are flattening jumps in the name of health and safety, but this dangerous section of trail remainsPosted 9 months ago # -
Love it in the dry. Smoke & Mirrors + Devils Club @ whistler = awesome. Haven't tried it in the wet yet but I imagine it would be lethal. Kind of like constant roots.
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The bit at Crosscliff Viewpoint in Dalby is my most hated bit of boardwalk. It covers up a fantastic bouncy gully that I used to love whizzing down before the wooden crap was put there. Wooden greasy slippy bollocks!
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its because it should be an option on trails not "the " trail
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I hate the stuff! I can ride it now,but I don't enjoy it. It used to freak me out,don't know why.
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peripheral fear
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Love it cool tune
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UgwrSc-BrUPosted 9 months ago # -
Not really with it one wet morning early summer, Follow the Dog, right near the begining, stood up out of the saddle to take a real easy drop off. Front wheel intantly slipped left. Smashed helmet ( properly smashed polystyrene inner) on tree, concussion, damage to muscles in r/h thigh, still hurts now, 12 weeks later.
I'm a chippie by trade and have worked on wet joists and stuff for years, just wasn't concentrating.Posted 9 months ago # -
I HATE the stuff, i have a right mental block about it, i even managed to topple off the top of the only high piece of boardwalk at Afan, landed on my side at the bottom of a young conifer, the little bridge bit on the "black run".
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I just find it boring.
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brilliant video CalD, loved it
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