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Highland Trail 550 in 2018.
Short term: ride more miles in winter.
Medium term: 2 day bikepacking of the Ridgeway.
Long term 1: To keep fit enough to be able to keep pace with my 16 year old twins around Swinley blue when I'm 50 (I'm 46 now). (Yeah, right 😉 )
Long term 2: To do a 'significant' bikepacking tour. No idea where (UK) but at least a week
I was lucky enough to tick that off along with a trip to rampage last year, think queenstown is on the list now or maybe thredbo cannonball
Cannonball trail, as in the DH trail, or just Thredbo in general? Cannonball is ok, but the new All Mountain trail is going to be the jewel. You'd want different bikes for these trails. Either of those bikes are good for the Flow trail. TVT for a nice cruise.
Or just go to Queenstown which is head and shoulders better.
I need to try and get the festive 500 nipped off on that there STRAVA, last years wind was just too dangerous to ride in.
My mate did it and got a cloth badge, he sewed it on one of his jersey pockets and every time it's made an appearance this year it's niggled me. I'm hoping this will also count towards my annual total miles cycled which should be more than those driven in my car?
Enter more events, both road and MTB, I've started booking now but I'm struggling to hand over money now for something that's not even on the horizon yet. It feels a bit like going to them shit pubs where you have to pay for food that you haven't even eaten, then when it turns up you just feel obliged not to complain. Already booked Ard' Rock, Velothon Wales, Amstel Gold, AND trying not to moan about it.
Lastly, I need to decide between a biking holiday, Allp's MTB again or Mallorca roady riding for first time.
Strathpuffer and HTR550 again with my boy for early doors next year.
Cannonball trail, as in the DH trail, or just Thredbo in general?
The race weekend, race all bar the whip off next year I hope 🙂
Planning a visit off the back of some Blue Dirt Shuttles at Bright and Falls this year.
NZ might have to wait until work flies me over again
Oh yeah the Cannonball MTB Festival. Thredbo need to get more imaginative with their names. I've just moved a trip to Thredders forward a week to avoid that, but that's just me.
And yep Bright is looking even more attractive with Mystic Hero hopefully opening before I am there in Feb.
Now that I'm posting to the correct thread :roll:, which is the Loughrigg Terrace climb talked about above? This one (helpfully named Loughrigg Terrace by the OS) http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=334843&Y=506027&A=Y&Z=115 or this http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=337049&Y=504494&A=Y&Z=115 ?
I've always been down the former but up the latter.