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A couple of solo laps of Whyte's Level at Glencorrwg today with easy driving there and back. It was dry if a bit cool and breezy. Trail in good nick. Broke a chain link, and got an unusual front instant snakebite which put me over the bars. I think I just ****tted into a pointy rock! I really like the trail, plenty of rocks in places but not so many that they slow you down. The berms on the black bit at the top are fun though I picked a poor line on a bouldery bit and caught a pedal but rolled OK. Legs and arms ache now. A good ride only lacking in some company.
Good day out myself, over the Pentlands from my house and then eventually to Glentress. Rode some of the red then rode home. I'm wiped now though, been a heavy day but it was worth it.
Got my biker tan starting quite well too.
Did the Forest of Dean Classic Sportive today - 87 miles and 14 named hills plus a few that weren't. Weather started wet and then became very cold and windy. Feeling knackered now, but need to get second wind to go to the pub!
Dyfi Enduro, 4:40, full of curry and beer now, knackered and happy.
Did my first ever uplift at Inners - it's gonna cost me money 🙂
maybe I saw you diane, yellow transition, riding like a girl (me not you)
Good 3 hour ride up the local DH trails on the new DH bie (222) very very fun!
Diane - Member
Did my first ever uplift at Inners - it's gonna cost me money
Nice one!
Pretty good so far, with a good loop around Edale/Jacobs/Pindale yesterday then an exploratory bimble around Cragg Quarry today. Even the Buck Inn was a bonus - perfect Timothy Taylor!
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managed to squeeze in a 40 mile rip up the canal session after the rain had stopped this afternoon evening. realised that my light has busted so it was a bit sketchy on the way home but surprisingly no too muddy. mrs mattp won't be worried about the washing machine breaking tonight...
Aching legs or no, I've decided: Cheddar Gorge cliff trails on the FS tomorrow morning before the tourists show up.
Back.
So, 4 runs down the hill before it started to p*ss down.
Out of that, first run had a flat, so pushed back from half way down, next good, then next after that another pinch-flat. Nice gent stopped and helped with changing (gave me a tube) and then finished that and one more.
All in all a good day, not least as other than an errant back tyre bike worked fine and new gearing is perfect for descent and road ascent.
Shall be going again in a couple of weeks!
nada
Wooot! Blue Skies today and off now to Alwinton.
Dasnut - not sure - so many bikes! Was only person wearing lycra with an xc bike 😯
32 miles of road riding round The Yorkshire Dales on Saturday, over to Bolton Abbey, Appletreewick, Burnsall, Linton, Hetton etc.
40 odd miles road riding yesterday to Gargrave, Airton, Hellifield, Bolton-by-Bowland, Sawley, Chatburn and Barlick.
MTB today, probably from Threshfield up onto Boss Moor.
Sat - small hangover clearing tandem ride of around 10 miles
Sunday - 40 miler round east lothian by tandem - found some nice trails and worked out a circuit for future use
Sun - not decided yet
Took the wife round the Mary Townley Route Yesterday, was well chuffed for her 😀 the longest she has been recently is 18 miles, so to do 47 miles with her thumb bandaged as well was I thought extremely good 😀
It was also bloody cold with a very strong headwind at times 🙁
Hour and a half round the local bridleways on the edge of the NYork Moors. Mixture of sunshine and hail squalls so bailed out slightly earlier than planned.
About an hour on the jumps today. Doing better than yesterday, clearing em all a bit smoothly again. Bit windy though, its either slowing you down or blowing you to one side which feels a bit dodgy in the air. Wheels started rattling horribly after a few sideways landings due to the wind, bikes are a pain in the arse when they're not running properly!
NOT as my mother is up for the weekend and I AM NOT allowed out, Instruction from the wife anyway.
Sat - rode into work, worked 12hrs, rode home, ate pasta, drank beer, slept.
Sun - gave daughter No:1 a lift down to Sheffield, drove back, had lunch, went for a local walk with missus, felt the onset of Man-flu, went to bed.
Mon - have Man-flu, rode into work, working for 12hrs...................etc. 🙁
i did the majority of the south downs way on friday and saturday with a couple of friends. 83 mostly off road miles with a bivi stop in the middle. Great fun and extremely lucky with the weather too. Not done a lot since though.
Didn't manage the full red loop at Dalbeattie but chucked in a solid 37mile ride doing the Mabie Red loop then riding over to Dalbeattie on Road, Farm and Forest tracks then did the end of the red, the beginning to the end of the second boardwalk and then the end again.
Trouble is that's not even half the Kielder so still a way to go, but I have hit the target for the begnning of this month. 🙂
alreet i saw a foal, lamb, calf, baby blackbird and moorhen. Plus i managed to out sprint the rain.
Cragg Quarry launch ride on Saturday....
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Tragically sad weekend really. A great road race Saturday, but Sunday and today was spent on the Turbos prepping myself for Tuesdays road race.
I would have ventured out if it wasn't for the freezing rain and wind, but I didn't see the point of a tiring plod just to get miles in when I could get some controlled training in.
I just did my first ever (imperial, solo) century on the road. Northern Rock Cyclone route. It's quite a nice route if you're entered. 110miles 6h30 minutes, I need a group if I'm going to make it round in the gold time! Did 60 miles on Saturday too, also on the road.
Gah got up too late for Cheddar Gorge due to aching from yesterdays riding at Afan. You have to do the gorge early or late to avoid squashing tourists. So just a couple of hours doing a fairly usual Burrington Combe loop, then a pub lunch with the GF.
Mendip trail conditions good despite recent rain. Blooming cold wind though.
It was sunny and windy here today. In-laws down to look after the kids, so snuck out for a couple of hours.
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I enjoyed the sunshine today with a ride around Rivington with a pal.
Only got these pics, taken from the Pike, as we were too busy enjoying it.
Rivington without mud - nows there's a thing you don't often see.
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Friday (day off) - Built up Cotic BFe.
Saturday - Ride around Wendover Woods
Sunday - Up the woods again and over to Aston Hill
Today - Out to Whiteleaf and Coombe Hill
Now - Tired!
Riding of a different type for me - skiing the runs of Cairngorm. Snow is still good on the remaining trails. Even a bit of fresh powder. So didn't miss the bike too much.
Saturday: entertaining my brood
Sunday: entertaining my brood.
Today: went to Cannock and had my antisocial tendencies confirmed. It was far too busy to be fun (for me at any rate, some of the folks there were enjoying it); it was [i]heaving[/i]. So did some off piste and went home.
Just got back from a weekend camping with the family up in the Hope Valley and what a weekend.
It's my first experience of riding in the peaks and what an experience.
Sunday i snuck out early and choose to do a loop from Hope taking in castleton, hollins cross, mam tor, edale, ladybower, hope cross and back to hope.
45km with 1300m of climbing/pushing all solo and most of it with a smile.
I'm still buzzing I can't wait to get back.
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loved this weekend of building and riding
Ended up going Woburn on Sunday. Lots of fun, apart from when i fell off a log and jammed my pedal into my ankle...ouchie!
i cant wait for the next bank holiday 🙂
I had an AWESOME weekend:
Saturday - KiteSurfing (there were some hot naked lesbians sunbathing feet away from our kit, which was nice)
Sunday - Rollerblading with friends along the beach then serviced my 36's
Monday - Stuck my AM bike in the [url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/flamejob/4512317328/ ]mini[/url] and had an amazing drive up the mountains to see Michael from Switch-Backs. Very nice ride taking in 'The Great Escape' and 'hysterectomizer' (for those that know). Even though I put my mech through my rear wheel and had to ride the rest of the day chainless and pretzeled it was awesome.
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Warmed up on Elin's Fancy on Friday afternoon after an early escape from the flatlands of Suffolk. Saturday was spent experiencing the delights of Dinorwig Quarry (fantastic). Sunday rode up Telegraph Valley and did the unrestricted bit of the Ranger Path down, then the downhill farm tracks into Llanberis. Monday I did Llandegla Red while my partner did the blue (she was running on empty by this time!). The weather was lovely and it was my first weekend away since last September.
I am fitter than I have ever been due to fat club and riding loads while unemployed, best MTB weekend ever. (I'm too old for stoked, rad or gnarl to form part of my vocabulary 😀 )