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Sounds good Scott. I'll have to get my Strava on soon!!
Just checked the local weather forecast and it will have to be before monday because it looks like its going to pisssss down next week 😉Sounds good Scott. I'll have to get my Strava on soon!!
I for got to post this last week but this was last weeks ride:
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I've never done a night ride at QECP. That may have to change this year, cool pic!
yeah ok so A3 section is pretty bad, unless it's frozen!
edit: lumberjack, ditto.
Final descent and Snakes & Ladders great.
It changes every time you go in there though.. we should set up a site with a traffic light system like for pistes or something hehe.
Was pretty slippy in places there today had to have a quick lie down half way through my ride 😐
lol. no strava times for you today then? 🙂
here's how i'd ride QE now:
1st climb and up, do half of Electric then cut up right to Snakes (give way to other traffic!), do Snakes&Ladders, cut up across fireroad (like old orange trail, give way again!), down to the tables and snakebites, left and up around nasty bank, do final descent (steps are totally fine, sticky around final berms just slow down a bit).
short and sweet.
Did a bit of bimble around other parts which I haven't done for a while nice to see the old DH trail down by the quarry being revived.
Saw someone struggling up the a3 climb about 09:00 this morning on their own. Sadly I was passing in my mates skyline on the way to a dyno day.
Is that the downhill track from the very top down to the bridge? Can only think of the quarry near the A3 climb. Rode QE on RRs and found it a lot better than expected, first climb a bit greasy but was okz
Yes it is on the A3 side it quite steep a the begining leading to what was a big gap jump, cross a fire road then you into nice bit singletrack
I know the one, will have a look next time. Ta
Righty ho,
Firstly many thanks to the lad who stopped to see if was ok when I had a " toys out of pram " 1/2 hr whilst trying in vein to fix a sodding rear blow out.
Muchos Grazias fella, your insistence of help was greatly received, but not required, excuse the language that was coming out of my potty mouth at the time.
3 flying laps today of the Red Route, 1st was excellent and unfortunately very tacky under tread, looked like a fair few riders had been out on the Red Route, then the 2nd lap a little harder but still hacking, the 3rd disturbed by my rear blowout just above the Downhill bit, total blow and it took ages to fix. Damn it was cold on top of the hill.
Scored a PB of the course today... Gnarr, gnarrrrr.
The conditions were perfect for the QECP dig day today. Great turn out, about 11 guys, thanks to everyone that help out got loads done. You guys are going to love what we have done 🙂
P.s there are no trails near the quarry 😉
Move along there's nothing to see
dammit that is appalling 😯
E as moves init 😆
yes you are 😉dammit that is appalling
bigyinn - Member
Saw someone struggling up the a3 climb about 09:00 this morning on their own. Sadly I was passing in my mates skyline on the way to a dyno day.
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Oh, the shame, I think that useless rider may have been me. On a silver full Suspension by any chance? Lost my fitness that I had last year and even with the best riding conditions I have seen in a while and a new bike, I couldn't get round with any speed.
Loved the descent at the end though and only saw one other rider out...maybe he was the slow one and I am some kind of riding god. Maybe.
I want you to take a look at my photos, go on have a look. Now then what do you see ? Or rather what do see a lack of ??
Correct, MUD.
I've been riding there everyday for a fortnight now whilst in training and today I came back almost clean 2.5 hours hacking around the Red Route and other trails... I'm both confused and a very happy Bouy 😀
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Its summer day at the mo, get down there and ride before it rains people!!!!!
nice. what shape has the trail dried into? still trail shaped i hope 😈
that must be a real bone-shaker.
There a couple of bit with ruts but they just add to the fun 8)nice. what shape has the trail dried into? still trail shaped i hopethat must be a real bone-shaker.
The trails are remarkably "most excellent" I kid you not. They are forming into a swoops flow and the tackiness of the mud is adding to the smoothing out. The flint and roots are drying nicely too, which is "most excellent" with only the roots that have an overhanging tree attached the ones that are a bit slippy.
The rest of the swoops back zig zag downhilly bit back into the car park at the finish are mostly dry, it's quite off putting tensing up for a bit of bike wobble wobble off the roots and ruts to find you are indeed attacking them faster and faster each time without cause for concern.
My weary bones are indeed shaken, not stirred !!
nice one thanks, don't think i can make it today but don't see rain on forcast (ducks) so will try for this w/e..
full sus. 'cos i'm a pansy.
edit: surely there's still mud on lumberjack? (highest bit of dh singletrack in trees) that bitch never dries.
😉full sus. 'cos i'm a pansy.
we can't all ride hardtails that we've straightened with our bare hands, like Scott.
grrr.
Well yes a bit if you stick to the bottom of the ruts, but as there a re a couple of higher lines you can choose, there's no mud see.. In the DH track bit the bottom of the berms are tacky, but hey... Who goes in there..!!
Even the long drawn out tracks of clay ( the forest access roads ) are dry.
I'm actually amazed, over the last couple of days it's like someone has gone over it with a hair dryer. Mind it has been breezy, so that's obviously helped a great deal.
No rain set for tomorrow, so the weekend looks like it'll be a dry dusty trail 😆
I just tough rather than a pointless (Cry like a baby)post STW Warning ON-ONE InbreadNEVER BUY ONE******we can't all ride hardtails that we've straightened with our bare hands, like Scott.
grrr.
I just man up a bit and straightened my frame and Had some fun riding it as fast as possible.
P.S smiff its your fault it bent!
haha true. i'm not the guy who got lost. though i could get lost. up there, in the dark. chatting. not looking. in the dark. [i]with an owl[/i].
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its cos you didn't come on the ride and keep pete company at the back 😉haha true. i'm not the guy who got lost. though i could get lost. up there, in the dark. chatting. not looking. in the dark. with an owl.
I managed to get out for a ride today and the trails were running great!
3 minutes into the Lumberjack section I had become too complacent then ended up having a big front end washout on Snakebites! It hurt!
I will blame that on this mornings rain!
The start of the best section....
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End of the ride - almost clean!
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Yeah, got 2 laps in after work and it's really quick. Lumberjack has a lovely line and sticky stuff either side which is entertaining if you come off line but overall the best it's been for months. Even managed 1st climb and bombholes on the singlespeed without spinning out on greasy roots...
Nice one guys and I have seen that you have signed up for the gravity enduro ben, thanks for the support.
Certainly have Scott, really looking forward to it!
Thanks for taking the time to organise it, should be a great event!
Looks like you have the perfect sort of bike for it too. 8)
We will do a big push for the race this weekend see if we can get a bit of buzz around then event. I got a feeling it won't take to long to sell out as there is only 150 spaces.
Don't push too hard then! Got to wait and see if my holiday request has been authorised before I book. It's 3 days after my 35th birthday so hoping so. Will dig the 5 Spot out of the shed for that one, don't think a ss hardtail will be quite suitable...
13 signed up so far, your ok for a bit matt.
oh aye, 'tis most pleasant in there of an afternoon
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but if ye be wantin' t'experience the glory, best get yerself there before Wednesday.
came out with less mud than i went in 😮 first dusty ride of 2013 for me.
Scott i'll have to check your race it's not [i]the[/i] gravity enduro is it.
Yes Sign up mate or do you want to marshell?
Rode there yesterday for the first time in 2 or 3 years. Chapeau to the trail builders, it's loads better. Still slightly little damp, so just a bit draggy on some of the newer woodland sections and a few big sideways moments on the chalk but no bike cleaning required at the end. Yippee....
I got there as well early yesterday for a couple of laps. Dry, if slightly soft conditions, but riding nicely everywhere it seemed. I also crashed on snakebites, but it was definitely my error - was too low on one of the berms and caught the chalk. Next lap i went higher and all fine. 🙂
Gravity enduro looks good. Fun cat for me I guess.
Fun cat is bigger than I thought so far. Should be a good entry in to the sport for everyone. Grass roots racing in the South East 🙂
Righty ho, resurrected for those interested in the conditions >> " over there " >>
I've just come back from a hack around and have to say its damp and a bit boggy in the undergrowth. There's a few sections where the sun and wind are on it and its drying out nicely, but these are South Facing sections only. In the top of the woods ( parallel to the A3 on the Red Route ) it's horrible. It's very damps and boggy and some sections are better left alone at the mo, or walk past them. Roots are exposed and slippy, burm bottoms are claggy and gloop.
Once up on the top of the hill it's actually quite pleasant, dry and a bit tacky.
The route to the Gnarr Downhilly bit is peaty bog until you hit the South Facing side where it drys up a bit. Over the top of the other hill towards the long speedy decent it's ok, ok until you hit the burm bottoms and then it's claggy and gloopyest.
But, but the good thing is its drying out nicely, give it a couple of days and it'll be back to how it was last week I recon.
Have fun, say hi as you wiz past.
Nice to see 5 folks out today 😀