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7 foot+ drifts on Exmoor today
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Out again today to make the most of the snow and did Pitch...
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Holmbury...
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...and Leith
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Gentle ride along the coast, first time this year Cornwall has been warmer than the rest of the country
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went for a 7k walk with the the other half and had a cheeky beer and chocky brownie!! and met a highland cow!
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but tomorrow im out on the bike but cant decide whether to take the cx bike with canti brakes which might as well not be there, tires should be ok though, or take the mtb with racing ralphs on! ill have disc brakes that will work though...
hmmm, what does stw think?
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I ended up doing a 65 mile epic in the Elan Valley.
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sorry here is the pick from before. drifty bridalway near hollands pies
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We had a great spin around the Punch Bowl in Surrey finishing off with mugs of coffee and bacon and egg buns at the cafe...a great morning out 😀
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Went to shed, bike had puncture. Fixed puncture (are those rims glued on??!). Got cold fingers. Rode a mile, got another puncture. Walked home. Will try again today
Only got out for an hour locally but fantastic fun. Some trails were riding after than they've done for months despite a couple of inches of snow.
On Friday I asked if anyone wanted to join me on a Saturday Snowride - a surprising number did!
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Nice pictures ask! It took me a while to recognise the route up and the wider picture of the old road in the middle. I might have a spin up there later if other jobs have been ticked off!!
18kms with the dog in 2" of snow, 43kms inland in 4" of perfect mostly virgin snow in the evening. Just magic!
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An hour and a half through Buck Woods and up Baildon Moor, Bradford.
Absolutely knackering, but absolutely brilliant!
And my bike is clean! No mud!!
Ace morning - local trails, normally boggy, running quick and fast. Just don't break on the ice!
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Today and yesterday, lovin it 🙂
My potentially nice photos come out as blurry messes, iPhone and thick gloves don't work so well.
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12 mile round trip for a paper. Not one slip from my Ice Spikers.
Don't spikes take the fun away?. I left my Small Block 8s on with around 10psi in them, loads of fun 🙂
Don't spikes take the fun away?. I left my Small Block 8s on with around 10psi in them, loads of fun
When you are as crap as me on a bike you need all the help you can get!
23 miles,loved it!
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Don't spikes take the fun away?
Having seen lots of people pushing bikes today when I was riding I'd have to say no 🙂
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No photos but out for a bit, great fun and only one off. Tyre setup good but hills were a bastard!
3 hours up the Kilpatricks this morning. No snow lower down, but some up there.
No photos, it was too bloody cold to stop!
Just got back from 20 miles round tunnel hill.
I'm now officialy dead.
The Digswell Winter Squad went out, four stacks and......... then Bramfield
Trying to avoid a massive puddle I had crashed through I advised our eldest member, 54 to go round, what we thought was ground was a three foot drainage channel. Despite going in to waist height he held the bike up high and climbed out. So we called in at the nearest pub, bacon sandwiches and called International Rescue for him. The remaining two carried on.
I tried to have punt. Ice kept clogging up my spd'sthough.
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13 glorious miles round Woburn.
Absolutely loved it today! Cracking ride!
[url= http://www.wittonweavers.co.uk/?p=2446 ]Winter Hill and Belmont[/url]
Snow drifted to about 2ft deep on this trail... Not sure how impressed my mate will be that i have posted this picture though!
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Sure did, followed by a BBQ 😀
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Me. 20km or so.
Hard work, had to pedal downhill ! But got the forest to myself.
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Jealous of the BBQ!
BBQ is a great idea!,
Even Essex managed a pathetic little sprinkling ...
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Some great photos here.
a lot icier today, but just as much fun, bacon and sausage sarnies made the ride too
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it was lucky the local council warned us...
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22 miles round the chase today. First time in deep snow but I loved it - hard work on the ups, fun on the downs and a few hilarious falls. Bostin 🙂
20 odd miles in the Pentlands for me today, huge fun on my old Kona Kilauea. Tons of grip and no offs
Lots of good banter from folks about too. No pics sadly as phone battery died as usual.
Exhausted now but a toasty glow from a fun day
Bloody enigmas are everywhere! Mine looked like Kuco's ^^ after 20 miles with eyerideit this morning. Lots of fun!
Really nice ride only one off not by me though...my mate on the retro FSR.
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[img] https://picasaweb.google.com/christophergribbin/SnowyRideJan2013#5835575236192564050 [/img]Went for a ride around Devil's Punch Bowl via Gibetts Hill and some cheeky single track on the way home. Great to be out, only 2nd proper ride in as many months.
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I enjoyed a few hours of pushing today round Sutton Bank/Lake Gormire/Kilburn Woods.
Was tough going and didn't get much riding in.
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Bushed after 2:30 ride around devils Punchbowl. Fun climbs and descents on Thursley Common and the higher bits on the Punchbowl - I avoided the main BW after Higfhfield Lane (?)/cattle grid and had a few adventures in the deep snow on some of the paths at the top. Nice of the quad bikes to have a few tracks in places!!! Not a single person passed except for the sledgers on Rodborough common. Great laugh in the snow but noticeably colder that yesterday morning. Only just got in before the light went, Feet de-thawing now.....Aaargh
Only intended to go out for a little 15km spin this morning, but it was actually really nice and grippy so I stayed out and ended up getting nearly 40km in. Apart from a couple patches of sheet ice, my Rubber Queen and X King combo coped brilliantly with the conditions (as they did with all the wet and mud recently) - for the riding I do I might have found a decent all-year round tyre setup!
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Nice work Rocketdog, bacon and sausages cooked out on a ride taste so much better.
Murr and I did a 40 mile epic over the Lomond and Cleish hills. the road sections joining the trails were equally challenging. Top ride, just made it back before darkness fell. Good endurance training for the Puffer for Murr.