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Borrowdale bash on sunday. Fab. The descent to Rosthwaite always delivers, short but very sweet.
Kept it low level due to the weather 3000ft plus of climbing!
Staveley
http://app.strava.com/activities/117254525
My local trails in Woldingham, still a lot of trail damage and fallen trees
Beautiful 25 miles on the Wirral with coconut ice cream in Parkgate. Pretty happy as trashed my calf a few weeks ago ice climbing and its still swollen. Good day Chris!
I set off from home to do my regular weekly ride in the peak but arrived 5 minutes late.
So I kept going and rode Snowdon on Saturday and cadair idris on Sunday. Well, the wife was away, I had a full tank of diesel and the weather in Sheffield was good...
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penmanchno. loop 2. maybe the wettest coldest ride ive ever rid. feet were that cold I didn't know if my feet were clipped in or not on last couple of sections. defo a summer trail. downhills were really fast though
Glentress, took the full suss out for it's first ride and it duly loosened a linkage bolt that necessitated removing the cranks to do it up. Got there early and managed to get about 4hrs in and left just before the rain came.
Macc Forest on Saturday, trying to find all the cheeky stuff. Very steep and slippery, managed to fit in 3200ft of climbing in 16 miles.
Look forward to going back and riding it in the dry.
Innerleithen Red for me too, lovely ride up in the sun with snow underwheel,rain under the trees as the snow melted with the sun belting through the branches was a bit surreal. Some of the downhills have suffered badly over the winter though, think I bent my front axle in a puddle that turned out to be a pothole!
My wee dog was freezing up the top, it was decidedly chilly.
I think I might have been riding with Selkirkbear, if he is who I think he is....
Had a tough one - took the kids round upper derwent / Howden resevoirs in the Peak, weather got bad half-way out, turned into a bit of a character-former. 2yo shivering in the child seat, crying her eyes out. Our 5yo was soldiering on through the wind and the rain, sobbing 'I'm keeping going Daddy'. That's mountain biking son 🙂
I wasn't in great form myself - cycling 5 mph is slow enough to freeze the pants off you if it's wet and windy.
I couldn't get my new shifter working (bent hanger maybe) so the FS was out of commission. Had a tubeless disaster on the HT so I went out on the roadie. 40km round Oldham, Manchester, Salford, Heaton Park and Middleton. It was alright actually.
Enjoyed the rocky and (mostly) well-drained trails around 3 Shires Head and Wildboarclough. Short but sweet and great to get an old mate inspired to ride his mountain bike again