We did this a few weeks back and people enjoyed it. So, once again, what were your little victories out on the bike today?
First time out on my new roadbike. Riding position is perfect and no need for tweaking.
Managing to clean the rooty climb on the Old Coach road, approaching Alfriston.
(It was dry though 😉 )
Fresh Tarmac on my favorite local road descent
Riding in jeans and not getting the bottom of them in the chainrings.
on and on - Member
First time out on my new roadbike. Riding position is perfect and no need for tweaking.
How did you manage that!?
Shorts and t-shirt for 4 hours. And its supposed to freeze tonight. 😯
New saddle - and it seems a step in the right direction, although another on order.
First proper off the bike in Labyrinth at Swinley, caused by a combination of incorrect brake setup and hubris.
Even so, first sunny dusty ride of the year, and I went for a jump for the first time. It was so successful that I went for more! I suspect it wasn't particularly impressive to watch, but there was definite time in the air and I felt in control the whole way through 🙂
eddiebaby - MemberShorts and t-shirt for 4 hours. And its supposed to freeze tonight.
Only 2 hours for me but it felt great to be out without multiple layers.
I did a hard 30 miles off road today. But having been fiddling and testing the bike set up over the winter I reckon I may have nailed it.
I also have finally hit the hang of a proper bunny hop! Flat pedals too!
I didn't die on the first ride not on 4" fat tyres since last October, felt really weird, no grip at all, stupid things mtb tyres
First time out on the new MTB and first time on any bike in 5 months. Not lost as much fitness as I feared but leg endurance needs built up a wee bit again. First 10 mins or so was a bit hesitant but settled into it again quicker than I hoped and it was soon like I hadn't been away (except for fitness levels!).
^ totally agree. Took my cannondale scalpel out on Friday after only riding my fatbike during the winter. It went like a missile but no grip 🙂
A gazillion PR's
Managed a drop off into gully that I have always felt to be only marginally in control in the past. Today I actually felt I rode it rather than survived it if you get my drift. Worked out that my entry speed was higher because I was feeling confident on the bike and this made all the difference.
I did have a pratfall SPD moment about 10 minutes later just to provide balance and the required entertainment for my fellow riders
I totally shredded the local tow path:
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And then found that most rare of rare beasts, a properly built jump in my local woods!
(normally, all "kids built" jumps will have at least 3 of the following traits:
1) A sharp uphill corner, immediately prior too, or after, the jump
2) A ridiculously short transition and steep ramp
3) Either no lip at all, or one so steep it sends you into space
4) Built out of the looses, softest, least strong earth availible
5) If it has a "gap" it will be at least 30 feet long, and filled with rusty wash machines or hungry underfed Crocodiles, and often both)
6) The landing ramp will generally not be in line with the take off, or will require to you narrowly avoid a large tree/fence/pissed off walker (delete as appropriate)
Astonishingly, the jump i found was perfect for none awesome people like me to learn on:
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😉
(karma, got it's own back on the ride back home, when i went to bunny hop up an 18" wall, miss timed it completely, and had a "stem - groin" interface. Ouch, thank god i don't want kids eh.... 😉
Meh. Some of us haven't managed to get out yet..
jimw
Managed a drop off into gully that I have always felt to be only marginally in control in the past.
Obviously the recent "how to ride drops" thread on here has worked it's subliminal magic and turned you into a terrific dropper! 😉
Obviously the recent "how to ride drops" thread on here has worked it's subliminal magic and turned you into a terrific dropper!
Must have been really powerful subliminal juju as I hadn't seen it!
I think "terrific dropper" is being pretty generous. What I need to do is go back and do it a few times more to prove it wasn't a fluke. I could sell tickets.
Three crap nights with our 1 year old had left me with zero motivation and nearly falling asleep on the bike this morning. Abandoned the training ride a few miles in and headed for home. I was utterly defeated so something/someone must have been victorious 🙁
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Looking a little stiff there Max...
Maybe mtbellend will be able to advise you on how to relax a little. 🙂
Getting the motivation to abandon well-known local loops and head out a bit further in search of decent cheeky stuff. Some of it was alreet, the most promising bit on the satellite turned out to be mostly a foot deep rut in the heather - too narrow to pedal through, cue 2km of pushing 😥
Still, lovely weather, decent long ride, all good.
Almost made my mind up on new bike.....
We found a brilliant bridleway a few miles from home-
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In the lower right of this pic there was a fluffy something or other asleep in its burrow 😀
We also made it to the transporter bridge, yay-
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but it was closed for maintenance, boo-
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As for todays little ride victorys.
We actualy managed to ride until there was propper leg pain and lack of food bonkage going on instead of bimbling to a watering hole.
Krembo wins the internet so far!
Big set of jumps at pines and didnt soil myself. Two separate achievements, not related.
Its been my Anniversary today , got up at 7am left the boss in bed and buggered off round the Ladybower Loop , while she took kids to the park , first time I have done the loop and even riding it blind it was a whole lot of fun in the sun , so todays achievement was not being shouted at when I got home .... looks like dinners on me tonight
Did my first century! I only died a little bit as well.
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62 miles? hows that a ton? 😉
I never said it was an old money century! It was ruddy hard regardless haha
No disrepect just ripping a little wee.
Well done if that's your longest ride yet.
The other week I dismantled two anti-MTB barricades in some woods local to me. They were fairly big, about thigh height and made up of 10-15 branches and logs each. It took me about five minutes to do each, but it threw all the bits in different directions and broke some up, so I reckon it would take someone at least twice as long to put them all back. Small victory indeed, but they've not gone back up yet. They'll give up before I do!
Yea my longest before that had been ~70km. My rides tend to be a bit flatter as well.
Kbrembo
Awesome photo
It looks like you're doing the internationally recognised pose/symbol for "how the 'eck am i going to get down from here then"..... 😉
Did my longest road ride so far - 70k. Not had the road bike long and still on flats so I'm fairly chuffed. My arse is a mess though.
wilder - Member
Did my longest road ride so far - 70k. Not had the road bike long and still on flats so I'm fairly chuffed. My arse is a mess though.
Shoulda bleached it...
No punctures & no dog faeces caught up in anything.
That's all I ever really look for in a ride (oh, that and not being knocked off & run over of course).
singlespeeding for the first time on summer tyres, climbs like a rat up a drain pipe with his tail on fire. Total revelation!
cue gratuitous picture of said singlespeed 😉
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Oooh I'm going to have to put my RR on my singlespeed now.
Second ride on my new CX. I've been off the bike in earnest for months since breaking my arm (few 15-20km local rides) but knocked* 60km out today.
* knocked meaning struggled through the last 1/3 of.
Got caught out with a drop-off today, but managed to save it by doing a proper endo down the trail for 15 meters before landing the back wheel. Had a big grin on my face feeling chuffed and karma got it's own back for me not falling off and I washed out on the next corner 😆
Rode the kennels descent at Rivi flat out for the first time in ages.
A brisk 100km off-road int peak today. Longest ride for a while after an Achilles injury - feels ok now 🙂
First ride since fracturing my elbow. Arm still working so good sign. Also didn't get run over which is a bonus.
Teaching my 8 year old drop offs and steep descents today. Feeling proud.
used the 105 11 speed for the first time - brilliant, everything it's cracked up to be and then some!
My victory was to stop, look around, take a few pictures.
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Rode into the same tree twice.
The victory is bothering to have a second crack at it.
And showed someone some new trails, I love introducing folk to trails I enjoy and seeing them get some enjoyment out too 🙂
Out on my Stoater on the SDW and left a bunch of mtbers in my dust... 😉
An arch rival was puffing and panting in front of me in an XC race today. I was feeling good thiniking "ive got you, I've got you he he he.." before I passed for the first time is year.
Yes.
Had my first ride in dry, dusty conditions since september around Cwmcawn and found my efforts at not getting drunk too often and getting some winter training in were successful (easier said than done when a student!).
All the tracks (cafell, pedalhounds then the old xc track over to the dh track) were running the best I've ever seem them, pedalhounds and the cafell xc descent both running noticeably better after a winter to bed them in.
Next goal, clear that ****ty right hand switchback at the top of the old DH black run. The one where you need to hop right up onto the bank to make it wide enough. 😯
Came down a pretty fast descent through the trees and unexpectedly got the biggest air I have ever got . Some scrote had put a jump in since I last rode there . It was all over and dusted before I had time to crap myself , had I seen it I would have probably braked or tried to ride round it . Although it was my biggest air ever and felt massive it was the sort of jump most people do without even giving it a second thought . Still achieving new things at 58 woohoo .
2 weeks ago a local ride resulted in a serious bout of hosing bike and all my gear.
Today's post local ride task - a quick clean of the chain and squirt of lube - not even any mud of the tyres - result!
NorthCountryBoy - I recognise Angle Tarn but not the other shots - where please?
KBrembo - where is that? Like.
My longest and most climbing ride of the year, with a couple of kom's 😉
https://www.strava.com/activities/272441234
Amazing session at a special place for riding.
Got to have a laugh with some mates and spent the afternoon chasing each other down the trails. Great fun jumping and finally cleared a few sections I hadn't done before
Hi Rascal
the other 2 are on the way up to Angle tarn. The river is at Stonethwait then bike on the fell is looking down Langstrath after pushing up Stake pass.
Got my first 1st place today! @mondraker enduro 🙂 well actually, you could say it was my 2nd, as they rewarded yesterday's results too!
Riding sections my mate won't. He's a faster rider, I'm a better technician, so I like finding bits he won't do to keep my ego boosted 😆
Oh and just generally having a grand day out around the golf course, it's actually dry!
Was up there most of today too NW. what did you ride?
Not that much, tired teenager stopped play- 3G and Boner up top and a bunch of the lower level trails. Took two hours to notice I still had my fork locked out from comrie pump track, what a fanny.
How had I not done nyny the sequel before, btw? Loving that.
PS, if I accept your strava-stalk, does that mean I have to read all your rides too? I think that's why I unfriended everyone on there, I can barely be bothered to read mine. That, and I don't like humans.
I managed to successfully decontaminate my front brake. No more fork oil on my pads, plus new forks = happy Swamptin finally loose in the local hills.
ha ha... no. just don't follow me back and I'll promise to try not to comment on your rides or give you any kudos. 😆
we just did a loop taking in both sides of the valley. climbed up and rode spleene twice so my mate could crash in the rocks before the drop each time.. first time I'd ridden that, sooo good to ride something up the golfie with intentional doubles 🙂 then we just rode aussie and lower jawbone then into the cafe at walkerburn before heading up to ride a mix of the IXS and some older DH tracks on the otherside.
MC was with us for the first bit before making his excuses and keeping himself hidden away from humans for the rest of the day.
dunno what nyny the sequel is (I'm not too great with trail names)
You gave me kudos before, I think that's why I unfriended you, it was just weird.
Sequel- That's what it's called on strava anyway- you know that new section quite near the bottom- there's a fairly wide pumpy section that runs across the corner from the quarry? (near the bottom of offender etc) Straight on from that. Nothing techy, just no straight lines ever. Kind of assuming it's by the same feller that did nyny.
I don't know the other side much, tbh I don't ride there often enough to get bored of the ones i know, take it it's worth a look?
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Just being out!
Ah.. had a look at that on the climb.
By other side I meant other side of the tweed. ie. Traquair and Elibank.. you've surly ridden most trails there.. thought you'd have helped build the IXS?
But the other side of Caberston has a lot of good trails too. like I said tho, I'm not great with their names.
must remember never to compliment you.. not too difficult a task for me TBH. 😉
Golfy was running great today! Hero dirt flattering me into believing I can drift.
Now I just need to get some fitness back after not being able to ride for about 6 months....
Little victory was just getting out in the sun and finding I could still chuck a bike down a nice steep hill. Had so much fun today.
Ah, crossed lines- I was meaning up feeding the pony/no social hill, the other side of the valley that jawbone etc go down into.
Where's spleene about? Never even heard the name before 😳
I fell off but didn't break anything.
My last two offs (in quick succession) have resulted in a broken knee and a broken elbow.
Cleared the bamboo bridge of death in Hoi an Vietnam
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Top 5 place in the local Sportive on my singlespeed
Little victory? Yesterday was a massive earth-shattering victory. Blue skies, (mostly) dusty trails and feet that weren't frozen at the end of the ride. Having slogged through the winter in all manner of horrific weather and conditions I felt like I earnt that.
Back to cold drizzle today though 🙁
Hit 47mph and got in the strava top 10 on a well known descent near my house. Got home and found my front wheel QR wasn't done up properly. I'll take that as a victory of sorts.
squeezed a short road ride in despite social commitments - front shifter jammed solid - a bit of fiddling and reset cable tension to hold on middle ring so no need for a pit stop but without the big ring failed to set a lap record
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My little victory was getting a roadie to slow down and chat for a minute or two 😯
And no, not for [b]that[/b] reason - I'm an OWL (Old Woman in Lycra)
Continuing to knock minutes off my local flat forest loop PR (Salcey Forest, Northants). Also realising how good forks are when you have the right spring for your weight and all new seals. These things may be related...
My longest and most climbing ride of the year, with a couple of kom's
https://www.strava.com/activities/272441234
Good god