Took the eldest and youngest on the cockpit - howtown decent
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36 miles - a mix of singletrack, fire road, road, farm track, rock tech and everything inbetween. Blummin size of a Magnum these days 🙁
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Local loop, first ride back after broken bones in foot. Managed to go over the bars about 5 mins after taking this photo 😂
Rare Wednesday night club ride outing for me (during term time it's tough to get home and out in time). Back to needing lights for the end of the ride, but allowed me to test the low light video capabilities of the Insta360 for the first time.

Last day working near this spot so had a good hit out before work.
Always meant to get a photo of this rotten pine stump.
Early morning Gravel commute.


Magnolia Trails, Nederland


Beautiful outing on the gravel bike yesterday from Auchterarder to Dundee (carefully planned route to take full advantage of westerly wind!).
Lots of dusty dry farm gravel, then the Fife Coastal Path from Lindorres Distillery with several lovely sections of singletrack through old growth forest.
More fast farm tracks then the icing on the cake was a full gas hoon along the stunning sand dune/coastal pine forest singletrack in Tentsmuir. It's perfect for a gravel or CX bike as very few roots or rocks and basically flat with lots of little rollers and sand traps and endless fast corners and drifting back wheels. A fact not lost on me as I went chasing KOMs but closest I got was second by 2 seconds, d'oh!



Got a bit of catching up to do here. Some midweek rides from our summer road trip this year.
First up, a Tuesday in August.
Got home and managed to get out on a couple of Wednesday evening club rides, which is a nice rarity for me when school's in.
Quiet ride over Long Mynd.
So grateful that I can ride round the Derbyshire Dales from my doorstep on a Wednesday night
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Final Wednesday club ride until the Christmas holidays now.
Last nights hack around the tops of Rossendale.
one of those evenings when I just clicks and the troubles of the day melt away.
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Bit of a climb for us lowlanders... took over 4 hours of continuous climbing to reach the Devils Slide trestle at 11600ft on the old Rollins Pass railroad.


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Last nights hack around the tops of Rossendale.
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Plan was to head up Colorado highest 14er, Mt Elbert, but both suffering colds ended that idea so we biked up the trail until it got more hike-a-bike than fun, turned around and whizzed back down. Then went exploring Leadvilles "rich" history.



South Pennine roads, tracks and stuff round Luddenden, Haworth, Wycollar, Colden etc. - bloody hot but hell of a head wind coming back over the Watershed from Colne.
Much needed reward.....



Seventh ride in a row today and 9000 meters of descent for the week so far.
Showing and old mucker round some Tweed Valley classics.
See if this works. On top of Lord Herefords Knob!


After a hectic riding week last week showing a mate round a change of pace today with a bimble to a cafe.
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I did some intervals up Birdlip hill in Gloucester today **** me.
Anyway here’s a bike in a hotel room

Lake Pueblo (the "Res") trails






I remember when all of this was fields...
Arran loop in, er, windy conditions. Buffeted round the east and south, bumped into two seasoned campaigners on Dawes tourers in Blackwaterfoot - one of them had been blown off crossing the string. Tail gale up the west coast, downpour over the boguille to base in Corrie. Invigorating!
Needed lights towards the end of the ride last night



Cracking evening ride round Matlock and Black Rocks (taken on my rubbish phone)
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Local XC ride this morning.
Got back just before the rain.
Result.
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Mrsstu had the day off today and joined me for a tear up over Golfie.
Made it back just before the rain again.
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