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Still chilly. I'm expecting this lot to disappear over the weekend though.
Rare early finish so headed to the woods for a play 
Round the woods on the gravel bike on the way to work. Issues wi' me gears which was a bit annoying.
Most of the day was frankly horrible. But still great to be out on Cavehill.
Commute / road blat after work. Nothing special , but just really really great to be not schlepping about in the dark all the time!
First ride with my new magicshine light. Does the job nicely and the mount is very solid.
First ride where I've been dry enough to stop and take a picture this week.
Was pretty pleasant with most of the worst mud still being semi frozen and the occasional sunny spell.
Dropping home into the valley on my last ride of winter, but it felt like spring. Everest comfortably in the bag for February.
Local canal path bimble today after work. Surprisingly enjoyable and nice to get out in the sun.
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Hmm ... A few rides this week.
An hour out on Monday evening, lovely clear night:
Then Tuesday's extended commute in ...
Lucky to get home just in time to beat the rain. You can see it coming closer in the distance.
Trip to the pump track at lunchtime. This isn't the actual pump track incase you were wondering.
There were a couple of decent riders down there for the first time ever. Usually if I see anyone at all, it's just kids on BSOs or the odd bally-d up ebike rider on a Sur Ron 😉
Well, I say they were decent - one of them was very very good! 360 tail whips and a backflip out of a berm. Put me to shame properly! I usually think I'm doing well to not case the gaps too badly...
Nice mid week gravel loop via pub and Thomas the Tank Engine at Big Pit!!
Third ride for me this week.
An XC trundle with Mrsstu.
35KM/700Meters, windy as ****.
How is it possible to do a circular ride and have a headwind all the way. 🤔
Have a couple of days AL to burn before end of March, so took one yesterday, what with the forecast being decent. Went up to Stainburn again for a picnic and some riding, ticked off a few new things, great confidence & skills booster. 'Only' 23km, but 1000m of climbing, and lots of techy riding/thinking going on!
And then today, HT commute to and from the office, just shy of 40km riding. 
Absolutely primo trails; let's hope this is real rather than faux-Spring!
Afternoon ride with my mate. I've been riding all winter, but he hasn't. Nice gentle ride to help him gain some fitness back, so plenty of stopping to admire the views. No jackets needed today, cracking weather and the few trails we did ride were pretty dry compared to just a week ago.
And today, it turned into Summer. Just commutes on the SS gravel, but shorts and short-sleeves. And even some dust and cracked dry mud!
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It was too nice out so went skiving up cut gate...plus lots of extras.
First proper leg stretcher of the year. 50km and 1600m climbing. All off road, leg powered no eebing. my wheels did not touch tarmac all day apart from the 50m from the car to the gate into langsett woods. Also mainly over rocky jank so I'm a touch broken this evening!
Brilliant day to be out!
That looks like a nice commute!
Yep! NW Leeds across to E Leeds. Direct commute is about 10km, but lots of options for little off road bits and/or to extend it, either gravel or MTB.
Went for a quick ride up Lord Herefords Knob this afternoon to give the dogs a run. I can see my house from here!
got an our and a half round the local woods last night. Conditions were perfect apart from the occasional boggy section
Rusty on the full sus , but were booked Dyfi bike park in a few weeks so thought id better get back on it
Explored the local-ish woods, haven't been for years. It's all pretty flat and tame round here but there was some nice little singletrack bits dotted amongst the straighter sections
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Video still of a fun little loamy twisty bit
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Found a few sets of jumps too. All gaps so I don't have the confidence at the minute, but nice to know there's some nearby!
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We did Gypsy Glen today then up Janet’s Brae and a quick run down the Huntsman.
It was good to be back on the bike, yesterday was the first day since NYD!
Pictures were mostly of us looking like we weren’t hating climbing.
Well, I'll kick off the new (mid)week then.
Glorious morning, so out after brekky and before a WAH day today.
Probably my last day of riding near Chatel. I didn’t expect even to be able to ride. But the south sides of the valley are much more snow free than I expected. The northern side, and under the trees, are still icy death traps though!
The E-bike has impressed me. The trails I’ve found this time round involve a brutal climb, that I simply would not be up for on a normal bike. Even at max assist (it’s a lightweight Mondraker Neat with a TQ motor) my heart rate is well above 170 on the climbs.
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Seems the sun and warmer temperatures of the weekend were very short lived.
Showing 4 degrees this morning but feeling much colder with a biting wind.
A ligh dusting of snow at the top too.
Took an extended lunch and got out locally on the HT. Sun/cloud but pretty cold; back to February-like temperatures. Trails in decent nick, but we've showers due tomorrow and Thursday so wanted to get out before they greased up again!
Good day riding station to station right across the Dales. Sun and occasional snow; curlews, lapwings and skylarks all present and singing.
Great stuff @montgomery. Train assisted point to point rides are brilliant - feels like a proper journey rather than riding around in a circle all the time
My efforts from today. We're supposed to be back in the office more often nowadays.... luckily I have some brilliant commute routes (living in Leeds is just bloody ace for this) and when the trails are as good and prime as they are at the moment I can't help myself...
Ride in. 30 mins of trails, drops, jumps, a great view over the city, a few bits of road to string it together then some street/stair set lines right down to work's front door.
Ride home. 90 mins worth of of great trails, singletrack, tech, drops etc. very little road on the whole route back.
Everywhere running prime
Mint 👍
Absolutely prime conditions tonight. Even blinded by dust at times. No bracken either and a clarity of air that makes your lights 10 times more effective. Fantastic loop around Llangorse mountain with stunning sunset over the lake towards Penyfan.
24km extended SS commute this morning. Cold & grey, but dry (for now).
After getting more than 300mm of rain this week I didn't even want to risk the gravel yesterday. It's a sad state of affairs that gets me doing a road ride. Took Reeksy1 on a little lap. We did take a tentative dirt track which wasn't too bad.
This afternoon I went for a run through some rainforest partly to see how rideable it was. Amazed to see the water must have gone through so fast it's looking very good.
Here's a nice tree next to a fire trail. 
Bit of a spin round this morning trying to avoid the rain showers, which I mostly did until I was almost home.
Did feel like I had entered The Dutch Headwind Cycling Championship for most of the ride.🤣
Anyone know what film this bridge was in?
I still say that Lakeland rock is like riding on a swarm of vaseline coated ferrets! 
Quick pump track session (we're shit lol) with my mate today, followed by an easy ride in the woods. Stopped to help him learn to jump a bit. I'm not much of a jumper myself, but tried to offer a little advice! Can't beat being in the woods, it really is my happy place.