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Perfect evening blast around Comrie. Nice to see summer back, not that I envy the conditions those down South have been enduring.


 
Posted : 09/07/2026 12:22 am
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Not photos, but I took my new toy (DJI Neo) out for a play last night and captured a couple of videos

 

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Quite pleased with the quality, but it's not very good at object avoidance and struggled to keep up over 10mph.


 
Posted : 09/07/2026 10:16 am
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 I've found the same with the Neo (make sure you've got the latest update, it does make a bit of a difference) but I knew about the limitations when I bought it. I have a few ideas for cool shots beyond just 'follow', just need time to go out and play. 

Local woods for me last night - sessioned a shonky jump and got drifty on some loose corners. Fun stuff. 

Are GIFs allowed? 

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Posted : 09/07/2026 10:41 am
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Posted by: flyingmonkeycorps

I've found the same with the Neo (make sure you've got the latest update, it does make a bit of a difference) but I knew about the limitations when I bought it.

Yes, I'd watched DC Rainmaker's reviews, so I wasn't expecting perfection, but thought it might be able to keep up a little better than it managed.  It was a bit breezy down by the water, so it might fare better on a still day.

The app hasn't prompted me to update firmware, so I'm assuming it's already got the latest.


 
Posted : 09/07/2026 10:46 am
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Worth a manual check but you should be grand I think. 

It's surprising how much difference wind can make. 10mph headwind might not feel like much but it slows it down noticeably. 


 
Posted : 09/07/2026 11:10 am
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Thought sneaking out @7.30 would be early enough, but already air fryer hot on the ridge, and diverted to Stanmer for some circuits in the cool dappled shade. Picked up a couple of shots reminiscent of the mint sauce/mason evening back in Feb 20260709_095542.jpg20260709_093136.jpg20260709_095443.jpg 20260709_095542.jpg20260709_093136.jpg20260709_095443.jpg 


 
Posted : 09/07/2026 12:46 pm
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It's 9pm and still roasting hot, well for Stirlingshire it is. Just a quick local loop around Chacefield Woods and then home for some much needed rehydration with essential botanicals added. My legs are actually dusty. This is awesome.

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Posted : 09/07/2026 9:01 pm
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Posted by: montgomery

^I'm intending a three day trip from Skipton to Penrith next week, taking a slightly different route to your first day.

Where are you staying? I can recommend the Wheatsheaf in Ingleton (bikes stored in a locked room; good beers (if that’s your thing), good food and proper beer garden)


 
Posted : 09/07/2026 9:02 pm
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We have arrived in Canazei, or thought we had. 6 hour drive from Croatia through Slovenia 

You cant prebook the site and most other places to park up were full.

Ended up in the next village down on a far better site and just a short pootle on the cycle path back to the main area

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Posted : 09/07/2026 9:22 pm
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Day 2 of my trip: a long and hot one from Ingleton to Appleby. 

Twistleton Scar:

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Then across Scales Moor towards Winterscales. Nice shade for a break under the railway: 

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Ingleborough and the Settle-Carlisle on the Dales High Way:

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One of my favourite views, from the Great Wold looking down Dentdale:

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Lunch and a chance too cool off and restock liquids in Sedbergh:

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After lunch, over the Howgills. Calders, with Wild Boar Fell in the background:

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The Calf trig point:

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Then down Bowderdale - great at the top but challenging further down as the breeze that had accompanied the ascent to the Calf was missing. Finally over Great Asby Scar and a blast on the road to Appleby.

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Posted : 09/07/2026 9:35 pm
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Posted by: Beagleboy

It's 9pm and still roasting hot, well for Stirlingshire it is. Just a quick local loop around Chacefield Woods and then home for some much needed rehydration with essential botanicals added. My legs are actually dusty. This is awesome.

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Tonic's good for staving off cramp, I'm told. Clever.

 


 
Posted : 09/07/2026 9:57 pm
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Big day that.

Where are you staying?

In a ditch somewhere....


 
Posted : 09/07/2026 9:57 pm
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Bit too warm, but pleasant ride last night, and found this interesting tree

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Posted : 10/07/2026 10:46 am
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Not sure if it's still midweek, or weekend already, but...had to take the car for a service, so popped the Brompton in the boot, and met a mate for a seafront coffee, and now on the train home ...

Edit: can't insert boring pic of Brompton on station platform, your loss I'm afraid ,😉

 


 
Posted : 10/07/2026 10:53 am
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Ok, here you go..... 20260710_104211.jpg 


 
Posted : 10/07/2026 11:27 am
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Hot but fun last night. Tried some new glasses out - looked daft but worked well! IMG_7533.jpeg IMG_7532.jpeg IMG_7531.jpeg 


 
Posted : 10/07/2026 5:10 pm
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lovely sunset ride round Woburn/rushmere last night

loose and dusty though, a few front wheel washouts that nearly caught me

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Posted : 10/07/2026 9:09 pm
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Final day of my trip. I left Appleby and went up the bridleway to the south of High Cup Nick - my preferred way of going up if it's dry (and it's bone dry at the moment) as it's almost all rideable, quiet (as it's not on the Pennine Way) and there are no gates (the first gate I saw today after Murton was at Birkdale above Cow Green). Looking across the Eden Valley:

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The beautiful little strand of singletrack that drops in to Trundale Gill:

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Bottom end of the valley:

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Top end of the valley:

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My route onwards took me over Cronkley Fell:

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Then after a stop in Middleton in Teesdale, up to the byway across the side of Long Man and the first inkling of home (Hamsterley Forest in the background):

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Finding shelter under Elephant Trees as the shadows lengthened:

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Finally made it to Durham in the early evening - tired but happy!


 
Posted : 10/07/2026 10:34 pm
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Last day of riding for us in Canazei. Bikes have been dusted down, clothes and bedding washed and dried and ready for the next leg of our tour Livigno, it's a few years since we rode there so looking forward to it.

It was still hot up the mountain. Rode in a different area and loads of walkers out.

Its great to see generations of families all out enjoying the outdoors 

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Posted : 13/07/2026 7:25 pm
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Posted by: Tracey

Last day of riding for us in Canazei.

Looks terrible, I'd consider asking for a refund. 😉

 


 
Posted : 13/07/2026 7:26 pm
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Another cracking evening for it last night. Managed to get into a couple of top 10s on Strava - one a climb and one a descent, so pleased with it that. Can’t see this weather lasting for the school holidays sadly - after all this warm weather, I expect the 6 weeks be a wash out! IMG_7561.jpeg 


 
Posted : 14/07/2026 6:12 am
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I took the old skool route up to the North Third trig point last night and it amazed me how what was a substantial double track forestry access road has become a rather nice wee bit of Singletrack. I can see me riding up the new access roads so that I can descend on this. Just have to remember the huge deer fences! 

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Up at the trig point the view over the reservoir, with Ben Ledi peeking through the haze to the west always makes me smile, even through the sweat and pulmonary crisis. 😏

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Finally, descending a nice wee trail that's just difficult enough to make me smile without the fear of major injuries to my aging body, I hit a tree root that nearly wrenched the bar from my hands. So I wrenched back! Yeah, that didn't work out for me. I think I need to put my reading glasses on, next time I'm tightening the stem bolts with my torque wrench. 🤔

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Posted : 14/07/2026 8:11 am
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Some old school Mugdock trails this morning, quite splendid 👌

 




 
Posted : 14/07/2026 3:35 pm
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Third consecutive ride day. Different bike every time.  Hilly (both ways!) 10km to the Gym. Never do it on a normal bike. Don't do it enough on my Vibe. It's such a lovely, quiet thing to ride after the eMTB. And the views on the way home aren't bad either.

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Posted : 14/07/2026 8:29 pm
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Couldn’t decide what to ride this morning. Ended up just pointing the bike in the direction of Calderfornia. Some tracks I knew, some new, some never to be repeated again….. Ran out of water, covered in heat rash, the worst hike-a-bike for sometime through head high ferns/brambles/nettles. Train home

Views over Saltaire

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Grateful to be climbing in the shade

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Posted : 14/07/2026 8:39 pm
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Some people say there's no gravel riding in the UK...


 
Posted : 15/07/2026 10:37 am
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I can't stop heading out for rides when conditions are as good as this. My legs are dead but I don't regret a single pedal stroke 😀 

Yesterday early morning on the Cascade before work, local Callendar Estates trails are looking great but fairly overgrown in places:

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Yesterday evening, dusted off the eMTB for another ride. 34km, 1300m elevation, 2.5hrs riding time and a bloody big grin. Ochils hills in Stirlingshire, Colsnaur (560m), descend to sea level, then Dumyat (418m) and finished off with riding around the woods. Brilliant.

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I needed to drive home afterwards, so was limited to Scotland's other national drink:

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Standard shot position for me, I've got lots of similar photos:

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Quite hazy overlooking Stirling, the sunset later as I drove home was *chef's kiss*:

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Smile says it all - plus an extremely rare wearing of actual tinted lenses in my riding glasses:

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Rhodi tunnel on Witches Craig requires serious ducking now for me. Doesn't affect normal sized riders it seems...

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Sweaty palms:

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Rode locally again this morning for 50mins just to loosen the legs and because conditions are still ace. Long may it continue.


 
Posted : 15/07/2026 11:05 am
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Pleasant evening bivi but I woke to the inevitable mist and midgies after yesterday's cool breeze dropped off.


 
Posted : 15/07/2026 1:56 pm
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@a11y I enjoy the ride up to Colsnaur, but that first descent from the summit has cooked my brakes every time I've tried it. The weight of me and the e-bike on that steep slope is just too much. Is there any alternative routes down? If I'm honest, it's a once in a blue moon ride for me as it's so far away from the house to begin with, but I'd maybe consider it more often if I wasn't burning through £40 worth of pads on one 200m section of trail! 😛 


 
Posted : 15/07/2026 2:08 pm
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@Beagleboy, I've yet to take any other route down - I assume you're using the one that heads off furthest right from the summit? I've not tried the left trail which eventually ends between Menstrie and Alva but I believe it's just as steep! 

I won't ask your weight but I will ask - brakes? I've had cooking issues too until I fitted 4-piston XTs combined with the standard metal finned pads and posh XTR/MT905 rotors with cooling bits. 93kg and no issues now. I think it's the pads/discs making the difference as I cooked similar Zee 4-pistons using cheaper UberBike pads and SLX/RT66 rotors. They're not cheap, but I've put 1,200km+ on my ebike so far on the original pads. They're getting low on material now admittedly.

And yeah, that top section - over 25% gradient at some points apparently 😀 

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Posted : 15/07/2026 2:53 pm
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@a11y - cracking shot!

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Posted : 15/07/2026 3:26 pm
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5 days, 5 rides. This one including the "Ferminator" that - at this time of year - is pretty much 100% fern, no trail 🙂 Another good ride, not many out, was something else going on? 🙂 

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Posted : 15/07/2026 10:16 pm
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Lovely 20 mile ride with a workmate tonight. Only one pic as we were too busy chatting. I normally ride solo so it was nice to have some company.

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Posted : 16/07/2026 1:45 am
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Misty ride out to a train station yesterday morning for a lunchtime return home.


 
Posted : 16/07/2026 7:36 am
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25k solo ride last night, only fast riders appeared to be out, and soon dropped me on the trail!

Got a few photos on the wind down gravel cruise after, the sun setting made some fantastic colours.

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Posted : 16/07/2026 7:52 am
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103 km in a sweltering Assynt being eaten by clegs on every steep climb. Scenery on another level though.

 

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Posted : 16/07/2026 10:51 am
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The reservoirs are still pretty full but it was all looking a bit yellow and scorched on this morning's pre-work ride.


 
Posted : 16/07/2026 12:26 pm
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Been riding this LightCarbon LCR018-D for a week or so.  Mostly rides with the daughter but went out yesterday for a 40 mile ride around eaglesham.  

 

 


 
Posted : 16/07/2026 12:28 pm
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Road ride out to the dales. Stunning day and the best bacon sarnie 

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Posted : 16/07/2026 4:20 pm
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Today is the last day of the sixth leg of our trip, hitting the trails in Livigno, and tomorrow we move on to Engleberg just over the mountains in Switzerland.

We have riden in Livigno before but the trails weren't fully open so this time we were hoping  to ride some new ones.

It also had to live up to last week in Canazei as the riding in the Dolomites was amazing and the views stunning.

We knew today was going to be an epic. We were aiming for 50 miles and 5000 mtrs of descent.

Gave it our best effort and never stopped all day. Finished on just over 45 miles and 4693 mtrs of descent. Happy with that as didn't have much left in the arms.

Up to now each leg has been a different experience from smooth flow to rocks and roots. Its been fun chasing each other and egging each other on. Smiles for miles 

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Posted : 16/07/2026 8:22 pm
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Decent old linear pedal straight out the door tonight. Trail, then Enduroish laps. Then train back to Leeds

Everything very very dry

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Posted : 16/07/2026 9:27 pm
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It's been a quiet couple of weeks for me as far as riding goes; did the Endure 24 running thing a couple of weeks ago, and then we were in Sicily on holiday until yesterday. Today's 2 hour SS HT ride was therefore my first in over 2 weeks. Fortunately, I still remembered how to ride a bike!

Missing the Mediterranean, but still plenty of med vibes here in West Yorkshire ...

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Posted : 16/07/2026 9:31 pm
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Up in the isle of harris/lewis this week so took the bike for a sneaky wee ride. Not many photos as it was 29°c.

 

 


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Posted : 16/07/2026 9:54 pm
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Double post.

 

 


 

 

 


 
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A new (to me) route from Masham today. I love this part of the work because there's lots of geological features and local history to see. Up to Ilton and across Masham Moor:

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The two gritstone towers in the middle distance are named on the OS Map as 'Jenny Twigg and her Daughter Tib':

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The Nidd Valley. I took the bridleway that descends steeply just after the Shooting House:

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Now you see it, now you don't. The trickle of the Nidd disappears underground just before Dry Wath:

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The Upper Nidd valley from the bridleway under The Edge, with the Scar House dam, Little Whernside and Great Whernside all visible:

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The summit of South Haw, with one of the best examples around of a boundary marker:

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Posted : 16/07/2026 11:22 pm
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