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It was surprisingly warm out there t'day and dry so i made the most of not not having frozen fingers and spent 4 hrs riding up/down and around my trails setting up my ideal suspension settings regarding air pressure/rebound/high speed compression dampening , well worth it as i can now cope with the bomb holes, roots, drop offs and techy climbs without feeling like i'm asking too much of the suspension - Toby (dog) loved it as well as he got quality digging time to really focus on excavating the biggest holes he could as i rode up n' down the same sections over n' over till i was satisfied.
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Toby relaxing after a hard days work on the hill, with a belly full of chicken, rice and carrots - i don't think he'll be moving too far from that seat t'night 😀
Still lovin it Kenny.
AWSUMZ. 😀
We'll be over in Inners for a week in April if you fancy coming across to meet us?
There'll be plenty of room for you to stay for a few days.
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Yep….still loving it 😀 , but i'm well aware that my bike could get me into trouble far quicker than my current skill level/upper body fitness could get me out of so i'm taking it very canny at the moment - no time for heroics as it'd be rather annoying to stack it and have to lay off the bike now that i'm getting back into it. I'm up at Aviemore for a week at the end of April - when are you at Inners? - I'll be up for heading over if i'm not away.
ton : how'd you take that pic?, it looks like you would need to dislocate a shoulder to get that angle.
🙂
No riding, just a 10 mile run to the 12 Apostles (at sunrise) on Ilkley Moor and back.
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24th for a week.
Be great to ride with you again.
And drink, eat, talk shit...
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Little cx style beach tour on Friday and some muddy exploring yesterday on the hardtail
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No pics but I can confirm that QECP is the muddyest I've ever known it! If it wasn't for the new Blue route with a hard surface down (thank you QECP trail collective) I reckon I'd have hit 6mph max all day.
Still, beats an afternoon on the couch...
First ride of the year at Rivi,took my recently resurrected Hardtail for a spin in the mud..
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The reservoir overflow was in full flow..
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Forest of Dean. Found new trails. Also found loads of mud.
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Rode past the pub on the way home. That's the last time that's going to happen....
Longish solo ride yesterday
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Then Stainburn today with Woody2000, Daveyboywonder and a couple of others
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No riding this week, but we did end up in the pub.....
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A day in which I had to return home to dig out my summer clothes.
15 big fat degrees darn sarf. Like the first good day of summer.
The last downhill before home,
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Friday afternoon skivers club mission to the highest point in Devon.
incredibly warm today,twofold challenge was over heating or over eating
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pound coin for size
Longleat - Muddy as well
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Ceepers, Woolacombe?
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Glentress. Still loads of snow on the black...
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-10 on Friday's ride then we had loads of snow in the night. This was yesterday's ride in the very sticky snow.
Fancied some fast, swoopy action so headed to Degla yesterday
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A couple of hours slipping and sliding around Pitmedden Woods, Fife - hosed myself down when I got home...
Blimey those first pics of your MTbike are way cleaner than my CX bike on the roads around the Cotswolds today Lucky you 😀
Sunny beach ride post surf for us....found some quality singletrack in the dunes too
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Good grief they haven't half pruned that hillside at Degla! Looks almost unrecognisable.
Bit of "gravel grinding" around the back`o Criffel 😆
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Built me a new bike last weekend and took is offroad for the first time today. Enjoying it, a lot.
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just uploaded a few more from Sat;
Dalbeattie Forest
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Billsons Link over Criffel
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Strictly speaking not this weekend. And strictly speaking not a picture either, but given the posts re Llandegla, the video below is me, my mate Ron (with chest mounted GoPro) and my trailhound Bonnie, trying not to fall off on the B-Line at Llandegla a couple of weeks ago...
No pics of today (boring road over to the CX race). Great to see Kenny back on the trails - will text next time we are up.
Trekster - did you do that as a loop from Dumfries or start a little closer?
Practicing right handers.......they don't feel natural to me.
Riding my first DH bike at the age of 44...... Why did I not buy one sooner.
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A balmy Friday afternoon around Cannock
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Gisburn yesterday morning...
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Bloody hell, that dog was quick at Llandegla !
He did cut a few corners, so I hope he's not on Strava.
Still a bit of snow to play in here, but had to go fairly high to find it.
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Good old Hope/Ladybower
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Got lucky with a sunny Saturday in the Peaks:
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Very different to the snow of a week ago:
Bonnie the dog smoked you.Don't know the trail but it looked like it needed minimal peddling.
Good effort Bonnie.
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68km of (some exceptionally) dirty lanes on the Renegade.
Trails around here are bogging so sticking with tarmac/gravel for a bit.
Mmmm rocky
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[b]itsonlymelee[/b] - You're not meant to stop and look at it!
Full commitment before you even know what you're committing to is the only way 🙂
Good weekends riding, weather was good and the trails better than what we expected
Did a figure of eight from Ladybower on Saturday
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Sunday we did Cutgate from the Langsett side
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Managed to crash on both days so I'm now sat at work with a black eye, busted lip, sore shoulder and cut shins.
sat at work with a black eye, busted lip, sore shoulder and cut shins.
all signs of a great weekend!
itsonlymelee - You're not meant to stop and look at it!
Full commitment before you even know what you're committing to is the only way
Haha, well as it was my first time down I thought I'd have a quick look first.
About half way down I may have said out loud to 2 guys pushing up: "I hadn't quite prepared myself for just how ridiculous this was going to be". Good fun though.
I shall take your advice on board in future though!
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