STOP TALKING ABOUT HOW DRY IT IS!
training for 100-miler road event in two weeks, so the MTB's been mothballed.
i won't enter a sportive again. too much staring at tarmac...
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Target acquired, cleared for launch... well done!
Funnily enough, as we were moaning about the dessicated state of the trails last night, a live firing exercise was whoomping away over at Otterburn. We could see the flares going up as Mr Bandito fixed his second pinch flat of the evening. Fortunately the big guns weren't aimed at us...
Dare I say it, but Mayhem is next weekend, so this dry spell isn't going to last for much longer.
Well, I got up the axles in mud on tuesday night, so not all dry and dusty. 🙄
No mention of taking mudguards off though. The OP was nicely TIC but jinxing it like that is way too serious!
eh? MTB riding is still training, you just need to make sure you ride a [b]LOT[/b], win win.training for 100-miler road event in two weeks, so the MTB's been mothballed.
training for 100-miler road event in two weeks, so the MTB's been mothballed
I'm training for a 950 mile road ride, but am still out on the mtb while the going is good. Tarmac can wait...
I'm training for a 950 mile road ride
well that slashed on my bonfire didn't it 😀
can't resist, going to go out tomorrow evening for some Dartmoor loveliness...
can't resist, going to go out tomorrow evening for some Dartmoor loveliness...
I can see Dartmoor from my office window, I just can't get to them until Saturday 🙁
I'm craving the trails!
Has the OP not been banned yet?!
Rode Torridon a couple of weeks ago on a hardtail, bone dry and very quick trails. Downside was my new shimano brakes are now super sharp, so might have to back to Hopes to get used to that crappy am I gonna stop feeling. Other disadvantages are that I have to spend more time with the wife and less time cleaning the bike, look further ahead when riding local trails, start wearing body armour again and worst of all, I have to go out more.
Its just all so depressing
Has the OP not been banned yet?!
Not yet.
And hopefully not at all. 🙂
The normally buff and fast singletrack is now a sandpit............and terrible to control on the descents.
learn how to control the bike?
I rode on the Quantocks last night, very dusty and I didn't have to clean the bike when I got home, it felt like I was cheating. It was quite foggy up there at 7 this morning, which damped the dust down for an hour or so.
I'm out every night like an addict..twitching all day long, family jobs done out the door like a rocket!
Too dry, no not at all. Moved area last year after a long time riding in the Peak. It's been slopnfester to the point I thought I'd take up road riding, now its all dry fast and blue bells.
Trails here in South Wales are superb, dusty and very fast 🙂
