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Out with family on Friday then off to comrie tomorrow. Played about near Loch Venachar today with the hardtail and dog.
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Lovely ride in the Peaks:
Had a good evening/night ride locally yesterday.
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Hopefully something a bit longer tomorrow if I can stop expelling ectoplasm and start breathing.
Day 1 of a 4 day weekend...
Four southerly Cairnwell Munro's, cold wind but check our lunch view of the Cairngorms.
Day 1 of a 4 day weekend…
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Hopton Woods this morning,blimey there are some uppy bits but overall really enjoyed it.
Actually riding for once on a bank holiday - I did the Brecon Gap ride then
visited Cwmcarn on the way home for a cheeky lap of the Twrch. Tired legs now.....
A quick spin at Hill of Fare last night in lovely conditions.
Today was A trip to Dunkeld.......it was scorchio........I even squeezed in a cider half way round.
What a gorgeous day! Took my son's 4 mountain bike virgin mates on a QECP blue run blast. Brilliant fun, great bunch of lads.
Unbelievably some twonk moaned that we were too slow. New riders getting moaned at on a blue run. I hope I ruined the rest of his ride by calling him a moany **** in front of a bunch of teenagers 😆
Weekend riding in the Peaks, did Jacobs Ladder today, weather is perfect!
Despite lurgy #23553 of the year, possibly the worst one, managed to head up Old Winchester Hill and back home via Hambledon.
Felt OK considering during and just after getting home, now completely wrecked and already in bed!
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It's not...
My thanks go out to the lazy asshat who draped a shredded tube over a gate allowing us to fashion a tow rope to get me back to the car.
The weekend is shaping up pretty well so far, today was a ride/walk up Cadair Idris and back down again. Think tomorrow I'll do a 30 mile road ride and Sunday I'm riding ladybower with a few people.
NorthLakes today hot and hard work but the cheeky descents rocked!
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Bike Packing tomorrow
Coming to the end of a two week weekend.
Did Jacob's Ladder loop from Hayfield while camping there on Wednesday.
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Back up in The Peak today with some mates for a Ladybower/WLT loop. Awesome weather.
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Yesterday (Thursday eve) was my first ‘ride’ this year, and second in 9 months. For reference, I used to commute 60 miles a week, plus 20 miles a week MTBing. In this last 9 months, I’ve put on 2 and a half stone, as I’ve been off my feet to try and preserve all my little piggies. Literally no exercise.
It was at the Oakwell halls new blue trail in Leeds, an arduous 1 (one) mile loop, involving 2 brutally shallow climbs, but tons of berms and rollers on the way back down. It’s a pretty smooth trail too, being pretty new, so a 16kg 180/160mm enduro sled was probably not the ideal tool for the job...
By Christ I was knackered at the end of it, having had my arse handed to me by a ten year old...
Bloody brilliant to be back on the bike though, and my foot showing no ill effects (was still wearing a trauma sandal with a ton of padding. Sub optimal levels of grip on the pedals). Long road back to peak fitness I feel...
Urban bike park tomorrow early doors 😁
Ended up chasing a roadie down into Aberfoyle.
off to comrie today
You’d have got him if you’d tucked your arms in, hands by the stem...
Would have been like those high stakes walking games, where one person is walking ever so slightly faster than the other, but trying not to look like they are trying, and the slower walker gradually speeds up at such an affront as being overtaken...
Love all the ‘out there’ photos. Cadair on a clear day is a brilliant experience. Lakes, Peaks and Cairngorms all looking fantastic.
I started early after a first ‘fully in the light’ night ride on Wednesday, a local woody blast Thursday and a 70km FOD/Yat epic yesterday. And plenty of beer in the sunshine in between.
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Trails are amazing. Rode a couple for the first time this year. And the first sip of that cold beer after seven hours riding was worth waiting for 🙂
Back from a few hours at leeds bike park. (Not all of that riding...)
Riding bikes is ace.
Barely having the fitness/aerobic capacity to get said bike round a pump track is not ace.
Loooong way to go...
Weather was acceptable too
Back up in The Peak today with some mates for a Ladybower/WLT loop. Awesome weather.
Pretty sure we were just by you at the visitor centre (pair with green Orange Alpine and black Stanton Sherpa)
Would have said hello but pretty sure Stanton owners are forbidden from interacting with Cotic owners 😉
Poah's chase down vid. How many times have we all tried that, knowing fully well it's a futile task. Like a Yorkshire terrier chasing after a Weimeraner. I'd have probably tried something daft like undertake him on the pavement.
Loads of fun though.
Defeated by the heat in the Dales. Still not over my chest infection. My legs were sore after a sports massage yesterday. I have more excuses available if required.
Bailed halfway through today's ride. Dales conditions unbelievably good.
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Pretty sure we were just by you at the visitor centre (pair with green Orange Alpine and black Stanton Sherpa)
Would have said hello but pretty sure Stanton owners are forbidden from interacting with Cotic owners 😉
Yup, that was us.
And of course Stanton owners can talk to Cotic owners. As long as they wait to be spoken to first obviously... Or the Orangeists could have acted as go-betweens. 😜
Hit the newish black trail at comrie croft called Natural gold and a new red section that they openned today. Was really good and technical.
Its spring so its the bike and bluebells picture.
Busy day for us. Had an early ride from Langsett over Cutgate and back via North America. Didn't see any one out until we got back to the turn off and then saw about 12 riders climbing up.
Hot and dusty. The bog on the top has almost dried up
Washed 5 bikes, serviced the Boomslangs with new bearings. Got round to fitting my Hope stem and clamp. Put some tyres onto some spare 29er wheels so that Abigale can try them in the Levo and now just got the ironing to do
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Given that it's a beautiful warm sunny Bank Holiday weekend, and Woburn is less than a mile from a town of 270,000 people, i was surprised to pretty much have the place to myself this arvo!
Dry sand, dust and heat!
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One of those days where you just had to get high so I checked out a Ben Rinnes loop that looked promising on the map. Trails weren’t really that suited to a bike as it happens, but still a great day out.
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We bought a new van and made a start on the conversion so just went for a local pootle on the road bikes.
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Messing around Lee Quarry and Whitworth yesterday, then family "retro" pootle to Morecambe bay today.
Went for a 100km gravelly ride yesterday with my lass. Given she couldn’t walk 18 months ago and still can’t use her right hand, I’m a bit proud of her!
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Gravel ride in the southern Scottish borders. Nothing can be grander.
Local one around Rivington for me
Dry dusty trails, 24 deg and a beer tent finish - spot on 🙂
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Looking at all these fantastic pictures makes you realise how ace riding your bike is.
Some great pics here.
First ride out in a few weeks due to family stuff and having the snip.
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Out early on some local stuff to beat the crowds. Dry warm and dusty. Not had that for a good while.
First ride of the PlanetX tempest. 40km road ride. That’s 25km further than I’ve ridden on the road for 5 years 🙂 Reckon the bike will be great for the Welsh C2C. Next ride a bit more off road exploring I think.
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This weather!
Think my muscles are remembering how to ride a bike now. 4 laps of oakwell blue today without a wheezy death. I’m sure it’s that, rather than being on a bike that’s 12lbs lighter, and with no suspension, right?
Shuttles at Stainburn tomorrow 😁
43 miles from home onto the Pennines and back, glorious out there !
2nd outing on the new burly gravel bike, this morning :
Howgills, Bowderdale (epic singletrack), Ravenstonedale and then back over Murthwaite and Cautley BWs. Glorious. Forgot just how steep it was, but only had to push a short bit up Bram Rigg. As always much quieter than Central Lakes and everyone we met was friendly.
Last time we rode there I was stuck in Sedbergh entertaining a toddler on the playground. Fast forward another 14 years and today he beat us up and down everything 🙂
Hmmmnnn.
Started out on my usual Sunday bimble round the woods. Got 10km in and the rear wheel suddenly locked. Looked like chain had caught so untangled that but wheel still locked. Managed to 'massage' it back into mobility but weird stiff spots still happening and chain was dumping itself under backpedalling. Decided it better to turn back (less far to walk if it totally chucked its toys out). Seemed to free off a bit so had a little play on the way back (trying to remember not to back pedal). Got home without further drama but think I might need to use some of my Easter Monday to strip the wheel/hub down and see what's going on...
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Tay loop (Dundee, Fife, Perth, Carse of Gowrie), 60 miles, fab weather