Trip away to South Wales this weekend.
BPW Friday and Saturday, we all (mostly) kept it rubber side down and I rode pretty well I think. Got more comfortable on some of the harder tracks:- Dai Hard, Cole not Dole, Escort, Half Cut and Zut Alors being the highlights.
Bottom end of A470 still defeated me (big/ scary/ very fast/steep tables) and also I scared the shit out of myself on the Boomslang lilly pad thing by not committing to the second gap and only just about stopping on the lilly pad 😬
Today was unsactioned off piste in some woods not far away from where we were staying. Got chatting to a really friendly local lad who was good enough to show us around. Got shown, and then found, some absolutely brilliant stuff.
Weather totally played ball - rained just after we finished on the Friday but didn't rain on us at all whilst riding. Trails were totally prime and the Friday rain improved trail conditions for Saturday and today.
Was an ace trip!
Monday afternoon gravel lap. Saw a shoe a 4x4 must have lost when they got bogged. Then a Roo I call Twitch for its wonky ear. Haven't seen it for a while but it was on the same corner I've seen it before.
No pics but fun uplift at dyfi yesterday. properly busy but the Tracks are fun. Will go back and ride some of the more interesting ones next time as we didn't really scratch the surface
Out on Dartmoor for a few days with an eclectic selection of E-bikes, Anaolgue bikes and Singlespeeds (including one full rigid...) piloted by a group of middle aged men and one woman, and for once the forecast rain held off and we were treated to the best natural trails in the South West...
Went up glentress sat and sun. Two totally different days- Saturday sunshine and dry, Sunday muddy. Luckily the only photo I took was on the Saturday.....
Big day (for me) on the gravel bike today, seized a chance with the weather to finally explore stuff around Beinn a'Ghlo including Loch Ordie, bits of the Cateran trail, Loch Lochy, Glen Fearnate and Fealar Lodge, a miserable headwind slog down Glen Tilt and some very nice riverside singletrack bookmarking some quiet roads between Blair Atholl and Dunkeld.
Beaten now...
Sunday late afternoon was my only riding window - no rain while I was out but the ground was surprisingly damp after Friday and Saturday's rain. Colsnaur (Ochils) loop from Stirling Uni. Fairly bleak and a lack of visibility up top but the bike adds a splash of colour...
Appreciated the efforts from the scaffolders to match my frame colour! And zoom in on the pink sign: they knew what they were doing calling the company that!
Second ride out on the new bike this weekend, went for a good bimble to get an idea of realistic range as its my first ebike. Spent most of the ride in tour+ dipping into emtb+ on some sharp grindy climbs into headwind. Stuck it on turbo with 10km to go till home when I realised I had more than enough battery left. Finished with 30% battery remaining and covered 47km 855m ascent. Still a good workout really was surprised, garmin estimated 1600kcal with a pretty even split between z2 and z3
No photos for me but my pal did make a wee video of our ride. I've posted it in another thread about gravel riding so apologies if you've already seen it.
https://youtube.com/shorts/1xwRSuG8uRI
no idea why this thread got dragged to the top again but can still remember this week, what a belter. looking forward to another dry march 😄
Mud is fun, expensive gear destroying fun, but fun all the same.
