MegaSack DRAW - 6pm Christmas Eve - LIVE on our YouTube Channel
Just a local bimble today, mostly tarmac. Anything offroad was a filthy shit-fest.
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Anyone else been out?
No pics.
Eldest_oab spent the day ripping around Ae black, red and DH with pal.
Middle and mini_oab did a local 15k road loop with me - chuffing cold, all froze hands and feet, but lovely bright weather against snowy mountain backdrop.
me and essellg went bird watching at a local rspb place. only 11 miles, but my 4th ride with my new hip.........it was brilliant.
First ride of the year for me, kept it simple with a 14 mile local loop.
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One that I didn't post up on the Bewick Moor thread ..a little misleading as the ground conditions were in the main a slop fest..and the weather quite grim sleet & hailstone on the last leg ..
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Although a lovely day at drumlanrig, conditions under wheel were hard going in places.
A super greasy blanket of leaf mulch, sticky mud, pine needles and a whole forest full of Vaseline coated roots.
No pics but had a hub deep slog through the gloop above Wycoller. Cold, wet, good.
Quick night ride Friday after work.
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Should get out later this morning (feels a bit odd typing that) for another gentle local virus recovery ride as the weather looks good. Cold but good.
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Should get out later this morning (feels a bit odd typing that) for another gentle local virus recovery ride as the weather looks good. Cold but good.
It was VERY cold, but good.
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One for the OP as we have the same frame
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Great day for a steady bimble.
Nice ice colournoise
I went out on the 'Gravel Bike' this afternoon.
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I was hoping the frost & ice would have thawed out by early afternoon,I was wrong, but at least I stayed upright.. 😆
Friday evening and today chalk and cheese tbh
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Great to be out in the sunshine after a week of rain and illness...
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Sunday morning
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Very cold on the Ridgeway nasty wind only took the gloves of once to take couple of pics frozen in places very muddy but sun was out and breaking puddles of ice is always good fun can only get better!!
No pics, took a trip to Afan, The Wall was in great nick bar a short diversion, cold by bearable. Finished with an ill advised lap over to the other side for BlueScar, ran out of legs suddenly, cold got to me and it sucked for a bit, still enjoy the descent though.
Rode out of Kendal with a camp on Latrigg terrace with beer stops at Tweedies an the Horse and Farrier in Threkeld
https://www.strava.com/activities/1345856226
following day was a route of the Borrowdale Bash with Walla Crag extra
https://www.strava.com/activities/1345856344
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Rode at ‘the mast’ in Inverness for the first time on Saturday. The locals said that it was as wet and muddy as they can remember. It was actually really good fun in a, I’m on the edge of control, kind of way.
I don’t think my washing machine was impressed.
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Yeh I'm just about ready for it not to be cold anymore. The difference between riding at 1 degree and below and above 4 seems enormous, so much more comfortable above 5 degrees.
Stunning conditions in the Tweed valley this weekend
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Steady 16miles on Saturday afternoon showing a new starter around local trails (who was buzzing, but knackered when we were done).
Sunday morning 28miles was bloody freezing
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PostieRich - You camping in the Lakes in January ? 😯
Aye did wake up a few times set up at 11pm after applying the beer blanket then slept in unill 8.30 am missing fry up in a cafe 🙁 So diid the Borrowdale Bash low on fat
https://www.relive.cc/view/1345856344
https://www.relive.cc/view/1345856226
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Stunning views from Breedon Hill this morning.
Local spin in Wellington (NZ) with a bit of gravel, was pretty warm 🙂
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Managed a nice 20 miles Sunday in the north cotswolds .
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And a Sunday bumble with cup o tea and rocky road stop on newly powdercoated lefty
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Yet another doorstep ride. Nothing remotely approaching a technical trail around so down to the beach at low tide for a ride around the rocks. This smooth bit appears to have been skimmed. Commuter bike has become favourite bike at the momemnt. SKS Chromoplastics proving quite indestructable!
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Just a short local one, clearing a few cheeky trails of windfall and some really half arsed sabotage!
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Tried a new 40 mile loop from home but there was so much mud around Cranborne that the wheels got jammed. Ended up carrying the bike for a mile or so then spinning the 15 miles home on the road.
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Feeling a bit under the weather so bailed on a planned lakes ride and stayed local. Crisp and sunny, but should've spent more time out on the frozen moors instead of in the woods - which were still a bit sloppy and sticky.
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Just learning how to work Postimg.org........anyone know which of the list of links to copy in order to post the actual picture direct please?
That one.
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Just use the "IMG" prompt / pop up or put the address in between '[img]...'[/img] without the '
A lap of the Black & Blue at Degla at the wifes request. Beautiful day but bloody cold!
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Oh, any ideas how to take less blurry pics on a cheapy Android phone (clutching at straws I know)!
No big miles for me but took the kids to rushmere, which is pretty gnar to them!
Was a great day for it
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Took my son on his first "proper" mountain bike ride, the two easy blues at Lanhydrock. Our plan is to progress up to doing all the Lanhydrock blues in an afternoon, and then I'll let him have a go at Bodmin Beast across the road in Cardinham.
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Took mini-me No.1 round the local woods for a bit of a mud 'fest
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And did my Stage 1 at NCC in Manchester
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Great to see all the pics of kids enjoying themselves on bikes ..
Cheers Paul
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I don't have any pics, stuck with indoors this weekend and got some flips to Resi done such a buzz.
https://www.pinkbike.com/video/483344/
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I'm still rubbish at riding away obvs
Big (and frankly, stupid) fall at Gisburn on Friday on a day's leave, so the Saturday and Sunday planned rides didn't happen as I couldn't really put any weight on my left knee.
All seems to be healing up now and I'm walking and driving OK. Hopefully be back on the bike next weekend.
Veloviewer has a new (well new to me, at least) feature, showing the biggest cluster of connected map squares visited. So, I've been filling in blanks on the map.
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On route to Skiddaw house on Saturday
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It's quite addictive. My biggest cluster is around Aviemore but I've another developing around Inverness - Nairn - Elgin. I reckon a bit of exploring around Tomatin will consolidate them.Veloviewer has a new (well new to me, at least) feature, showing the biggest cluster of connected map squares visited. So, I've been filling in blanks on the map.
Oh, any ideas how to take less blurry pics on a cheapy Android phone (clutching at straws I know)!
Point the phone at the moving object, tap the screen and you get AF tracking lock then snap away.
It's quite addictive. My biggest cluster is around Aviemore but I've another developing around Inverness - Nairn - Elgin. I reckon a bit of exploring around Tomatin will consolidate them.
Yes, I know what you mean. With the "largest square" challenge I was always left with squares that don't have any trails and drew the line at hiking for miles across the heather with the bike on my shoulders just to visit a square. But with the "connected cluster" I can see lots of fun ways of joining together areas where I ride to make a larger cluster. Now I've just got to decide whether it is "cheating" to grab the road bike and connect bits that way 🙂
