Cotswolds. Nasty crash that was...
Channelling my inner Ian MacAskill
Local stables seem to be preparing for the revolution
Channelling my inner Ian MacAskill
What was the weather like up there ?
Slightly greasy in the FoD today
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Weather wasn’t playing ball so just did a loop from home. Managed to find a track up a local hill (Fourman hill) that isn’t on the map though.
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Didn't get out for a ride this weekend but I did fit new bars, stem and bar tape to the gravel bike... which is sure to trigger a few purists.
Cairn O'Mount, Slug rd, Glenbervie loop today
Also did Crathie to Tomintoul/Glenlivet cafe over the Strone, Tom Dubh, Lecht and return on wednesday. The heather is beautiful just now.
Local trails again here - Pigs with guns, half Dumyat to avoid the crowds, last Witches Crag before SPEN chop all the rhododendron down, Uni Woods, Mine Woods, coffee stop, Glen Road, Kippenrait and Darn Path home.
Blimey, my local trails are quality.
All with Stirling Crispin of this parish and two of our lads.
Whoah there! whats happening to the rhododendron tunnel?
Ridgeway was fine today part from the 12 minute mega shower go old summer just hid under the trees.
Rockdog what make are those front fenders cheers.
Whoah there! whats happening to the rhododendron tunnel?
Spen are fencing off Witches, new paths going in, and apparently lots of clearing and tree work all the way down. Bye bye tunnel...
Rockdog what make are those front fenders cheers.
Gravel hugger https://www.themudhugger.co.uk/collections/gravel-bikes/products/front-gravelhugger
Just about got the shock dialed in on the new bike now, just the forks to finish tinkering with still.
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Great pic of the fat bike on the bale
Slightly greasy in the FoD today
Pretty much perfect in the woods above Ross. Only found one puddle. Back to our fav pub for a first pink of Punk IPA for six months. Obviously we had to have another one 🙂
Thursday/Friday was my weekend. Thursday evening was a quick pootle after fitting a new coil and lubing my Hope pistons, to check the new shock was bolted in correctly and didn't fall out and that I hadn't smeared silicone lube all over the discs:
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Then Friday was a ride up the 'local' Covert woods. Proper windy, quite eerie seeing/hearing branches snapping and falling of trees randomly around you...
Great pic of the fat bike on the bale
Cheers. This was the intended view. 😀
When I posted before, I had also forgotten a chilled road ride in 6 Saturday from Dunblane to Auchterader with mrs_oab.
An awesome 'big' gravel route around Perthshire, including some Monty Python related diversions 😀
An awesome ‘big’ gravel route around Perthshire, including some Monty Python related diversions
Run Away, run away!
Cheers Rockdog thanks they look good.
Since I didn't get out this weekend I went out on my lunch break today for a coastal/cliff-top cycle.
If anyone knows Aberdeen, the climb back up from Cove Bay Harbour is brutal!