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*tannoy voice* LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE HAVE PEAK CONDITIONS I REPEAT WE HAVE PEAK CONDITIONS.
Sunshine. Temps in the late teens. Dusty trails. Sunset after 9. Undergrowth far from peak height. Get on it! 🚲😍😎👌
Afternoon off work yesterday saw me skirt the Macc forest boundary to ride over to the Goyt Valley and back. Riding back up to the Cat n fiddle some people were doing a sexy photo shoot. A ladies in her 40s in a red basque stood up against a jeep! I did a polite 'woohoo' as I passed, very odd but funny. I didn't get any pictures of that....
Some of these spikey bad boys were bigger than your head!
Have a good weekend all ☀️🤩👌
Currently NOT riding due to raging arse crack fungal infection.
raging arse crack fungal infection
Best punk band name ever.
Thank God you didn't follow the full instructions in the thread title, is all I can say. 🙂
I'm on child ferrying duty today, hopefully a decent length Lakes ride tomorrow, so here's a pic from a day or so ago.
The Border Ridge in The Cheviots today ..pics to follow .
Too much info MTM..although I would have to agree it's a great name for a punk band ..
Spread that caneston on thick but don't sit on any leather sofas ..you will slide straight off
will take kids out for a pedal round local park.
Sole responsibility for the small boy today so heading to Thetford to see if I can get the trailer round some singletrack without too many crashes. Should be amusing, any incidents will not be being reported to his mother
Prescription anti fungal tablets and a barrier cream marked highly flammable (with my farts, it’s a matter of when, not if)
Doing the FOD Wild Boar tomorrow with two riding buddies. Won't be hard but a day on the bike with good company in good weather and a good atmosphere is never to be turned down!
I've go the next 11 days off and the weather is forecast to be great nearly all the way to the end. I will be riding as much as I can.
Ming ...( aptly named given your current condition )
Cool ..( or not as the case may be )
Emergency services on speed dial I presume 😁
Heading from Galloway to Aviemore now for a week of biking, weather forecast looks pretty decent so all is good.
Resting on ferry after ten extraordinary days on the tandem en France, bagged Mrs db's first +1000m cols and managed about 850miles in total despite the weather being err inclement at times.
Currently hiding behind reclining seats avoiding the wedding footage.
Scottish Enduro Series at Inners. Bonkers hot and dry. Just finished practice. Time for a cold beer!
Completely lazy day today, well I did sort out the bike for next weekend's HT550. The bottom bracket had fubarred (press-fit I'm looking at you) last weekend on the JennRide so new Hope BB fitted by Stu Rider then fitted new tyres and sorted out the bags. Will need to do a couple of quick rides to make sure the tyres/sealant are OK.
Rode over Cleeve Hill this morning, Bone dry even the bits that don't normally dry out.
Still not entirely fixed after my big crash, now 4 weeks ago. Ribs still hurt in the morning after lying down all night, or when exerting myself (no, not like that..... 😉
Makes me think i might have actually done a wee bit more than bruise them?
Black Mountain trails are running the best they have ever done. Fantastic riding out there to be had. WQe did over 33 km just on our normal wednesday evening ride the other day. Snuck out for a 2 hour ride with a couple of mates this morning over Llangorse way. Almost a shame to be heading off to Spain tomorrow 🙁
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Out for a fast 50 mile yesterday along lake Geneva.
Out out for a slower 50 mile spin today along the vineyards on the swiss/ French boarder.
Big storm came in over the Jura mountains so I got soaked.
check out the eagles in the sky. It’s a breeding area and there are hundreds there at the mo.
Eagles
More eagles
Tomorrow I'm heading down south for the Leisure Lakes 417 bike park demo day, never done a demo day before so should be a laugh!
Mint ride in the Cotswolds today around Snowshill. Hot and dusty.
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It;s all very surreal, im really not used to riding this 'hot and dusty' stuff, my front wheel washed out twice and i've hurt my thumb.
AN absolutely shocking image of my mate catching his breath ,not from the climb but in awe of how dry Cutgate was
Never been seen in such a fantastic manner ,like Blackpool sea front up there today loads of riders 
Quick razz round the local woods last night to check for any more mantraps.
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Will be out in the morning for something a bit longer.
Been really enjoying a few short after work rides lately, and my weekends start on Thursday eve... so here's the latest 'weekend' pic... I nearly always stop here to enjoy the view.. and tonight some hippies were enjoying a smoke... I had to move so I was no longer downwind of them
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Loving the trails at the moment !
Spin to the shops to pop the MoBike cherry then off up the canal, turns out some bits might not be for riding bike 🙂
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and tuns out flat is damm hard work
Forty miles on the road bike this morning
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Been out on my Triumph this evening
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Down to the beach on the 'Gravel bike' in the morning,back out on the Triumph in the afternoon.
If this weather keeps up I might even dust off the MTB...
The Cheviots had their best face showing today ..hot , dry dusty .sunny ...and totally knackering ..
Great day with friends..but boy my legs are feeling it now ..more to do with not enough fluid taken on board rather than the pace of the ride which was leisurely to say the least ( two naps in the sun & a cool down plodge in crystal clear burn near the end )
This had the potential to go wrong very early in the ride ..
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Start of the climb up to the Border Ridge from Blindburn
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Russell zonked ...this is his third tough ride of the week stepping things up before his trip to the Pyrenees ..clocking up well over 100kms by the end
This is Yearning Saddle refuge hut at Lamb Hill ..step over the fence behind and you are in Scotland
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Riding along the ridge there is literally miles of these uneven flagstones airlifted in to repair the erosion on what is a long section of The Pennine Way
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One of my favourite sections of singletrack anywhere ..following the Usway Burn back down to Shillmoor where we parked the cars
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A well deserved pint followed in Alwinton ..
Cheers all !
Six hours in the Ladder Hills and didn't see a soul. Was there something on the telly 🙂
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Roverpig ..yeah the FA cup final but that was later in the day ..maybe folks were getting tanked up hours before hand ..?
😉😁
Oh yes, I saw that Celtic managed to beat the mighty Motherwell and extend one party rule in Scottish football for another season. That must have been it 🙂
Yesterday loop 3 Minarour at Coed Y Brenin then over to the Tawr Du then loop 2 on Minatour.
Longest distance ride of the year and indeed for many many many months due to injury and time.
Lovely day for it 21 odd miles and it was so quiet out too .
Did a loop round Darwen Tower, Holcombe tower and Rivington Pike yesterday, lovely weather and perfectly dry trails
Jubilee Tower
Peel Tower
Rivington Pike
Just about to set off for a ride round Gorple-Hebden.
85 miler on the road bike yesterday, last training ride before the Tour of Wessex next weekend. No ****ing idea why I signed up for it. I'm sick of road riding it's dull and it hurts. Can't wait til it's done so I can get the mtb's out again!
Did a classic loop round Holmbury and Leith hills. A cracking morning!
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A quick loop from home picking up a few bridleways that I'd never done before including one that led me starting a thread about the nearest BW that you'd never ridden. And very nice and pleasant it was too 🙂 One of the other BWs benefited from the dry weather as it's a bit boggy otherwise. 24km and 600 metres of ascent.
A short pootle this morning which is now DRY! Yahoo!
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Brilliant riding week-end , and it is bank holiday tomorrow this side of the Channel .
No pics but just got back from a 2hr, 23 mile base mile training session following river the whole way then turning back, easy peasy. Going to try and fit in 2/3 of these per week with a longer one at the weekend.
Will be out in the morning for something a bit longer.
And glorious it was too.
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Steady ride round Gorple and Widdup. Rode all the normally boggy sheep tracks which are now bone dry.
Fantastic 103 mile road ride yesterday on fairly quiet roads, enough (just!) left in the legs for a cheeky 25 mile TT this morning, winning a share of the team prize. Have mainly been sitting down with my legs up this afternoon!
Gorrick hot one/Skedaddle/Test Valley Tour complete, no chance of embedding photos here.
I took a different kind of camera out with me today. An SJ4000 (Clone I think), and it really ddin't render the 4K settings well.
Thsi is 4 mins long if you're intrested, and is about 17 miles worth of Bedfordshire. If you do watch it, bear in mind the camera is over a metre above the ground!
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28 miles Friday night.
Resurrected my old Kona singlespeed for 15 miles on Saturday.
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37miles today. 150 for the week. Legs are toast now
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Friday, knocked off work a little early and managed to squeeze in a 36 mile road blast before my best mate arrived for a visit. No photos for that.
This morning was just shy of 20 mile MTB round the very dry Wyre Forest, followed by a pub lunch and a lovely ice cream. Fab day, may the week continue to be the same!