Where did you stay, Bob?
After the aborted planned Peaks ride, just a bimble round the local Northants woods.
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Prompted by the thread here the other day, dug out my Fuji Instax 200 for a play. Forgotten how cool/frustrating fixed focus and guesswork framing (offset viewfinder) could be...
(aware of the irony of scanning an analogue photo to post digitally)
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Went out for a local snow night ride after a late afternoon mini-dump (of snow). All going great until I decided to top up my front tyre mid way and the valve sheared off as I unscrewed the pump.
DO NOT BUY VITTORIA TUBELESS VALVES COZ THEY ARE RUBBISH. Or lezyne pumps.
Also, don't be hamfisted and er... don't forget your spare tube. You idiot.
Still, the 2 mile walk in the snow, in spds was good exercise of sorts.
Managed to sneak in about 12 miles on Sunday morning around my local White Peak trails. It was a bit slidey! Great fun.
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Cannock!
The dream:
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The reality:
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Went up t'Hills. Too deep to ride. Fell off a fair few times. Pushed it a lot and the evil flat-pedal-pins smacked and punctured my shins a lot. Good to be alive though. In the snow. In the sunshine!
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My work was closed today so took the dune out for a razz in the white stuff. Turns out fatbikes are brilliant on snow. Who'd have thought...
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College was closed today and yesterday so managed to slog 14 miles down to the bike shop and back to fetch a spare part I'd ordered. Turns out worn Juggernauts aren't so great in the snow!
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Today Yorkshire Dales (-5) Love the cracking sound of ice under tyres.
10.30 this morning.
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An hour later on Mastiles
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Can't embed this direct, but have a look at this unusual bit of pre-ride video from lunchtime today...
Never seen it turn to a block of ice like that before Chakaping - unusual indeed !
my BB was like that on sunday, my rear brake also froze on every climb, the frozen snow making the pads stick open, took a bit of commitment to throw my self down the next hill knowing there'd be no braking until friction heat melted the ice enough for the pads to move
Out on Cannock Chase and around Stafford all weekend. School was closed on Monday so the fun continued 😉
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