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very springlike yesterday, great ride in the morning on surprisingly dry trails
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Duddon Valley and Eskdale. Hardly saw a soul all ride and not one other MTB rider.
Road ride on the lanes of West Lancs.
I was gonna do the Strava 100km Feb challenge but riding solo on the flat (in the wind) was just too mind-numbing so I headed back for the hills and called it a day at 83km.
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Lovely photos - where is that kbrembo?
TiRed - its was odd, I was riding mainly punchbowl way and really mixed with the whole area S of Gibbit towards bomb holes was crap churned up gloop (mainly horses)
Love to see my favourite fell (Loughhrigg) up there!!
Some really nice pics, is not jealous at all!
@ bikebuoy - am in need of some route info and reckon you may be able to help. Could you contact me please, e-mail in profile. Thanks. 🙂
Dave - I was nosey and enjoyed your flikr photos especially the gorge by birks bridge which was an old favourite swim of mine. Great jump in off the lip in your first photo!
Dave - I was nosey and enjoyed your flikr photos especially the gorge by birks bridge which was an old favourite swim of mine. Great jump in off the lip in your first photo!
Yeah, Birks Bridge is a fantastic spot for a swim in summer. Dalegarth Bridge in Eskdale is brilliant too. Scenery was lovely, but the bridleways between The Duddon and the Esk have been destroyed by a combination of clear felling and the recent rain. Was hard work really.
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still smiling so clearly before racing started...
edit: and probably the high point of my race...
teamhurtmore - MemberLovely photos - where is that kbrembo?
Corrie an t'Sneachda, Cairngorms
@Jambo, just been browsing the nappr chick photos, looks really good conditions, half gutted i didnt come down
couple of damp spots but mostly dry and fast. shame I wasn't, woke up with a headful of snot this morning that might go some way to explaining my woeful performance.
Beautiful day in southern Scotland yesterday, mostly dry trails too!
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Had a last minute chance to join four of my mates on a westwards trip to FOD and Afan this weekend. They'd all booked the uplift so I headed off solo to the blue, then the new extended red (briefly accompanied by a family of wild boar). Lunch, fullface on, went to hop on the uplift for the usually quieter afternoon and found dozens of downhillers waiting who'd turned up to practice for the mini DH race the next day. Rather than stand around waiting I had an afternoon of pushing/pedalling up, had a go on the race course, and then the rootastic fun of the other tracks. Great!
Headed deep into Wales, stayed at the Queens in Glyncorrwg (bargain!) and rode Blade at Afan on Sunday and it was one of those rides where everything came together - and that final rocky descent is brilliant. After lunch a couple of us set off to ride some more of the trails but by the time we were up at the start of that section it was clear my legs were empty. Dropped in, absolutely flat out, the best I think I've ever ridden a bike. Ran out of steam in the final yards so just missed out on getting into the top 100 out of 4000 Stravaists but even so, that's pretty damned quick for me. 42 miles and 6000' vertical over the weekend. Felt it on my commute today...
Hadn't ridden the Spitfire since I got my modded Zero AM up and running in January and I was slightly concerned it might feel a bit short of reach and slack of seat tube in comparison. It didn't, it was absolutely fantastic both uphill, along, and downhill, in the air, through the rough, ripping the berms. Hurrah for 800mm carbon bars - an accidental upgrade but a really good one. Now how to ride that well all the time?
Dry! Blue skies! Our bikes had even stayed clean for a day and a half (they got muddy straight after this photo was taken).
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thought i'd get a early road ride in as tomorrow looks like a complete washout
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cold but definitely spring in the air
Rode for the first time in about a year yesterday. Exploring the new area we live in (Hythe, Kent). Found some nice trails, totally rekindled my enthusiasm. I'll be out there again tomorrow.
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new thread every week or let this one run forever? I love these threads.
I vote we keep this one running.. they get confused and lost if everyone doesn't play. Plus, we'll see the seasons roll on..
Whats everyone else think?
We'll have a go with this one then but I reckon you might get more responses with a fresh thread every week.
I'll be finding the time to fit some new carbon bars and a new thomson stem tomorrow before heading to .. dun dun Duuunnnn.... Cannock again saturday night with my mate. Pint 'ont way home?
away sans bikes this weekend. here's one from last weekend.
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Last nights Beer... theres a lot in this photo, a metaphor for the week.. I'll leave that upto you to analyse.
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And today, that shiny surface? yup, that black ice.. ice in Hampshire? yes, up in the Downs, we get ice in winter. My CX'er and I did our own Strade Bianche.... (well done Fabs)
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Friday counts as the weekend yeah?? 😆
Friday IS the weekend!!
I read you're story, some days are just shite, you feel shite, the bike feels shite.. the conditions are shite.. the beer tastes all the better.
You're doing things on that ^^ that I only dream of.
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Steady 80 miler to Newark and back.
An early ride round Scolty tomorrow. Work up an appetite for lunch.
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Friday IS the weekend!!I read you're story, some days are just shite, you feel shite, the bike feels shite.. the conditions are shite.. the beer tastes all the better.
You're doing things on that ^^ that I only dream of.
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Cheers!
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Better than the last race! And cathartic after this week. Mechanical at 90 km saw me finish a couple of minutes down.
Took junior (13) out on hilly home 25 mile road loop, his first time clipped in. He did well ! A scuffed sti, some bashed bar tape and a bent mech hanger, but all consumables and we both had fun 🙂
Cracking ride at the recently re-opened Twrch trail at Cwmcarn today.
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Holy crap, it was freeking cold today. Set off in 6C, icy, bit of snow so chose to do hill sprints instead up and over Beacon Hill. Sweating hard, pace on, and after my 10th up and over it hailed and the temp dropped at least 6-7C and the wind got up, I got very cold, very very quickly.. That was my day over.
The Bike..
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The Conditions..
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A few towpath miles while my mountain bike is in pieces.
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Snuck out for a couple of hours on the dirty drop bar bike once I got back from the Rugby Club and the Wife got back from her mate's hen do.
I think one of the reasons I love this bike is that it allows a couple of hours blast at anytime during the weekend without worry of riding cheeky trails during peak hours.
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Penine bridleway above Hebden on todays ride.
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Last weekend in the FoD was wonderfully dry. Today? Not so much...
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Check out the chubby tyre spread. I felt like Moses following that 🙂
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Blue skies..
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Wet trails
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Very elliptical chainring 🙂
Cracking photos, and huge smiles!
Bikes eh.. 8)
Managed a couple of hrs single speed on the local hill , chuffing cold on the top but dryer than I was expecting.
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Early local singlespeed ride while it was sunny
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Best times to go riding
* England football on tv
* xmas day afternoon
* Valentines day
and...
MOTHERS DAY YESSSSSSSS
many thanks to everyone who didnt go to Cannock this afternoon I owe you one
Great day at Kirroughtree yesterday
Out on the road bike yesterday doing more training for the Fred Whitton around the Bowland fells. It was such a good day I thought I'd take out my new summer bike. Just short of 78miles with 7800ft of climbing
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Today was family day so we headed up to Ambleside for a walk round Loughrigg (and the obligatory look around Biketreks 😉 ) glorious weather with amazing views !
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Then onto Daisey's cafe (the pooch was hungry and wanted some toast :D)
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well I didn't get the new stem and bars fitted and we didn't go to Cannock 🙁 I was greedy though and had a quick 10 miler out in local mud on Saturday morning then in the evening went out with my mate from Alsager, out along flat dark lanes and bridleways for distance and speed rather than Gnar!
Annnnd?
Well it's chuffin' Friday again so your Plans please Ladies and Gentlepersonages...
I have started, oh a pretty normal day of checking out routes and daydreaming of endless ribbons of tarmac, low cut hedges, groomed fields, blazing sunshine, pheasants and pigs.
Tonights beer, a Spring Porter from my most favourite pub in the whole world, a tome, a rhyme, stanzas all nine..
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And a sneaky, rather sprinted hack.. the bike for the weekend will be..
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What's that say on the topcap, carrera? :p
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Another Friday sneaky one
A wee solo ride tomorrow. Heading down to stinchar bridge to do the Cornish loch, loch doon, Nic o the loup, loch bradan circuit. Weather looks shite mind, but it's a pretty weather proof circuit. I'll post up some pics tomorrow night.
^^^ sounds pretty decent !