[Closed] Weekend Riding Plans & Pics...

Peaslake, leaving in forty minutes. Best get out of bed....

Our inaugural LDNMSR Tribute. 160k Town to Coast, just like the real boys.. but slower.

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50 miles in the beautiful sunshine over to Wharncliffe -I'm amazed how dry the trails are. Great ride. 😛

Quick blast this morning testing the Search out on my old MTB loop.

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Was over in Aviemore with family and a friend, but managed to grab a few hours to have a play on one of these:

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Saturday, chilly century (metric) on the road bike. Was very satisfying to take off the full guards at long last.
https://www.strava.com/activities/521230678

Sunday, went out for a local loop to see if things were dry yet.

https://www.strava.com/activities/522285004

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Last weekend ride was an introduction to the amber valley with a few new riders. Pictures and work on my bike blog in this linky https://tinapedalturner.wordpress.com/2016/03/18/church-of-gnarl/

C'mon Rich, put some effort in!

My rather paltry offering.

Crashed, (front wheel washout on gravel) because it was too dry. [b]TOO DRY[/b]!!!!

https://www.strava.com/activities/522218044/overview

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Dusty trails. How I have missed Dusty Trails.

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Cool bike rp what is it

@Lowey, where the middle pic? Can see the Langdales, Loughrigg-ish? Claiffe.

Another pic from yesterday. Think I probably passed you on the road Rich, just as you'd come out Grizedale forest near Esthwaite.

FML; just clicked the Strava link; fair effort!

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totes prime condish

@Lowey, where the middle pic? Can see the Langdales, Loughrigg-ish? Claiffe.

Spot on. Wise Een Tarn.

I got dragged to Ikea warrington sunday afternoon but managed a dark loop of Cannock later and had a great time. On my new wider bars and finished with the outside of the my left wrist aching a bit, maybe they are a little too wide.

Cool bike rp what is it

Surly Ice Cream Truck. Full rambling thoughts to follow soon 🙂

Saturday was the Scout's maiden voyage around the Chase with the wife:

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Sunday headed to the Peak to give it a proper thrash with dannyh & fatbob44 off here, it's freaking awesome apart from a bit of cable rattle! Oh and the weather forecast was for cloud all day:

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Shibden. Friday and Sunday. Almost dry....
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Two mates and myself trying out Swinley for the first time, should be fun!

This was last weekend:

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Really need to remember to clean the lens after storing the phone in a sweaty back pocket.

Next weekend is 10 days in the Lakes with vast amounts of family. Hopefully I'll get a day pass, toying with Skiddaw/Ullock & Helvellyn/Sticks in one go. Other plan is to ride a lap or two of Whinlatter with jr_bandito#1

Well it's not the weekend but I'm on hols so every days the weekend! Qecp yesterday for the first time in over 15 years (see my gushing post in qecp thread) and then round a wood near my folks I hadn't ridden for a similar amount of time. So good. When I was a teenager it was mostly double track and wide paths like this:
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But in the intervening decades lots more single track has appeared, some of it really good. Classic, south east, heathy woodlandy, xc racy style single track, so much fun when ridden fast:
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And the beer, bikebuoys favourite:
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My weekend finally arrived yesterday so I managed a few miles on the newly acquired fat bike. Still playing around with tyre pressures but it's definitely fun.

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Beer-fueled midnight trip to the BOTB beach with the tripod:

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where's everyone riding in their glorious 4 days off granted by the lord himself?
I was out yesterday at Cannock and will probably go out local on Monday and that's it for me. My mrs is due no2 in early may so my rides will have to lessen in number very soon. 🙁

Awe... spectacular day! To all those that can't make it out today, heres a pic of what it's like.

CXer on the loamy singletrack of the South Downs...

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Still great here. Storm is coming so we sneaked out this morning. Perfect conditions. Even if I did save a front end slide by jamming a pedal into my shin. Better than crashing tho.... blue skies... not seen enough of those this year.

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Walna Scar was da awsumz.

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15 miles around the Downs after a days gardening and pre Bank Holiday rainmageddon.
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Cake, we had CAKE!!

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Oh, and we pedaled some bikes around for a bit too...... 😆

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Last nights beer, no reading material required too busy chatting

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And today, marked difference in the weather but still warm enough for short bibs..

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Forest of Dean today, first proper day out on the hardtail and its epic. Proper hooligan to ride.

Good Friday
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today
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Did 48 miles from stourbridge through Highley, Jack mytton way to stoddesdon then into Cleobury Mortimer and back through the wyre forest.
Not another mtb seen all day.

Windy Gravel Hack...

Phew.

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Wind was strong (and cold) enough to discourage me from going too high, so instead I stuck to the forest and tried to check out some new route options. Could have done with the fatbike I was testing out last week really.

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Project 417 yesterday.
Lucky enough to get a nice bit of sunshine in the morning followed by a lovely rain storm to cool us off in the afternoon.

It's a nice little place and although the tracks need work and we left feeling a little underwhelmed by how the tracks rode, it has plenty of potential.

We rode from the first uplift to the last so had plenty of fun there. Will definitely be going back.

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I love where we live. Inches of rain last night, trails still pretty dry in the 'Glacial Sponge' Malverns

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My mate Rob rocking his RonHill's 🙂

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It was Friday but here's my solo 40 mjle-er

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http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ben-a-glow-solo-ride-report#post-7600168

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30 wet and muddy miles on the Fatty!

10 miles of axle deep mud. 2 punctures, 1 broken saddle, and a shortcut home...

@h4muf... Where is that? There are some sandstone caves near where I grew up (bewdley) and looking at your photo stream, I see a river and a steam train, but it doesn't look right. It has been 25 years since I have been back though.