[Closed] Weekend Riding Plans & Pics...

Four of us left snowy Fairhomes this morning at 9am , 3 returned at 1pm some 20 k short of what we planned after swimming down Spud alley and up Hagg Farm , god it was aweful

The other returned to the car park an hour before us after his pivot bearing collapsed , be a crap weekend tbh ,

Friday big off
Saturday wind cancelled ride and blowout that wouldn't seal
Monday the above

BHM and its beer o'clock !

Yay!

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Helvellyn wintery conditions very strong wind!
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4 days in Calderdale. Sunshine, rain, wind, thunderstorms, hail and some ace riding 🙂

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Wish I could have made it Simon but had the outlaws up for Easter 🙁

Great pics those Simon!

Great pics!

Great weekend all round, bit windy I'll admit but on the whole what pushed us, faced us on the way back 😕

Well I generally enjoyed my weekend

Had a solo ride in the Peak on Friday in glorious weather, went to the Chase early doors on Saturday with the wife and a shortish local road ride on Sunday & Monday.

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Had a great Easter weekend (well sat, Sun and Mon) tearing around the lovely dry and dusty Chiang Mai trails. Sadly no real art pics...
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four days off but i only managed a local saturday morning spin with the dog. I was itching to get out after following the updates from EWS Chile, but slogging it over moorland bogs in 30mph winds didnt really live up to it....

I had a great local ride out last night with my mate, in the dark. Started in the light at 7.30 for the first time since Sept/Oct so it's all good. The trails were trashed after several days of hard rain, rather annoying just as they were drying out.

Friday early morning road ride around Dartmoor

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Saturday WDMBC 3rd Cat Circuit Race at Hillingdon. Attacked a bit, missed the break, chased a fair bit and was generally worn out by the end (see above). Windy.

Monday first off-road ride for almost a year around Swinley. The wrist and shoulder held up fine, but the hail and rain made for an interesting ride.

Bike Park Wales.
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Not really my thing but was a good change.

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A very mixed weather road ride for me, suffered a hail storm (sore face!) then bright sunshine, then more rain and finally dried out a bit. A good ride, 40 miles or so and I dried out in the end...

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Quantocks. Great days riding. Got lucky with the weather. Missus trying to get something out of her pack and being hassled for food by a pony

@Kellieheros It's in Derbyshire,Smalley just out of Derby.

Fab pics on this thread! Well done all, makes me wanna go out and ride (but it's biblically hissing it down.... 😆

Easter Monday, down Jacobs Ladder. Great fun 😀
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Those pictures of Jacobs Ladder are hilarious - it was dusty dry on Friday :0)

Some old Hampshire Lanes... 😀

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Unsurprisingly busy on the Malverns today. But I didn't care, the sun was shining and I was having a skive ride. First time on the Chubby for a month or so. What a fab bike that is. Sometimes I forget it's a hardtail.

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Lovely just to pick a few favourite trails and enjoy the sunshine. And the views 🙂

You cannot be serious. that dust on the lane, chalk flew up.

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"With humble heart"

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A lovely sunny day for a gentle XC jaunt around the Lambourn Downs in Oxon:

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and yes, there was time Tea and Cake.....

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😆

Working all weekend 🙁 luckily my suite doesn't have a window so I can't see how nice it is outside. Hopefully get out after work tomorrow for an hour at Woburn though.

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The mil is over so quick ride out to Hanchurch & back. Çannock at dawn tomorrow too!

Fell off. Into someone's garden. Fell a long way. laughed about it. Could have been a lot, lot worse. Another couple of feet further down and a not so handily placed stone wall would have broken my back.....
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Long way down...
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Still, dusted myself off. Rode some of the Mytholm descent. And Mmbop. And Rodwell Zig Zags. Got to love Calderfornia...
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bb - wow, that really is an atmospheric Hampshire lane. Nice pics. 🙂

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A paltry hour in the rain yesterday re-asserting my unsuitablility for gravity stage racing. Never found this hut before either. Quality.

Still did get a chat with a old danish dude brewing up out of the back of his camper, his opening gambit was'Like little boys rolling around in the mud, yes?', indicating my bike with a nod, grinning. To which I replied 'Yes!'.

Sloppy ride in the Borders yesterday, climbed a tree mid way round too:

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A little late, Easter riding jollies in Chiang Mai, Thailand, lots of long dusty descents, mucho fun with the X-Biking crew.
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It was a busy weekend but the guides gave our small group a pickup truck to ourselves so we could go our own pace.
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As typical with this group, there were no action pics so only we know our full awesomeness.
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Yes, Chang was available at the end.

I'll get some pics up later, had an ace weekend, 8 of us heading south for a really wet but awesome 3 days in the Lakes.

Quick night ride of the best bit of the Bash on fri night.

honister pass - Wharnscale - Rigg beck - walla crag - watendlath - back to YH on the Saturday

The awesome Sprinkling tarn down to Stockley bridge on sunday.

Feeling it this morning mind!. Just confirmed to me that the Borrowdale YH is not only ace, but has enough amazing riding nearby to fill any number of days without having to drive.

I was working this weekend but did manage to get a couple of hours in today in the sun.
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Someone updated God on the weather front, thanks 😉

So this weekend will be a dry hack on Rapha's Hell of the North, followed by Beer & Frites and Mr Fabulous winning Paris-Roubaix..

Such hilarity.

First ride of this new "weekend", ok Friday arvo then:

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Took the 'big' bike out for a bash! 🙂

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The English have a propensity to queue..

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Parkamoor yesterday 🙂

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I went to Cannock on friday evening, not content with one visit....I'm going again in an hour.

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Lovely day for Dales riding. Bit claggy, mind.

Took my 13 year old son to Torridon for his first big mountain trip

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Excellent Kbrembo 🙂

Epic I thInk the word for that is!

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Beautiful evening, could have been the perfect ride - if only I'd taken a tube with me.

4 mile walk home.