[Closed] Weekend riding thread?

I'm off down the road to Halfords tonight.

Then Sunday a 42 mile MTB ride in the Dark Peak, which will (if I don't die) mark a couple of firsts for me - first proper offroad over 40 miles, and (I think) first total vertical ascent of over a mile.

That 46t cassette might just be worth its weight in gold.

I'll probably be doing some late evening road rides as it is too hot for me in the day.

Ride out of Ings and head up the Garburn but go left at the top, Bit of cheek off High Street, Nan Bield, Stile End, then back over Staveley Head Fell and through Grassgarth back to Ings. Last stop of the day will be the bakery @ Staveley for a hot beef ciabatta

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Kicked off with a short road loop this morning with my mate  another tomorrow and then back up to man for something Sunday

Gonna try and get out of the house for 7am tomorrow for a visit to Cannock Chase. 1st time back since I did my knee over there last month. Haven’t decided what to ride yet, maybe a couple of dogs and lower cliff plus some exploration.

Heading to the Peak in the morning with the wife and tent. Jacob's Ladder loop tomorrow, followed by a White Peak loop from Rowsley on Sunday is the current plan.

Did the Bowderdale loop out of Sedbergh today. All I'll say that if it is on your list of must dos, it will never be in better condition than it is presently.

Hard work in 30 degree heat, mind you...and I still don't know if it is one of the best rides in the Dales, or just one of the most frustrating. 🙂 Flow was in short supply on the main singletrack...

Got out relatively early at ~0720 and did a relatively gentle paced 77 miler with ~5400 feet of climbing up in the South Downs, the temperature ramped up from ~1100 after a short stop by the cafe (which was shut, again, is it ever open?).

Got to Morzine yesterday, had a nice, chilled out day doing some DH laps & getting used to riding in the mountains again.

Doing the Passportes tomorrow for something different to do. Usually here bashing out laps, so, going for a decent pedal tomorrow:)

Out in Petzen. Trails are good, had quite a bit of rain over the last few days.

Surrey Hills 06:30 tomorrow.  2hr trail fest before heading home to start the day for real.

Östersund enduro here in northern Sweden.  We've been digging for months and the trails are all time!

Heading towards Nova Scotia ..from Bowes in Co.Durham..had you going there ..eh !

It's a route from one of Derek Purdys bibles which I've been meaning to do for years and just never got around to it ..Nova Scotia being the name of a farm we pass a short distance in to the ride ..which he has called Deepdale Summits..

Having had exceptional dry weather there may also be an opportunity to extend the route towards the rocky outcrop of Goldsborough in Baldersdale and then loop back around on the Pennine Way over Cotherstone Moor to Race Yate on b/ways which are soggy most of the year ..we will see!

I'm joined by Dave & Jean and possibly Jaco if he is not too knackered after a delayed return from Scicily and late evening drive back from London..

Looking forward to chalking this one up..pics to follow

aberfoyle for a quick ride

Been for a quick golden hour loop on the cross bike for a mix of single track and gravel roads:

Trying to avoid the slippery dusty pebbles of death on the Chase.

Heading for the Fod tomorrow in search of shady trails .

Sunny Carron Valley - eldest_oab and middle_oab were on first ever weekend jobs, so small gang of family_oab only.

I was going to go up Triscombe for a bit of dh today but I went karting this morning and my arms are jelly so a nice chilled out xc ride on the Quantocks with a pub stop will do instead!

Nice 50km road loop around Warwickshire this morning before heading back on the train home, see what the BC ride Manchester thing is all about tomorrow

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Weather has got better for race day. Lets hope its as good tomorrow

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Took a drive to Nant Y Airian this morning.

Started a little cooler and cloudier than of late, but it didn’t last long. Trail is dry, loose and dusty enough to make following difficult.

Love the place though.

Lovely sunny gravelly bridleway bimble this afternoon, linking up stuff I'd never explored before to the east of town. If I scratch my map a bit harder I might be able to join up a full circumnavigation.

Also at nant y Arian  9 of us did the syfydrin trail  it was bone dry loveliness until Paul came off and knackered his elbow

My favourite trail of them all.

Ps, minor injuries unit in Aberystwyth are excellent

Managed a couple of trails at Aberfoyle in the small time I had. Totally failed a couple of steep obsticales on a black one 🙁 really need to practice these drops. Only thing really holding me back from completing them.

Bowderdale Classic. One of my favourite rides. It's a pig of a climb out of Sedbergh, but after that it's just loads of sinewy singletrack.

Bowderdale's great isn't it?

Went down to Rider's Cycle Centre to see the YD300 riders set off and picked up a new dynamo hub front wheel that Stuart had built for me.

After a bit of the usual marital "Are we going to do a ride together?" discussion, we settled on a big Dales loop. First incline, I stand up and my drivetrain skips (I had thought it was the free hub which had subsequently been serviced). Not the chain which along with the cassette was brand new. Effing chainrings. Fortunately one of the shops in town had the 34T but with Ultegra chainsets having multiple versions there was no large ring to be had.

One new chainring later and we headed up the dale. It's now 11am

Over Fleet Moss and Buttertubs and my GPS decides to die! Fortunately I had my phone with me so turned on the Strava app on that. Afternoon tea at the Dales Bike Centre - saw a couple of the YD300 riders who'd made good time - then back over Greets Moss and Kidstones. A slow pint in Kettlewell then it was just the last hill home.

Turned out we did 156km so not quite the old fashioned century but a good day out with 2600m of climbing.

Bowderdale used to be "great " ..it had a lot more flow 10 years back ..but it's just deteriorated from what used to be a great bit of singletrack ..to a bit of a mess ..

I much prefer the return leg around Harter Fell / Murthwaite etc...if you are doing Adamthwaite ..you are doing it wrong !😁

Have done the Murthwaite line. I notice on the map that there are two BWs from Adamthwaite, one going to either side of Wandale Hill and meeting up at Narthwaite. I've not done these so what are they like? I think the BW back to Sedbergh from Cautley is great but my wife doesn't like it.

Wasn't too bad (did it Friday), just quite a lot of effort and concentration to keep flowing - there always seems to be something to clip your pedal and wreck your momentum. Wouldn't want to ride it except in drought conditions either.

Agree that the Murthwaite version is a lot better. The descent through the woods is fab (apart from being blocked by a fallen tree at one point).

I notice on the map that there are two BWs from Adamthwaite, one going to either side of Wandale Hill and meeting up at Narthwaite.

I've done one of them previously. Nothing to write home about.

25 miles for me around the North Down/Surrey hills yesterday. Road ride this morning. Loving the new Bossnut!

After waiting 10 years for the perfect conditions ..managed to cross Deepdale Summits off my to do list ( In Derek Purdys Mountain bike guide Durham )..

I'm glad we waited as this ride even slightly moist would be a slog ..yesterday it was brilliant and we added in the trip over to Goldsborough ..an impressive rocky outcrop..

Dave & Jean overlooking Battlehill..the M.O.D.firing range ..on the alternative Pennine Way B/W ..Goldsborough in the distance ..

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Getting closer ..Dave & Jean battling against the ramblers ..who only ever seem to look at their feet as they didn't see me coming at all ..

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The sign on the gate at Race Yate..probably older than me ..

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Lunch stop..

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Dave cycling underneath the A66..Scotch Corner to Penrith highway...why the lights on the roof though !?

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God's Bridge ..a natural limestone feature ..just needs someone to turn the tap back on ..the stream bed was virtually dry..

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Another stream crossing at Sleightholme ..

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Great day out ..with a pint of Timothy Taylors Golden Best in the Ancient Unicorn in Bowes to add to the de-hydrationat the end ..but boy was it worth it ( cheers Jean!)..

Many thanks to you both for your excellent company ..as usual.

As for the ride ..back again someday but the conditions would have to equal yesterday's !😁

Yesterday's route ..get there quick though before it rains if you are remotely interested

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Managed to get out with the boy yesterday morning. Only 11KM as my rear tyre deflated, with no obvious signs of a puncture and no obvious leaking sealant. Got home the tyre fell off and I discovered that the Decathlon sealant I put in four weeks ago had all dried up! It might be cheap, but it doesn't last...

Was hoping to get out this morning, as we're sans kids, as we were at a disco in the woods last night. I was driving so figured that I'd be up early and out. Feel like I'd had eight pints thought, must have been all the passive weed smoking 🌿🚬. So it's a trip into town to buy another cheap camping mat, so I can put the rear tyre up tubeless again, for a ride with the local Scouts tomorrow night.

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Flat spell broke so went for a wave last night. Didn’t get out of the water until 10.30.

Dry spell broke this morning but forecast to dry up after lunch so might head out for some hero dirt later this evening....

Can't decide whether to head out, much later than hoped (felt like death warmed up at 0600), for a 60+ miler...

During my groggy indecisiveness wasted morning, Met Office have now extended the torrential weather warning with thunder and hail further eastwards, to cover all the South Downs just west of Worthing.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings#?date=2018-07-01&lat=51.0071&lon=-0.9375

Already mid 20s out there.

Bugger!

3 Relives into one video, good day out at Lets Ride Manchester but.... some people need to have a word with themselves about stopping at junctions - to let the traffic cross and whoever thought about finishing the sprint within a few meters of the lights/stopping control at the end of deansgate, in the second it took to register people stopped in front of me I was doing some manual ABS and squeeling some rubber

New campsite in the Lakes for me with a ride up Angle Tarn then a paddle around Ullswater!

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Friday night was 20miles on the singlespeed straight after work

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Today I did Ladybower and Cut Gate - which was sooo dry and loose

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75km yesterday on an old school XC ride in the FoD. Mostly so we didn't mong ourselves before a week in the Maritime Alps starting next Friday 🙂

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That's from Tuesday.  So good I felt the urge to write something about it:  http://pickled-hedgehog.com/?p=4131

Quick short 20km loop on the West Highland Way yesterday on the MTB and a parallel 20km road loop  today. Recovering from a sore knee so short rides.

Bagged another ride this morning. I was reminded how lucky I am at the moment 🤨

Just over an hour on the road in Saddleworth early this morning. UV intolerant skin is a bitch; I’ve not ridden properly for weeks. Bring the rains.

Usual local Sunday morning pootle round the woods. Tried to get out a it earlier than usual to avoid the worst of the heat. Failed.

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Big (for me) day out yesterday. From Blair Atholl, north on the A9 cycle path, through the Gaick pass and on to Loch Insh / Feshiebridge. Return via Glen Feshie and Glen Tilt. 77 miles.

Top Dales ride ticking off all the stuff that's normally a bogfest...Fountains Fell in great shape here.

Brilliant but scorching blast around Holcombe and the Dead Marshes on Saturday.

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M25 loop in preparation for national 24. Hot. Lost two kilos and suffered for the last 40 km. at least I left early enough to catch the Dartford shuttle before it shuts for a break (9-10:30).

Frequent intense Cannock

just stopped for a break *cough*

Yesterday was rubbish 🙂

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Never thought I'd say this, living up here in the frozen North, but it was just too hot for anything strenuous. So, I put together a 43 mile loop, taking in a few nice bits of singletrack, with lots of gentle spinning along tracks and lanes, including a trip to the beach.

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Went for a short ride on Sat, thinking it would be too hot, but it was simply lovely. Must admit, the best bit was sat on the hill in the breeze and spending some quality time with some new friends

Worst bit was a bramble trying to perform rhinoplasty on me. Got a stripey clown nose today.

Top Dales ride ticking off all the stuff that’s normally a bogfest…Fountains Fell in great shape here.

I saw on Strava that you'd ridden over Fountains Fell - did you get any hassle riding past the farm at Tennant Gill given that it's a footpath?

No. In fact someone working there said hi. Can't guarantee you'd get the same treatment, mind you.

Considering how well surfaced it is for the most part on the eastern side, you can't make many arguments against in these conditions. Cracking descent over towards PYG. Techy at the top, fast as whatever from halfway.

Not that many have logged it on Strava in either direction so possibly they aren't too bothered especially with riders on their own or maybe pairs. I've run over that way many years ago but can't remember what it's like. Geograph shows it as eminently rideable.

I have considered trying the whole of the FF and Darnbrook Fell "ridge" but I think it needs a good freeze and the fat bike 🙂

Headed up north to go hill walking on the Pennines. From Dufton we headed up to High Cup Nick, then over the moors to the reservoir, bit of swimming at Cauldron Snout, before retracing our steps back to the ‘Nick. Then headed east to bag Murton Pike before dropping down and back to the pub at Dufton for a refreshing pint of Westmorland and to watch two smashed locals attempting to have a fight on the village green.

Whilst up on the moors we saw a few mtbers negotiating a bridge and sensibly pushing their bikes across it. Then saw one lone mtber on our way out and again on our return to the Pike and got chatting. It transpired he is an stw forumite, so @garethc, as promised ...