[Closed] Where did you ride this weekend?

Forest of Dean uplift with friends. The uplift and cycle centre have both expanded in the two years since I was last there, which is good to see.

30 miles yesterday on the Singlespeed (rigid, 29er, 32:19) to [url= http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/415788302 ]Buxton and back[/url], including my first ever "clean" on the climb out of Combs up Ladder Hill, which I've now christened Bikini Run

Road Ride - Mirfield - Hebden Bridge - Cragg Vale - Ripponden - Mirfield. Perfect weather though I did burn my thighs 😳

Spent late Saturday afternoon/early evening around Cannock trying to help mrs rocket negotiate some of the more awkward stuff. We cracked two out of three without filing for divorce so that was encouraging

Did a solo lap yesterday evening it really is sublime when the weather's like this

Tour of the Peak - man they like a hill up that way! Winnats Pass and Cat & Fiddle, touch day for a porker like me but weather was lovely, really enjoyed it. 🙂

2 laps at Hopton Castle. Short, but brilliant.

On Friday got the train to Edale then rode up to Hope Cross to Blackley Hey then up to Lockerbrook and over Fairholmes. Up that climb to Hagg farm, down and over to the bottom of the beast and along the fire road, up to win hill, then down to Aston and Hope, to Castleton then up over Mam tor and back down in to Edale again just in time for a train home.

Birthday on Saturday so watched some people riding bikes at Steel City DH while I had a few beers.

42 miles in the road bike on Saturday and baked in the sun! Topped up my rubbish tan lens then road the little bike in Hopwas yesterday and knocked myself out on a drop that had been built up with a crazy lip. Still had fun on it though; the clutch mech has made it much quieter.

Cannock Chase, Monkey late sunday evening, absolutely stunning... dappled sunlight through the trees, dry and dusty, everything was perfect and that's all I have to say about that.

Friday afternoon did the black route at Glentress, Saturday morning the xc course at Innerleithen, Saturday after afternoon up and over gypsy glen, then mix of red and blues back at glentress on Sunday morning, before heading home.

Excellent weekend, could not have asked for better weather, great, friendly staff at the tontine hotel, and good food and beer everywhere we went.

Only one downer, stuck in traffic on M6 on the way home. Made it to Liverpool just in time for the boat.

I’ve just had one of the best weekends on a bike that I’ve had for a while. The weather was great, the trails were dry and I had two days of challenging riding. I threw some overnight gear in my rucksac and headed for the hills. The route was great, classic dales riding with long climbs, some great technical descents and wonderful views. A highlight had to be being woken by an amazing pink and orange sunrise and brewing up hot coffee while still in the sleeping bag watching the Dales warm up.
However… biviing always gives me loads of time to think and I couldn’t believe how few other mountain bikers I’d seen. In 120km of off-road riding on a warm, dry and sunny weekend I saw just 2 other bikers and these were both locals out for short blasts. I can only imagine the chaos that would be the carpark at Dalby or Glentress over the weekend, so why aren’t people out exploring the great natural trails in places like the dales as well. There were loads of walkers (all were happy to see a rider on the trails) and on the few km of tarmac I saw loads of roadies out and about. Maybe I’m just too old-school (I’m 31!) or my riding style isn’t cool enough these days. Then again my 140mm trailbike was the perfect bike, I rode all the ups and enjoyed descents, surely that’s #enduro enough?
Rant over!

Got a local hour and a half in last night after the reptiles went to bed. Rode a cheeky one that I'd been eyeing up for ages which turned out to be crap and the downhill I'd been looking forward to had been resurfaced to the point of looking like a driveway. Still was out, it was sunny-ish, dry trails and the Manor was serving beer. Job done.

I can only imagine

Pretty poor basis for a rant then.

As for me, I ticked one off the list of trails to ride before I die.

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random guess, ullock?

I was invited on a 4passes ride which we quickly adjusted when it became obvious we would be out till midnight so did fleetwith and dalehead, freaking awesome, proper adrenaline overload induced shakes at the bottom of each section. 5.5 hours to do 2 hills and 13miles.

Nice milemuncher XC ride on saturday in the pentlands, abandoned my actual plan almost immediately and revisited some old trails I haven't for a while.

Sunday, a bunch of glentress offpiste then rode back up to do the bottom (best) of the red, ending in a ridiculously fast over-the-bars for no good reason on falla brae, and quite a lot of ouch 😳 But no major damage done, and a week to recover before the Seven.

smashit - Member

I can only imagine the chaos that would be the carpark at Dalby or Glentress over the weekend,

I was at Glentress on Sunday, I can still only imagine the chaos, on account of there was absolutely zero...

Yup.
Saw 2 walkers on the way up and another bike on the summit. I can only imagine everyone else was in Whinlatter or Grizedale....

As for me, I ticked one off the list of trails to ride before I die

looks reet grand that does

as for me - the usual chilterns loop with a mate, last it of action before next weekends gravel dash

Smashit - I've found not seeing people on trails can be quite deceiving. Both car parks at Gisburn were pretty full, yet, like you, I only saw two riders on what is quite a short (18km) bit for trail!

I would love to head out in the hills for two but I just don't have that amount of time, so a few hours at a trail centre are my release. They shouldn't be knocked. However, next time you go out I can come and ruin your peace and quiet if you like and you can show me what the Dales has to offer.

Smashit - I was out in the Dales on Sunday. Can't believe you didn't see me! It's a tiny place! 🙂

Coach Road, Up and over Sticks Pass, Kepple zig zags, Helvellyn, Dollywagon, Grisedale, Glenridding.

26 miles, 6100' climbing 7 and a half hours on the best day of the year.

Still buzzing / aching.

Trans Portugal 🙂 Awesome event. Amazing countryside, trails and first class organisation. Best I've done. Sat in Lisbon airport on my way home.

Saturday was stage three of sani2c so 84 km in south Africa, through sugar cane fields and single track, Mrs kilo did a fairly funny straight on into a field, finished with a 600 metre floating path across a lagoon to a beach front finish on the indian ocean. Sunday sleeping, curry and gin

We spent all day Saturday at Peatys Steel City DH in Greno Woods watching Abigale compete in the Ladies. Great day was had by every one, Fin had her first day out with crowds and took it all in her stride

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Spent Sunday participating in the PMBA Enduro round 2 at Grizedale, much fun was had.

Yup.
Saw 2 walkers on the way up and another bike on the summit

Went to the Grizedale Enduro but crashed out while practicing stage 2 spent the rest of the weekend at various hospitals.

Saturday epic: From ODG, up Rossett Gill, then a modified uber-cheeky 4 Passes variant and back down Rossett Gill.
25 miles and 7150 feet of ascent/descent.
Big day out on the new bike and loved every minute of it 😀

Long road ride as I'm doing a sportif in a couple of weeks. Skirted round Derby to pick up Long Lane and discovered that it goes as far as Tean with very little traffic on it, then over the A50 and back via Uttoxeter and Tutbury

73 gloriously sunny miles with a couple of mates and a chance encounter with some amazing cake at a garden centre cafe that appeared just when I needed it.

40 Miles on my cheap and nasty (but I like it) carrera TDF I paid £60 for.

Bingley-Keighley-Cross hills-Silden-Addingham-ilkley-Menston double loop and home

Midlands XC for me both days at Eastridge.
XCE on Saturday & XCO on sun.
Perfect weather & one of the bets xc courses I've ever ridden on Sunday.
Sore & battered now though from my rag doll impression on the last lap!

Awe ok then.. 90+k's hacking the Sth Downs on the Roadie on Sat, QECP on Sat Eve to wave to all the entrants and cheer/encourage them on, the Sunday 50+ks again in the Downs but hill climb specific training.

Cracker wasn't it. 8)

Saturday - Loop around HB to burn my legs in two ways
Sunday - Elland Woods for a lark about - Great riding but steep as a steep thing in some places.

spent Saturday giving my BFe it's first ride at Eastridge with a couple of mates (not racing though)

1st time I've ridden there and very impressed I was too, with both the trail and the BFe.

Weather was chuffin' marvelous too, which always helps, as was the pub stop on the way home. 😀

Did the QECP day/night enduro, great event although I'm currently trying not to sneeze as I've bruised my ribs and it's a bit ouchie. Borrowed my mate's lights and snapped off the solarstorm bracket in an off that sent the bike cartwheeling through the air, you can see the cable ties holding it on in this shot. Will be signing up for the daytime one when tickets go on sale on Saturday

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Saturday - Selkirk to Cardrona via Minchmoor Road to meet the Mrs as she finished working. Then drove to North Berwick for the night.

Sunday - Rode out of North Berwick then down onto the beach under Tantallon Castle. Along the Beach and over the rocks until Belhaven Bay then inland to pick up the John Muir Way back to North Berwick

Was supposed to have been in training for this coming weekend's Moss Trooper 300km Audax. Sadly I've had my arse glued to the bog since Thursday as I've got some horrendous stomach bug.

When I say stomach I really mean colon. My stomach is fine actually.

I pity the lab tech that has to open my stool specimen 😯

Rode around Dent in the Dales with a bit of camping!
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Weekend at a cottage near Keswick with a bunch of mates of varying abilities and desire to ride. Saturday was a full loop of the red at Whinlatter, followed by a blat round the blue.

Sunday was a different kettle of fish. Five of us parked up at Grange with a view to tackling the fourpasses loop that skirts around Great Gable - Honister, Scarth Gap, Black Sail and Sty Head. Absolutely mental riding. Had to push, and mostly carry, the bikes up all the ascents, but were rewarded with some of the best descents I've ever done. Took about 9 hours all told and only three of us completed the route (in fairness one of the others only has partial use of his left hand, the fact that he rides at all is indicative of his guts and his best mate turned back with him). Mind blowing stuff and I'm already planning my next ride in the Lakes.

On that note Ullock Pike looks awesome!

Struggled to find someone to ride MTB with me, so had a road ride instead. A cracking Sunday morning that went up, then down, then up, then down etc. I normally average 1000 feet of climbing for every 10 miles ridden in the Peak District. This rather contrived ride managed over 6000 feet in 52 miles. I'm hungry today 😀

pondo - Member
Tour of the Peak - man they like a hill up that way! Winnats Pass and Cat Fiddle, touch day for a porker like me but weather was lovely, really enjoyed it.

theonlywayisup and I did this too. Thought I was going to die on Winnats - everything after that felt (relatively) easy.

A make it up as you go along ride at Guisborough forest/ highcliff and up on the Yorkshire moors.
Yesterday a jaunt round Dalby red with a few of the black bits. The climb up from the car park was a mad house but then I only saw one other Person on the route, quite surprising really.

Cracking ride round the Peak, rode some new trails - amazing weather.

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I didn't even touch a bike, I had a grim cold all weekend and was streaming snot most of it, joy!

Still got to commute in this morning and about to ride home in the sun now - life could be worse.

I won a smart new jersey and a shiney medal for riding my bike 😀

Walked down Minton batch, was begging for my bike!

66 mile club road ride* in the Dales. Gorgeous weather for it and some spectacular views.

*I say club ride, but it was a select group of me, my OH and one other bloke who knew the route (we didn't).

A wonderful weekend of Welsh trail centre fun on my new Kinesis Sync. Started off at Climachx on Friday evening, then a full day at Coed y Brenin and finally Llandegla on Sunday morning before the long journey back to Norfolk. The weather was amazing, the trails dry and fast and I was having so much new bike love that I think I rode the best I have in years. I spent the whole weekend feeling like a very lucky boy indeed.

I managed to sneak away from the house renovations for a couple of hours for a blue/red/blue at Swinley. Arrived at 8am and the car park was getting full! Great ride until I was back on the blue when I snapped the chain and broke the back plate on my new zee mech. Rode the last bit singlespeed which was surprisingly entertaining...

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Long mynd for me,really busy must have 10 other bikes and some clowns walking down minton batch 😉

A 66km loop in the Cairngorms from Calvine; up Glen Bruar, over the Minigaig and down the Gaick. Feared the rain that was forecast but we remained dry apart from wet feet from river crossing - and there was 'some' trudging with bicycles...

Chicksands on Saturday with my 7 year old son.
Was fun watching him ride the dh course

Weekend started Friday evening with a few hours at Aston Hill. Followed by 8 o clock start at Swinley, which I hadn't ridden this year. Quick loop of blue, then more leisurely loop of blue and red, sessioning a few sections. Plus, a quick early morning 20 mile MTB loop from home in the Chilterns with a mate on Sunday. Lots of great riding plus plenty of time spent with family in my sunny garden.

As pondo, MrNice and the onlywayisup (oh and Martin Johnson the mahoosive rugby player), I too did the tour of the peak. I didn't think I had done enough training. I was correct. Didn't mind Winnat's but was short on sugar on Holme Moss and the headwind from Glossop was a barsteward.

Had to work the weekend but at least it meant I had Friday and today off. Friday went to the Dales - Horton to Littondale then over Horsehead Moor. Made the schoolboy error of think 'it doesn't look that far on the map' so headed up the road from Buckden to Hawes to pick up the Cam Head Road and Pennine Bridleway back to Horton. That climb almost broke me! Today did Cutgate.

Two days of almost perfect riding on dry dusty trails. Friday I met just four walkers. Today a few dog walkers round Langsett and a couple of riders at the top

joat - Member

As pondo, MrNice and the onlywayisup (oh and Martin Johnson the mahoosive rugby player), I too did the tour of the peak. I didn't think I had done enough training. I was correct. Didn't mind Winnat's but was short on sugar on Holme Moss and the headwind from Glossop was a barsteward.

Garry_Lager - the long route might have gone that way (joat at least was taking the long way round) but the short one didn't. Some of the finishing times/speeds on the long route were *very* impressive

where's your photo taken? feel like I should recognize it

Not sure, a lot of it was new to me.
"seemed a fit crowd", probably not me then 😳
We had bright pink numbers on if that helps.

Chain gang where I got dropped like a dog on Saturday, leisurely pootle on the MTB with the missus on Sunday where she managed a slow motion somersault.

Luckily she is a good sport about these things.

Dreading tomorrow's chain gang. Nothing worse than knowing you're onto a hiding before you turn up. Welly nothing worse than not turning up I guess.

Lunesdale Populaire audax around the Lancs/Dales border.
100 miles/8200ft of climbing & a cracking route 🙂

Threshfield and Malham moors, Weets Top and beer at the Angel, Hetton.

Up to Hebden from Oldham on the roadie. Felt good so had my first crack at Cragg Vale. Got all 116kg of me up there. 60km all in, the 40km in Saddleworth the next day hurt more.

On t he roadie as my front brake needed bleeding on the Canyon. Just done that, so MTB next weekend.

Spent a few hours on Saturday messing about in the sun on Ilkley Moor followed by a pint at the Cow and Calf.

Couple of rides in the Chilterns on the newly built swift. One solo and the other sharing trail knowledge with neighbour.

Early start? I've only ever attempted it on school days, and very nice it is too.

out the door at 6:15am. Top of Skiddaw by 8:30am having gone around Lonscale first.

Only slight problematic walkers were those on the railway path back up to Threlkeld at the end.

MrNice - Member

Garry_Lager - the long route might have gone that way (joat at least was taking the long way round) but the short one didn't. Some of the finishing times/speeds on the long route were *very* impressive

where's your photo taken? feel like I should recognize it

QECP for Cyclefest on Saturday - rode up, then tested 4 different bikes before marshalling at the Enduro. Decent finish there Davosaurusrex - I was too timid to enter the race, and I know 3 of 4 stages pretty well! Rode most of Stage 3 (carefully) back to the finish in time for some free beer, then a lift home for midnight.

Rode back up on Sunday to tidy up. Caught up with mates who had been camping - apparently they got to bed at 4:30ish! Took a Genius LT down Stages 2 and 3, then stooged about on my own bike soaking up the sun and the atmosphere before heading home for tea.

Fantastic weekend - and with 110k done I can pretend it was 'exercise'.

Just over 35 miles on Sunday, including all the singletrack in Yair Forest and 3 summits made it 5000 ft.

Sat here planning Wednesdays night ride 🙂

Followed a few of the pink arrows in the Peak to test my bikepacking rig. I've never see so many people pushing bikes.

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Simon

You've ballsed that up bud.

Btw, I'm a southerner who lives in Manc and I don't know the Peak at all. If someone want to show me some routes one weekend I'd be very grateful.

In Dent Friday for biking beer and pie. Camped over with Postie-come-lately-rich.
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Went to Wolves to see sister and niece and my old local.
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And picked up a cheap road hack to commute on
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Folk who've gone 1x10?

Any picture of pork scratchings should be banned from this forum.