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[i]10 times round a field 5 minutes from the man city footy ground. [/i]
Where did you park up then? There were loads of people parking at the velodrome and riding from there.
All the way around the island of Guernsey. Again.
4 hours of digging in new trails, followed by a half hour test ride on a borrowed TT bike, with brakes wrong way around.
Tomorrow - 60 miles on said borrowed TT bike.
nothing for me.. painting at a graffiti convention all weekend.. and then off for a weeks break with the familia in Cornwall on monday... may take the bike for some coastal cliff path epic-ness...
yunki - if you ride your bike to the Eden project you get in for half price AND get to jump the queue
North York Moors with my lad, only 13 miles but very pleasant.
[i]All the way around the island of Guernsey. Again. [/i]
heh! When I was contracting in Guernsey, I was offered a job. The (or one) thing that put me off was that to do any decent length ride, I'd have to go round about 6 times.
The other thing that put me off was I went home with a 'woman' one night who almost managed to get me in a crying game situation. It was only because her boyriend turned up as we were heading upstairs and kicked off that I got out unscathed.
Went riding in local woods with some mates who are new to MTBing - awesome day! All had massive grins at the end. Was great to see them enjoying it as much as I do.
Cannock, it was.. ok. Think I'm starting to see what the "xc trail centres are crap" brigade are on about now, it's really quite dull. Downhill trail centres like FOD are great though 🙂 Could just be that I've ridden Cannock too much this year or that I'm going off xc as it's just not as fun as the downhill I've been doing recently!
I rode the annual Calderdale Mountain Bike Marathon. 26+ miles around Sowerby Bridge, Midgley Moor,, Luddenden etc.. Had a rear tyre blow out and a minor off. Good hard ride with about 400 entrants.
Took my youngest for a few miles locally, she did an awesome over the bars and lie under your bike laughing about half way round. Apparently, she just puilled the front brake a bit hard!
No harm done though.
Well yesterday and today at Relentless 24 with the best weather ever. FACT! 8)
Swinley Forest.... trails were sweet today.. missed the club ride as couldn't get up in time oops 🙂
took some vid footage to play around with tonight...
Despite achy legs from yesterday I could not stay in. A quick pootle to town on the ss turned into a ride over the hills with a pub stop and off road all the way home. My jeans and tee were rather sweaty and muddy. And now my legs properly hurt.
None today. Did Whinlatter Blue, Red North & Red South on Friday & the back of Skiddaw route yesterday. Unfortunately spent the day in the car driving home 🙁
Col Du Clent with fierce Easterly gales at the peak
Just a quick 55 miler on cx bike,chesterfield,rotherham,back to alferton.
Did a wee local loop in the Kilpatricks.
Hellfire Corner up to Loch Humphrey, then down to Overtoun. Did plan on doing Hellfire Corner twice, so I could loop a nice downhill in over the top of the hill, but once was quite enough.
35 mile charity ride 'Tour de Moor' from Plymouth to Princetown & back for St Lukes Hospice, the very strong Easterly wind made it a nightmare ride up the old railway line to Princetown :o(
calderdales :Blue pig route, then into Hardcastle craggs-over to Widdop and the switchbacks..up to Gorple Gate area then fast decent to the Limestone Hushings then random bridleways back to sunny Todmorden... 😉 oh and my son took the orange Alpine out today on demo too... i think he liked it after he sorted out the big coil suspension thing... 😉
Ooh all of 600 yards from my old house to my new house. Just reminding myself how to ride a bike again. 😥
Out to the pentlands with Rob - grand day out
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I rode the annual Calderdale Mountain Bike Marathon. 26+ miles around Sowerby Bridge, Midgley Moor,, Luddenden etc.. Had a rear tyre blow out and a minor off. Good hard ride with about 400 entrants.
I rode this event too. 1 head plant into a wall (thought I'd fubarred my lid, but luckily not) at the top of Stake Lane, 1 otb further down the same descent, 1 otb coming off Midgley Moor and a lost pair of Specialized glasses later, I came in with a PB of 2h 34m. More than happy with that. Although I could have done without losing me specs.
Out in the Peaks on mostly non-legal trails. Christ the wind! Proper howling gale. Descending off one of the exposed moorland ridges near the Kinder plateau I couldn't let the wheels get off the ground or it'd be blown sideways.
Out of the wind though it was lovely and warm and the few walkers that I saw were universally friendly and chatty, not a single mention of the fact I was on FPs.
The ground was mostly dry too, only a few small puddles which I was pleasantly surprised with.
took the fixie out around Munich. into Munich centre for breakfast then out towards Dachau. stopped off at the Panzer Wiese (massive old military exercise ground) to watch people fly kites. then out past the ugly Allianz Arena and follow the river for several km's before heading east for an hour and then turning south to get home.
no map. hardly any roads. lots of cycle paths, families and sun. think i clocked up over 120km, but i forgot the taco thingy.
nice day, it were...
135k of local road miles with tea/cake/coffee/bike shop ponder/toilet stop half way through. lovely ride
Keyesville Classic loop and the Unal trail.
Rode the Qs today on my SS . Couldnt help but remember the day Sharki bust his collar bone as I sped down slaughter house combe. I miss riding with you !
few hours in the Chilterns with munque-chick and others. it was properly ace. Apart from the 3 punctures i had.
Brechfa Raven and i don't like to crow about it!
Did a loop of Pen y Ghent, some interesting boggy bits on Foxup Moor. Ace ride in lovely weather.
A couple of laps round Bedgebury. First time I've been there and very enjoyable it was too... weather was perfect, trails (mostly) dry and the locals friendly. A good day.
Gorgeous late summer sun, rode Marple to Hayfield and back, with cheesy chips and a pint at halftime - how lovely!
Did a cracking STW 25 miler from Kirby Stephen.
First half of the ride: http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/3382442
Well done to Fatgit for organising the whole thing.
Gr8 company, gr8 ride and gr8 weather!!!!
I headed up to Thrunton today, at the turn off for the Coldstream road there was a big sign saying " Road Works North of Long Framlington, delays expected'
Fair enough I thought, might have to sit at some traffic lights or do a convoy.
WRONG - bloody road was closed just before Thrunton with a detour in place.
If they had said road closed, I would have gone somewhere else straight away, rather than driving a further 10 miles.
Ended up at Chopwell woods, which was ok, but a bit muddy for my tyres.
4 hours round Delamere heading out towards Frodsham hill and a nice cafe stop afterwards.
Followed by beer in the garden relaxing in the sun and a corking Chilli for tea
8 of us went up ingleborough early this morning, lots of hike-a-bike, wind was horrendous, and thick of fog on top!
ate some jam sandwiches whilst waiting for the sun to come up. apparently it did rise, but all we witnessed was a slight brightening of the 5 yards or so that we could actually see!
then lots (and lots) of pinch punctures on the way down 🙁
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Five hours in the Surrey Hills. I'd like to say we were doing something dangerous and/or particularly exciting but it was the usual trails with the usual people (plus a couple of new ones). Don't care though, the weather was great and we enjoyed it.
70k around the forest in Sweden on beautiful single track. Was getting a cold and now have definitely got a cold. It was wroth it thought as it was such nice weather. You never know it might be the last such day like that till spring.
Amazing day riding herts shore. Beer and curry to finish 🙂
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3 hours in the rooty, wet, mudfest that is Blairadam. 
A trip to Coed Y Brenin...fabulously beautiful autumn sunshine and warm; rode Dragons Back followed by Tremitwr; good for tech skills training, gorgeous river valley, and golds of turning trees and bracken but overall the extensive drags up fireroads did remind me why I generally prefer natural trails and Nant yr Arian !!
anotherstans Ingleborough adventure was extended by me rescuing him from the murky wilderness on the summit!
Mincing around Hampshire today with 5.5" of travel. 😳
I do hope nobody from here saw me, it was embarrassing!