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Well it might be cold and wet but it is our festive ride tonight to finish the year on a high so we aredoing the local loop finishing at the local friendly curry house where a change of clothes have already been dropped ready to get into and enjoy a nice curry! Going to put a drop of port in the hip flask as well as a festive drink (controversial I know!)
I have given up night riding this year as boring just doing it solo. Going for a run tho so should at least scare a few doggers 😉
Our festive ride too, bikes are tinseled up and lit with xmas lights, santa hats on and a loop of Sherwood Pines with mid way break for Mulled wine & mince pies then into the Dog & Duck for food, ales and a spot of prize giving 😀
indeedy our festive ride too tonight, lights akimbo and santa suits, insisting on at least a couple of mile of off-road action tonight (unlike last year, very disappointing) before we start the pub crawl (up the canal path, no road to be ridden), might end up doing the off-road bit by myself. 😕
I'm determiend to explore the local area
Been out every night this week!
It was so cold last night at 10pm that the mist was freezing onto my rims and stoping my brakes from working!
[i]Going for a run tho so should at least scare a few doggers[/i]
By jumping into their car butt naked?
me and a good mate are off for our last CX night ride before xmas. will probably stop for chips before the return leg....
Not tonight, but out tomorrow. Hoping for a lovely crisp frozen evening.
just wet and foggy last night dave - did not see them mast from about 10 foot away - cold snap coming though
Its the South Manchester Massive Non-night ride tonight. We've abandoned the bikes and will be at the winter markets drinking mulled wine and eating bratwurst. Yummy 🙂
hmmmmmmm mulled wine, not out tonight was out last for a drop of road work. Rossendale is resembling a swamp (no smart replies now)
Just been. It was, err... grim.
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Its the South Manchester Massive Non-night ride tonight. We've abandoned the bikes and will be at the winter markets drinking mulled wine and eating bratwurst. Yummy
binners, thought it was hora who was partial to a bit of sausage..... 😉
Yep. Didn't go on Mon or Tues.
So should go tonight.
hopeing to get a quick urban blast but no chance of a genuine ride
Yes because that's how I get home from work. The mud is nicely frozen now which is good in parts but very bad where the horses have been churning it up as it makes for hard going. And is just me or does frozen grass have even more drag than wet grass.
Would kill to be out tonight but as I'm only 2 days into a course of anti-biotics for a chest infection, I'd better give it a miss... 🙁
anyone riding new years eve ? lol 😉
Out in a little while. 😀
Stollen & Whiskey already sorted and I'm just trying to work out how to get ALL my riding clothes on so i don't freeze 🙄
lol went out last nite it was baltic conditions...no snow at all when we set off at 3.30pm ,,then we crossed an open moorland and there was already a blanket of snow across the fell so we were sliding all the way...then the sky changed extremey quickly and a crosswind of snow flakes caught us out... big flakes !.. lol the worse thing was all the gloopy mud froze to out wheels and out pedals, so chunks of 'frozen mud' on pedals made it highly impossible to pedal (feet slippy off pedals constantly. tried to bash the mud off but it was too frozen.....lol
we did get home ! then i watched my bike thawing out chunks of frozen mud everywhere... at least my forks didnt freeze up or my gears ! only thing that did freeze up was my camelbak water... do they do snow chains for bike tryes..lol ruddy needed them last nite...
I'm going out for a while pretty late on tonight if all goes according to plan.
Not taking Christmas lights or Santa hat though. Bah! Humbug! ;O)
Snow doesnt scare me.
Sitting on a saddle with the piles does though 😕
did a short loop around Dalbeattie last night the air was crisp was nice to get out and spin the legs mid week.