[Closed] who's going riding on christmas day?

I'll be going out for a quick play on some fun bits- think super drifty corners and some steep stuff. 🙂

Usually do, but not this year.
1st one with our little boy (10 months old) so it's going to be a very exciting day!..
for me at least 😉

I'll be out for most of the day 😀

I'll be out on the road bike for a bit, filling in that gap in the day between presents and Christmas dinner

My missus is at work so I've got most of the day to fill. Some dh or xc somewhere is a definite.

Yep, looking forward to enjoying hopefully quiet trails whilst everyone else 'goes about their business'.... 8)

I'll be out either walking or riding.

There's a missing dog in the area so I will probably stick in some miles up there having a scout about for it.

only day this week i plan not to be on a bike to be honest!

my self and the OH are riding to my parents for drinks then home for xmas dinner 🙂

Boxing day morning ride for me, with a stove for a nice coffee up on the hill.

Christmas day is way to busy to get out.

First time for 26 years will be down the Forest Of Dean should beable to park in the car park for a change not miles up the fire road 😆

Yup, I'll be out. Bugger all else to do...

Few hours on the South Downs in the am as my wife is working.

Traditional innit?

Hopefully from now on.Never had a chance before 😉

Will be out early as usual for a blast. Weather looks good too.

Always - it's become a fixture for me in recent years. I tend to ride on my own more often than not anyway, but my pre dawn ride on Christmas Day has become real quality, grateful time for me. I'm looking forward to it this year even more than I have in the last few years for a number of reasons. I'll be back in time to put the oven on for breakfast with my lovely wife.

If i survive tomorrows club chrimbo eve ride,me and my hip flask of Paddys plan to tear around my fave cheeky routes on chrimbo Am/Pm.Going to chrimbo dinner with folks on boxing day so nothing better to do.

Walk on the hills with the dog in the morning, road ride in the afternoon 🙂

Head home when it's dark for a long hot bath, mulled wine and Christmas dinner in the evening. I've never understood why everyone spends the daylight hours inside cooking and eating, when you could go out to play!

Would love to but if i even mentioned it there would be hell on in the smith household!!! those who are lucky enough to get out ,enjoy!!!

racefaceec90 - Ah, a Devizes man, thought so from the picture of your bike with the locks in the background on t'other thread. Walked down there in the summer y'see.

If the weather's nice in the morning I will be- we'll have a gap between family arriving so why not.

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as per smiththemainman, just change the names

I will have a quick early morning ride before departing to the outlaws for lunch

I'll be doing a road ride from here over to Macc and back.

Probably head out for a long run after opening presents.

Yes I'll deffo be out for 1-2 hours.

A good game to play to christmas day rides, mid afternoon,

award yourself points for loving couples, double points for rowing couples,

points for dogs with huge christmas leftover poohs,

men in badly fitting christmas jeans, double points if they have a totally gross jumper or jacket,

points for if they have a christmas scarf, even if its warm,

points for old people waliking with their families,

triple points if you see families waving kids or parents off and they say , thank god theyve gone,

Will be out for the usual local 10 miler.
Its usually very quiet.Few walkers out and about.

Op: if I was in your shoes I'd do exactly the same. In fact I'd join you as I think we live fairly near! But by guests would not be impressed. Have a good ride. Merry ba humbug!

Junior's getting a dropper post so we'll need to get out to try it out.

boxing day

Same situation for me as Racefaceec90, so the upside is i spend xmas hols on the Dawg checking out new places (for me, anyway). Last year it was FoD/Malverns and am now in Llanberis after done Snowdon today with (hopefully) Betws y Coed and Penmachno in the offing.

Yeah, i'm going out on the road for 3-4 hours with a mate, he'll probably cancel though as he has a young family but thats fine, back to work on boxing day so gotta get the miles in when i can!

Couple hours before heading up to the outlaws for lunch until the day after boxing day.

well, im on call and the family are all away so i will be either riding or trail building on christmas and boxing day. I just hope i don't actually have to do any callouts.

Nah! I'll be on the snowboard, innit?

allthepies yes i do live in that devizes 😉

buzz_lighyear would've be happy to ride with you,but i am slower than a snail on a bike (seriously 😳 am expecting the ride to take me a good 4-5 hours i reckon (will be pootling/looking at scenery/taking pics e.t.c 🙂

merry humbug to you (and everyone else 🙂

Yup, will be out in Malvern for a few hours.

Yes, I usually ride on Christmas Day.

Christmas day is one of the best days to cycle, the world is pretty much deserted.

Yep. Its a tradition for me early early 😀

Planning to get out in the morning for a bit, be rude not to come home covered in mud just because its Christmas!

The misses just said I should pop out for a quick ride tomorrow morning...So it'd be rude not too.

Can't help feeling she's after something though.

Ill be out for a run first thing . Only brought my road bike back with me andi detest riding in the rain on the road.

After work (!) will be out with the girlfriend, who is quite excited about riding, Cup of Tea and mince pies on a hill somewhere, then my parents for a feed. Going to be a good day..!

Kilpatrick hills for a 16 miles trip then back for 11am , should still be in good books hopefully 🙂

Out on the bike first thing at 6am 🙂

For my cycle to work 🙁

Mrs working - therefore doin the Cannock blue.

The way things are going tonight it looks like I will have plenty of time over the next few days to indulge in lots of riding.

Traditional Xmas fall out?

Will probably go for a jog with my brother in the morning to counteract the amount of chocolate in the house, but no riding.

Gonna go for a ten mile run first thing tomorrow morning. Will hopefully not mind then staying in the flat all day with the inlaws this way.

Go Riding, Good Idea depends on the weather though.

Cant you get on just for one day? All I heard last night was sirens. What wrong with people?

At the inlaws but have brough the road bike so about to head out for a couple of hours. Rather excited as it's the first bit of riding I've done in a few weeks that hasn't been on the turbo (weather, work, child care... )

Been out. Wet, cold, quiet, lovely! Happy Christmas everyone - enjoy your rides and have a peaceful day. 🙂

as above!! black route round hamsterley. t say its clarty is an understatement!! loved it. happy christmas everyone
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I will be in 2 hours, once I finish my 24 hour shift...

25 mins on the turbo while the missus got out on the road bike. I call injury though

Went for a spin before sunrise, and whilst the rest of South Devon was waking up, I was enjoying the view from Berry Head. Wet, but an hour very well spent. Merry Christmas.

I was out on my 29er this morning was a lovely ride indeed.

Just back. Shoot conditions (icy headwinds most of the way), but nice to get out anyway. Merry Christmas!
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bloody hell the sun just came out here in Essex....ok im off 🙂

have just got up,but i'm planning on going out still (still planning to do the route i said earlier 🙂 hopefully it won't rain 😆

I'm planning on heading out, depends how long it takes to change the tyre after ripping a sidewall yesterday, but as its ghetto tubeless-ed, it may just end up with alot of swearing and abandoning the job in favour of wine & mince pies!

Enjoyed that, a nice couple of hours on the road bike. Though back roads were rivers of mud and gravel which made for slow going, amazed I didn't pick up any punctures (conti 4 seasons are ace.) A year of inactivity due to injury made the climb up to King Alfreds tower a b*stard though.

Wish i was out...bored already.

Good job slider88 getting out at Hamsterley. We looked at the NE rain this morning and just went for a walk instead. I've now got 2hr drive to my parents while p20 goes to sleep pre night shift.

I'm out in Hong Kong and the backwater part of it I'm at... it's more "Christmas? Never heard of such a thing!". Hikers were using the picnic/barbeque areas... though no one ventured on to the trails, except other mountain bikers...

Passing the irrigation reservoir up and about 15 minutes ride from my house...
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Finally hitting some trail after hike-a-bike...
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Quite a few sections of the reservoir loop look like this...
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At the Fireman's Lookout and a misty Hong Kong... can usually see the airport (to the right) and the urbanised bit of HK ahead-and-left...
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Been & done it, trails were a mess, there was huge amounts of water, but it was great fun! Much better than a long, drawn out, boring day at the outlaws.

Off for dinner in a couple of hours, then back home at a sensible time!

I'm off to send a lap around degla shortly..

Was going to but bust my hand up yesterday evening

had a great morning myself, 6 degrees and fairly still, sun came out too....as expected my original ride partner called off but i met up with another mate and his missus, ended up doing 91km in a smidge over 3 hours.....bliss 😀

merry crumble everyone!

Popped a 36 mile coast ride before. Off to Llandegla tomorrow.

Just got back, off to parents in a bit for a feed.... Today is a good day!!

Quick blast this am improving my KOM time on a strava segment by 6 secs - sweet

Moocho respect for everyone that hit the filthy trails!

I wussed out and took the SS out for an urban pootle for a couple hours....even managed to avoid God weeing on me! 😀

7am this morning 61 miles home for 12 showered at my mothers for 2 ,now borded out my mind drinking cheap lager. shouldnt moan could be worse , love the family realy