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freeridenick > StevetheBarbarian off here organised the whole thing. I'll grab the gps profile off him for you.
There have been so many, but this one took in many of the best parts of other rides in one week.
A week riding some of the best trails in Switzerland I've discovered so far with good friends.
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ir12daveo> epic photos!
i want to go 😥
some awesome pics / trails 😀
trickydisco - that would be great. thanks 😛
ace thread.
For me it was [url= http://www.flattyresmtbroutes.com/ABigRideForLittleLives.html ]A Big Ride for Little Lives[/url] another Welsh Coast to Coast but this time from the West Coast to the North with as much off road as possible. 8-9 hours a day in the saddle, 30C+ temp for the first three days.
Day 1 Aberystwyth to Mach
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Day 2 Mach to Llangynog
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Day 3 Llangynog to Llandegla
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Day 4 Llandegla to Prestatyn
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This thread is giving me plenty of ideas for 2011. Switzerland looks great.
ir12daveor - cracking pics. Any details of where you went etc?
Four days riding round some cracking scenery and wading across rivers.
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Second Last day - Corrieyairick Pass
Planning next year's trip already, but don't tell the wife 😀
Hi ir12daveor
That looks alot like the Matterhorn and the Aletsch Glacier in Riederalp, Valais...oder?
Great photos and brings back memories of my times spent in that lovely country - thanks for sharing 🙂
russell96 where is that last pic?
Nonk, it's just below Moel Eithinen in the Clwydians >>
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=317024&Y=358974&A=Y&Z=120
ah ok nice on. i live fairly close and i have yet to ride it. 😀
Yip, sure is.
currymad - MemberHi ir12daveor
That looks alot like the Matterhorn and the Aletsch Glacier in Riederalp, Valais...oder?
Great photos and brings back memories of my times spent in that lovely country - thanks for sharing
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I joined a thousand other mountain bikers for the 35th or so [url= http://sonic.net/~ckelly/Seekay/seminar.htm ]Appetite Seminar[/url] the longest running annual event in the sport, since it started [url= http://sonic.net/~ckelly/Seekay/seminar2.htm ]before the sport had a name.[/url] My small group included Gary Fisher, Joe Breeze and Jacquie Phelan.
Video here: http://vimeo.com/17439848
Here are riders starting the 1000 vertical feet of descent on Pine Mountain.
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This one was good.
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The "magic carpet ride" with the wonderful Bike Village. This was taken after a long climb and at the start of a 2000m vertical descent. Getting goose bumps just thinking about it! 😀
I haven't done anywhere near enough riding this year. The highlight clearly being Sligachan Circuit. Just myself, my girlfriend, dry trails, an unbelievably blue sky. Skye was fantastic in general actually.
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Marin County, Cali
ltheisinger:
Mmmm? That is a VERY tricky one!
Santa Cruz?
Laguna Niguel - California?
Mammoth Mountain?
Lake Tahoe?
Downieville?
Tamarancho and the Repack with Charlie Kelly and Joe Breeze?
I live in California and I don't get to go on those rides. Well, I went on ONE of them.
Superb thread! If it was a compo..ir12daveor is winning... I will be keeping this as a fave. Lets have some more.. and thanks
This was also a great ride for us -not really mountainbiking - a tour round the Netherlands. 500 miles in 12 days with plenty of beer and food. Something very different to the usual
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my birthday ride - 30th September - booked the day off - the weather was ace - jacobs ladder - mam tor loop - nowt compared to some of you lot, but I enjoyed it - its the only time I made it out to the Peak District this year
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Thats all that counts Dawson. You enjoyed it. One of the great things with MTBing is that you can take your pleasure in simple things and simple ways
dawson, didn't you make some of the pootles? Or was that last year?
TJ - Great Thread btw.
I managed to escape work for 6 weeks over our winter and enjoyed the delights of Europe.
Highlights included the Sellaronda minus the lifts which added some spice and a week at Bike Village where Magic Carpet was a definite highlight. There were just some cheeky bits of trail that were awesome.
I've gone through some pictures and I can't pick one ride, can I just nominate the whole year?
A few good ones:
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Betws-Y-Coed in April, a weekend were I gained a guiding qualification that would set up my summer
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That place in BC that everyone's always talking about - an awesome days riding with two of my favourite Whistler people and actually some photo's of me riding!
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That there Whistler again, but this one taken after riding The Khyber Pass. One of the most fun descents ever.
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One of my first rides in Pemberton. AM capital of the world.
Smashing thread, TJ.
Such a great thread: so many inspiring rides and nary a trail centre in sight.
I had a wonderful solo "bike week" in summer which started badly on Dartmoor, but then moved to Mendips, Snowdon, NantYrArian and Exmoor.
The highlight was my early evening, brake-melting, solo descent of Snowdon:
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But the two day's XC on Exmoor with Rich was also special.
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Yeah - maybe we should nominate this thread as thread of the year!
@Pook - I made the Sherwood Pines STW meet in 2009, but haven't been able to get to a Peaks Pootle.
(i'm the one you caught on video landing quite heavily on the front wheel)
What an inspiring thread! Unfortunately I have nothing to contribute, didn't even take any pics on my holiday.
Please keep postings pics everyone. 8)
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No one highlight, but the three days I spent camping and riding solo round North and West Wales in Aug were superb:
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Not so much a ride as an event - the Tour de France VTT. Best thing I've ever done on a bike. This was stage 2 - not such awesome trails, but the rest of the stages were incredible, especially in Mortagne sur Sevre, Sainte Suzanne and the final time trial in Paris around Montmartre. Just awesome.
GB
Been a very lucky boy this year.
Best rides?
Riding the GR off Mont Ventoux with Jenn, Ffion and Iwan,reaching the cafein Malaucene to meet grandparents late in the day, proud dad.
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Mega in July, despite fall and a dnf
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not me I'm behind the camera i'm afraid
Morocco October with Cyclactive.
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Much more than just the riding. Some of the pictures from other members of the group.
nice thread tj..........some great photies
c2c2c with your good selves
cairgorm and macdui
several weekends in aviemore
too name but 3
I can't pick just one ride - there have been some great rides with a lot of people off this forum this year - long may the Northern Chapter continue 😀
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Near Dingwall, further North I've been this year.
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rhys - MemberMorocco October with Cyclactive
Blimey, Me and friends rode in Morroco (Atlas Mountains) back in 2000, you certainly brought back memories there with those photos - thanks 8)
Can't add much to the thread as I didn't take a camera with me on any rides; a memorable one though is a short night time blast around Deertrackdoctors backyard followed by lovely coffee.
As you say TJ; not the gnarliest, but good company and a load of laughs...