I did Dalby today too. Got there really early so was only 2 other cars there when I set off. Couldn't believe the amount of cars there when I got back. Insane!
1st & last race of the year today, up rocky bog roads, down heather covered bog. Little techy bit round a quarry. Great day.
It was all going well until I got to the ford at Wimborne St Giles (Dorset). A mile long and two feet deep at the shallow end.
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Bloody hell dave that's bad! It was flooded in patches / the odd landslip onto the lanes on my loop today which dipped down to North Cadbury, but nowhere near as extensive as that!
I did my last cycle of the year yesterday,25 miles on the roadbike in the rain.I'll be out on it again New Years Day,no doubt getting wet again.If it's not lashing down I'll get to rivi sat morning for my mtb fix
Sadly my last ride was the other day, i will be out 01/01/13 hopefully 😀
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Did a short, but hard 15 miler in Calderdale today from Hebden Bridge.
Muddy & slippy as owt in places, a distinct lack of fitness plus a heavy bike didn't help, but hey, I was out there & thouroughly enjoyed it.
Ashridge with my friend's son on a trike.
Hopefully, one more ride tomorrow...
Aye. I rode today in pretty nasty conditions but despite feeling battered, I'll be trying for one last ride tomorrow.
Got a rather large ride set for 8am.
Will post a log tomorrow or next year after I have recovered lol
Did Innerleithan yesterday the climb to the top through a slight covering of virgin snow, hard work but fantastic.
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Nice piccy Duane
I have one at the nearly the same point (just a bit lower down)
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Do you climb up to the top and then turn around and drop back down?, I never found a way to keep going towards LLanfairfechan The track seemed to stop at the top.
Gonna be tonight when I get home from work. Singlespeed under lights
I rode Bedgebury yesterday. It was soooooooo wet and muddy, wont be going back there until its dry again. It was hard work but glad I went. Roll on 2013 🙂
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Quick thrash on the race whip in the sunshine.
Looking at the forecast yesterday's ride will probably be the last of 2012.
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Well my last ride was supposed to be Hamsterley today but due to the wind i have cried off. That makes my last ride Hamsterley on Saturday!! Really hoping for some better weather - Hamsterley is fun but i really want to ride the moors and mountains.
john_l did you do all the optional peaks?
Yup. Firle was ok, Bo-Beep was hard, especially the last 100m straight into the wind & the last one (can't remember what it was called) was a mix of carry/ride. Great descent back down though ;o)
Where you there?
Did 53 miles round the Hertfordshire lanes yesterday afternoon, lovely headwind for the last 15 home - when it also started raining.
Kiwijohn - we all hate you with your dusty, hardpacked trails you know.
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Hey kiwijohn!
SCREW YOU BUDDY! 8)
/jealous
Yeah, well. Knee deep in talcum order berms can be worse than mud.
Almost.
john_l did you do all the optional peaks?
Yup. Firle was ok, Bo-Beep was hard, especially the last 100m straight into the wind & the last one (can't remember what it was called) was a mix of carry/ride. Great descent back down though ;o)Where you there?
Yeap chasing my club mates round, ashamed to say we missed the optional climbs, I was on my arse so it suited me, first proper ride of the year so found it tough.
Well done for getting round the whole course, I think it might be quite fun with less wind
Chopwell yesterday morning, struggling with a cold but still enjoyed it, weather was even canny.
Looking forward to 2013
Last ride for 2012 for me and my Bruv, got some nice bits for xmas ( reverb, superstar bars, grips, rotor, seal skinz, bender fender) first time I've been able to get out and test them. Well pleased with everything i got, really windy this morning but luckily not much rain. Out for 1.5 hours tracking on endomondo said I'd only rode 1 miles....... Happy new year peeps, here's to some dryer trails though.
Looking at today's weather, my last ride is probably yesterday's - in a group of 13 girls out at Rivington 😀
70km this morning, out at 6.45 with herself, towed her 25km to work, said bye and then out to Ripley and back in through Cobham. A bit damper than I'd hoped for, but better than it could have been.
Takes me to a slightly disappointing 8251km since February - so I need to do at least 750km next month....
yesterday by the looks of this mornings rain and wind 🙁
A 2 hour session at the Manchester Velodrome last night, full of cold but I bloody loved it, making 156 times on bikes this year riding.
18mph wind and horizontal rain - options: stay in and tidy up or, go out to see what I can break today, hmmmmm......
50km on the SPAM Challenge on Salisbury Plain yesterday, great little event, so much mud, driving rain, strong gusting winds, broken fork and ground down brake pads, great fun!!
15ish miles to some dirt jumps and back on my BFe, yesterday, 2 offs and sore today making me realise I'm getting too old for this jumping lark. Still going out later I think, not quite ready for a soul yet.
A slip sliding first light ride at sherwood pines this morning before the rain set in. Luckily my new overshoes kept my feet dry through the mini lakes.
Just done two and a hour hours on the road bike. Weather and road conditions were awful, but now I'm home it doesn't seem so bad!!
I got a short ride in this morning yay!
A rather blustery 2hr ride yesterday morning at my old stomping ground with good friends. Despite the weather the trails were in reasonably good condition so we had an ace time riding as well as catching up and blethering about old times. It was also my first outing on my new 29er which I thoroughly enjoyed. Now looking forward to the first ride of 2013.
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Mine was a good while ago. CBA with this weather, so I've not been out much. Might get myself a Whippet, because a new frame is always a reason to ride bikes again.
Top of Dirtlow Rake, mahoosive headwinds and rain almost, just for a split second, made me think gears could be a good idea <shudders>!!!
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Did not see any other riders on the tops, saw a couple of other riders in the Woodbine later, including a very chatty roadie with his lad. The lad was about 10 with waterproof trousers, a big yellow kag and yellow marigold gloves to keep his hands dry. They had just ridden over Snake Pass and were heading back up the broken road then along Rushup - brilliant to see him getting out there and riding.
Lady Gresley - Member
Looking at today's weather, my last ride is probably yesterday's - in a group of 13 girls out at Rivington
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This ^^^ 8)
A nice dry (ok I lied but it didn't rain) hour and a half around the Surrey Hills last night.
Did Cannock yesterday for my last ride of the year. Had a mystery low speed off, hit a tree and now my ribs are killing me. 🙁
Had fun yesterday pulling my son on his tag-along up the north downs on my singlespeed. Bloody exhausting. And a nice dawn ride today in the gusting wind and rain. New year, new weather patterns? Fingers crossed.
It cleared up this afternoon so got out for a spin on the road
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Sopping wet mudfest in my local woods, good leg workout tho.
Garburn Pass
Fairly dry weather window, no-one else spotted
Me and my better half were out today for an hour and a half in Kielder forest with our 2 year old lab, wind rain and it was just what i needed, off to the lakes on the 2nd for a proper ride with the lads
rogerthecat - MemberTop of Dirtlow Rake, mahoosive headwinds and rain almost, just for a split second, made me think gears could be a good idea <shudders>!!!
Did not see any other riders on the tops, saw a couple of other riders in the Woodbine later, including a very chatty roadie with his lad. The lad was about 10 with waterproof trousers, a big yellow kag and yellow marigold gloves to keep his hands dry. They had just ridden over Snake Pass and were heading back up the broken road then along Rushup - brilliant to see him getting out there and riding.
Nice to meet you. Those marigolds do the trick though.
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South Downs
Brighton
Midnight
Local Loop Loch Thom..stayed dry for a couple of hours
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A rather wet but fun ride with a bunch of reprobates, some of whom lurk on here, or used to.
Last ride was on the rollers, 30 mins at 250 watts.
2012 summary;
Poor MTB racing season, cyclocross season was inconsistent with a couple of excellent weekend's and a couple of dire ones.
6.5 out of 10, could do better
2 of us did a 3 day ride from Derby to Crowden YHA and then followed Transpennine route to Worksop, through Sherwood forest to Edwinstowe YHA and then back to Derby. 290km in 3 days on loaded mtb's. Was good but now have a cold so having a quiet night in.
[I was also a little unwell over Christmas after a 16 hour night ride on the solstice - maybe I will learn one day]
Glentress Black for me. Cold, blowy, snow n ice. Had the place to myself Saturday morning.
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Popped upto Mabie for the first time this year, weather stayed good and had a great ride. Roll on next year!
Top of a[i] very [/i]windy Cairngorm Mountain
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My Last ride of 2012...
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90 miles, nice!!
I just did a 45 minutes loop around Rivelin Valley. Had 2 beers while I was getting cleaned up and now I'm on the champagne.
Happy new year Singletrack!!!
Very wet & windy 16 miles round Haldon this morning, on the single speed Soul. Hoping I might get another ride later though, depends how much Chablis mrs chives gets down her neck.. 😉
SW Lakes, staying at the inlaws, started in Seathwaite, headed up the duddon valley to Birkes bridge, down to Grassguards, down by Wallowbarrow (not much grip on wet leaves!), up over hoses swapping to bridle trail at the top to stephensons ground, up long mire where the bike sank into the bog to it's axles many times, then down Park head road - 12 miles, 2,000ft and 2.5 hours. Not the best stats but bloody good fun!
Just a quick loop of the town for me including a bit of beach
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A wee 20 miles on the road bike, sorry cross bike! Up to my mates bike shop, sprockets cycles for a blether and a coffee. Best bike shop in the central belt IMO.
A very pleasant 42 mile road / tracks ride on the Tripster yesterday, but my last ride of 2012? A beasting on the turbo at tea time today. Hardly memorable, but the legs felt it.
I nipped on the train from Lancaster to Windermere and then rode over to Dubbs and then over Garburn to Kentmere. Up from Kentmere to Green Quarter and then HP Plantation and into Staveley and the...
H A W K S H E A D B R E W E R Y
for a gallon of ale and Cumbrian tapas.
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Then a wobble to the railway station and home... hic!
PS Upon my arrival home my wife commented on how attractive muddy sweaty drunk men are...
Final ride...popped out on the cargo-bike to pick the kids up from a party. As soon as the other kids spotted the bike that was it. Suddenly getting in Mummies people carrier was out of the question so ended up giving them rides up & down the street. Had three of them of them on the back at one stage.
my last ride of the year was yesterday - rode from Worksop to Sherwood Pines, did a lap of the red and then rode back again on my singlespeed - about 38 miles - took me to 2755 miles for the year.
I got in a good 10 miles today. I saw a couple of regular MTB tracks in s few spots as well. It started snowing while I was riding, and the roads were getting slick on the way home.
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The wall at afan yesterday
According to Strava, last ride was 18 Nov 12...thanks to the fun sponges and cat AIDS.
Arse.
Same place as the OP by the looks of it (round the corner from my gaff) trying out new bars.
Chris, was our riding that bad that you cant show the vid?
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Ben Rinnes yesterday morning back at the inlaws by 11am having a cooked breakfast. . . nice end to a good year of riding
Just a spin around Steyning, Cissbury and Chanctonbury - but with mud so thick my mate's drivetrain ground to a halt and he pedalled his rear mech clean off. Changing one of those after it's been dipped in liquid sludge - now that's adrenaline for you.
I managed to tear a Dirty Dan as well.
Fun though - I'm making 2013 the year I do a gravity enduro.
Sunday at a top secret hampshire location 😉
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giving it some guapo. actually mincing, real slow. but looking fast (that's what matters right?). cheers Tristan, Scott, Paul and co. couldn't ask for a better last ride really..
Good year trailbuilding, anyone in range of QECP should sign up. lots more to do.
Happy '13 all at STW.
With the kids tucked up in bed and the better half seeing sense in my madness I headed out o my local loop up to the 3 Brethern (Tweed Valley, Scottish Borders) at 11.00pm. Arrived at the summit at 11.40pm, too cold to stay about for another 20 minutes I had a dram to 2012 and welcomed in 2013 in advance! I finished the loop at 0100hrs 01/01/13. Quick shower and a tumbler of port therafter, with a bit of John Bishop for good measure.
It was a magical night. Last ride of 2012 and first of 2013 all within one ride 🙂
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It was good fun and didn't even get that muddy, bonus!Sunday at a top secret hampshire locationgiving it some guapo. actually mincing, real slow. but looking fast (that's what matters right?). cheers Tristan, Scott, Paul and co. couldn't ask for a better last ride really..
Good year trailbuilding, anyone in range of QECP should sign up. lots more to do.
Happy '13 all at STW.
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Tas State DH Round (16/12)exploring different options on the corners.
30s later cased on of the jumps and broke thumb and lots of scrapes & bruises.
Like smiff and scottfitz "Sunday at a top secret hampshire location 🙂 "... and I came last.
A great day, though, followed by a ride home through the floods.... on the 500m of road=river section I met 2 cars, so I was glad I had some waterproof gear on!
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Road ride just before Christmas, the trails were a little waterlogged.
smiff and bartimaeus Bit of a write up:
http://www.pinkbike.com/u/scottfitz/blog/QECP-Mates-RaceTrack-Test.html
P.S I did you guys get muddy i didn't and looking at all the pic most people stayed mud free (If they didn't fall off) 😀