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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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