Having a go of Saturday’s dh track on Sunday afternoon, just between beer o’clock and junior’s xc race. You know that tree, just at the bottom the last dip as the track opens out into the field and the finish line is right there in front of you….
I hit that tree
#dadfail

After a mate’s big Stag do weekend (staying in Mabie forest), I went for a ride around the red…. misread a sign and ended up riding the wrong way up The Ridge 😯 Nearly got to the top before someone was flying down towards me……the “technical climbs” I encountered at the start then made sense, they were rocky drop offs. I blame this completely on my hangover.

Out on a nice easy bridleway / pub ride managed an OTB down an embankment using a tree as a brake, as I lay in a heap with my bike on top of me feet still nearly on the pedals, I watched in slow motion as the bottle of Old Rascal cider rattled out the the cage and straight into my teeth!

Some nice replies there…glad I wasn’t the only one who was a total helmet 😉

Want a rack for my Salsa so I can load it up to ride to work for the week. Balked at the £80 cost, so went looking for some kind of rucksack that would help. Found the perfect one – £80. Still want the rack.

I treated myself to a day off on Friday, with the aim of riding my bike more than once over the weekend. Here’s how it panned out:

1) I decided that my iTunes playlist is a tad stale, so the twenty minutes I wanted to spend copying music over from my PC turned into a two-hour swear-o-thon as iTunes refused to do anything I asked of it, yet had somehow managed to download a load of U2 tracks that I’d previously spent ages deleting.

2) My Stumpjumper, now freshly cleaned and lubed developed a bit of a squeak. I relubed but the squeak remained – that turned out to be the knackered PF30 bottom bracket I’d decided not to fix six months ago.

3) Sunblock (or lack thereof) plus latent ginger gene = soreness and a very bad glove tan.

4) After ten weeks of relative temperance, I’d managed to somehow demolish three pints of real ale, four cans of Speckled Hen and half a bottle of Glenfiddich over the course of Saturday.

Oops.

Got a speeding ticket.

Entered SS world’s…

Not sure it was stupid per-se, no correct that it was STUPID but not stupid in a sort of moment of forgetfulness way.

Went out on the first warm/wet ride of the year, like I have the last 10 years and got eaten alive by ‘orrible flying bastards and I react quite badly to them – my legs look like I’ve dragged through a barbwire fence and I spent most of last night scratching them when I should have been sleeping.

I’m out again Wednesday evening, I dare say I’ll make absolutely no concession to them and be twice as bitten on Thursday morning.

Went on a ride round the Trossachs, with the wrong map.

Could have been worse, I could have forgotten my lunch 😆

Got cooked doing a dig day at Bolehills BMX on the Saturday, then did a 6 hour Peaks ride on Sunday on not enough food and drink, shortly followed by spewing what I’d poured into me to try and make up for it all over the bath.

Feel like death today.

Went for a long run on Saturday at midday. Nicely burnt my head and because I was so sweaty my t-shirt caused some really bad nipple rub. Sunday was just an hour run so knowing it was going to be another sweat-fest I applied vasaline to any chaffing areas but somehow forgot my nipples. They now look like mince meat 😯

Got a speeding ticket.

Was it the van on the A65 near Clapham? Spotted him lurking on my way over to the station.

Parked the camper up for the PMBA Enduro at Lee Quarry, went to bed early as we were all shattered, only to find out at 1.30am that we had parked directly under a flood light so it was like daylight outside. What made it worse was that all the birds thought it was daylight and never shut up.

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Want a rack for my Salsa so I can load it up to ride to work for the week. Balked at the £80 cost, so went looking for some kind of rucksack that would help. Found the perfect one – £80. Still want the rack.

vavert advancer front rack? £12 from PX and works a treat, uses the QR at the bottom and a nice attachment to the top of the forks.

Front rack – no ta.

Was it the van on the A65 near Clapham? Spotted him lurking on my way over to the station.

Frankly, I’m staggered. Your either my stalker or thats one hell of a coincidence.

Yep.. thats the one!

Went for a ride on Sunday.

Not a bad idea in itself but barely worth it for the grief! I even got up at 6am to go out, thinking I’d be back before the OH got back from breakfast at the out-laws. However after cutting, sanding and fitting skirting board to the downstairs loo it’s now 8am, and the inlaws are calling asking if we want to come over for breakfast, so it’s nearly 11 by the time I get on the bike, and 4 when I get back. So apparently I’ve spent the “whole day” out having fun whilst she’s DIY’d. The reality that in fact she’s only actually managed about an hour more than me even if she came straight home from breakfast, skipped lunch and doesn’t count going shopping or time spent driving earns me further dog-house loyalty card points.

Karma has given me a sore neck this morning too.

Frankly, I’m staggered. Your either my stalker or thats one hell of a coincidence.

Yep.. thats the one!

There’s just one van. They tend to set up for the morning/afternoon in one spot and watch the ££s roll in. I may or may not have been a customer last year…

Last week tbh. Went for a surf. In my little car. 9 ft 6 Board just fits inside. Obstructs visibility a tad but not too bad.
Decent sesh, out, changed, off we go. 30 min drive up the M4, 5 minutes from home before I “noticed” something was missing. Sharpish u turn and 25 mins later, massive relief as a kind chap is watching my board for me. “Wondered how long it’d take you to notice” he says……..that’s what happens when you’re just knackered………..

I set up my bivi on Friday on a hillside before the wind kicked in, drank my hipflask of whisky, woke up freezing and then had to descend what is normally a fast and fun descent, while a bit tipsy, to a more sheltered site. Oops.

Changed over to organic brake pads on Saturday thinking summer was finally here, back to heavy rain now 😆

And cooked myself at Thruxton yesterday so I now look a bit like this 😳

Bought a set of Crank Bros pedals. I have been bitten before and should know better but they just look so much better than the Shimano offerings.

I will live to regret this I am sure.

Bought a set of Crank Bros pedals. I have been bitten before and should know better but they just look so much better than the Shimano offerings.

My 3 sets are working flawlessly, just make sure it’s the 3 and above versions or (Race/E) and you will love them.

Technically not the weekend, but I was working in Kitzbühl Sat and Sun…. Amt dir a die today. Reached the top and there were two girls there. They asked which trail to ride… “that one is a wide footpath and a bit boring… This one is more fun”. Fun being rooty, rocky and very twisty with lots of off camber sections
So off they went.
I then set off and find one of them in a heap with a nice gash to her shin. Feeling bad I stay with them to make sure they make it down in one piece.
Decent took a little longer than expected. Once at the bottom they invite me for a beer as a thank you. I accept.
I wanted to put on new t-shirt and shorts and jumped inside the van to preserve my modesty whilst they waited outside.
Dropped my shorts and whilst trying to find my other shorts stumbled on my shoe…. I went flailing backwards, trying to grab onto something to steady myself, but to no avail. I flew out of the van landing on my arse with my todger on show…. The two girls, a family walking past and a couple changing their shoes at their car all got a good view as I scrambled back into the van….

To top it, in an attempt to steady myself and grab onto something I managed to de-skin my little finger. A long gash about 8mm wide along the length of it. Was a bit ouchy in the shower….

Hahaha alpin ya Willy/Wally 😉

Weekend mistakes: thought that pesky bolt on my rack would stay tight this time…. Queue a DIY restraint made from rubber bands. Thought that the Giro would interest MissStripes….queue buggeration with the parasol, wind, sun etc, all for a “meh”. Thought it was too early for mossies here, too, also a mistake.

Next weekend’s accident waiting to happen: Defeating the speed limiter on the ebike.

Went for a road ride, got bored quickly and decided to head to Bracknell to do a lap of Swinley on the road bike.
Spent most of the loop stopping to pick up things that had rattled out of my jersey pockets or wincing at the sound of every large stone I failed to avoid, then mending the inevitable punctures.
Terrible idea.

Had a 12 hour session after consuming only on a pain au chocolate and 2 pancakes all day.

After this I purchased lots of random Italians drinks and did an interview with Iranian national television whilst ever so slightly tipsy 😆

I then helped a young chap in distress and spent all of my remaining cash money in the casino.

Blimey Matt Scandal – Iranian TV? Leicester City by any chance?

Bigs LOLs at alpin – nearly lost my lunch through my nose after laughing at that 😆

I went for my first ride in four weeks while fighting off impending manflu.

It was already in my chest, which should have been a warning sign. I’m now on the sofa and have taken my first sick day in more years than I care to remember.

Opening a 3 kg bag of chocolate brazils and thinking I’ll only eat a few. I feel sick now.

Blimey Matt Scandal – Iranian TV? Leicester City by any chance?

Yep, was good fun though 😆