The Midweek Ride Picture Thread.

Moody pic that @singlespeedstu – very nice.

I’ve hardly been out in the light lately. Missed out on weekend riding due to stuff/life/not going out in that. Had a meeting cancelled this afternoon, took one look at my massive todo list and decided me and the ‘big dog’ would instead relocate to the outside office for some blue sky thinking 🙂

First time I’ve ridden the Giga for months. What a mighty MTB that is!

Doesn’t really show it, but last trail was ridden into the setting sun.

I wasn’t sure if 415 pm was a bit early for a beer. But quickly decided it wasn’t 🙂

Whiteleaf Rooty fun

Something a little different – tandem track cycling at the London velodrome with Track Nation

Instead of post-ride pint, i give you… post ride coffee & chips

Chilly night ride in semi frozen slop

Stayed at my sister’s last night then rode into Wigan for the train home (and to work) along the resurfaced canal path this morning. My favourite kind of weather.

Glorious ride at Eastridge today, although Oil Can was a lot more entertaining than one might like. Then a night ride with my daughter. Whose reflexes and eyes are clearly better than her old dads. 🙂

Well it’s the time of year I start modifying my bikes to better manage the weather.

Not yet sure if the cooling offsets the weight and steering issues and I haven’t sourced a reducer for the hose to a 14g cannula, but it’s only a prototype at this stage.

Not been very well the last couple of weeks so I’ve done very little riding.
Today i started to feel a little better so headed out for a few laps on the eeber.

4 degrees and rainy in the valley so thought all the snow would be gone…

Sheet ice with water running on top of it on the fire roads and snow that was just the wrong consistency to ride at the top.

Great to be back out on the bike again despite the conditions.

Sheeeet Ice. by StuartBrettle[/url], on Flickr

Shnow. by StuartBrettle[/url], on Flickr

IMG_20231207_120432733 by StuartBrettle[/url], on Flickr

Still not feeling great but managing to get out anyway.

Finally able to ride midweek!  A quick ‘greatest hits’ of Pines while the weather is good.

Some piccies from a cold but bloody lovely Wednesday ‘bunking off for the afternoon’ ride last week

It finally stopped raining, flying to Philly on Sunday for work so took the afternoon off for my first ride of the year.

@jimmy748 where is the bridge in your 2nd picture?

Getting back into the swing of things today.
Couple of hours setting up the new Vivid air shock.
Frozen mud but no sheet ice.
Didn’t even need to wash the bike.
Nice.

RSC by StuartBrettle[/url], on Flickr

IMG_20240109_111825369 by StuartBrettle[/url], on Flickr

Is no one else managing to sneak any mid week rides in?
XC trundle this morning.
Back to wet again.

XC Trundlecore. by StuartBrettle[/url], on Flickr

While not the best photo, I snuck in a rather fun post night shift blast through the crisp and frosty forest this morning. Loving the new bike, just carries momentum so smoothly!

Is no one else managing to sneak any mid week rides in?

Three so far this week.

A chilly one at Rivington last night. The trails were surprisingly dry.

@gringo Canford suspension bridge.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/i3nJqKgEvvWnYW6K7?g_st=ic

Yay.
New pictures. 😎

Overnight flight from JFK, home around 10am and a quick spin to fight off the jet lag, Hydro Flask fits in my hip packs water bottle holder map can have Tea on the go.

@jimmy748 cheers, found it after a Google image search. Will have to venture over that way next time i’m visiting family in Swanage.

Recommendations for a bike rack for a Volvo? Maybe a ladder too…

Does a Monday count as ‘mid-week’ … or is it an extension of the weekend pics thread.

Anyway, feels like I’ve been waiting ALL WINTER for conditions like this morning. Dry, frozen, fast, ace trails!

@reeksy Interesting graffiti…

Sunset last night on my local trails

Snowy ride last night. Had to dress like an ebiker 🥶

XC ride this morning heading away from the valley.

Minus 5 when I set off and minus 1 when I got back.

Sheet ice and dust on my bike.
Nice.

Hardtails Rock. by StuartBrettle[/url], on Flickr

Sheet Ice. by StuartBrettle[/url], on Flickr

Choices. by StuartBrettle[/url], on Flickr

High or low calorie? by StuartBrettle[/url], on Flickr

After snapping the bars on my MTB on Monday, I accelerated the monstercross build while waiting on replacements. Took it out for its local shakedown ride before work this morning.

Last night on Dumyat.

Superb conditions. Was a toasty -4C.

@ready – yeah it’s just appeared and it’s in a fairly prominent location, but it can only really be read from a specific angle so I don’t think many motorists will have worked out what it says.

Sketchy due to the ice but loving frozen trails and a clean bike for a change

I love my spiked Nokians on days like this…

What a brilliant day to be out on the bike today.
Showing minus 8 at the start of the ride and minus 1 when i finished.
1500 meters of descent.
Trails were riding fantastic and no clean up operation at the end.
Double bonus.

Glorious Day. by StuartBrettle[/url], on Flickr

See For Miles. by StuartBrettle[/url], on Flickr

To cold to stop and take photos last night, did take the GoPro though.

Deepest Darkest Cymru:

Solo local loop on the single speed, mostly on frozen ground but still a good enough pedal to make me grin

Need to crack on with the brake bleed and dropper cable replacement on the “big bike” and finish gathering parts for the new Ragley Trig

Cold one last night. -3 at the river. My mate Steve waiting for me to put the camera away so we can ride last descent. Which we didn’t find the start of, but I found a big rock hidden under leaves and went out the front door!

Dry trails tho. Don’t care how cold it is. Absolutely love to ride those during the winter.