saturday, the carbon neutral shopping by bike ride

winter morning ride by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

sunday Clent, super fast slippy trails, must remember that slick, wet wooden plank bridges have no grip whatsoever!

the "well that was slightly dangerous" ride by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

standing stones by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

and for locals, there’s now a new cafe in Belbroughton post office, give them your support and tell them i sent you, they don’t mind muddy bums on seats either

New café by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr

Yesterday some towpath action with crazy-legs.

Today the Monsal trail.

Slightly different to my last ride. 20k longer. 900m more climbing. 1500m less descending. And one ton of mud added.

That’s not dusty is it? by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

We did have beer tho.

The Woollybacks annual Santa ride

The Woollybacks by Johnclimber, on Flickr

IMG_0957 by Johnclimber, on Flickr

IMG_0914 by Johnclimber, on Flickr

IMG_1063 by Johnclimber, on Flickr

crackers them john is thier anymore mate or have you uploaded them to woollys site

loving the retro cannondale super v??

Went to Swinley and rode a mountain bike for the first time in an age

It was a bit mucky, but not as bad as I’d though.

a nice little ride around Surrey’s finest

I’ve only really had chance for a quick hours spin out from the door all weekend. Still, better than nowt.

Untitled by redmancunian69, on Flickr

Bregante any ride is a good ride, even a bad one!

todays ride The Blog *caution* contains danger, giggles and fun http://a-pic-a-ride.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-that-was-slightly-dangerous-ride.html

rOcKeTdOg this pic is stunning 😀

🙂

Enjoyed your “that was slightly wet and dangerous” blog writeup 😀
Sounded like excellent fun!

really? cheers, just pure vanity and an attempt at self motivation to ride more

+1 for that being a stunning pic Rocketdog

Yep really!
Made me think of the times similar situations arose (generally through lack of knowledge of riding area or night rides)
Cheers

Worked all this weekend. Jealous that some of you managed to get out for a ride!

Bump for the Monday Crew

Did a quick loop around the local woods (Can for those in the Plymouth area) in the morning, and then headed over to a local cyclocross race in the afternoon with the big camera. I wouldn’t normally bother with ‘cross stuff, but I had several friends racing.

No pics from me, but I did get out the bike for the first time in month (that’s 2 rides in 5 months 8) ). Not any sorer today than before the ride, so i’m on the mend. Even managed to scope out a new building project for then I wield a spade again.

I felt great last night. It’s very easy to forget just how much better riding your bike can make you feel (mentally that is).

Also indulged in Santa fun with JC

Monday Morning Debrief No.5

There’s mine…

No pics – sorry…
Saturday was my first ride in around 3 months – i’d picked up that proper, awful cold that went round. Took 2 months for it to shift…
Christmas ride with the local guys.
14.5miles.
Mud.
Touch of the black stuff.
Snifters from the hip flasks.
First time i’d ridden in the dark. I think i might like it.
First time i’d ridden with my new All Marsden setup – wider bars and a (silly) short stem.
Legs ache.
Sit bones ache.
Face aches. From smiling 🙂

Few beers after the ride.
Home to shower and shave.
All meet back up at the local italian foe more beers and food.
🙂

I was trying out my 1×10 set up with cross tyres, worked pretty well. Was interesting on gravel/loose climbs though:

Sounds like a Top day Marsdenman

A bit of beach riding over in Lossie for me.

The place is a bit of a mess after the storm. A lot of the dunes have gone.

Very muddy uplift at the FoD on Saturday.. much slipping and sliding, and loads of fun 🙂

Dave

Solo ride at Tai Mo Shan on Sunday, great weather conditions as it hit 26 degress by 11am!

no one likes a show off! 😉

Here’s mine: Sunday morning – GT black, beautiful day!
Just watch out for ice!

double post – oops sorry! 🙂

Glen Einich, Cairngorms. The colours make it look about 25 degrees warmer than it was, a bit of a winter treat of a day.

1st trip to Comrie Croft trails

Untitled by Rosscopeco, on Flickr

A frozen Loch Ardinning on the West Highland Way. Not technically the weekend…it was Friday but I had the day off. 4″ of ice everywhere…no super fast times but great fun just trying to stay upright.

Some great photos there. I’m doubting anyone wants to see the sad sight of a bike on a turbo trainer so I won’t be contributing.

Today was my weekend.. another day, another moorland bimble.. 😀

Was tricky avoiding the boggy bits this time though..