Out on the new Clockwork Evo with Jnr on his Whyte 403 in Epping Forest today, an amazing time, and as I discovered the Clockwork Evo is an amazing bike:

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Blimey, thin pickings folks. Nice work kryton & junior, good to know someone’s riding a bike out there.

Quick blast From Booth to home for me via grizedale, cut short by an irreparably ripped tyre. So had to limp to the pub and await rescue.

Stupid weird, undiagnosed foot thing flaring up at the minute so no riding for me this weekend…

Tailing off now with the Naproxen, and I’m on half term this week so hopefully will be catching up with lost riding in a couple of days…

I was gonna ride me bike but.. cut my finger on a poorly placed scalpel.

Went walking instead and as the rut is on, we saw lots of deer action. This guy got to within 10m but I couldn’t get a good photo. We met again on the way home from the pub. There wasn’t any chance of a photo. But it was an amazing moment. Bright yellow eyes and moon-lit antlers.

Fail, cannae do it.
Link only – amazing/scary what happens when you send your son out for a ride with Cathro!
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Had a visitor over from Singapore so had a chance for a nice chillaxed smorning doing shuttles, no pics only video:
On the Crack

Struggling up a hard climb at Pitfichie Hill. I wasn’t feeling strong yesterday and had already failed at three points……I’m yet to clean this climb.

Cheeky bit of Cannock

No riding this weekend. But it’s been half term, so lots of rides, paddles and walks.
I even had a lovely walk with my dad, 2 days after he had an operation. Amazing bounce back for a 77 year old…

Did plenty of riding, very few pics though and we never do ‘action’ shots, i find that weird

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There was tyre inflating and cake though 🙂

Trail running in light drizzle and loam..

Is that the climb to the devils staircase hairyscary?
If so it is a bugger

No “proper” mountain biking more me. I’ve been using the road bike to test whether “gravel riding” might be something I’d enjoy (still undecided)

And using the MTB to ride into the base of interesting looking hills and walking up them. This one is called Brown Cow Hill although I didn’t see any.

Super saturday at FOD

Up Grisedale Pike, along to Crag Hill and down Stoney Croft on Saturday. T’was a little bleak on the tops.

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#grim on the tops on yesterday's ride. #grisedalepike #craghill #stoneycroft #west_is_best_mtb #ride_the_lakes #lakedistrict #whytet129 #29er #mist #mountains #cheekytrails #mtb #mountainbiking #slipperywhenwet #pedaldamnit #earnyourturns #lovewhereyoulive #lowcloud #grimupnorth #cumbria #igerscumbria #outdoorsisfree

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Tried out my GoPro Hero 8, the mist didn’t help but got some none blurry footage

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Little bit of #gopro footage from yesterday's ride. A lot of heavy mist meant the lens was often quite wet! Still very impressed with the #goprohero8 #west_is_best_mtb #rmcycleworks #ride_the_lakes #lakesmtb #sendit #roughas #29er #mtb #lakedistrict #mountains #cumbria #igerscumbria #behindbars #chesty @whytebikes #whytet129 #misty #outdoorsisfree #pedaldamnit #graft #lovewhereyoulive #view #bicycle #mountainbiking #relentless #whytewednesday

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Cracking little ride. 10 miles and just over 3100ft.

Nice and loamy up the local yesterday…

Just back from 3 weeks biking in Arizona and New Mexico so Saturdays uplift day at Inners was a bit of a wake-up call…

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Some lovely colours in Borrowdale on Saturday. Bit wet mind. Dont know why but the rocks were so slippery.

Trail run on Friday (realise this doesn’t fit the thread title, but Friday is usually a ride-day, so this gets in by default!)

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Trails are absolutely sopping just now, so the trail shoes got the nod over the bike this morning. Not really run much this year at all but with the #hollyhustle half marathon coming up in a fortnight, it was time to get some running in the legs. 20km. Some hard efforts. Towards the end it was just hard. But also some moments just plodging and walking. Thinking. Reflecting. Thankful for good health. Thankful for being outside and active. Thinking about my Dad who, at the same time, was having the inside of his heart thoroughly looked at before, this afternoon, being shocked out of its manic marathon-runners pace back into its proper, regular rhythm. He's been in hospital since Monday. He was back home this evening, restored by the skill and professionalism of NHS staff, to rude nearly-80-years-old health. Odd day really. Grabbing the energy and vitality of life. And also being reminded of its fragility and vulnerability. #trailrunning #trailslikethese #whereirun #trailshoes #inov8 #fromwhereirun #livinglife #celebratelife #runningandreflecting #nhs #thisisnotabikeshot

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Pre-dawn 48km gravel ride Sunday morning …

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Up and out before dawn for an assault on the 'not-strictly-legal' footpath up from Menston onto Burley Moor. Many riders have had run-ins with the gamekeepers up here; I choose to ignore them, but do tend to pick my moments carefully. It's a great gravel climb onto the Moor, and then onto Rombalds & Ilkley Moor … It's an even better descent on a gravel bike. So, a stealth up-and-down, under the cover of an emerging dawn. Dark enough not to be seen; light enough to switch off the lights and not draw attention to myself. Back home in time for breakfast. #dawngravel #stealthgravelattack #ridewhilsteveryonesleeps #dawnride #dawnraid #fromwhereiride #trailslikethese #backintimeforbreakfast #openaccess #gravelninja #cheekytrails #ononepickenflick #ononebikes #pickenflick #dirtydropbargoodness

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daviek

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Is that the climb to the devils staircase hairyscary?
If so it is a bugger

It’s not the climb that takes you to start of the descent, it’s the climb that takes you to the top of Green Hill from the saddle between White Lady and Green Hill.

I was thinking that looked like the climb up Green Hill, but to be honest I’m amazed anybody thinks that climbable. Fair play for trying 🙂

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Under brooding skies. #southdowns #southdownsnationalpark #southdownsway #mtb #mtblife #noblwheels #onyxracing #curtisbikes #am9 #rustcomponents #roninstem #kingdombikes #tr33 #r36 #singlespeed #singlespeedmtb #steelisreal #steelisrealmtb

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