Classic black mountains loop. Dry as I’ve ever ridden it. Rode along the ridge and down rather than the landrover track past the reservoir.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/L3pc32]Black Mountains – Aug 2016 – MTB[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/KdD7ft]Black Mountains – Aug 2016 – MTB[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/KdrAsW]Black Mountains – Aug 2016 – MTB[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/LaaMU6]Black Mountains – Aug 2016 – MTB[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Kds6QU]Black Mountains – Aug 2016 – MTB[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Kds9x7]Black Mountains – Aug 2016 – MTB[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/KZTyrh]Black Mountains – Aug 2016 – MTB[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/KdsVrW]Black Mountains – Aug 2016 – MTB[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/KZTSYs]Black Mountains – Aug 2016 – MTB[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/KdsZeA]Black Mountains – Aug 2016 – MTB[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/KdED2r]Black Mountains – Aug 2016 – MTB[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

Proper day out. Should be so much easier when it’s dry but it still beasted me!

Lots of riding this weekend it got off to a good start on Friday

Started with some fixing Saturday morning

Then a mate decided to go over the bars in the wrong place and luckily escaped with very minor damage

Then Saturday was a solo midwinter ride
https://www.strava.com/activities/675185769
[url=https://flic.kr/p/L5RuPq]Solo Sunday[/url] by Mike Smith, on Flickr
[url=https://flic.kr/p/KJXkLs]IMG_20160814_143751[/url] by Mike Smith, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/L2aYh4]Loving the rewards for smashing a good ride 🙂 fancy beans on toast[/url] by Mike Smith, on Flickr

Took my youngest (aged 6) to Sherwood Pines for the first time.
He smashed round the Kitchener Trail at Sherwood Pines with no whinging, one minor crash and only the smallest amount of pushing.

Very proud of the little chap!

Built one and fixed two others at the weekend

Warm fuzzy feeling, but no riding grrr

Rode along the ridge and down rather than the landrover track past the reservoir.

Can you point me towards the path please?

Cider Cycle for me.
Great route but rather moist.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Kbd1xP]Great British Summer Ride.[/url] by multispeedstu, on Flickr

Nice long (for me) South Lakes loop on Friday. Too lazy to take pics, so here’s a couple from a Skipton to Kirkby Stephen ride from the previous weekend.

Blimey where did you find all that mud? It’s dusty-dry here in Malverns/FoD and we only found a couple of patches on that black mountains route. And that’s normally at least a bit underwater!

The easiest way to describe the path is to the trig point after climbing up Y Das to the fence line. Then immediate right onto a reasonably well defined path of rutted peat that slowly descends for a couple of km. It quite hard work tho. Then up the next rise, drop right off the top of there down a very fast grassy path which if you keep heading left towards the trees will end up at a gate. Over that, proper streambed/rocky gulley through the trees out onto fire-road, one turn on there and into 45 seconds of even rockier singletrack that is a starve segment. Ends up at the CP at the bottom of GF descent. A lot shorter but loads of fun.

Warning tho – only if it’s bone dry. That peat-y path is a bog even when the rest of the route is dry. It’ll suck the joy out of you – ask me how I know 😉

GPX if you want it – email in profile.

That toast pic has made me hungry 🙂

Cheers Alex just mailed you.
The Crychan Forest never seems to dry out in the bottom of the valleys.
There are however trails everywhere. 😀

🙂 Never ridden there. I’ll put in on the list. Email received and GPX’s sent back. Have a good one if you get up there next weekend. Never been better in the ten years I’ve been riding that route.

Nice pics. Went for a ride locally then heading back caught this amazing sunset one way and then a bit further on, the moon the other

I rode that ridge for the first time yesterday. It was lovely and dry, I imagine it would be a nightmare when wet. I went further along the ridge to Bal-Mawr. That’s quite a nice run and a bit rockier than the peaty upper section.

Great pics Alex, I’m hoping to do the standard route from the VPub book on Friday but it looks like the weather will be against me unfortunately. Don’t fancy being on exposed hills I don’t know on my own in bad weather 🙁

Anyway, meet up with another forumite for the first time and did just shy of 30miles around the Dark Peak. Sun didn’t shine till just as I pulled off in the car but had a cracking ride!

[url=https://flic.kr/p/L22CfC]Nomad & Scout[/url] by Sam Dexter, on Flickr

Nice pics, all! Black mountains look ace. And bucksters sunset!

Pre-wedding bimble through the heather on Saturday morning. My first ride after doing my shoulder in – not counting the one a couple of weeks ago when I had to turn back – too soon!

Moody skies… yeah looks like the weather is going to break. Shame as we’re at Antur on Sat and Lakes on Sun for my birthday. And doing the cotic demo on Friday in the FoD. Ah well it’ll be warm rain

I went further along the ridge to Bal-Mawr.

– we were going to do that but I was really struggling and wanted to go to the pub 🙂

wanted to go to the pub

As good a excuse reason as any 😉

soggy spin round Ardgarten Peninsula 🙂

Nice to get the CDF onto some rougher stuff for a change though !

I was feeling guilty about the fact that I’ve not ridden my full suss (Smuggler) since getting the fatbike, so decided to take it out for a bimble along a trail that I’ve only ever ridden in winter before.

I thought, being a full-sus, it would be a lot more comfortable than the fatbike, but in fact it was a lot less comfortable. Still a pleasant ride though and quite a change from winter to summer 🙂

Great thread – some nice photos there.

Had a superb BIG day out in the Peak on Saturday – perfect weather for it 🙂

[url=https://flic.kr/p/KeKFeC]BIG day out in The Peak[/url] by Simon Read, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/LbuH9F]BIG day out in The Peak[/url] by Simon Read, on Flickr

http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=ifkqukzdpvfljjmj

Happy Days Chaps!!! 😀

Ok, wasnt actually the weekend, but was the last time I went out…

[url=https://flic.kr/p/KKfhYE]Cromer[/url] by pten2106, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/KeMdEG]Cromer[/url] by pten2106, on Flickr

Exploring my own back yard.
Pre 7am start to get back for 10(ish).

7:10am at the highest point but cheating as I parked up as high as I could.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/Kbm1Cy]DSC_1806[/url] by Tom Levell, on Flickr

Nice morning shame about the wind.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/L81YXZ]DSC_1815[/url] by Tom Levell, on Flickr

Lovin’ the chubb 🙂

That is a big day out. 2000m+ climbing in the peaks? I doff my virtual hat to you sir!

I look at these pics and think we just have the best hobby! Especially in summer.

Not the most exciting from me but as it was the first proper mountain bike ride I’ve done in about 5 years I quite enjoyed it!

No pics I’m afraid, but did Hopton Woods for the first time since “racing” there back in the 90’s, absolutely loved it.

Slowly getting back up to speed after breaking the collar bone on June 1st and after last weekends 39 degree murder session it was nice to get back to normal temperatures i.e 32 degrees, for a quick 24km leg spin.

I only take pics when out on family rides. She’s quite happy with this one 🙂

Jimster what bike were you on, the car park wasn’t very busy there’s yesterday.

Not a photo but a short vid shot on my phone of radgnar fat xc shredding

[video]https://vimeo.com/178897608[/video]

drop the s from HPPTS normally

I thought the fat bike was going off the big stone 🙂

Horton isn’t far from me, alway drive past it on the way to somewhere else. Really should go ride in those woods rather than just do the Long Mynd.

So many places to ride, I need to retire!

Oh and (epic)steve – can’t see from the photo but I think my mate sold you a brown Santa Cruz many, many years ago. Is that it? !

Not a photo but a short vid shot on my phone of radgnar fat xc shredding

[video]http://vimeo.com/178897608[/video]

Alex – Member
I thought the fat bike was going off the big stone

no chance, I’m not that rad / young / skilled 😆

We were over there on Saturday, I was on a Giant NRS.

Oh and (epic)steve – can’t see from the photo but I think my mate sold you a brown Santa Cruz many, many years ago. Is that it?

Never had a Santa Cruz myself – the bike in the photo is my ancient Epic.

After a great time in the Alps our garage was broke into last week with Kevins and Katies bikes been taken so we were and still are on a bit of downer. Went up onto Cutgate yesterday and did some shuffling of bikes so we could celebrate Katies 21st birthday with a ride and a pie afterwards.

Birthday girl on her sisters bike.

Abigale on a 29r, decisions to be made for next bike, 29r or 650b.

Me and Fin

Short cut home.

Drop bar but 1.75 29r tyres!

Gutting to hear about the bikes Tracey, to many thieving scrotes about, hope you get it sorted soon. Looks like you managed to celebrate the bday pretty well regardless 😀

Thanks, getting out on the bikes managed to take it off my mind for a while