Weekend Riding Plans & Pics…

Little coastal cx ride on Friday, empty logging fun with mates yesterday, more little waves on dawn patrol today then a real fun strava bashing hardtail thrash today. Not even that muddy either!

First proper ride with the new bike.
Tried to do one of the “South Wales Gravel ride” routes posted on here…. got lost.
Still good fun and the bike was spot on.

P2275936 by jbeanbuyer[/url], on Flickr

Marsden Moor…

And ended with Boat Lane. Always a favourite

Happy Days..

Inners was planned but car battery flat so Pentlands it was

S,Wales gravel / training for Dirty Riever – 98k but with a bit under 2000m of climbing

105 mile road ride on the best bike. Oh what a bike. Effortless. Except for the 20 mile headwind on the last leg home.

Not time for the best bike yet, is it?

Very dry out today in Surrey. Was a test ride for next week’s Surrey Rumble. All invited If you fancy a low key friendly cheap event run by a local club.

Out in the dark at Cannock last night, very cold and very dark. Great fun to turn the lights off in the middle of the forest, lots of stars out. The trails were bone dry and we had a great time.

Did anyone ride in the Chilterns this weekend ?

I’m wondering if its dried out yet, or is it still a muddy mess.

very springlike yesterday, great ride in the morning on surprisingly dry trails

IMAG1340 by Dave Lowe[/url], on Flickr
IMAG1347 by Dave Lowe[/url], on Flickr
IMAG1356 by Dave Lowe[/url], on Flickr

Duddon Valley and Eskdale. Hardly saw a soul all ride and not one other MTB rider.

Road ride on the lanes of West Lancs.

I was gonna do the Strava 100km Feb challenge but riding solo on the flat (in the wind) was just too mind-numbing so I headed back for the hills and called it a day at 83km.

Lovely photos – where is that kbrembo?

TiRed – its was odd, I was riding mainly punchbowl way and really mixed with the whole area S of Gibbit towards bomb holes was crap churned up gloop (mainly horses)

Love to see my favourite fell (Loughhrigg) up there!!

Some really nice pics, is not jealous at all!

@ bikebuoy – am in need of some route info and reckon you may be able to help. Could you contact me please, e-mail in profile. Thanks. 🙂

Dave – I was nosey and enjoyed your flikr photos especially the gorge by birks bridge which was an old favourite swim of mine. Great jump in off the lip in your first photo!

Dave – I was nosey and enjoyed your flikr photos especially the gorge by birks bridge which was an old favourite swim of mine. Great jump in off the lip in your first photo!

Yeah, Birks Bridge is a fantastic spot for a swim in summer. Dalegarth Bridge in Eskdale is brilliant too. Scenery was lovely, but the bridleways between The Duddon and the Esk have been destroyed by a combination of clear felling and the recent rain. Was hard work really.

DSC04829 (Medium) by fully sussed[/url], on Flickr

still smiling so clearly before racing started…

edit: and probably the high point of my race…

teamhurtmore – Member

Lovely photos – where is that kbrembo?

Corrie an t’Sneachda, Cairngorms

@Jambo, just been browsing the nappr chick photos, looks really good conditions, half gutted i didnt come down

couple of damp spots but mostly dry and fast. shame I wasn’t, woke up with a headful of snot this morning that might go some way to explaining my woeful performance.

Beautiful day in southern Scotland yesterday, mostly dry trails too!

Had a last minute chance to join four of my mates on a westwards trip to FOD and Afan this weekend. They’d all booked the uplift so I headed off solo to the blue, then the new extended red (briefly accompanied by a family of wild boar). Lunch, fullface on, went to hop on the uplift for the usually quieter afternoon and found dozens of downhillers waiting who’d turned up to practice for the mini DH race the next day. Rather than stand around waiting I had an afternoon of pushing/pedalling up, had a go on the race course, and then the rootastic fun of the other tracks. Great!

Headed deep into Wales, stayed at the Queens in Glyncorrwg (bargain!) and rode Blade at Afan on Sunday and it was one of those rides where everything came together – and that final rocky descent is brilliant. After lunch a couple of us set off to ride some more of the trails but by the time we were up at the start of that section it was clear my legs were empty. Dropped in, absolutely flat out, the best I think I’ve ever ridden a bike. Ran out of steam in the final yards so just missed out on getting into the top 100 out of 4000 Stravaists but even so, that’s pretty damned quick for me. 42 miles and 6000′ vertical over the weekend. Felt it on my commute today…

Hadn’t ridden the Spitfire since I got my modded Zero AM up and running in January and I was slightly concerned it might feel a bit short of reach and slack of seat tube in comparison. It didn’t, it was absolutely fantastic both uphill, along, and downhill, in the air, through the rough, ripping the berms. Hurrah for 800mm carbon bars – an accidental upgrade but a really good one. Now how to ride that well all the time?

Dry! Blue skies! Our bikes had even stayed clean for a day and a half (they got muddy straight after this photo was taken).

thought i’d get a early road ride in as tomorrow looks like a complete washout

cold but definitely spring in the air

Rode for the first time in about a year yesterday. Exploring the new area we live in (Hythe, Kent). Found some nice trails, totally rekindled my enthusiasm. I’ll be out there again tomorrow.

new thread every week or let this one run forever? I love these threads.

I vote we keep this one running.. they get confused and lost if everyone doesn’t play. Plus, we’ll see the seasons roll on..

Whats everyone else think?

We’ll have a go with this one then but I reckon you might get more responses with a fresh thread every week.

I’ll be finding the time to fit some new carbon bars and a new thomson stem tomorrow before heading to .. dun dun Duuunnnn…. Cannock again saturday night with my mate. Pint ‘ont way home?

away sans bikes this weekend. here’s one from last weekend.

Last nights Beer… theres a lot in this photo, a metaphor for the week.. I’ll leave that upto you to analyse.

And today, that shiny surface? yup, that black ice.. ice in Hampshire? yes, up in the Downs, we get ice in winter. My CX’er and I did our own Strade Bianche…. (well done Fabs)

Friday counts as the weekend yeah?? 😆

Friday IS the weekend!!

I read you’re story, some days are just shite, you feel shite, the bike feels shite.. the conditions are shite.. the beer tastes all the better.

You’re doing things on that ^^ that I only dream of.

IMG_20160305_110902339 by lee murfin[/url], on Flickr

Steady 80 miler to Newark and back.

An early ride round Scolty tomorrow. Work up an appetite for lunch.

bikebouy – Member
Friday IS the weekend!!

I read you’re story, some days are just shite, you feel shite, the bike feels shite.. the conditions are shite.. the beer tastes all the better.

You’re doing things on that ^^ that I only dream of.

Cheers!

Better than the last race! And cathartic after this week. Mechanical at 90 km saw me finish a couple of minutes down.

Took junior (13) out on hilly home 25 mile road loop, his first time clipped in. He did well ! A scuffed sti, some bashed bar tape and a bent mech hanger, but all consumables and we both had fun 🙂

Cracking ride at the recently re-opened Twrch trail at Cwmcarn today.

Holy crap, it was freeking cold today. Set off in 6C, icy, bit of snow so chose to do hill sprints instead up and over Beacon Hill. Sweating hard, pace on, and after my 10th up and over it hailed and the temp dropped at least 6-7C and the wind got up, I got very cold, very very quickly.. That was my day over.

The Bike..

The Conditions..

A few towpath miles while my mountain bike is in pieces.