Two mates and myself trying out Swinley for the first time, should be fun!

This was last weekend:

Really need to remember to clean the lens after storing the phone in a sweaty back pocket.

Next weekend is 10 days in the Lakes with vast amounts of family. Hopefully I’ll get a day pass, toying with Skiddaw/Ullock & Helvellyn/Sticks in one go. Other plan is to ride a lap or two of Whinlatter with jr_bandito#1

Well it’s not the weekend but I’m on hols so every days the weekend! Qecp yesterday for the first time in over 15 years (see my gushing post in qecp thread) and then round a wood near my folks I hadn’t ridden for a similar amount of time. So good. When I was a teenager it was mostly double track and wide paths like this:

But in the intervening decades lots more single track has appeared, some of it really good. Classic, south east, heathy woodlandy, xc racy style single track, so much fun when ridden fast:

And the beer, bikebuoys favourite:

My weekend finally arrived yesterday so I managed a few miles on the newly acquired fat bike. Still playing around with tyre pressures but it’s definitely fun.

Beer-fueled midnight trip to the BOTB beach with the tripod:

where’s everyone riding in their glorious 4 days off granted by the lord himself?
I was out yesterday at Cannock and will probably go out local on Monday and that’s it for me. My mrs is due no2 in early may so my rides will have to lessen in number very soon. 🙁

Awe… spectacular day! To all those that can’t make it out today, heres a pic of what it’s like.

CXer on the loamy singletrack of the South Downs…

Still great here. Storm is coming so we sneaked out this morning. Perfect conditions. Even if I did save a front end slide by jamming a pedal into my shin. Better than crashing tho…. blue skies… not seen enough of those this year.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/FeSkV1]Calm before the storm – Ross MTB[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/FeS5XW]Calm before the storm – Ross MTB[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/FDYsxi]Calm before the storm – Ross MTB[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

Walna Scar was da awsumz.

15 miles around the Downs after a days gardening and pre Bank Holiday rainmageddon.

Cake, we had CAKE!!

Oh, and we pedaled some bikes around for a bit too…… 😆

Last nights beer, no reading material required too busy chatting

And today, marked difference in the weather but still warm enough for short bibs..

Forest of Dean today, first proper day out on the hardtail and its epic. Proper hooligan to ride.

Good Friday

today

Did 48 miles from stourbridge through Highley, Jack mytton way to stoddesdon then into Cleobury Mortimer and back through the wyre forest.
Not another mtb seen all day.

Windy Gravel Hack…

Phew.

Wind was strong (and cold) enough to discourage me from going too high, so instead I stuck to the forest and tried to check out some new route options. Could have done with the fatbike I was testing out last week really.

Project 417 yesterday.
Lucky enough to get a nice bit of sunshine in the morning followed by a lovely rain storm to cool us off in the afternoon.

It’s a nice little place and although the tracks need work and we left feeling a little underwhelmed by how the tracks rode, it has plenty of potential.

We rode from the first uplift to the last so had plenty of fun there. Will definitely be going back.

[/url]Project 417 by Andrew Eades, on Flickr[/img]

[/url]Project 417 by Andrew Eades, on Flickr[/img]

I love where we live. Inches of rain last night, trails still pretty dry in the ‘Glacial Sponge’ Malverns

[url=https://flic.kr/p/EQxbSG]Malvern Hills – from the saddle[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

My mate Rob rocking his RonHill’s 🙂

[url=https://flic.kr/p/EQJoNx]Rob on British Camp[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

It was Friday but here’s my solo 40 mjle-er

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Fw7jpo]IMG_20160325_165746645[/url] by alan cole, on Flickr

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ben-a-glow-solo-ride-report#post-7600168

[url=https://flic.kr/p/EQXAok]IMG_20160328_130344382[/url] by lee murfin, on Flickr
[url=https://flic.kr/p/FC2QEh]IMG_20160328_113506212_HDR[/url] by lee murfin, on Flickr

30 wet and muddy miles on the Fatty!

10 miles of axle deep mud. 2 punctures, 1 broken saddle, and a shortcut home…

@h4muf… Where is that? There are some sandstone caves near where I grew up (bewdley) and looking at your photo stream, I see a river and a steam train, but it doesn’t look right. It has been 25 years since I have been back though.

Four of us left snowy Fairhomes this morning at 9am , 3 returned at 1pm some 20 k short of what we planned after swimming down Spud alley and up Hagg Farm , god it was aweful

The other returned to the car park an hour before us after his pivot bearing collapsed , be a crap weekend tbh ,

Friday big off
Saturday wind cancelled ride and blowout that wouldn’t seal
Monday the above

BHM and its beer o’clock !

Yay!

Helvellyn wintery conditions very strong wind!
[url=https://flic.kr/p/ER9c9T]Untitled[/url] by Richard Munro, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/FJ6HcS]Untitled[/url] by Richard Munro, on Flickr

4 days in Calderdale. Sunshine, rain, wind, thunderstorms, hail and some ace riding 🙂

[url=https://flic.kr/p/ENVnwL]Just before the thunder, lightning and hailstorm![/url] by Simon Barnes, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/FC4FUN]Perfect[/url] by Simon Barnes, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Fm9nt3]Across the moor[/url] by Simon Barnes, on Flickr

Wish I could have made it Simon but had the outlaws up for Easter 🙁

Great pics those Simon!

Great pics!

Great weekend all round, bit windy I’ll admit but on the whole what pushed us, faced us on the way back 😕

Well I generally enjoyed my weekend

Had a solo ride in the Peak on Friday in glorious weather, went to the Chase early doors on Saturday with the wife and a shortish local road ride on Sunday & Monday.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/FFqn3t]Over Ladybower[/url] by Sam Dexter, on Flickr
[url=https://flic.kr/p/FMhq8F]The Scout[/url] by Sam Dexter, on Flickr
[url=https://flic.kr/p/Fnb4XS]Ladybower B&W[/url] by Sam Dexter, on Flickr
[url=https://flic.kr/p/ES2RjZ]Cotic Badge[/url] by Sam Dexter, on Flickr

Had a great Easter weekend (well sat, Sun and Mon) tearing around the lovely dry and dusty Chiang Mai trails. Sadly no real art pics…

four days off but i only managed a local saturday morning spin with the dog. I was itching to get out after following the updates from EWS Chile, but slogging it over moorland bogs in 30mph winds didnt really live up to it….

I had a great local ride out last night with my mate, in the dark. Started in the light at 7.30 for the first time since Sept/Oct so it’s all good. The trails were trashed after several days of hard rain, rather annoying just as they were drying out.

Friday early morning road ride around Dartmoor

Saturday WDMBC 3rd Cat Circuit Race at Hillingdon. Attacked a bit, missed the break, chased a fair bit and was generally worn out by the end (see above). Windy.

Monday first off-road ride for almost a year around Swinley. The wrist and shoulder held up fine, but the hail and rain made for an interesting ride.

Bike Park Wales.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/ES9rZ9]IMAG1396[/url] by Dave Lowe, on Flickr
[url=https://flic.kr/p/ES9ox9]IMAG1402[/url] by Dave Lowe, on Flickr
[url=https://flic.kr/p/ES9pvm]IMAG1400[/url] by Dave Lowe, on Flickr

Not really my thing but was a good change.

A very mixed weather road ride for me, suffered a hail storm (sore face!) then bright sunshine, then more rain and finally dried out a bit. A good ride, 40 miles or so and I dried out in the end…