Andy W how’s it going? 😀

Heals on Cockermouth have put prescription lenses in a couple of my Oakleys over the years. There not particularly Cheap but they do a good job and there local if you have any problems with them after.

Neil C 😉

Yeh deffo get the S’s the standard gp4000 is nothing special but the gp4000s is awesome in the wet and dry.

It could be the maf sensor on its way out, if it persists after a ragging.

Turnerguy thats shocking 😯 , VW would do their nut if they heard a dealer had bypassed the engine air inlet filter!

Hehehe…. It’s hilarious the way folks get so wound up about these issues. Cycling is a freak show and should be enjoyed as a spectacle… Or not… whatever your taste. But with the knowledge…if your of sane mind. They all dope and have done since it began. Always have always will. The governing bodies know this and are more interested in keeping the illusion its clean so it can attract money in… They don’t really care for catching the top lads as it puts the sponsors and tv networks off. It’s the way of the world money rules. Sad but true!

Cycling and fell running complement each other extremely well, look at Rob Jebb, Ben Bardsley or Phil Davis. They all do both very successfully.

Could well be as Campag and fulcum are one and the same.

His names Steve, he may have had a goaty but not at the mo, Think he just joined the local tri club. He knows Thorpy and Ian F. Got to know him through Mike and Dan, he’s quite strong on the bike and training v hard. Probably too hard as his knees playing up at the mo.

Right so it looks like Jenkin is the one to clear. Many people have rode it all in sections but to bag it, its got to be bottom to top, no stopping at the gate to wait for your buddies, photo ops(sorry Sanny) dabs, breathers pretending to look at the view etc etc…. Come on STW’ers we have a challenge for 2011 otherwise Junkyard is technically right.

Ayup M. 😉 I here your into Tri now. Been riding with Boney recently he’s going well and concentrating on the Tri’s this year. I didn’t run past you in a car on friday a whinlatter did I?

By cleared do you mean dab free and no rest at the gate. If so that’s impressive Andy.

a lot shorter and i’m sure a few folk probably have but anyone cleaned from watendlath bridge to the top of that climb or along the slightly cheeky footpath to watendlath and then the climb as well?

Now then my ex-nextdoornneighbour how’s it going?
I’ve got up Watendlath when the snow was filling the gaps…. but thats cheating. Normally I have to dab round the corner on the rock step-ups half way up that straight. So I’ve never done it without a dab, but I reckon others will have. The footpath before the climb isn’t cleanable because of the steps to the gate half way along.

steep zigzags after the gate

This is the hard bit the first 2 zigzags are the crux. I take a wide line on the verge its firmer there the main body is too loose. Its a real balancing act as theres a drop to your left. But its doable as you get such a big rest after the gate. After that it gets easiler and there was no way I’m getting off once the first 2 are cleared.
The cobbles are ok as long as its dry. Its just a case of actively resting on the less steep sections, then attacking the harder stuff. My Ellsworth Epiphany also makes a big different, can’t do it on my hardtail.

Mines mainly a ‘garage queen’ now… it has the occasional foray out when i’m feeling nostalgic or the full sus is broken.

😆

from back of skiddaw then via the track up from skiddaw house

anc – what’s that track like?

Its wet and boggy so its to be done in the summer or when frozen. You aim for the post on the horizon behind the house, after that there is a little downhill to a kick up which is the crux of the climb then its just a slog to the last gate before the summit.

I stopped once on an easy shallow section on the way up to take pictures of the guys coming up

Nooooo, Sanny why’d you stop!!! its not a bag, you could have been in the ‘Lakes Mafia Hall of Fame’.

The zigzag path in the middle right is Jenkin

and Kepple cove zigzags

I ride regularly and do a bit of fell running. I used to race more and be fairly competitive trailquester and do the Fred Whitton every year. Kids and age are getting the better of me now Last Enduro/race I did was whinlatter were I came in the top 20. Riding these climbs is part luck as you say, fitness and lots of techy climbing practice which riding in the lakes is hard to avoid.

Skiddaw is cleanable for me from back of skiddaw then via the track up from skiddaw house. I’ve got up kepple cove zigzags dab free and get up Great Dodd, walna, garburn west, gatesgarth south (waves the willy! 😳 ) etc….. But can I heckers get up the zigzags on Jenkin hill on Skiddaw dab free. 95% is doable for me but its now very rough and loose in places and relentlessly steep……. Its hard enough just getting to the first gate without slipping out.
So it will be doable but some of the bagging stories are taken with a pinch of salt as a 100% dap free bag is a big big ask even if your racing elite and conditions are perfect….. and putting your foot down even once is a fail.

Here she is, great bike, raced and rode round the lakes for 5-6 years didn’t miss a beat. Truely bombproof

Snap! I’ve got one with the just like that hanging the garage.

“From Skiddaw summit head SW off down the Allerdale Ramble to Carlside.”

Personally I would have added a disclaimer here. Something about scree, loose rocks, steepness and the drop to your left if you get it wrong. but that’s just me

Narr.. That would spoil the surprise.
I nearly rode over my mate when he decked it on the steep bit. He was starshaped on the line and I wasn’t fancying taking the option to the right. He manged to roll out of the way just in time, v v close 😯 . He had quite a few holes in him after that tumble.

goes to get map out for next week
any grid refs anc? Ta

From Skiddaw summit head SW off down the Allerdale Ramble to Carlside then take the path up to Longside and onto Ullock. Head down Ullock ridge and just before the bottom go left at a little col and come back on yourself into Dodd wood then take the sweet little singletrack down to the road. Big smiles all round. Only don’t do it if its windy you’ll get blown off!

Yeh Chris removed it.

They’d also have to change the status of the path across the front of Falcon Crag to connect to Ashness, which is quite technical (and lots of fun).

Yep its great wee challenge that path 😉

Too slow

The petition was for the Manesty footpath. But thats probably what Chris is on about thinking on. If Great Wood was made bridleway you could get offroad(legally) from keswick to Ashness bridge. Also it might stop cheeky b*ggers getting there via the back of Walla Crag…terrible 😳 … and maybe not!!

😆 You bad bad men!!
Is that path the one through Great wood. We met a warden on there and she was pleased to see us 😯 We had a chat and she said the park was looking at getting the footpath upgraded to link into the rest of the Borrowdale Bash. The park believe’s the road in is dangerous to bikers and as the route is very popular they’d like to remove that risk.

I bet that gets pulled when Chris see’s the attention its getting with their company name on it. LDNPA will drop a bl*llock if they see it!

Yeh you can import flv’s into swf’s in flash to create a self contained file with a player if you use the ’embed video in SWF and play in timeline’ option in the import video sequence. Big files though.

Its a good bit of singletrack steep and narrow in places nothing to taxing, its good up as well.

Hia Paul, yes I ment just towards Rowling end as fergal asked which direction Rowling or Rigg, we also turn left at the col. Rowling end’s to dodgy in places so you’ve got to get off. Yes its zigzaged up Sail and can be ridden if you’ve got the legs(scree is gone), although it’s so wet up here at the moment I’m guessing it will be way too soggy to get up at present. Needs time to bed down again or freeze up.

Up whiteless pike!! just seen that fergal. Shudders 😐 ….. That’s definately a down, i’d get your height other more rideable ways. Best routes onto Coledale area would be either top of the south of whinlatter onto grisdale Pike, Stoneycroft then the zigzags onto sail or straight up from the mines to Coledale Hause. Going up gasgale gill used to be another good rideable option but its a bit fecked since the floods. Of all the descents in that area Whiteless is my fave, but definately not a easy option up i’d give it a miss, unless of course you like carrying.

Off the front to Rowling end is the techy steep option. Rigg beck whilst fun isn’t all that techy apart from the odd steep bit. Good fun though and some cracking singletrack in places. We use the stoneycroft track as access up its 90% rideable then go onto causey from the col between Sail and Scar crags.

Didn’t feel that lucky out tonight mind….. Roll on spring! Bored of getting soaked 😕

Off the front after a wee scramble off Causey top there isn’t really any other viable option. The options he’s on about are the various descents on the Coledale horseshoe. Causeys a bit of a straight up and down affair, doesn’t take long.

Can’t see causey in nick’s set, Blencathra, bowdale hause or warnscale bottom, perhaps. Not sure which piccy you mean. Blackcombs near millom duddon est, south coast cumbria.

Could be lots of things trapped nerve, disc problems, spasm or strain. Either way rest it!! If you’ve never had a problem before treat this as a warning from your body. Once it goes make sure you do plenty of stretching/strengthening if your cycling regularly. Cycling shortens the hamstrings and in turn this can cause various problems in the lower back. If you don’t rest it and you make it worse your back can take a very long time to mend so carefully does it.

I use the standard F1 mille from march to October and have never had a issue(great shorts btw). If you use the code NLR-20 at Primera-sports you’ll get them less a extra 20% off or £112.31. 😉

They’ve brought out a bibshort with the thicker material, I assume that’s what th OP is about.

They’re new this season aren’t they? Doubt may folk have had the chance to use them in hot conditions. That said I’m sure they’ll be fine in the great british summer