Definitely need a spare bike for when the favourite is broken.

Maybe sell off and get a nice hardtail. Great fun and contrast to the Stumpy.

You can usually pick up a Boardman HT Pro at 10% off, ~£900.

Taken mine up and down Lakes epics, trail centres and bridleway bashing.

Has upgraded wheels now…

I’m the 54 y.o.

breakdancing

about 50 secs into the vid 😉

North West Mountain Bike Centre Demo Day

On Sunday. Bit ‘o banter, lots of bikes 🙂

Cheers
Paul

Double post…

Yes, DOWN to Arncliffe Cote and UP Mastiles Lane.

🙂

Did this last September

The Lakeland Loop

Could easily be done self-supported.

Good luck

Fancy the Lakes200 myself!

Paul

Clwyd has loads. Will also be able to take shelter from cold breeze.

You could combine with Llandegla 🙂

Oh yes!

Bit of a looong lunchbreak 😉

Will be working a bit this evening to make up.

Lovely, no Camelbak, no jacket, couple of bottles, hardtail, drying trails…
…climbed like a demon.

Descended like a wuss 🙂

Cheers
Paul

Been thrice.

La Plagne/Les Arcs
La Rosiere/La Thuile
…Yad Moss 😉

All great times. Do your own thing or join in. Your choice 🙂
Tended to avoid too much off-piste if alone on the board.

It is what you make it.

Do it.

Paul

Yes…

I’ve been with BikenFun half a dozen times.

They cater from sightseeing tours to full on freeride madness.

Check out their website and you can email Claudia before you go to try and sort out what suits.

It is great fun being the English minority 😉

Language is not a problem as one guy said to me ‘you english, are mad’…

Cheers
Paul

Local 30 mile loop in the beautiful sunshine from Stockport.

Think I’ve finally found all the best ways up down and around Werneth Low and Etherow Park…maybe.

Am amazed at the riding from my door 🙂

Cheers
Paul

Specialized Fast Track 1.9 rear
Conti Mountain King 2.2 front

on my hardtail.

Being a northern male of a certain age and a taste for stuff other than R&B, folk, pop, C&W, classical…
…I find 6Music by far the best of what is available.

May also explain my fondness for getting over the morning waking pains with another – Shaun W Keaveny 😉

RadMac are a bit Radio 2 though 🙁

These guys do an excellent set of trips!!!

Wouldn’t You Rather Be Cycling

I did the Lakeland Loop last September 🙂

Paul

BIG volcanic ash slopes on La Palma.

Steer with you arse/hips…

A solo on the day before mid summer. Lovely weather in England’s Last Great Wilderness.

Dufton, High Cup Nick, Cow Green, Garrigill, Cross Fell and *the* Blencarn descent 🙂

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Many many thanks for the Pootle today everyone, esp. from the tortoise 🙂

The route rode very well considering amount of rain we’ve been having.

Cheers and Merry Xmas!!
Paul

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Expecting to start +1 plus mince pie flapjacks…

Another of the heavenly bodies dancing over that seething metropolis of Stockport, yes Bunnyhop 🙂

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Mercury (look closely near horizon in line from) Moon and Venus.

It could be better tomorrow with Venus and Mercury in similar relative positions and the moon just down right of Venus

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Thanks for the heads up!

I was on Shaun Keaveny (6Music) Monday morning giving Bob a big up! 🙂

Cheers
Paul

Guardian says on MTB out to meet a group of locals!?

Anyone from here??

Clennell Street from Alwinton. Sunshine, deserted trails, one of the most beautiful corners of the country. Not bad.

Stayed there during the 2nd week in Sept. 4 days of cracking riding!

Best not tell anyone though… 😉

Cracking 40 miles of XC touring north of the Dark Peak, passing by but not quite getting into Hadfield, Dunford Bridge, Marsden and Uppermill.

A tad windeeeeeeee 🙂

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Suitable frames do exist.

The Specialized Myka HT is available in 13″ size. My 5′ 1″ partner has the 15″.

Thanks for the heads up!!

Presume the drop into Rowarth is OK?? (edit – to the pub edit ?Little Mill…)

Cheers
Paul

No…they should be eBayed off for his cancer charity…

…a good cause, despite all the ‘other’ stuff.

Head east along PBW from Cragg. South-east up along Rooley Moor Road.

Look out for obvious purpose-built bike track off to left/north as you crest the hill.

Try not to go too fast! 🙂

Great write up, thanks and…

Strangely the light reflected by the loch was brighter than the sky it was reflecting – explain that one please physiscists!

Probably to do with contrast against darker ground. Makes the brain think it is brighter 😉

– have you got a reference for that, as my understanding is that he’d lost even more weight.

Yes, lost weight over recent years but he did say that he had put a bit on for TT in a documentary.

Ace vid!

Might be a good one to show people who think the Olympic XC course needs sanitising!!

Cheers, Ta. Paul

This Swaledale route fits the bill! Assuming you can get to the Dales MTB Centre in an hour.

Cheers, Paul.

Supporting comment posted on Echo article!

Paul

I note that the nice climb up onto Werneth Low from Higham Cottages is also closed for re-work 🙁

Looks like 2 tightly constructed tracks with uptrack. Would need walking to clean off some debris.

Only stuff I’ve seen at Woodbank is by the footbridge over the Goyt at the eastern end. Very small. Maybe some other stuff I’ve not seen.

Paul

Mini-DH track

🙂

Try this version on BBC iPlayer, no inane commentary, fast forward to any bits that you like.

Almost bearable…

BBC iPlayer Closing Ceremony – no commentary

Enjoy?