hull and surrounding area....

altern_8

just a couple of pics from north york moor ride me and giggsmaster went on 14 feb,we only decided late saturday night to go on it,so apoligies for not inviting ppl to join us,bloody killed me tho,first ride in 3 months.

started out a hawnby only did 10 miles in 3 and a quarter hours,2 feet of snow in places

Giggsmaster

There definitely was a fair amount of snow in places, made the riding very tough in parts. It was good to get out, but I don't know when this snow is going to disappear, it looks like there could be some more of the stuff on the way....

Here are a couple more pics.









And here is the Route we did.

sl2371

altern8 is that you walking again

altern_8

yea mate,thats me walking again,first time id been out in 3 months tho,and snow was to deep and slippery to ride....all ill say is "incline"

sl2371

altern_8 wrote:

yea mate,thats me walking again,first time id been out in 3 months tho,and snow was to deep and slippery to ride....all ill say is "incline"

lol this year i will do it :evil:

altern_8

sl2371 wrote:

altern_8 wrote:

yea mate,thats me walking again,first time id been out in 3 months tho,and snow was to deep and slippery to ride....all ill say is "incline"

lol this year i will do it :evil:

i wouldnt even make it half way to the gate at mo,im really un fit after 3 months off bike,lol

sl2371

been out this morning for the first time since before xmas
my back held up ok but is aching a little bit now
i enjoyed every minute of getting caked in mud

ski-freak

is anyone heading up to Dalby this weekend? thinking of taking the missus for a 1st visit there on sunday. im unift and shes not that confident so any suggestions, Dalby or otherwise? cheers

MattHarper

ski-freak wrote:

is anyone heading up to Dalby this weekend? thinking of taking the missus for a 1st visit there on sunday. im unift and shes not that confident so any suggestions, Dalby or otherwise? cheers

From the Dalby site:

"Update 25th February 2010: The forest drive is now open and passable with care. The cycle trails remain closed at this time - weather permitting we hope to have the trails open for the weekend. The walking trails are open but please take extra care as there is still snow and ice in places. For further information please call the Visitor Centre on 01751 460295 before you travel. Thank you for your patience at this time."

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/dalbyforest

Hope that helps!

ski-freak

yea i looked at that earlier. just wondered if anyone knew of any other good trails anywhere else, nothing too strenuous mind!

Giggsmaster

There are a few trails around the Welton/Brantingham area, but at the moment could be bit boggy with all the rain and such. I went up on the moors couple of weeks ago and it still had bit of snow around, which made it very hard going.

I'm sure if Barkey or sl reads this they might be able to give you some advice on the condition of the trails over in Brantingham, they tend to do a ride round there every so often.

At the moment I'm just doing some boring road riding till the weather picks up.

sl2371

yeah its very boggy around here at the moment
there is a couple of trails that are just ridable but if you or your lass are not that fit i don't think you will enjoy it that much

altern_8

had a little jaunt out to stainburn forerst today with bro and a mate,it was a last moment decision...rode the red down hill which me and bro didnt like that much,and rode part of the black downhill which we 4ought was better then the red,only did 6 miles and spent 3 and half hours there...all in all bit of a long way to drive out there,i wouldnt go there again unless staying in the area

Giggsmaster

altern_8 wrote:

had a little jaunt out to stainburn forerst today with bro and a mate,it was a last moment decision...rode the red down hill which me and bro didnt like that much,and rode part of the black downhill which we 4ought was better then the red...all in all bit of a long way to drive out there,i wouldnt go there again unless staying in the area

You make it sound as though it is really bad our kid....

To be fair I didn't mind the Red Run, but the Black was definitely better. For my skills there were too many bigish drop offs on the Red, probably with a bigger hitting bike I might have enjoyed it a bit more. Think the Black Run is more technical, so I liked trying to pick my way over the smaller rocks.

The big downside for me was having to push the bike back up the hill after every run, which probably took longer to do than actually doing the DH....

Like our kid says, if I lived more local to it I would go more often, like if I had a spare hour to kill. But, to travel 1 hour and 30 mins, I prefer a XC route.

altern_8 wrote:

did 6 miles and spent 3 and half hours

We did do a little loop of the Forest across the road, which was very boggy, but it did have a few technical DH's. I think we did spend about 2 hours talking....

altern_8

me and giggsmaster are going for a little ride on moors 2mor(tuesday)if anyone wants to join us,starting at church houses at midday,doing about 15 miles,nothing to hard,its more to get some miles into our legs.

MattHarper

altern_8 wrote:

me and giggsmaster are going for a little ride on moors 2mor(tuesday)if anyone wants to join us,starting at church houses at midday,doing about 15 miles,nothing to hard,its more to get some miles into our legs.

Have a good one! Cant spare any time during the week now until June, last few months of my degree left!

sl2371

well it's my birthday today so can't make it spending time with the wife
oh and still got a bad back

altern_8

a few pics from todays ride,started at church houses,climbed up to blakey ridge on road which was 20% and just under a mile long,rode along ridge (lost my speedo)to blowith crossing,snow was everywhere,so headed to the forest we normally climb out of from cockayne,went down through forest into cockayne,then climbed back out,and finally descended back to church houses,13 miles,and a nice day out apart from the snow.



looking back along blakey ridge



on top of ridge



shin deep in snow



couldnt ride so more pushing of bike



messing about in snow lol



bike after ride,needs a clean

Barkey

looks more like a bike push than a bike ride.

MattHarper

it will be a good while before the snow has gone of the moors!

Giggsmaster

I know Barkey, at some points we wished we had done a ride round Brantingham....

>Matt, I was saying to our kid it could be the end of this month till it totally goes. There was a digger up on the top though and it looks like it was doing a clearing up job.

Some more pics








Thinking of doing a ride in the Peaks on Saturday if anyone is up for it. Probably 15-20 miles.

altern_8

bro>>.i put that vid from stainburn on you tube,but it was on its side,and wont let me turn it round so its right way,wont let me move it round in my pics either???

MattHarper

Giggsmaster wrote:

I know Barkey, at some points we wished we had done a ride round Brantingham....

>Matt, I was saying to our kid it could be the end of this month till it totally goes. There was a digger up on the top though and it looks like it was doing a clearing up job.

Some more pics








Thinking of doing a ride in the Peaks on Saturday if anyone is up for it. Probably 15-20 miles.

Aye, the peaks isn't too bad. Although it was bad above castleton/cavedale. Going to watch some trails motorbike stuff in Scarborough on sunday. Might get out down at Aston Hill (nr London) in the next few weeks, its basically full of DH tracks. Should be fun!

sl2371

hi guys my bikes were stolen last night a trek fuel ex8 and pace 303 hardtail
if you can keep an eye out for them cheers

Barkey

if i see any thing I'll let you know, I'm gutted for you man hope the insurance covers it.

altern_8

sl2371 wrote:

hi guys my bikes were stolen last night a trek fuel ex8 and pace 303 hardtail
if you can keep an eye out for them cheers

sorry to hear that mate,ill keep a look out for you,like barkey said,hope the insurance covers it?

bobs bikes

ill put the word out round the shops mate.

Barkey

had local ride the other day very muddy and slippy nearly slid off a few times. anyone been anywhere good ?

altern_8

funny you should ask that barkey mate,me and bro went to peaks today,started off in hope and did a little 10 mile route,which is prob the same as doing 15-20 miles in moors,started off nice and dry then got a bit boggy then was dry again for last downhill...heres a few pics from today...

climb on roman road from hope.


descent down to snake road


crossed snake road and climbed back up side of valley,descent back to snake road again


final part of descent.


back down to road back into hope.

MissBint37

Hey guys hows it going, just thought I'd check in!

Sorry I haven't said hello for a while, things have been a bit poo here. And in the tradition of rubbishness most of my weekends over the winter have been spent teaching small children and chavs how to fall off snowboards!

I'm also having massive knee problems and have been referred to a specialist AGAIN!

As the winter season draws to a close I should have more free time as they wont be running so many snowboard lessons. However due to the state of my busted knees still not sure how much intensity I can take....if you're ever doing any non-hardcore routes give me a shout........and no I don't mean boring flat stuff like disused railway lines - I'm not that much of a cripple...yet!!!