A Picture paints a thousand words - restart

Anonymous

Right, thanks to an administrative cockerel-up, the last thread was accidentally deleted
I won't name names, Nick. oops!

Anyway, right, here's a thread for inspirational pictures, images that stir your soul, and urge you to go for a ride, the level of photographic technicality is irrelevant.
Here's some ground rules.

This is for pictures that inspire, or have that special something only, not just any old snapshots of you and your mates. The pictures should be taken by forum members ideally, not stock photos. It doesn't matter if someone uses a cameraphone, or an EOS 1DS, as long as that picture has that special something, that's all that matters. If you cock up when trying to post a picture, DONT keep trying and trying with new posts, go back and edit it instead. That's what the edit function is there. And lastly, I think for ergonomical reasons, if your images are huge, then post a link to them instead. Or re-size them to roughly 800 pixels wide (I think that's near the forum limit)

Right, rules can and WILL be changed at anny time by ME! (Come on, you all know what I'm like by now )

So, get posting.
There were some awesome imagesd in the last version of this, let's try and get the ball rolling again with some corkers.
Oh yeah, feel free to post a picture even if it was in the last thread. A corking shot is a corking shot.

NEW RULE:
Post a short blurb explaining WHY the image you've posted hits the spot for you.

dubcat

This picture has special significance to me as this is my journey up to my first trail ride. I was alone, feeling lost, and the adrenaline was flowing. This is the ride up to the top of Holmbury Hill at Peaslake in the Surrey Hills. I had no clue how long the road was or where I was going. Very exciting for a noob

I know it's not of a hardcore trail and it's only with a camera phone - but it's definitely got special significance as I feel like a whole new world has just opened up to me (queue music from lion king).


up up and up i rode by The Real Amir, on Flickr

_jon_

From the Long Mynd this morning-



From the Peak District (Ladybower Loop) a fortnight ago-

jay12

me at lee quarry on saturday


me on a hip jump at delamere


me whipping on a 4x track


view from lynn crafnant


and another


me jumping at delamere


on another jump


my pic which got into the IMBmag reader's gallery


and this is my mate at delamere

Anonymous

Good effort, apart from Jay (holy crap you look EVEN younger than I imagined!) spamming a bit, it's off to a good start.
Still, nice pics, Jay, just let others have a chance as well

bike-a-swan

hbrashaw

dubcat, not a particularly amzing pic, but i understand the significance, i ride there quite a bit, and the top car park is just round the corner from there- so close!

Good pics jay, i wish i had somewhere like that to ride near me

hammy7272

Nice story Dubcat, I know exactly what you mean.

woodnut

Rocky Paths

The valley

Can't see the wood for the trees...

All taken yesterday near where I live

13baz

Me at Rothiemurcas close to aviemore at the weekend A great weekend with some amazing biking and scenery!!

largephil

Glentress last Friday afternoon... (dodgy camera phone)

m1tch666

I got slagged by my pal for living next to hills and never climbing them.......



The target.....



Half way.....



Funny what you find at the top (well, over the shoulder)...explains the width increase in the path....

rossi46

Thewaylander

Like that one Rossi.

But Dubcat... your's is a road.. makes me feel like not riding [/code]

Stoo61

Innerleithen and Ben Cleuch rides.

Anonymous

Is it just me, or has the actual text and images section of the forum got even narrower?
I'm reading this on my laptop and I'm thinking it looks like a hell of a lot of blank space either side of the thread.
Sure it wasn't like that a month ago :?

altern_8

above the clouds on walna scar road,looking down towards coniston water.

xtreem

t0pc4t

my local forest

Miggins

View of the Royal bothy Glas-alt-Shiel on the shore of Loch Muick nr. Ballater, Royal Deeside, Scotland




From the top of Mount Keen (note the padded frame protectors
by 661 )





Unfortunately, on both occasions I didn't have my camera, so these were taken with the 2 mega pixel camera on my old Nokia.

LjStronge

TopCat - My localforest = Swinley

Ditto - There are better pics to be had though!

t0pc4t

LjStronge, that was a random pic off my phone, I also go up to the labrynth which is pretty lush

if you're ever about though would love to learn the good spots in Swinley

LjStronge

t0pc4t wrote:

LjStronge, that was a random pic off my phone, I also go up to the labrynth which is pretty lush

if you're ever about though would love to learn the good spots in Swinley

I'm there twice a week dude - although not there this week now.

Give us a shout when your about or feel free to ask for for directions if you need to!

What do you ride?

t0pc4t

anthem x4 mate, I'm pretty green though

you Bracknell based?

LjStronge

t0pc4t wrote:

anthem x4 mate, I'm pretty green though

you Bracknell based?

Was for 27 years,just moved. Forest Park & Crown Wood.

I ride 1 evening after work on my way home and once at the weekend. I have a 2009 Rockhopper Comp. I have only been riding for about 8 months and built my bike up from the frame about 3 months ago, so Green is the right word for me to!

Fitness isn't the best, but I always push myself around Swinlwy. I prefer the singletrack but actively seek out the hills to work the legs

Hang on, PM me - I think we are hijacking this thread!

clodhoppa74

gisburn

kona_matt

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Jay (holy crap you look EVEN younger than I imagined!

+ 1, you're way too young to be hanging out chatting with us sad lot

ruswilks

kona_matt

This shot is from my first taste of proper mountain biking in the lakes a few years back. Any shot from that trip makes me want to ride. Taken on a berm at the blue loop at whinlatter.

Happy Harry

Clicky for piccy

Tim.s

Cwmcarn