Lee Quarry in the snow..

DodgeT

Few pics from this mornings ride, well, play around.. Me and Ali aka 1mancity2 were on the trails for 9.
Was interesting, spent more time trying to get some good shots (albeit with crappy blackberry - but hey, better than nothing) than riding. We even managed some air on the table tops, Ali a lot more than me. He's the one getting big air in the pic, i'm the one with the before shot. I did get a little air I promise
Thank god for sealskins socks, see the pic where i went straight through the ice on the pump track..
Saw a few other peeps making there way up as we were making our way down about 11. Was real good fun and great for practising cornering / balance technique.

Enjoy

Where we are going..


Where we'd been


Snail or whatever it is


Top of the berms


And again


Thank you sealskins..


Ali in the air


Me before


Snowy fresh tabletops to finish

delcol

i pussied out this morning cause it was cold and the central heating was warm....

looks like we missed out on a fun one...

DodgeT

Ha ha I know... Half way there I thought I should of stayed in bed, the roads were crap. Where you can cut off the 66 up to burnley, think there'd been a smash there. At the same time on the uphill by the turn off, a guy in a bm was blocking the road cause he couldnt get up the hill. Luckily snook round him by the hard shoulder bit :P

One of them days where everything is telling you not to do it, but it was so much fun when there

And as a bonus, the bike is as clean as it was when I started.

1mancity2

Nice pics Rog, we had a right laugh and nice and clean, did the red line down from the sail and it was mental trying to find the trail..

Enjoyable Morning with a top bloke

cashy16

Cool shots dodge. Degla was clear apart from the 3 mile climb and any open sections. Was ace fun. Never fell off once which was surprising!!!

DodgeT

Ta pal. Get your degla pics on here and make sure your in my shots next time too

cashy16

Id love to upload but it won't let me using a I phone sorry. Upload for me if u like dodge

delcol

DodgeT wrote:

Ha ha I know... Half way there I thought I should have stayed in bed, the roads were crap. Where you can cut off the 66 up to burnley, think there'd been a smash there. At the same time on the uphill by the turn off, a guy in a bm was blocking the road cause he couldnt get up the hill. Luckily snook round him by the hard shoulder bit :P

One of them days where everything is telling you not to do it, but it was so much fun when there

And as a bonus, the bike is as clean as it was when I started.

were the roads bad then,, glad i didnt go as that stuipid spaxi van of ours doesnt like the snow,, (as i found out last year as i was going to work,) i tried to go round the roundabout in birchwood were i used to work only to find my self going straight and aiming for the lampost and street sign, lucky for me my boyracer side kicked in and i pulled the handbrake slightly this put me into a drift,(backend) i knew i could control that slide, and i did much to the bemused look on the guys face who was coming round the round about in a mitsubishi pickup..
i was 90 degrees to the roundabout sliding round it almost facing him.. missed my turn though and had to go round again to get my exit, this time straight though...
i have had new tyres put on since then though but still lost my confidence in that car in the snow...
my honda crx was better at least that would drift....

DodgeT

Yeah, roads were wonk. A580 was icy, m60 was ok just wet, 66 was dodgy as fook, then when you got off that for rawtenstall it was just silly.

This was clear, compared to the rest of the run

delcol

thanks mr dodge t you made me feel happy with my lazy decsion to stay in bed...

The Northern Monkey

Christ, I didn't realise it was that bad back home! Not looking forward to the drive home now!!

Awesome pics though!
Is it just me or does the Enduro in the 3rd pic look like a crosser? lol

delcol

you be alright mr monkey. it only seems to of snowed in the hills oooooooooooop rivi and around rossendale.

it fine round wigan leigh warrington worsley manchester ect.

1mancity2

delcol wrote:

you be alright mr monkey. it only seems to of snowed in the hills oooooooooooop rivi and around rossendale.

it fine round wigan leigh warrington worsley manchester ect.

Was surprised Sunday, nothing in Barlick but as soon as I got to Burnley all hell broke loss, luckly I was in the Nivara so no problem in the snow

DodgeT

delcol wrote:

thanks mr dodge t you made me feel happy with my lazy decsion to stay in bed...

Aye, you'd of enjoyed it being out though

The Northern Monkey wrote:

Christ, I didn't realise it was that bad back home! Not looking forward to the drive home now!!

Awesome pics though!
Is it just me or does the Enduro in the 3rd pic look like a crosser? lol

To be fair, when we left about 11:30, the roads were absolutely fine. Just we were up and about before the gritters/ploughs etc.
Cheers, shame the quality isn't too good on the old BB
Must be my gayee stylee rear mudgaurd, keeps my bum nice n dry though. The enduro is a big beast :P

1mancity2 wrote:

Was surprised Sunday, nothing in Barlick but as soon as I got to Burnley all hell broke loss, luckly I was in the Nivara so no problem in the snow

I'm just glad I didn't have to drive up to gizzy as usual... Thats assuming there was much there?

amr ghost rider

fantastic pics fellas

mike_s14

come on dodge, you need to be getting more air time than that

we need a few good ride outs over christmas

hey cashy you up for it?

1mancity2

Were planning a ride for the 27th maybe Gisburn?

delcol

i gotta get my self out to,, not been on any of my bikes for nearly 3 weeks now,
now been on my mtb for over 4 weeks. thats not good...

DodgeT

So, get out on tues up gisburn then... Should be a few of us going.