Cannock Conditions

DCR00
DCR00 Posts: 2,160
edited January 2012 in Routes
Evening all

Anyone been to Cannock today ? What's the Monkey Trail like ?

Weather conditions look set to improve tomorrow, but its tanked it down all day, so wondering if its a bit of a bog...

Cheers

DCR
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  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    v muddy today

    went arse over tit on a new bit i havent ridden before - turn left about half way up the hill after the crossroads on the Monkey Trail. V muddy and slidey all the way down, but good fun.
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  • DodgeT
    DodgeT Posts: 2,255
    Isn't cannock always muddy unless there's a drought?
  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    DCR00 wrote:
    v muddy today

    went ars* over tit on a new bit i havent ridden before - turn left about half way up the hill after the crossroads on the Monkey Trail. V muddy and slidey all the way down, but good fun.

    That bits been there a while, not sure it's an official bit really, I know there's a sign post next to it but I'm fairly sure there's still signs on the fireroad round it too. Never used to be that bad but it's really gotten worse over the last few months, probably with the weather and I think it's been seeing more and more traffic.
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  • Briggo
    Briggo Posts: 3,537
    DodgeT wrote:
    Isn't cannock always muddy unless there's a drought?

    No, its usually bone dry/fairly dry the times I've been there even after a good trickle of rain.
  • DodgeT
    DodgeT Posts: 2,255
    Briggo wrote:
    No, its usually bone dry/fairly dry the times I've been there even after a good trickle of rain.

    Have they done some work to the tracks then? Must admit, its about a year since i've been, but out of the numerous times I went, think it was only not muddy once and that was in the middle of the summer. Remember that good day we had last year :D
  • thorlz
    thorlz Posts: 2
    DCR00 wrote:
    v muddy today

    went ars* over tit on a new bit i havent ridden before - turn left about half way up the hill after the crossroads on the Monkey Trail.. V muddy and slidey all the way down, but good fun.
    I know where you mean. Was mega slippy last time I went down there, went arse over myself.
  • bwstokie
    bwstokie Posts: 115
    Thought I'd piggy back this thread.

    Has anyone been up Cannock in the last couple of days? Me and a mate have a cheeky day off on friday and fancy a blast round. Don't mind a bit of mud and dirt but don't know if I can be bothered to drive up if it's in a state.

    Thanks in advance
  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    There are a couple of tiny bits where it's a real bog, but like less than 1% of the trail, to be honest it's not too bad really, we've been riding on kenda SB8s fine.

    You're bike will need a good clean afterwards though.
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  • bwstokie
    bwstokie Posts: 115
    Cool

    Nothing new then, seem to spend half my life cleaning the thing ;-)

    Better get a few hours on the exercise bike before Friday then, haven't done any riding since before Christmas and have put on the obligatory Christmas lumber!
  • darren555
    darren555 Posts: 194
    There as some huge puddles after the Tackeroo descent. Enough to fill my Sealskinz.
    We started early in the morning and the northshore sections were still very very greasy too.
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Anyone been down today?

    Thinking about the monkey at the weekend but I've only been offroad once in about the last 6 months and seeing the amount of frozen water there was on the Dog last weekend it could be wet enough to give me all sorts of grief.

    Also I don't really want to get covered in shoot, the wife would kill me. :oops:
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  • chrisw333
    chrisw333 Posts: 695
    Planning to go over the wekend. Any views on whether I should keep my Mud X tyres on or switch them over to High Rollers?
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    After today, it's gonna be wet. But cannock wet so more puddles and wet sand than mud most of the time. Rocks will be slippy.
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  • Clank
    Clank Posts: 2,323
    chrisw333 wrote:
    Planning to go over the wekend. Any views on whether I should keep my Mud X tyres on or switch them over to High Rollers?

    I'd go with the High Rollers, if it was my choice. Not enough clag and to much cobbley stuff to justify the Muds.
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Went over this morning, not a fat lot of mud, on the dog anyway, didn't do the monkey, feck loads of big deep puddles tho. :D around though
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  • Rushmore
    Rushmore Posts: 674
    Went today, was muddy, but not unbearable...

    All good fun :)
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Yeah learnt a valuable lesson today, I tried to avoid a puddle and hit a tree stump. Won't be doing that again any time soon.
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