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  • ilovedirt
    ilovedirt Posts: 5,798
    Quick blast up some of the local trails this evening after work

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  • Ferrals
    Ferrals Posts: 785
    Got about as far as I was planning to go from my house last night, messed up a steep ascent, dabbed a foot to stop falling into a tree and ended up with horrific cramp and hopped all the way home :oops: :evil: :evil: :lol:
  • rickbst170
    rickbst170 Posts: 228
    Initialised wrote:

    He now has a gash that'll end up as a V or Nike style tick on his shin:

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    His is much better than mine. Makes me look like a wuss.

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    Took my lad to Collingbourne Woods but it was really boggy. Hard work and couldn't find the fun stuff (bomb holes etc) as time was short and didn't venture too far from the beaten track. Rear wheel slipped on a muddy climb, foot slipped on pedal and now have a big hole and smaller below it from pedal spikes. Now I remember why I used to use spds!
  • mcnultycop
    mcnultycop Posts: 2,143
    Lee Quarry. New levels of wetness achieved.
    Nerve AM 7.0
    Scandal
    Felt Roadie
  • ilovedirt
    ilovedirt Posts: 5,798
    Quick local ride after some work today

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    B'Twin Triban 5
  • Graham K
    Graham K Posts: 329
    Up some moorland looking for dead bodies

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  • rickbst170
    rickbst170 Posts: 228
    Long time since I rode with any regularity or ability. Tried my hand at the local bmx track with my stepson and a mate who rides motocross. Sessioned the smallest jump there - a 4' step up to a 6' table top. I was awful. Kept sucking up the bike taking all the pace out and not even coming close to clearing the table. So, with some encouragement from my moto X mate, I decided to really try to lean back and not push down at all. I soared like an eagle straight into the air. Then straight down onto the back wheel which skipped out from under me and bailed sliding down the down side on my arse. That few seconds in the air was amazing. But now I've cut my bum :(

    Feels great to gain confidence and get some air though, even if it was rubbish and I didn't land it. Cracking great fun. Love it.
  • felix.london
    felix.london Posts: 4,067
    up to here and back...

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    "Why have that extra tooth if you're not using it?" - Brian Lopes

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    Trek Session 8
  • paul.skibum
    paul.skibum Posts: 4,068
    Whistler valley trails (Lost lake) - dry and dusty.
    Closet jockey wheel pimp whore.
  • felix.london
    felix.london Posts: 4,067
    paul.skibum wrote:
    Whistler valley trails (Lost lake) - dry and dusty.

    nice.
    "Why have that extra tooth if you're not using it?" - Brian Lopes

    Votec V.SX Enduro 'Alpine Thug' 2012/2013 build

    Trek Session 8
  • iwilldoit
    iwilldoit Posts: 710
    Hi All

    Me and my daughter went for a play to Nant Y Arian yesterday, what a fantastic day lovely weather nice breeze so not to hot, meet some nice people and a great ride, we both did our first black route so well please about that and it wasn't as hard as I thought.

    Where is she ??
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    Here she comes.
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    There she goes.
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    Went out for a ride on my own today, it was rather warm and I haven't sweat that much in ages but all good fun.
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  • VolatileMike
    VolatileMike Posts: 78
    demo day at glyncorrwg. had a try on nomad which was just amazing. couldn't believe how well it climbed as well. Thats the closest I will get to owning one though :(

    Great day.
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
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    Pretty nuts day, up at 4:50, 3 n a half hour drive and some mad trails.

    Didnt enjoy the morning as the suspension was set up way too hard. Dialled after lunch and loved the black!
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • JBA
    JBA Posts: 2,852
    The Wild Boar Chase in the Forest of Dean.
    Did it with my wife and son and it was good fun. Hard work in places, but good overall. The temperature made it feel harder than last year's though - it was mid-20's degC for most of it and rose as high as 28 according to my Garmin.
    “Life has been unfaithful
    And it all promised so so much”

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  • mcnultycop
    mcnultycop Posts: 2,143
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
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    Pretty nuts day, up at 4:50, 3 n a half hour drive and some mad trails.

    Didnt enjoy the morning as the suspension was set up way too hard. Dialled after lunch and loved the black!

    It's ace, isn't it. I stick to the blues and mince the red a few times, but still love the place.
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    Scandal
    Felt Roadie
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    mcnultycop wrote:
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
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    Pretty nuts day, up at 4:50, 3 n a half hour drive and some mad trails.

    Didnt enjoy the morning as the suspension was set up way too hard. Dialled after lunch and loved the black!

    It's ace, isn't it. I stick to the blues and mince the red a few times, but still love the place.

    Ahh, we stuck to Y Du and Black Powder and we fou d the reds didnt have that much flow too them..

    Y Du is just brilliantly frightening 1st time down!
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • orbdemon
    orbdemon Posts: 12
    Thornton Moor above Bradford. It felt really remote, and a glorious day. It was tough going though, we only covered about 7 miles in an hour and a half - seriously underestimated the effort involved. First real off road this year.





  • FishFish
    FishFish Posts: 2,152
    Thetford today - murder getting there - A11 closed and the fiveways roundabout was shut too. Nice weather.
    ...take your pickelf on your holibobs.... :D

    jeez :roll:
  • paul.skibum
    paul.skibum Posts: 4,068
    Whistler west side trails - lovely bit of exploring on some black rated single track - dry and dusty again!
    Closet jockey wheel pimp whore.
  • paul.skibum
    paul.skibum Posts: 4,068
    Bike park tomorrow. 18 degrees and sunny weather forecast - should be quiet too. On a guiding course.
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  • AlShack
    AlShack Posts: 38


    Ivinghoe Beacon - nearly made it up in one go! Next time ...
  • felix.london
    felix.london Posts: 4,067
    A local loop. t'was very nice indeed...

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    "Why have that extra tooth if you're not using it?" - Brian Lopes

    Votec V.SX Enduro 'Alpine Thug' 2012/2013 build

    Trek Session 8
  • ilovedirt
    ilovedirt Posts: 5,798
    What the hell is that dead thing? Really jealous of you and Paul...

    Here's where I was today on the new bike - just about to descend, right as it started raining and blowing a gale. <3 wales

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  • felix.london
    felix.london Posts: 4,067
    haha..no idea. Stoat? Was laying right across the trail. Yeah - it's pretty sweet over here for sure. Perfect time of year as all the melt snow gives the trails some rare dampness which is great...guess you don't have that problem back home :mrgreen:

    the Mega's already looking at home though (y)
    "Why have that extra tooth if you're not using it?" - Brian Lopes

    Votec V.SX Enduro 'Alpine Thug' 2012/2013 build

    Trek Session 8
  • ilovedirt
    ilovedirt Posts: 5,798
    Yeah, that's an issue we rarely get over here ;)
    It got a good breaking in today - covered in mud after that one! Should do well ;)
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    B'Twin Triban 5
  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    Decided to try something different today - Marin Trail

    What a load of sh*te

    Binned it off after the first 90 mins of climbing and went to Degla instead
    Tranny
    Tracey
    Bouncy
    Carbon
  • ilovedirt
    ilovedirt Posts: 5,798
    Are you joking? The Marin is excellent. It has actual technical trails and far fewer clueless Audi driving idiots.
    The first climb is a bit long, but there's just as much descent as there is climbing, funnily enough! The first climb at degla is a lot longer in fact
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  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    Maybe I got lost

    I did a good 30 - 40 mins of climbing before the first descent, which was 2 - 3mins

    The climbing was boring though. Straight wide fire roads.
    Tranny
    Tracey
    Bouncy
    Carbon
  • Briggo
    Briggo Posts: 3,537
    Mud fest around the White Peaks

    Not the best of rides. It'll stick one day that the White peaks are not worth bothering about, but determined to prove that wrong.
  • paul.skibum
    paul.skibum Posts: 4,068
    Bit of an explore and fun riding in Whistler Valley plus a few hardtail turns in the bike park.
    Closet jockey wheel pimp whore.

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