Where did you ride today?

apple eater

Gorlech for me today. It's by far my favourite trail and after nearly 2 months off with injury, it was interesting to see how much work they've done to the trail. It was flowing faster than i remember and was great to be back.

paul.skibum

*cough* Road ride to end of Green lake and back - beautiful afternoon but can feel the cold air and hint of winter coming. Which is goooooooood.

This is the ugly side of Whistler:

The Rookie

*cough* Road ride (on MTB's due to the 'road' quality), 50 miles total in temperatures rising to 33C, only mild sunburn!

dirkpitt74

Took part in the BHF Peak District Challenge on Saturday - only did the 15 miler as wasn't sure if my fitness & skill level was up to the longer routes.

Had a great day - the climb up Mam Tor was hard, but the descent was great fun!
Will be back next year to do one of the longer routes.

iwilldoit

Well not me but my 9 year old on his first mtb race, he thought it was going to be an easy win but he came 7th out of the 12 in his race, I was well pleased, but he was a little upset he wasn't world champion and got a sponsorship deal waiting for him :shock:

Dad was over the moon.

paul.skibum

DirkPitt74 wrote:

Took part in the BHF Peak District Challenge on Saturday - only did the 15 miler as wasn't sure if my fitness & skill level was up to the longer routes.

Had a great day - the climb up Mam Tor was hard, but the descent was great fun!
Will be back next year to do one of the longer routes.

Is that bike a little small for you and the saddle too low? Good job on the ride though Mam Tor is a good ride spot.

dirkpitt74

paul.skibum wrote:

DirkPitt74 wrote:

Is that bike a little small for you and the saddle too low? Good job on the ride though Mam Tor is a good ride spot.

Bike is 18inch and feels about right for height & reach.

Saddle does need to come up a bit - experimenting with heights.

paul.skibum

DirkPitt74 wrote:

paul.skibum wrote:

DirkPitt74 wrote:

Is that bike a little small for you and the saddle too low? Good job on the ride though Mam Tor is a good ride spot.

Bike is 18inch and feels about right for height & reach.

Saddle does need to come up a bit - experimenting with heights.

Sit on the saddle, heel on the pedal and leg should be roughly straight for a good pedalling position. For varied terrain with no dropper post you might give yourself 1/2-1 inch below that to find a balance between pedalling and ability to move off the saddle. Good position on the bike gives max efficiency from your muscles and helps with distance - maybe get you on that longer ride!

ilovedirt

First night ride of the season tonight! Just some local trails, about 10km

rockmonkeysc

Today was the Enduro1 race at Greatwood in the Quantocks.
Since it's my local I thought I would give it a go, should do well.....

......turns out I couldn't gap that ditch I been wanting to try for a while.

Many bruises and a a knee that doesn't work properly. Cider time now.

Graham K

NWMTB Demo day at Roman Lakes, A few bikes tested and got abit of horn for this, rode mega,

welshkev

Graham K wrote:

NWMTB Demo day at Roman Lakes, A few bikes tested and got abit of horn for this, rode mega,

is that the carbon one? my mate has it and it's no way worth £2100 more than the aluminium version

Graham K

welshkev wrote:

Graham K wrote:

NWMTB Demo day at Roman Lakes, A few bikes tested and got abit of horn for this, rode mega,

is that the carbon one? my mate has it and it's no way worth £2100 more than the aluminium version

Yeh Carbon, Retail at £4600 :shock: :shock:
I have been quoted cheaper, but its still alot of money to throw down a hill.

Myster101

A cold Whinlatter, 1 degree but the sun was shining so was all good. Pic looking out towards Keswick, phone pic so not that great.

Angus Young

Here you go.

Myster101

Thanks mate that looks miles better. Which software did you use?

Angus Young

Photoshop. It's amazing how much information is buried in photos that look as if they didn't work. And it only took about two minutes to dig it all out.

Antm81

Lee quarry, had a good laugh with the lads from work, even at my own expense when I went otb.

iwilldoit

Had a nice weekend on the bike rode Cym Rhayadr yesterday, quite a short trail that my son thought was boring, mind that's 9 year old for you and to day up on the hills locally at home it was thick and very cold fog which almost made me turn round and do something else, but plugged on and got above all the fog and it was a lovely sight all the fog in the valley floors and lovely warm sunshine.

Heading home back into the fog

mcnultycop

3 minutes into a ride supposed to be to Blackstone Edge had a proper fall onto a rock slab. Not 100 % sure how it happened. Never had grip Issues there before. I got up but knew something wasn't right, I'd used the dad uplift service so I had to ride home. 12km one handed on road, just up and down, no flag at all. I've had better rides (with less brake dragging!)

Dropped bike home then walked the 400 metres to A&E. I've got an "impressively" broken arm, soft tissue damage to shoulder and thigh (not too bad) and some battered, but ultimately intact, ribs. Elbow is getting pinned tomorrow. Where is the nurse with more pain relief...?

ilovedirt

Snowdon today:

Angus Young

You got lucky with the weather there. It can be very hit and miss at the best of times up there.

dirkpitt74

Did a skills course today with Chase Skills over Cannock Chase - great fun and learnt loads.

ilovedirt

Angus Young wrote:

You got lucky with the weather there. It can be very hit and miss at the best of times up there.

Tell me about it, I only live down the road, it can be bad at sea level, let alone up in the mountains! Funnily enough, the four times I've been up snowdon, the weather has been great!

welshkev

superb weather on Snowdon. looks similar to when I went up earlier in the year.

is the ban over now then?

Angus Young

It's from the beginning of May to the end of September.

ilovedirt

What he said ^ though you can ride during the ban, only early in the morning or in the evening.

welshkev

ilovedirt wrote:

What he said ^ though you can ride during the ban, only early in the morning or in the evening.

yeah, I think it may have been you who told me before to do it on an evening in june when the nights are light. maybe next year

I'd like to do it again this year but I doubt i'll have the time

ilovedirt

I think I vaguely recall that. It's an awesome ride!

BloggingFit

Blast around Woburn today which was surprisingly dry. Hit some of the secret Trek Factory trials on the MK side before moving across and checked out Woburn Sands at the end to see how the rebuilding is going on. Looking pretty good again with Transfer Line riding well. Good times.