Where did you ride today?

mrmonkfinger

bennett_346 wrote:

Tanfield railway. A walker said i shouldn't be there (bridleway) then asked if i had third party insurance in case i hit him.

I told him i was fully comp.

presumably this walker has previous experience of pissing people off so much that they hit him

bennett_346

mrmonkfinger wrote:

bennett_346 wrote:

Tanfield railway. A walker said i shouldn't be there (bridleway) then asked if i had third party insurance in case i hit him.

I told him i was fully comp.

presumably this walker has previous experience of pissing people off so much that they hit him

Maybe, either way i solved the problem in an adult manner and wheelied past him making motorbike noises.

YeehaaMcgee

bennett_346 wrote:

Tanfield railway. A walker said i shouldn't be there (bridleway) then asked if i had third party insurance in case i hit him.

I told him i was fully comp.

I had the almost exact opposite experience. I was riding somewhere I don't think I'm oficially allowed, and saw a farmer on a quad bike heading my way.
Just as I'm trying to think up an excuse (I'm lost / I'm Finnish, I no understand / I'm from the local asylym - yes, that'll do) I decide to just be polite, so I shout out a cheery "hello" in Welsh, naturally, and he waves and smiles back.

Generally speaking, that's kind of how things go round here.
Of course, if I'd said "hello" in English, oh god. You've all seen "Wicker man", right?

bennett_346

It's funny because most of the time walkers round this area don't care about bikes, most wave and say hi, lots step out the way in good time and smile (i give them a thankyou back) and a lot see bikes coming and put the lead on their dogs until the bikes are past.

It's just this walker fell into the same category as Peugot man last year who threatened to throw us and our bikes in the river and hold us in it till we "couldn't ****ing breathe ****ing ever ****ing again"

mrmonkfinger

bennett_346 wrote:

It's just this walker fell into the same category as Peugot man last year who threatened to throw us and our bikes in the river and hold us in it till we "couldn't ****ing breathe ****ing ever ****ing again"

did he look anything like this?



ok, that's a citroen, but they're the same company and all that.

Majski

bennett_346 wrote:

It's funny because most of the time walkers round this area don't care about bikes, most wave and say hi, lots step out the way in good time and smile (i give them a thankyou back) and a lot see bikes coming and put the lead on their dogs until the bikes are past.

It's just this walker fell into the same category as Peugot man last year who threatened to throw us and our bikes in the river and hold us in it till we "couldn't ****ing breathe ****ing ever ****ing again"

I absolutly hate some walkers (most are fine). I was out on the roadie a couple of years ago and a 'pedestrian' stepped off the pavement in front of me without looking and I ploughed straight into him, scratched my new bike, hurt myself and nearly got run over. When I got up he started having a go at me telling me I was going too fast (it was a 40 limit I was doing around 20) so I just lost my rag and punched the nob as hard as I could then left as he was threatening to sue me. Hopefully he'll step out in front of a lorry next time

YeehaaMcgee

An old fella (legend of a bloke) told us last year about walkers on his land.
"The difference is that a walker or someone, well, they're generally ok, right? If it was dark, raining and cold, you might invite them in for a brew and to call for help. They can be misguided, but they're ok.
Ramblers though. Well, just shoot them on sight"

Nelson56

just up at my local trails its mostly dirt, roots, rocks but they are making new ones that's going to take them a year to build they have planned the routes for some of the trails.

bennett_346

Chester jumps, this is a table.

snotty badger

Well it was a beautiful summers day in the Lakes today, so we did the back of Skiddaw loop, Borrowdale Bash then the Blencathra loop. A kick in the arse off 50 miles, my arse feels like Dumbos been trying to fist it.

ilovedirt

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

bennett_346 wrote:

Tanfield railway. A walker said i shouldn't be there (bridleway) then asked if i had third party insurance in case i hit him.

I told him i was fully comp.

I had the almost exact opposite experience. I was riding somewhere I don't think I'm oficially allowed, and saw a farmer on a quad bike heading my way.
Just as I'm trying to think up an excuse (I'm lost / I'm Finnish, I no understand / I'm from the local asylym - yes, that'll do) I decide to just be polite, so I shout out a cheery "hello" in Welsh, naturally, and he waves and smiles back.

Generally speaking, that's kind of how things go round here.
Of course, if I'd said "hello" in English, oh god. You've all seen "Wicker man", right?

I should probably take some time to learn some of that funny language they call Welsh. I'm only going to be living in Wales for another year though, probably not much point now!

Also, only time I've been told off for riding on footpaths, I was actually on a bridleway (I was about to ride on a footpath mind). Walkers etc are fine, you just get the occasional wanker, same as you do in all walks of life.

EDIT: I lie, I got shouted at by a farmer near Betws the other day for riding my bike on his land (admittedly it was a footpath). Apparently mountain bikes are a menace to the countryside and we are a disgrace and should be ashamed of ourselves. Apparently we're also not allowed to even push our bikes along footpaths, stupid old cunt. Bet he's fine with horse riders, and they seem to make much more of a mess of the trails.

mintedox

I went to Grizedale but didn't research it well enough, so missed the black. Did 2 laps of Northface trail and got suprising strava results
It was a good day but think I prefer Gisburn.

mcnultycop

I was going to go to Lee and Cragg, but my girlfriend is ill so I didn't want to be too far away (or get too engrossed in riding and forget to come home), so I did my local loop of bridleways, towpaths with some bits of singletrack and some challenging little sections in it. It's usually about 18km but I did a chunk of it twice, so nearer 30km I reckon (must buy Garmin soon).

I had a fairly big off at Llandegla last month and hurt my knees, so I thought I'd see how I got on with pedalling in my new knee-pads. I'm really glad I did, on one short little sandy downhill section I didn't notice until halfway down it that the recent rainfall had cut a new rut right down the middle. Cue the front wheel getting wedged and me coming off. I'm glad I had the knee-pads on, the right one is still hurting from the fall and I reckon the pads have just stopped a nasty bump.

YeehaaMcgee

Decided to sod the rain and just ride up into the quarries anyway. Was pretty cool, I ended up above the cloudline, so everything was shrouded in a deep thick mist. The old quarry buildings and machinery looked very eerie.
Sadly, on the way down I found I had absolutely buggerall traction on the smooth wet rocks in the woods, so it was a case of slide a bit, ride a bit, slide a bit, ride a bit.
Crazy, I couldn't even stay upright on my feet in some sections. Going to stick the supertackies on next time I venture there in the wet I reckon.

sigorman85

done the white horse (sutton points) route in weymouth today was a nice day considering the weather yeterday was muddy and some deep puddles was about 17 miles so not to far

robbroo

Lonesome pine route in Kielder yesterday. The route was surprisingly dry apart from about 10 metres along the lakeside where the reservoir had covered the path to a depth of about 15cm. This weather is seriously getting me down and it was good to get out and do a decent trail.

Then today i did about 12 miles on the road with the Mrs. well at least I got my arse out of the chair:)

I cannot do my usual local run, its just too wet and boggy. Seeing as the doom and gloom weather forecasters are predicting wet weather until the autumn should we start a list of those routes that are fit to ride in all weathers?

lonesome pine is my offering to start us off!

bjj.andy.w

Only did 11.5 miles today, took us nearly 4 hours :shock: mind you, helvellyn was in the middle of it. At over 3000ft above sea level it's a big old piece of rock to get up and down

The Northern Monkey

Ride round Cwmcarn today then a single uplift...

Strangely, I got a puncture between packing the wheels in the car after the ride and getting home

paul.skibum

Just did a little spin round some of the xc style/snowshoe trails on the hill to stretch the legs but found they were clogged with deadfall - gonna stop in at HomeDepot tomorrow and buy a bow saw and lopers and go to work clearing them - they are a fun ride when clear.

Majski

Rode revolution bike park saturday in the p1$$ wet which was amusing. Lots of good crashing. Went to Forest of Dean yesterday. I didn't realise there was a race on and it was like a downhill fashion parade. Lost count of the number of people walking around with bog seats around their necks. Numptys.

milt

Dinning ton and back 27 mile with my 2marras

YeehaaMcgee

Had an uplift day at the brand new Blaenau Ffestiniog DH tracks - and pretty awesome they are too!

mintedox

We found the Krypton Factor assault course today, couldn't have a go though.

mcnultycop

30km on my local route, first ride on my new bike though, so really, really enjoyed it.

an_original_name

mucked about on the shredder and downhill track at Ae forest this morning. Finally worked up the courage to ride the road gap on the shredder as well.

paul.skibum

Just heading home to grab the bike for a quick spin. Considering bit of filming on the snowshoe trails or just riding to get work related frustrations out of head. Probably the later. In which case up Snake pit to the mountain summit then down something else back to village.

[peers out window]Hmm, chance of thunder, maybe I wont go to summit.

paul.skibum

Or I wont go out at all - winds just got up to 80mph, lashing rain, lightning, thunder etc. Screw that, beer.

mcnultycop

I rode 40.5km on road to work, on knobbly tyres on my hardtail, then the same back. It's the longest I've ridden since I picked up a bike again 4 years ago, and probably the longest for about 20 years, since I was 15 and used to think nothing of just riding for an entire day.

I feel terrible, but great in almost equal measures.

YeehaaMcgee

Good effort, keep it up.
Today's riding was also to/from work for me. only 10 miles each way today, trying to save some energy for the weekend.
And I got a puncture on the way home. gutted.

mcnultycop

If work was 10 miles away I'd happily ride it every day. Riding to work this morning was OK, as it is generally downhill. Riding home took 40 minutes longer (2:10 there, 2:50 home), as there are loads of just gradual but sapping climbs. I blew up with about 6 or 7km to go and had to go for Mars, a tuna sandwich and Lucozade from a petrol station. Ten minute stop and I was OK for the rest of the way.

I'll do it again, but I need 3 consecutive days in the office so I can leave laptop and clothes/towel there.