Pic of the Day

[The Hodge]

Another corker of a ride in the Eastern Cheviots starting from Wooler town centre ..taking in Wooler Common , Broadstruther ,Langlee Crags, Threestone Burn, Ilderton & back to Wooler ..cant remember the last time I did this ride ..but its is on one section where I first met my riding buddy of the day ( Nick) while he was having a nap from his riding on a hot summers day about 25 years ago ..we've been mates ever since ...
His first ride since a heavy fall a few weeks back where he bust his ribs ..
A few pics ( more than I've posted recently !)

19.3miles / 3,020ft climbing

It's a classic Cheviot moorland ride ..?

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

A few years ago we were asked to recover the body of a walker who had gone missing from Ambleside 8 months before.

A farmer was riding his quad bike across the boggy bottom of the little upland valley to check his fence and spotted a walking boot sticking out of a boggy pool next to the fence.

When we pulled him out he was wearing his rucksack and was still holding a Wainwright guidebook.

He had obviously been climbing over the fence, lost his balance and had fallen head-first into the pool and drowned.

Not the usual type of bog body you hear about.

The moral of the story is take bogs seriously, especially if you are out by yourself.

I hit a bog here in Wales once while doing a fair lick of speed.. fortunately for me, it wasnt fatal

 

[Bike Rider 007]

Fort ord / Laguna Seca

 

[The Hodge]

I hit a bog here in Wales once while doing a fair lick of speed.. fortunately for me, it wasnt fatal

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Good effort ..?

 

[Zimmerframe]

Laguna Seca

French Rural Leguna Seca yesterday .. All the cork screws with with the pit crews rather than on the circuit ..

I know, you can't see any vehicles - they all were involved in a rapid parking technique on the bend just as I arrived ..

 

[Nicho]

I hit a bog here in Wales once while doing a fair lick of speed.. fortunately for me, it wasnt fatal

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It was lucky you had a friend there to kindly record the moment for you.
I bet you had fun getting it out.

 

[Nicho]

Good job you found him, as he may have been found in another 1000 years and it would have been another Lindow man ?

At least his family finally found out what had happened to him.

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

It was lucky you had a friend there to kindly record the moment for you.
I bet you had fun getting it out.

happened twice that day, I always took tow ropes and it took us both 20 mins or so to get the bike out each time

 

[@ndy]

Some pics from last week before all the rain these last few days

 

[Bike Rider 007]

Demo Flow

 

[Steve38]

Sunday morning at Kuitpo Forest south of Adelaide just after the first real rain of Autumn

 

[IndigoUnicorn]

No MTBng today because Mother’s Day and the ride peeps are all being celebrated by their kids or celebrating their wives.

Since I’m neither (unless you count dogs) I did road miles today. Just under 18 miles (28’ish km) (a PR I haven’t hit in a long, looooong time).

It was a beautiful, breezy day with a high just under 80° F (27° C).

And, DAYUM! My newly dyed hair is PINK in the sun!!!

 

[etoni]

wallis,
sunday ride, hollidays are over..?

 

[InRustWeTrust]

 

[steve_sordy]

wallis,
sunday ride, hollidays are over..?

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I would have to get off before that corner in the number 4 shot! My aversion to heights would do my head in and I'd end up going over the edge!

 

[HORSPWR]

Ages since I rode in the Dales. Well worth a day off work.

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What always amazes me is the hundreds of kilometres of fences made out of rocks!

 

[Mteam]

What always amazes me is the hundreds of kilometres of fences made out of rocks!

Aka dry stone walls! Uk countryside is covered with them

 

[Steve38]

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Wouldn't want to overshoot that turn !

 

[etoni]

Wouldn't want to overshoot that turn !

yes! 110m vertikal.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Well, pic of the day is fairly quiet today ! I guess everyone's still shell shocked from etoni's latest and greatest ! ?

I'm still waiting for a new derailleur .. I can only post these instead ... It's almost bike related - Fox ! I was just about to get in the shower when I saw this guy/girl outside ..

Too slow/dumb/distracted to select the right mode for mouse/vole pounce..

 

[Nicho]

Well, pic of the day is fairly quiet today ! I guess everyone's still shell shocked from etoni's latest and greatest ! ?

I'm still waiting for a new derailleur .. I can only post these instead ... It's almost bike related - Fox ! I was just about to get in the shower when I saw this guy/girl outside ..

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Too slow/dumb/distracted to select the right mode for mouse/vole pounce..

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What's more important is did the mouse/vole select the right mode for fox-pounce-evasion manoeuvre?

 

[Zimmerframe]

What's more important is did the mouse/vole select the right mode for fox-pounce-evasion manoeuvre?

It did not press "evade" on it's controller in time but did win a free tooth massage.

 

[The Hodge]

That fox suspension though man ..perfect .
You couldn't get a rock to spring like that ..?

 

[Mike D.]

*ahem* rear mech *ahem*

 

[steve_sordy]

*ahem* rear mech *ahem*

I forgive him, he lives in France after all. I mean how more French can you get than "derailleur"?

 

[Slymobi]

Cracking day out today, ventured to unknown parts and had a blast.

 

[OldBean]

which rear mudguard is that ?? more clearance than my Mudhugger.

 

[The Hodge]

Cracking day out today, ventured to unknown parts and had a blast. View attachment 61261 View attachment 61262 View attachment 61263 View attachment 61264 View attachment 61265 View attachment 61266 View attachment 61267

Love days like that !

 

[Slymobi]

which rear mudguard is that ?? more clearance than my Mudhugger.

ZEFAL Unisex's Deflector RS75 Mudguard, Black, 27.5" / 29"

 

[Tubby G]

ZEFAL Unisex's Deflector RS75 Mudguard, Black, 27.5" / 29"

Shame you couldn’t get one in bright neon green or yellow ?