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Very wild day up at Rivington and Winter Hill today. Only got 13 miles in as the winds were gale force! At least it wasn't raining, until I got back to the car...

Rise Nr Pigeon Tower.jpg


All that run-off water was up at the top! That's not normally a stream...

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Looks can be deceiving, this was a boggy as hell!

Here's a short clip of video done on my phone (11 secs) trying to stay upright at the top of Rivington Pike... o_O


At one point coming off Winter Hill, I was pedaling to come down the hill and I was about 8-10 degrees off vertical trying to counter-balance against the side wind.

Oh, how we enjoy our winter rides! :ROFLMAO:
 
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Tonybro said:
Very wild day up at Rivington and Winter Hill today. Only got 13 miles in as the winds were gale force! At least it wasn't raining, until I got back to the car...

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All that run-off water was up at the top! That's not normally a stream...

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Looks can be deceiving, this was a boggy as hell!

Here's a short clip of video done on my phone (11 secs) trying to stay upright at the top of Rivington Pike... o_O


At one point coming off Winter Hill, I was pedaling to come down the hill and I was about 8-10 degrees off vertical trying to counter-balance against the side wind.

Oh, how we enjoy our winter rides! :ROFLMAO:
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Oh yeah ..Savage enjoyment at that !
Other than the write up in the rideout section no pics from me yesterday ..just to wet & cold to be arsed ..
Well done for getting out Tony ..
 

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Tonybro said:
Very wild day up at Rivington and Winter Hill today. Only got 13 miles in as the winds were gale force! At least it wasn't raining, until I got back to the car...

View attachment 81582

All that run-off water was up at the top! That's not normally a stream...

View attachment 81583

Looks can be deceiving, this was a boggy as hell!

Here's a short clip of video done on my phone (11 secs) trying to stay upright at the top of Rivington Pike... o_O


At one point coming off Winter Hill, I was pedaling to come down the hill and I was about 8-10 degrees off vertical trying to counter-balance against the side wind.

Oh, how we enjoy our winter rides! :ROFLMAO:
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Ugh I've been there in much worse weather! Still a good ride. Im going on the weekend, might see you there??
 

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The Hodge said:
What's taken you so long to lose your otb virginity..?
Well done ...though I've got to say you mustn't have been trying hard enough ..cheers
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Haha slow starter. Obviously the ditch that my front got stuck in didn't help but I was going too slow and had my seat stacked too high. I got lucky as I fell on softish ground but surrounding was full of rocks. Crazy how it felt like forever in real time but watching back it was just a flash lol.

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Slymobi said:
Haha slow starter. Obviously the ditch that my front got stuck in didn't help but I was going too slow and had my seat stacked too high. I got lucky as I fell on softish ground but surrounding was full of rocks. Crazy how it felt like forever in real time but watching back it was just a flash lol.

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That's always frustrating when I say I had a massive crash and you watch it back and it's like mehhhhhhhhhhhh.
This was one from a while ago, 1minute in.
 

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The worst ones are the proper OTB's when you land on your back and wind yourself, they're not fun.
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Yes I went over and slightly to the left resulting in me landing on my right shoulder blade, still winded me and took a good 5 mins to get back up properly. I felt I got lucky with the muddy grassy landing and my speed or lack of it at that point really helped I think.
 
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With Hamsterley/Whinlatter cancelled for tomorrow due to weather outlook (again), I took to Darwen Hill today as I was off and the weather was nearly OK (for us northerners anyway!).

Took the Rise today (I must name it, as I call the Merida the Green Hornet).

Wanted a workout in nearly zero degrees so wrapped up warm and dry and did three ascents in the mud and surface water...

20.2 miles, 3,127ft, 1391 kCals.

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Captured a little video, I'll edit up if I can be bothered!
 

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