We rode a local d/h jump line last night. One of the lads is a shredder & holds a few KoMs on local downhill trails but managed to get his front wheel in a rut off the side of heavily overgrown narrow singletrack & went otb at all of 10mph. We don't know how he did it but ended up with a 12" gash on his leg & a few hours in A&E getting stitched back together. The same trail did this to me. Bloody brambles everywhere you turn.
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Beekeeper
🍯Honey Monster🍯
Peak District
Think you were the lucky one.
A few pics from todays ride in The Howgills ..to say it was eventful would be an understatement..but more of that in the write-up in the rideout section ( tomorrow ) ..suffice to say that The EMF will take no rocking when he sleeps tonight ..to be fair I'm more than a little bit knackered myself ..
Not a ride we will forget in a hurry !
Wayne doing his stuff on the drop down Bowderdale
And on the return leg on the bridleway near Beckside..
Massive thanks for the dropper service kit ..and the chips
& Latte at Tebay Services on the way back up the M6 ..hope the caffeine hit got you home safely..
Last pic is out of sync ..thats also the Bowderdale drop..
Not a ride we will forget in a hurry !
Wayne doing his stuff on the drop down Bowderdale
And on the return leg on the bridleway near Beckside..
Massive thanks for the dropper service kit ..and the chips
& Latte at Tebay Services on the way back up the M6 ..hope the caffeine hit got you home safely..Last pic is out of sync ..thats also the Bowderdale drop..
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Whistler daze the week before the overwhelming masses come out for Crankworx. With only half the mountain open, the line ups at the base of the mountian are over 45 minutes long so we rode the top with no line ups as there are only a few trails open. The next 2 weeks will be nuts!
The last rock roll on Original Sin can either be really easy, like a fast rock berm, or fairly difficult if all the dirt between the rock is blown out leaving several significant rocks to catch your front wheel which will send you OTB. The inside line is steeper and always a little slippery! There are always a group of riders watching to see the line. My Bro makes it look easy...
A video of the full trail can be seen HERE
Captain Safety Roll in is very sketchy but this picture makes it look like nothing! Riders always ride down the right side as there are a few small "catch" trees you can run into if you lose control. The right side is NOT a good line!
The full video of the trail can be seen HERE
The last rock roll on Original Sin can either be really easy, like a fast rock berm, or fairly difficult if all the dirt between the rock is blown out leaving several significant rocks to catch your front wheel which will send you OTB. The inside line is steeper and always a little slippery! There are always a group of riders watching to see the line. My Bro makes it look easy...
A video of the full trail can be seen HERE
Captain Safety Roll in is very sketchy but this picture makes it look like nothing! Riders always ride down the right side as there are a few small "catch" trees you can run into if you lose control. The right side is NOT a good line!
The full video of the trail can be seen HERE
What a grueler of a ride….mostly brilliant. Heard a couple of pics of the Hodge getting a head of steam up to tackle the next climb.
Sublime singletrack
Sublime singletrack
Aye ..but I ran out of steam before getting too far up the hill in the distance ..
luna87824
E*POWAH Master
Just south of the Grand Canyon...
Aye ..but I ran out of steam before getting too far up the hill in the distance ..
Could not be further from an MTB picture than a bitcoin from an ecological survey...
But this thing flew in last night and sounded like a small plane waiting for a runway ..
I can't believe someone caught a moth, spent hours camouflaging it, gave it Botox and then trimmed it with paracord !
The weirdest thing is that it has @BAMBAMODA face.
Apparently it's a Poplar Hawk-Moth .. (I didn't know).
But this thing flew in last night and sounded like a small plane waiting for a runway ..
I can't believe someone caught a moth, spent hours camouflaging it, gave it Botox and then trimmed it with paracord !
The weirdest thing is that it has @BAMBAMODA face.
Apparently it's a Poplar Hawk-Moth .. (I didn't know).
Mcharza
E*POWAH BOSS
Are you sure it's not a runaway drone from Russia?
etoni
E*POWAH Elite
switzerland, what else..
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"It's there .. it's there .. the holy grail - a flat bit - we've found it after all these years of searching ..."
Elsketcho
Active member
From my weekend in the Dales
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etoni
E*POWAH Elite
it is a friend of mine.
Don't worry, after 2,075,858 pictures, we know it's not you !!!!!
Does your lass know you were riding with her best blouse on ...?
steve_sordy
Wedding Crasher
Yes, but it's actually her second favourite - but only so she doesn't know he's wearing her best underwear !
As you know @The Hodge all your best rides are when wearing someone elses underwear !
Are you concerned about his breathing or is there something in his trousers you'd like to replicate ?
steve_sordy
Wedding Crasher
There is 10% less oxygen in the air for every 1000m of altitude increase.
Can't be that Poplar - I've never seen one before!
Height of UK industry today: Bulmer Brickworks still making Tudor bricks 500 years later.!
And Latest EMTB, Belt drive , electric change gearbox.....sadly German made.....whilst they still have some industrial gas.
They're Swiss ! They're used to higher altitudes, genetically they're bodies are also more acclimatised to it - not to mention the hours they all spend carrying everyone else gold to higher altitude for safe keeping - it keeps you fit !
Plus, they drink at least twice as much beer afterwards as anyone else to compensate for the dehydration at altitude !
etoni
E*POWAH Elite
@2800müM 29°
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Don't worry, after 2,075,858 pictures, we know it's not you !!!!!
Actually it's 2,075,859.
You forgot the one of him in the shower he posted when he was drunk.
jempezen
Active member
Yes Switzerland... but not Wallis
steve_sordy
Wedding Crasher
2800m that means that the air you breathe has 28% less oxygen in it than the air that I breathe. I'm really impressed!
I remember riding the Esperanza Trail at 1500m one February when I was in Tenerife. I was on an mtb. OK, I'd recovered from flu a few weeks before but I felt perfectly fine walking about at sea level. However, I really struggled climbing steep hills with 15% less oxygen in every breath at that elevation.
I was the guy at the back on every section and decided to stay in the van coughing my heart out while everyone one else went for a repeat of "the best bit"! I didn't start to feel anywhere near normal until we got back to sea level!
Later that week, we went for a coach and cable car ride up to almost the top of Mount Teide (12500ft - 3800m). We topped out at 10500ft (3200m). I walked out of the cable car station and because the path was lined with snow a meter high either side (it was about -5degC), I ran to the end of the path to get to the viewing point. I started to see stars, which is a sign of oxygen deprivation, and I staggered to a halt. Walking back was no fun in shorts and a tee shirt! (It was 28degC where we set off from). The other, far more sensible, people walked to the viewing point and were rewarded with the tremendous view.
etoni
E*POWAH Elite
That was EPIC!
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