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Went for a road bike ride this morning at 0630 - almost chilly!!! - longing for the days of having to "wrap up warm"
I thought it was always warm in Cornwall . We have the fog today in NE Scotland coast areasWent for a road bike ride this morning at 0630 - almost chilly!!! - longing for the days of having to "wrap up warm"
To be honest the "almost chilly," could have been written as " a long way from chilly", but, thankfully, nowhere near as warm as it has been for the last few days...
Yes we don't get the 30 somethings like down South. Just back from Cyprus that was enough for me . Its great just being dry and not having to wash the bike every spin. Enjoy
As said elsewhere, did an early short ride on a local route with wife before the temperature gets silly - may get to 35C later today.
Only 12 miles with 700ft elevation. Some mellow single-track, and some chalk with embedded broken flint, not a good place to fall off - the flint can rip you like a jagged knife.
Edit: forgot to say, on the rough flinty wide singletrack downhill on the other side hit 33mph before my courage ran out.
Only 12 miles with 700ft elevation. Some mellow single-track, and some chalk with embedded broken flint, not a good place to fall off - the flint can rip you like a jagged knife.
Edit: forgot to say, on the rough flinty wide singletrack downhill on the other side hit 33mph before my courage ran out.
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philmedomsley
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Local riding in the sun.
LePaddy
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Beautiful low hanging cloud in the North Yorkshire Moors this morning...
TCFlowClyde
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Post-card worthy
IMHO
Wonderful pictures showing the variety and beauty of the countryside we ride in.
Excuse me for posting a picture from September last year. This is the Cathedral Oak, thought to be over 1,000 years old, in Savernake Forest in England, being hugged by my wife Angie. Reminds me of the story about the sequoia tree and the butterfly.
Slymobi
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i had always heard the phrase " Tree Huggers " Never actually thought it was a thing..... until now
i had always heard the phrase " Tree Huggers " Never actually thought it was a thing..... until now
That tree was there before the Norman conquest, amazing. It deserves a hug.
Findhorn Foundation in Moray full of tree huggers and people who talk to flowers. Each to their own though they dont bother me.i had always heard the phrase " Tree Huggers " Never actually thought it was a thing..... until now
HORSPWR
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Robin Hood and his merry men probably danced around it!
EnduroDad2k
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The fog is nature's air conditioner, Pacifica CA USA.
When that fog goes away it will no be mist .
Haar, haar! ;-)
20 mile on the Hardtail this morning on my “ never let me down “ Stumpjumper Comp. Hard for the first 5 mile ok after that was great.
Thats proper old Skool. Clean as hell and well spec'd.
While its debatable where and when the first purpose built mountain bike was built, it is widely accepted that Marin County in California claims that title with the likes of Joe Breeze, Tom Ritchey, Gary Fisher, and Charlie Kelly in the late 1970s. At that time, they used to race down an old gravel road at break neck speeds. Similar groups of riders sprang up in Santa Barbara and North Vancouver around the same time. Cove Bikes in North Vancouver was the place to be and get all the latest gear. From that store, several guys got together and started building new trails off of the existing Fire Service Roads on Seymour, Fromme and Cypress. Two of the most well know were Todd ‘Digger’ Fiander and ‘Dangerous’ Dan Cowan and a few short years latter, the North Shore "skinny" and structures were born! You can read more about the history of the North Shore HERE
After few months of learning to ride some local trails around the south side of Vancouver (around 15 years ago,) we heard about Fromme on the North Shore. On our first trip up, we basically got the sh!t scared out of us riding down a BLUE trail (Video HERE) as we found out that not all trails labeled BLUE are intermediate. After many years of practice, we can now "ride" all of the trails, but not every feature, but have paid our dues with countless crashes and injuries. If you ever make it over here, I would be happy to show you want I know.
Todd ‘Digger’ Fiander's Trail Ladies Only (one of many he made) is still one of the most difficult ones on Fromme but is still ridden today mostly how it was built in the day. Video HERE
Roller with Optional Rock face drop
Structure with Teeter
Structure to Drop
For shear insanity, you have to look at Dangerous Dan's work (The Flying Circus) which has not been ridden in 15 years. Documentary Video HERE
Structure is less than 8" wide and 15' off the ground. There is a teeter thrown in for good measure!
One of many 10+ foot off the ground structures that litter the trail.
Lobotomizer Structure: Very Long skinner to a very steep exit!
15' Drop of an 8" skinny to a very small landing transistion!
There are countless unsanctioned trails on the North Shore that are just as difficult, in different ways, but gone are the crazy high skinnies as they were difficult to maintain in the moist West Coast weather.
After few months of learning to ride some local trails around the south side of Vancouver (around 15 years ago,) we heard about Fromme on the North Shore. On our first trip up, we basically got the sh!t scared out of us riding down a BLUE trail (Video HERE) as we found out that not all trails labeled BLUE are intermediate. After many years of practice, we can now "ride" all of the trails, but not every feature, but have paid our dues with countless crashes and injuries. If you ever make it over here, I would be happy to show you want I know.
Todd ‘Digger’ Fiander's Trail Ladies Only (one of many he made) is still one of the most difficult ones on Fromme but is still ridden today mostly how it was built in the day. Video HERE
Roller with Optional Rock face drop
Structure with Teeter
Structure to Drop
For shear insanity, you have to look at Dangerous Dan's work (The Flying Circus) which has not been ridden in 15 years. Documentary Video HERE
Structure is less than 8" wide and 15' off the ground. There is a teeter thrown in for good measure!
One of many 10+ foot off the ground structures that litter the trail.
Lobotomizer Structure: Very Long skinner to a very steep exit!
15' Drop of an 8" skinny to a very small landing transistion!
There are countless unsanctioned trails on the North Shore that are just as difficult, in different ways, but gone are the crazy high skinnies as they were difficult to maintain in the moist West Coast weather.
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HORSPWR
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The egg isn't even a real egg!
JetSedgwick
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Iconic names from the birth of modern day mountain biking as seen and enjoyed on many old videos and dvds…….
But back in the day when I kid a few of us would make the best bikes we could out of many old scrapper’s (sometimes with no tyres just bare rims ) and ride them round the fields the into the river Witham and did silly stuff…..once the biking is in the blood it never leaves you…..
Great pics
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