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[DieBoy]

I was gonna ask why also?

For clarification, I meant this calendar year. Realistically, as I've very limited time as it is, on the run up to Xmas (particularly with a young family) I'm unlikely to get out for the next couple of weekends. Old friends to meet up with, Christmas markets to visit etc.

January tends tends to be hard weather wise, and after a week of riding through snow to work and back in all honesty I'm not that motivated to go out again at the weekend, even if time allows.

This year I started again in February, which isn't too bad. Depends on how messed up the weather is

 

[The Hodge]

For clarification, I meant this calendar year. Realistically, as I've very limited time as it is, on the run up to Xmas (particularly with a young family) I'm unlikely to get out for the next couple of weekends. Old friends to meet up with, Christmas markets to visit etc.

January tends tends to be hard weather wise, and after a week of riding through snow to work and back in all honesty I'm not that motivated to go out again at the weekend, even if time allows.

This year I started again in February, which isn't too bad. Depends on how messed up the weather is

You are forgiven my son ..

 

[Arminius]

Lost my cherry? Had to google it! Thanks God it is not was I thought in the first. Autsch.

 

[TheSnowShark]

This photo is totally magical.. beautiful !

 

[Binhill1]

Lost my cherry? Had to google it! Thanks God it is not was I thought in the first. Autsch.

I did wonder when I posted it , should I say that.

 

[Bones]

Today's ride around Grassinton in the Yorkshire dales.

 

[irie]

Wow @Bones you did well to get out today, was dark and nasty sheight down here in West Sussex today

 

[Bones]

Wow @Bones you did well to get out today, was dark and nasty sheight down here in West Sussex today

Well we set off towards the west in the rain and 1/2 hour later all the rain had passed us. Just got a bit wet on the last couple of miles home.
Although I personally was extremely wet all day after falling into a swollen beck whilst trying to stay dry crossing it

 

[The Hodge]

Only downside i've found is that i can't carry enough water on the bike, the Decoy 475ml bottle doesn't go far for me.

Does the water  have to be carried on the bike or would something like this help ?

M.U.L.E.® 5 Waist Pack with 1.5L Lumbar Reservoir

Minimal need, maximum effort. For when you need to let loose of excess baggage and ride your best. The compact build is perfect for carrying just the essentials and its versatility lets you exchange a reservoir for two Podium bottles. While the waistpack design allows for freer movement and...

www.camelbak.co.uk

 

[KnollyBro]

Now then ..I was always told that a certain Gary Fisher was the Grand-daddy of Mountain Biking..
I started my mtb life on a Gary Fisher Wahoo..fully rigid ..

Gary Fisher - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I guess it really comes down to how you define mountain biking. When I read about the Repack Races, it sounded more like gravel bikes. Then again, I was riding BMX bikes thru trails (of course we built jumps!) in the bushes around our houses in the 'burbs back in early 70s as well. Maybe I invented mountain biking (but on BMX bikes)?
Any way, for those who are interested, Cove Bikes was ONE of the pioneers of mountain biking on the North Shore along with a bunch of other crazy teens with nothing better to do in the '70s.

NSMB.com - History of the North Shore

 

[The Hodge]

Maybe I invented mountain biking (but on BMX bikes)?

I can lay claim to riding down steep stuff long before BMX was a thing ..on a tourer with Sturmey Archer 3spd grip shift gearing on massive pit heaps ( coal waste) in the North West Durham coalfields when I was just a nipper ..
I rode the same bike on a School ( not mine) trip in 1969 which my uncle led ..(he was the history teacher at said school)..I'd be 12 years old and the youngest on the tour..I remember coming down Snaefell mountain ( Isle of Man) .. on tarmac (asphalt) with the speedo bouncing off the scales max'd 40mph ..mind you there was another lad riding a Raleigh Chopper and had an arse that finished at the back of his neck after the 10 day trip( that long thin saddle just about split him in half )
..so maybe I was an Mtb pioneer along with God knows how many others

 

[Semmelrocc]

Frosty view yesterday morning on my way home from the bakery.

 

[The EMF]

Sugar frosted coating ?