Pic of the Day

[Legendary-dave]

Out in the Forest trying out my new fork upgrade, was going to be only a quick ride but ended up going 26 miles

 

[penguinni]

Another grand day out! I have to admit I really feel the benefits of getting out into the woods and enjoying a nice wee pootle!

 

[Akiwi]

Bloody Sand Gets Everywhere ...

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Ooooooh this photo sends shivers all up and down my spine.
I can just hear the camera.. opening the display...

 

[StevoKickstart]

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The trails in the UK pine forests are littered with this toadstool right now. Eventually they get broader and flatter before going brown and shrivelling up. Nothing ever seems to eat them. They look poisonous, anyone know what they are called?
I'll bet it's called DeathCap, RedShitter, OneStep, or something equally ominous!

This is the fabled Fly Agaric; made famous in many fairy stories e.g Alice in Wonderland
In small doses the toadstool is highly hallucinogenic (hence Lewis Carroll who was famous for partaking, came up with the idea of Alice in Wonderland) In Medieval times the "Court Jester" used to eat this and entertain the noblemen; this is how the jesters are always portrayed as being "off their heads!"
Its a beautiful toadstool and I see them every Autumn riding in the Surrey Hill (there is a good few at the top of Captain Clunk if you want to see some!)
Apparently a safe dose is just the red skin about the size of your small finger nail

 

[JetSedgwick]

 

[JetSedgwick]

 

[Nicho]

(That probably wouldn't make any sense unless you've read a lot of old threads which often involved tassels ...)

I was just about to ask if anybody remembered the time he got put on a charge for putting purple tassels on the end of his rifle!

 

[Nicho]

enjoying a nice wee pootle

You should not have done that - the ground looks wet enough as it is.

 

[PanchoBuc]

Enjoying the Rail
San Martín de los Andes - Patagonia

 

[Rosemount]

Out in the Forest trying out my new fork upgrade, was going to be only a quick ride but ended up going 26 miles

As you do . lol .

 

[Johneracer]

Beautiful day in Santa Monica mountains. This place is one giant playground, due to recent fires we have a layer of smoke visible in pictures, but still,,,,,,not bad

 

[steve_sordy]

@Johneracer The distances on the sign look like a work of imagination!

 

[Johneracer]

@Johneracer The distances on the sign look like a work of imagination!

that is where MASH series was filmed. That’s the sign from the show

 

[BigMark]

First cool day in months, the fog rolled into Cucamonga Canyon.

 

[Pivot]

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Jet, how did you take this pic?
With a drone?

 

[steve_sordy]

that is where MASH series was filmed. That’s the sign from the show

That makes sense now. I was comparing the sign with where the pic was taken.

 

[Nicho]

Enjoying the Rail
San Martín de los Andes - Patagonia

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Love the colour matched helmet and bike.

 

[JetSedgwick]

Jet, how did you take this pic?
With a drone?

Insta360 one X + selfie stick, amazing little camera.

 

[JetSedgwick]

NorCal

 

[GrandPaBrogan]

He was known as "Sergeant Short Handle" .. he always failed to secure his shovel to the back of the wagon properly. It would drop down and drag along wearing the handle shorter ...

By 'his shovel,' I hope you meant that he has a real shovel?

I was just about to ask if anybody remembered the time he got put on a charge for putting purple tassels on the end of his rifle!

By 'end of his rifle,' I hope you meant that he has a real rifle?

Some of us inherently think in pictures, and so metaphors can be really disturbing... hence my request for clarification.
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[Jono967]

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Just a little mud on the trails

 

[Jono967]

A beautiful day for a ride

 

[Doug e+]

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Just a little mud on the trails

Wow looks like you had some fun ??

 

[Llívia]

El Maubèrme des del Sarrat Blanc

 

[Jono967]

Wow looks like you had some fun ??

We had a ball
one of the boys riding a new Merida on its maiden run dropped it in the mud on both sides
A very funny run

 

[steve_sordy]

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Just a little mud on the trails

That is just a lot of watery muck! This is mud!

At this point I had to stop pedalling because although the bike would have kept going, I thought that the mud might erode the paint from the inside of the seat stays. And yes, that is a stick in there.
Best Lincolnshire clay mud, it took me ages to clean that up trail side until I got going again. I had to do it again 300 yards further on before I moved out of the area.

 

[DrStupid]

 

[GrandPaBrogan]

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What’s that (black flak jacket?) wrapped around the bottom of your battery?

 

[DrStupid]

What’s that (black flak jacket?) wrapped around the bottom of your battery?

Terrible weather protection on motor ?

Hi all I decided today to give my trance a little extra clean after normal stuff chain,frame,drivetrain and wheels I've always noticed alot of crud builds up under the motor cover so today I stripped it and underneath was minging thick solid mud and under there is a load of cables for speed...

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Have a look in link above for details. This is the carbon bash plate.

 

[Errol1098]

This guy went across in front of me only half a kilometre from my home in suburbia, hadn’t even made it to the bush yet!