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[Doug Stampfer]

Man I want to ride in the desert one day!

 

[Forever Wild]

You might ha ha me young man but I'll have you know Ive got Calexico on the stereo right now & it's the bomb. They've just done Cumbia de Donde and... oh god how I wish I was in America right now. ?.......?

I wish I could travel to Europe.

 

[Forever Wild]

Man I want to ride in the desert one day!

Let me know when. I’ll ride with you.

 

[The Hodge]

I wish I could travel to Europe.

We've just travelled out of it ...?

 

[Rosemount]

Petrie Creek Nambour Queensland Australia .

 

[JimBo]

 

[InRustWeTrust]

About 1 year ago i was ridning analog , it was slow and a really pain in the ass.

 

[The Hodge]

About 1 year ago i was ridning analog , it was slow and a really pain in the ass.
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Did the trip to the optician also help ?
There is no obvious trail to ride on there ..?

 

[InRustWeTrust]

Did the trip to the optician also help ?
There is no obvious trail to ride on there ..?

Hahah the trail is behind me , but we dont have fancy trails like you other have , often the trail is really thin/narrow and rocky.??

 

[The Hodge]

Fancy trails?
Other than when I send my butler out in front with a broom to sweep pebbles & rocks off the trail ..what you describe as typical riding also applies over here ..
I'm assuming the fancy bit is your interpretation of our trail centres..?
?
I much prefer " natural " trails too...

 

[thedrizzle]

Falls Creek, Australia

 

[Waynemarlow]

Classic Chilterns UK scene, this time of year mud more mud and lots of 100m alt climbs up and over ridges to play on.

 

[Nicho]

The sudden change in temperature from frozen mud photos to arid hot desert made my computer monitor fog up!

Are you sure it's not your eyeballs fogging up?

 

[Rosemount]

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That scene looks real good !
I was hoping to get down that way about now . Border closures and COVID hot spots have quashed those dreams .

If the rain holds off I am off to Woorai tomorrow mornin .

 

[Rosemount]

Bushrangers MTB club @ Parklands for the monthly Parklands ride .

 

[GrandPaBrogan]

Bushrangers MTB club @ Parklands for the monthly Parklands ride .

Instances like that when you have to lift a heavy eMTB can be a real pain. I hope there weren't too many fallen logs (trees) along the trail that day!

 

[Rosemount]

Instances like that when you have to lift a heavy eMTB can be a real pain. I hope there weren't too many fallen logs (trees) along the trail that day!

There were a few .
Some we moved ,some we scaled over .

Picking the Levo up is ok .
I learnt some lift techniques from the EMBN boys .

Reaching over and putting them down is the problem . Holding the weight close to your body is ok . Extending and reaching out while lifting the weight changes the game dramatically .Tall fences are a challenge . I have done a few hike a bike efforts . But again holding the weight close is not as much of a strain as the up and over .

 

[GrandPaBrogan]

Are you sure it's not your eyeballs fogging up?

It's so weird how my brain plays funny tricks on me. I used to do a lot of photography a few years back, and I would often shoot straight into the sun (or reflections of it) for visual effects - to capture or induce lens flares and such. When I look at prints of these photos... the intense glare would make me squint (I can almost feel a headache coming on). But the thing is, there is NO intense glare - I'm just looking at an image made up of white paper and increasingly darker ink. I get the same response when I grade these photos on my computer beforehand - the intense direct glare is only a replica made-up of various mundane shades of 256 colours from my monitor... but I still squint!

Below is a sample of my work. How's your migraine coming along?

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Back then I carry a bag with all my lenses, often during cold early mornings. I really hate it when they would fog up as soon as I pull them out of the bag. I just about had an identical knee-jerk response of annoyance - just from viewing those frozen UK trail photos back-to-back, then to a sudden switch of a hot desert (in Arizona presumably) from @Forever Wild, haha!
So yeah, you could be right... my mind's eyeball fogged-up. You know I've already confessed about my OCD, aye?

Your migraine abating yet?
BTW, my brain has thawed so my fog is all gone... ?

 

[Doug Stampfer]

Reaching over and putting them down is the problem . Holding the weight close to your body is ok . Extending and reaching out while lifting the weight changes the game dramatically .Tall fences are a challenge . I have done a few hike a bike efforts . But again holding the weight close is not as much of a strain as the up and over .

Yep. The reason I got an emtb was because of a bad back. As soon as the bike is up & over the fence it gets dropped - no way i'm straining my back setting it down nicely ?

 

[InRustWeTrust]

Fancy trails?
Other than when I send my butler out in front with a broom to sweep pebbles & rocks off the trail ..what you describe as typical riding also applies over here ..
I'm assuming the fancy bit is your interpretation of our trail centres..?
?
I much prefer " natural " trails too...

was not against you when I wrote this but I just wanted to point out ?, but yes it was trail center I mean, we do not have so many trail centers here but it is usually natural trails that the deer have trodden.

Well I agree, natural trails are much more fun.?

 

[JimBo]

If it doesn't jump out at you, focus on the background below the "X."
In the '70s, this wasn't a powerline, it was my neighbor's family's property.
I've yet to ask him to verify this, but rumor has it that he, in his irresponsible teens, decided to push his VW off the cliff...

My Commencal pic in the post above was shot form the top of said cliff.

 

[Rusty]

I've yet to ask him to verify this, but rumor has it that he, in his irresponsible teens, decided to push his VW off the cliff...

Im my teens I would have drove the VW off that cliff. Even my parental units were surprised I made 21.

 

[Blue Moon]

08.15 sunrise at Peel Tower, Holcombe Hill. -3c, heavy frost but dry. Wonderful early morning ride.

 

[R80]

Bro stone ? Margam,South Wales

 

[yorkshire89]

Pateley Bridge this morning, started off clear/sunny with a few dodgy ice patches, then the snow came down pretty fast, hiding any ice underneath making for an interesting ride...
We ended up bailing early as we weren't sure if we could get our vans back up a hill

 

[GrandPaBrogan]

Pateley Bridge this morning, started off clear/sunny with a few dodgy ice patches, then the snow came down pretty fast, hiding any ice underneath making for an interesting ride...
We ended up bailing early as we weren't sure if we could get our vans back up a hill

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Your photos look like art gallery exhibits that’s been Photoshopped to preserve just one colour and turn the rest to B&W. ?? Interesting how yellow really stands out in a pleasing sort of way!

 

[CJaMTB]

Here's one from Dartmoor, yesterday. Really challenging ride in temps between 0 and 2 degrees, lots of ice, one stretch was over 200m, with rocks poking out all over the place. This was by far the best part of the ride though. At the highest point, after a taxing climb, with an awesome descent through fresh pow to follow!!!

 

[highpeakrider]

Peak District.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Interesting how yellow really stands out in a pleasing sort of way!

You like yellow snow ?

 

[GrandPaBrogan]

You like yellow snow ?

Gives me goosebumps and a little tingle. ??