Pic of the Day

[The Hodge]

The sound of the forest on the trails today was accompanied by roaring petrol engines

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Had one of those as a 19 year old ..Repmobile..
Mine had a 1.3 engine !
Escort 1.3 popular plus

 

[Tubby G]

Had one of those as a 19 year old ..Repmobile..
Mine had a 1.3 engine !
Escort 1.3 popular plus

My first car was a MK2 Escort, beige, 1.6, but we spray painted it a fade blue to purple with sparkly glitter tints. It was the early 90’s and it was my rave mobile

 

[AdmChr]

 

[The Hodge]

My first car was a MK2 Escort, beige, 1.6, but we spray painted it a fade blue to purple with sparkly glitter tints. It was the early 90’s and it was my rave mobile

90's ...
1977..brand new motor courtesy of Nestle ..I had the Mk1 for a few weeks until a work mate wrote it off on our induction course nr Colchester ..lucky to get out of that car alive and wouldn't have if seat belts had been compulsory at the time ..
It resembled a cheese wedge with the front totally mashed ..we got thrown into the back and got out of the rear window with scratches & bruising ..
Edit ..it might have been a bit later than '77 ..I don't remember if I got another klunker before that

 

[Tubby G]

90's ...
1977..brand new motor courtesy of Nestle ..I had the Mk1 for a few weeks until a work mate wrote it off on our induction course nr Colchester ..lucky to get out of that car alive and wouldn't have if seat belts had been compulsory at the time ..
It resembled a cheese wedge with the front totally mashed ..we got thrown into the back and got out of the rear window with scratches & bruising ..
Edit ..it might have been a bit later than '77 ..I don't remember if I got another klunker before that

This is the car I had in 1977

 

[MtBkGrl]

We're very lucky, this view is just a five minute ride from our house. We live next door to a Nature Park that is laced with trails and has an active trail building club that is busy reviving old hiking trails and building new dedicated mtb routes. Our local community has recently been awarded a $650,000 grant to build a E-MTB trail network including a recharge station. Hopefully the system will not be just a green route and include some challenging trails.

These are from just this week.

And nearby a new bike park with some more serious trails. Sorry, I'm too old for these jumps and nobody else was around. Oh to be thirty again!

And a couple from a recent trip to Cypress Hills Alberta. An interesting landform of mountains that rise up from the prairies of the Alberta plains.
Prairie on one side, forested hills on the other.

 

[etoni]

some pre winter ride wallis @6°.

 

[SwissMountainLeader]

It’s a bit cool and icey on the north slopes…

probably time to switch some gear.. (this morning)

 

[DrStupid]

Last nights burning.

Can you name it?

 

[Doomanic]

...

Ned? Ned Flanders? I haven't seen you in ages...

 

[Jimbo Vills]

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Ned? Ned Flanders? I haven't seen you in ages...

It’s like wearing nothing at all….

don’t take it personal SML. Doom obviously has a very childish sense of humour

 

[Doomanic]

Doom obviously has a very childish sense of humour

Are you just working that out now?

 

[The Hodge]

Last nights burning.
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Can you name it?
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Yeah it's a log fire..

 

[Jackware]

Last nights burning.
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Can you name it?

I take it you didn't agree with Smoky Bear's advice?

 

[Jimbo Vills]

Are you just working that out now?

Erm. No

 

[penguinni]

Belfast Lough, Co Down, N Ireland. Not long ago.

 

[DrStupid]

I take it you didn't agree with Smoky Bear's advice?

He thought he was fast! I had his number.

 

[InRustWeTrust]

Last nights burning.
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Can you name it?
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real bear head on the tree ?

 

[DrStupid]

real bear head on the tree ?

No, just a cheap plastic bear head I had laying around.

 

[Zimmerframe]

No, just a cheap plastic bear head I had laying around.

Wouldn't it have been more environmentally friendly to use a real one ?

 

[Doomanic]

Not for the bear!

 

[Stihldog]

‘No Plastic Bears We’re Hurt While Taking These Pictures’

This is a repeat pic(yesterday) but if your bars are 740mm+…you’re not getting thru.

First snow this year. New tires probably?

 

[Zimmerframe]

Not for the bear!

He doesn't have to decapitate it, just ask nicely. We're not on the set of Highlander !

 

[Slymobi]

Discovered I had a puncture when I got back home, changed inner tube and then discovered another puncture FFS. Did what I should have first time and inspected tyre to find this little devil ( not the 5p ) sticking through.

Lesson ( for me as I'm not tubeless obviously ) is to always check rim and tyre before installing a new inner tube

 

[etoni]

wallis.
after noon ride. 18° @1.6k

 

[Diverdude]

River Trent, just south of Newark.

 

[RoktMyDog]

Point Sir lighthouse getting swallowed by fog yesterday. 0 other bikes. I wasn't sad.

 

[CBSTD]

First time on the bike in 3 weeks for a wee pedal up Ben Chonzie up through Lagan wood past the Deil’s Cauldron out onto the road and up the glen then out on to the hill and up and up and up a bit more to the top no trig point We then took a sedate decent to a saddle (visibility was poor and grip was nil )We climbed down to Loch Turret (what do you call downhill hike a bike ) a pedal down the loch side and across the dam to work our way through the foot hills back to Comrie

 

[Stihldog]

First solo night ride of the season.
I thought I was alone.

2 minutes later, when I rode back, this is what I saw.

I went straight home after this…quickly.

 

[Jackware]

First solo night ride of the season.
I thought I was alone.
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2 minutes later, when I rode back, this is what I saw.
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I went straight home after this…quickly.

At least they're tidy