Pic of the Day

[irie]

-2c in the frozen North this morning

We grow our own garlic, still waiting for a cold snap before planting. Been 10-12C for weeks, need colder weather to trigger the cloves to develop into bulbs, but temperatures might finally be dropping in the coming weekend.

 

[etoni]

wallis.

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[steve_sordy]

The last two times I went out it was overcast and about 11 degC. Better than stopping at home, but it felt cold and damp and it was dispiriting.
Today was a different matter altogether! Bright and sunny, blue skies, but colder (8degC in the sunshine and colder in the shade). But I was on fire today! Went 50% further in the same time and was hammering the trails. It felt absolutely brilliant! Definitely A GOOD DAY.

 

[Arminius]

Sun came out (forgotten what it looked like!) so Mrs and me went for an easy 10 mile ride on surprisingly dry trails. Still no frost so trees are very slowly shedding their leaves creating a soft colourful carpet.

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Perfect to stopp and hold for a moment of mindfulness.

 

[The Hodge]

We grow our own garlic, still waiting for a cold snap before planting. Been 10-12C for weeks, need colder weather to trigger the cloves to develop into bulbs, but temperatures might finally be dropping in the coming weekend.

We've pretty much had similar conditions until this morning ..a beautiful day followed though ..so no complaints

 

[BikeBert]

Sun -> shrooms -> fog...

 

[Rickster]

Magical time of year... even in the deep forest

 

[Tonybro]

@Rickster beautiful with all those leaves on the trail... Hiding the wet roots waiting to catch you out!

 

[Mcharza]

You can get anything in November.

 

[Binhill1]

Great weather

 

[The Hodge]

Great weather

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Where you be ?

 

[Arminius]

Where you be ?

Webcam on a mountain?

 

[Binhill1]

Where you be ?

Schiehallion someone could take a bike up here not me though.

 

[Slymobi]

Absolute blinder of an adventure ride today. Getting lost on the moor, getting stuck in sludge and finding new places. EPIC

 

[Rickster]

It was a stunning 10c/50f today at
4100 ft/1250m ! Hard to believe it's the middle of November ! Barely any Snow to be found on this ride.

 

[Stihldog]

It’s been a few weeks now since the atmospheric river(s) have hit our area. The network of trails(70+) have basically survived on Burke Mountian but some of the access and fire roads did not. Half of this mountain is cut off to Mountian biking.

Foot and MTB traffic has been significantly reduced. However, some of the lower trails are being improved while some volunteers wait for better access.


“Bullet Tooth Tony” (short trail) is just one example of improvement.

This bridge will need to be rebuilt.


Some roads are still rideable.


Some are not.
The amount of rain we’ve received has been a blessing and a curse. Hopefully things will get better by spring.

 

[irie]

Sun came out today and temp got up to 12C so decided to go out before temps drop in the next few days.

Came up here:

There are 4 ways to go, decisions, decisions:

Don't want to go back the same way, going right looks interesting:

But the ruts lower down are 18"/45cm deep and is pedal strike city.

So could go straight ahead:

But gets really narrow with a tight gate just where you need to stay on the bike

So it's left:



Which leads to this trail, no frost yet so a soft carpet over the chalk and flint lurking underneath.

Edit: forgot to add this pic

 

[billwarwick]

What a stunning day to be outside, although I had forgotten about that delightful combination of low sun and wet roots which caused an unscheduled dismount ( and an unscheduled lie down). But slow speed and softish landing, so all good

 

[Binhill1]

It’s been a few weeks now since the atmospheric river(s) have hit our area. The network of trails(70+) have basically survived on Burke Mountian but some of the access and fire roads did not. Half of this mountain is cut off to Mountian biking.

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Foot and MTB traffic has been significantly reduced. However, some of the lower trails are being improved while some volunteers wait for better access.

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“Bullet Tooth Tony” (short trail) is just one example of improvement.

This bridge will need to be rebuilt.

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Some roads are still rideable.

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Some are not.
The amount of rain we’ve received has been a blessing and a curse. Hopefully things will get better by spring.

That lad wi tje beard has an uncanny resemblance to someone I knew sadly died young.

 

[Stihldog]

That lad wi tje beard has an uncanny resemblance to someone I knew sadly died young.

That’s Dave. He helps me sometimes with some heavy lifting. His dogs (2) found some bones a few months ago in our area. The police were everywhere for a few days.

 

[TrailwattsUK]

Autumn rides are alot of fun this year

 

[Binhill1]

Finally managed to check out a smidgen of the Dunkeld area . Not sure if these are unofficial trails but there's lots of them .
I was only exploring but the amount of serious steep rooty decents that finished on the forest road i was going up was scary , pics just can't capture the steepness. Did a wee Blue , really !!! and one Red . Full marks to the folk that cycle these. The Hermitage was well worth the visit, I'll be back.

 

[irie]

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Autumn rides are alot of fun this year

Wheel looks very close to the rear triangle 'cross stay'?

 

[Binhill1]

What a stunning day to be outside, although I had forgotten about that delightful combination of low sun and wet roots which caused an unscheduled dismount ( and an unscheduled lie down). But slow speed and softish landing, so all good View attachment 150169

Yes respect needed for the roots , dry ones are bad enough.

 

[Binhill1]

Webcam on a mountain?

No I actually was there my legs are aching Schiehallion

 

[Mcharza]

November surprised me again.

 

[Slymobi]

Trip to Ladybower and surrounding area

 

[Arminius]

@Slymobi
Did you ride this in the saddle or push bike? 🫣

 

[Slymobi]

@Slymobi
Did you ride this in the saddle or push bike? 🫣

Both lol... I decided to just push through that section but stayed sat on the saddle the amount of pedal scrapes on that rock had my head go into safe mode 🫣

 

[Hobo Mikey]

28 miles of tarmac teasing today apart from a couple of miles when I got lost and had to go cross country. Big ol building is not my house but a place called the Grange near Winchester. I just wanted to see what my bike looked like next to it before putting in an offer. My offer got turned down.