Today's Ride
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Quiet in here, unlike the trails today :xmas-big-grin:
A crisp December morning, iced up puddles and most of the trails were still hard from the frost so easier going at the start. The sun was out in all its glory so by mid morning the trails had started to turn back to gloop with plenty of spray thrown in, and up, for good measure.
It was a busy morning, even earlier on, full of dog walkers which were joined by horse riders and later on loads of wanna-be santa's all with their hats on :xmas-big-grin:
Quite a longish ride though mostly easy going. I braved a notorious estate which took me to the far reaches of some trails where a lot of the up hills to get there normally were missed out, of course an up the other way is a down so good times. The estate even has a little but fun bike park/track hidden in some woods :xmas-cool: It was good to get home still with energy, so much so that i am now getting ready to go out for a bike ride, motor that is :xmas-big-grin:
A great ride, though my toes will disagree as they are still numb while writing this.
Hope everyone is well and getting a bit of time out on the bikes :xmas-cool: :xmas-cool: :xmas-big-grin: :xmas-big-grin:
A crisp December morning, iced up puddles and most of the trails were still hard from the frost so easier going at the start. The sun was out in all its glory so by mid morning the trails had started to turn back to gloop with plenty of spray thrown in, and up, for good measure.
It was a busy morning, even earlier on, full of dog walkers which were joined by horse riders and later on loads of wanna-be santa's all with their hats on :xmas-big-grin:
Quite a longish ride though mostly easy going. I braved a notorious estate which took me to the far reaches of some trails where a lot of the up hills to get there normally were missed out, of course an up the other way is a down so good times. The estate even has a little but fun bike park/track hidden in some woods :xmas-cool: It was good to get home still with energy, so much so that i am now getting ready to go out for a bike ride, motor that is :xmas-big-grin:
A great ride, though my toes will disagree as they are still numb while writing this.
Hope everyone is well and getting a bit of time out on the bikes :xmas-cool: :xmas-cool: :xmas-big-grin: :xmas-big-grin:
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Been out almost every morning but it's just too dark to take any pictures, and a thread like this needs them. Since we're over hump day, just a few weeks before things start to brighten up again.
Been out almost every morning but it's just too dark to take any pictures, and a thread like this needs them. Since we're over hump day, just a few weeks before things start to brighten up again.
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The last couple of weekends, I've been too busy or there was too much rain for riding. After an assortment of chores and errands, I managed to get out for just an hour's ride down by the river today. The river is close to bursting its banks and the path was flooded in places: not too deep, about 6 inches at worst, but repeatedly, in stretches between five and ten metres long. After gingerly going through two or three pools, and still getting wet feet, I just blasted through the rest and put up with the icy water sloshing in my shoes. A short, sharp, cold blast along the track to get the blood pumping.
The last couple of weekends, I've been too busy or there was too much rain for riding. After an assortment of chores and errands, I managed to get out for just an hour's ride down by the river today. The river is close to bursting its banks and the path was flooded in places: not too deep, about 6 inches at worst, but repeatedly, in stretches between five and ten metres long. After gingerly going through two or three pools, and still getting wet feet, I just blasted through the rest and put up with the icy water sloshing in my shoes. A short, sharp, cold blast along the track to get the blood pumping.
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Southville Hop
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Woke this morning with a pain behind my eyes, so i thought some fresh air and exercise would clear my head!
38 miles of mud and hills of the South Downs and I'm now feeling better- well enough to stomach some leftovers from yesterday.
Really poor light and heavy grey cloud mean crap photos, but the ride was great fun!
38 miles of mud and hills of the South Downs and I'm now feeling better- well enough to stomach some leftovers from yesterday.
Really poor light and heavy grey cloud mean crap photos, but the ride was great fun!
CassidyAce
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Wet, wind, drizzle and cold. Quite an enjoyable ride for nearly a couple of hours all the same, until I got a puncture near to home - just walked the rest of the way instead of fixing it up in the fading light. The Stumpy is sporting a new set of V12s (replacing the black V8s): nice pedals but I wonder if I should have waited for black ones to be back in stock. Anyway, grey day photos:
Wet, wind, drizzle and cold. Quite an enjoyable ride for nearly a couple of hours all the same, until I got a puncture near to home - just walked the rest of the way instead of fixing it up in the fading light. The Stumpy is sporting a new set of V12s (replacing the black V8s): nice pedals but I wonder if I should have waited for black ones to be back in stock. Anyway, grey day photos:
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:xmas-big-grin: Very wet trails today, but the sun was shining and the skies blue, so headed up to Sherwood Pines early for a quick blast before the hoards arrived.
By the time i got there people were already starting to arrive, and by the time i left it was very busy, i have never seen it that busy, ever. Glad i was done and heading home by then :xmas-cool:
I ended up in the trenches today, i have rode past them countless times and just assumed the fence went all the way around and one just had to look at them through that. Not sure why, but decided to ride around the fence today, and found an entrance into the trench, surprisingly quite dry considering even well drained trails were now rivers.
Nice ride, home now with a glass of Benedictine and warming my toes :xmas-big-grin: :xmas-cool:
By the time i got there people were already starting to arrive, and by the time i left it was very busy, i have never seen it that busy, ever. Glad i was done and heading home by then :xmas-cool:
I ended up in the trenches today, i have rode past them countless times and just assumed the fence went all the way around and one just had to look at them through that. Not sure why, but decided to ride around the fence today, and found an entrance into the trench, surprisingly quite dry considering even well drained trails were now rivers.
Nice ride, home now with a glass of Benedictine and warming my toes :xmas-big-grin: :xmas-cool:
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