Today's Ride
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So you crashed twice or once? Trying to make sense of whether you rode just once, or book-ended your riding career with the same injury.
Saturday and today were branch slaps, Sunday was a stack. You know you're with the right partner in crime when they ask if the bike was ok before asking how you are
Blue skies and golden sunshine all along the way. Stiff NE/NNE breeze, felt 15/16. No excuses now to shred. I went up 2 ramps that were impassable on the fleet...until now. This thing will be the end of me and it's brilliant
My only complaints are the grips - far too skinny, and saddle - far too flexy. So ODIs and a the obligatory Flite are on their way.
Blue skies and golden sunshine all along the way. 15-17 depending on being in and out of valleys. Much less breeze, still from the NE. I decided to wean myself off the 29er drug for a day or two and reverted to good old skinny tyres and 2*. Really cracking ride around Penwith.
At the top of Gear Hill before the drop down towards big town.
At the top of Gear Hill before the drop down towards big town.
Going to be in the mid 30's again today so headed out early this morning to avoid the heat, still quite warm at 8 though.
Went for a quick loop along and around three disused railway tracks, on a good day, flat out i can do the loop in an hour, quite a bit longer today but relatively easy going. The middle track that connects the two others is on a slight incline along its 3 mile length, going down like i did today you can ride in top gear and fast all the way along feeling like a hero, bonus feature of being in the shade all the way too. To spice the trails up the council has not put jumps and berms on like some of the others around here, instead opting for a more hardcore killer Bee section
With it being early, pre work for some, there were a lot of dog walkers out but most were pleasant. Apart from that i only saw one other cyclist and one horse.
A nice ride and probably going to have to do it a few more times this week as the temperatures are looking like they are staying in the 30's until the weekend at least.
Went for a quick loop along and around three disused railway tracks, on a good day, flat out i can do the loop in an hour, quite a bit longer today but relatively easy going. The middle track that connects the two others is on a slight incline along its 3 mile length, going down like i did today you can ride in top gear and fast all the way along feeling like a hero, bonus feature of being in the shade all the way too. To spice the trails up the council has not put jumps and berms on like some of the others around here, instead opting for a more hardcore killer Bee section
With it being early, pre work for some, there were a lot of dog walkers out but most were pleasant. Apart from that i only saw one other cyclist and one horse.
A nice ride and probably going to have to do it a few more times this week as the temperatures are looking like they are staying in the 30's until the weekend at least.
enc
Kona Fan
Bit of a "bridge fest" this one, and technically not today's ride but Tuesday 9th.
I knew the trail existed but theres nothing online about the route and no maps at the location.
Farnworth Crompton lodges (moses gate country park) to Forrest bank Pendlebury. The route twist and turns along the River Irwell and the Manchester Bolton and Bury canal.
I've got a pretty good sense of direction but at one stage, managed to get lost... I was convinced I was heading in the right direction but a chap walking his dog told me otherwise
I got as far as Clifton country park on Tuesday but now I've sussed it... ill do the full route next time.
so, set off from Crompton lodges and head up to "Nob End" ... "I kid you not!
The bottom tier at Nob End Locks. recently cleared but already overgrown. Apparently, the dreaded Knotweed has taken over.
This area is steeped in amazing history including this breach of the canal in 1936.. pic below (obviously not mine
)
First of the bridges...
Prestolee "pack horse" bridge
Three for the price of one ...
... Back on track ..
Arriving at Ringley Village ...
The stocks at Ringley..
Plenty of vegetation
The canal is totally overgrown here...
Opening out to the original cobbled tow path ...
Journeys end for today...
I knew the trail existed but theres nothing online about the route and no maps at the location.
Farnworth Crompton lodges (moses gate country park) to Forrest bank Pendlebury. The route twist and turns along the River Irwell and the Manchester Bolton and Bury canal.
I've got a pretty good sense of direction but at one stage, managed to get lost... I was convinced I was heading in the right direction but a chap walking his dog told me otherwise
I got as far as Clifton country park on Tuesday but now I've sussed it... ill do the full route next time.
so, set off from Crompton lodges and head up to "Nob End" ... "I kid you not!
The bottom tier at Nob End Locks. recently cleared but already overgrown. Apparently, the dreaded Knotweed has taken over.
This area is steeped in amazing history including this breach of the canal in 1936.. pic below (obviously not mine
)
First of the bridges...
Prestolee "pack horse" bridge
Three for the price of one ...
... Back on track ..
Arriving at Ringley Village ...
The stocks at Ringley..
Plenty of vegetation
The canal is totally overgrown here...
Opening out to the original cobbled tow path ...
Journeys end for today...
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Joe_Rides
Senior Retro Guru
Ooh I know that route well, ride quite a few different routes / directions down there. I sometimes follow 'your' route down down to Philips Park for the bike trails, then ride home via the "outwood trail" all the way to Radcliffe before threading back to my place.
Although the surroundings are pretty 'urban', various country parks link up and you can get pretty far without riding on a road. I start at Longsight Park (Bolton), on to Sevenacres, then leverhulme Park, then darcy lever gravel pits, moses gate country Park and Nob end onwards to Manchester or Bury. Some good trails!
Nob end is a SSSI and also the point where the river Croal merges with the Irwell. Quite an interesting spot.
Although the surroundings are pretty 'urban', various country parks link up and you can get pretty far without riding on a road. I start at Longsight Park (Bolton), on to Sevenacres, then leverhulme Park, then darcy lever gravel pits, moses gate country Park and Nob end onwards to Manchester or Bury. Some good trails!
Nob end is a SSSI and also the point where the river Croal merges with the Irwell. Quite an interesting spot.
CassidyAce
Senior Retro Guru
An evening ride today and it was still 27°C when I set out at 18:00. However, I had been given an important mission: deliver a homegrown cucumber to eldest sprog's house, three miles away, and retrieve youngest sprog's iPhone from said destination. Mission accomplished, I took the long route home: 25 extra miles. 
The breezy 23°C at the end of the ride was a refreshing contrast to what has been a hot, hot day. I've had enough of global warming already and it's not going to get better anytime soon.
The breezy 23°C at the end of the ride was a refreshing contrast to what has been a hot, hot day. I've had enough of global warming already and it's not going to get better anytime soon.
It was 30 years ago and I came off going downhill in a woodland as a teenager!So you crashed twice or once? Trying to make sense of whether you rode just once, or book-ended your riding career with the same injury.
Saturday and today were branch slaps, Sunday was a stack. You know you're with the right partner in crime when they ask if the bike was ok before asking how you are
Blue skies and golden sunshine all along the way. Stiff NE/NNE breeze, felt 15/16. No excuses now to shred. I went up 2 ramps that were impassable on the fleet...until now. This thing will be the end of me and it's brilliant
My only complaints are the grips - far too skinny, and saddle - far too flexy. So ODIs and a the obligatory Flite are on their way.
Stuck to road since then! Probably more dangerous though!!
