Today's Ride

[al-onestare]

Dark, sun rising around 07:00/07:10, was meant to be dry but you guessed it, random shower off the Atlantic between HQ and Sennen livened things up. Steady SW breeze around 12mph, much less than yesterday. Around the shower, high broken cloud, so felt and looked clear. 13 to 12 degrees, a really lovely morning leg stretcher, with another stop at Sancreed Beacon.

I spent Sunday afternoon walking around the Beacon and surrounding area with Coop. It was pretty good, especially the hidden holy well about half a mile from here. Super secluded, it had some proper good energy.

 

[al-onestare]

Dark, steady SW breeze, fairly mild 12-13 degrees, very comfortable once the legs were pumping. High cloud, clear breaks, all in all, a really ace early morning ride with another lovely sunrise. Encountered two lots of deer crossing Gear Hill. I think the last time I was on a bike and had to wait for deer to pass was when I was a kid on my Raleigh Maverick

 

[mk one]

A very windy, sunny and warm, then windy, cloudy and rainy day, I feel the wind should get another mention as well. Fine if your not trying to pedal into it, also fine if you are not trying to pedal into it in the rain.

The wind was the main focal point of todays ride, creating almost laughable situations out in the open and a loud soundtrack in the woods. Ah, the woods, covered in branches, leaves and acorns, perfect for standing up and cranking up a hill, spinning more than on wet muddy trails.

It was really warm, warm when the sun was out at the start of the ride and the air also, was very warm,. The small rain shower at the end of the ride was quite welcome.

The trails were fun as usual, fast and flowing, though it was very busy today, lots of walkers for some reason. Beautiful colours in the woods again and another great ride.

 

[Hombre]

finally, a friday afternoon ride. many sunny days from monday, but family and work commitment kept me away from riding, so when I saw the chance this afternoon I took it of course. warm, sunny weather with a few light clouds. nobody out on the trails (except for a friendly off-roader and a smiling milf) perfect!

weird thing along the trail ...

 

[Siish]

Local woods, thought I'd take the univega out for a blast

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Nice ride.

 

[al-onestare]

Chilly 8, felt like 6 for the most part and under in the hollows. Clear, very little NE wind, perfect early doors conditions. Lights doing the job although the universe has helped this week with a full moon yesterday...

...and almost full today

You know it's autumn when you get home and the sun still hasn't risen The moon still up, you can see in the distance the road going over the final hill before the drop into Morvar.

 

[slackboy]

Pioneer first ride

 

[al-onestare]

Epilogue to the Pip bike articles. Kona shared the series on Instagram and to date, it's received over 1.5k likes which is brilliant. You can view the post here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CjiFCxyPFK0/

I think Pip would find this equally amazing, brilliant, and perplexing. He left social media to others, but he was acutely aware of how important it is to bring like-minded folks together and as a knowledge platform. The fact that through me and his network, we were able to speak with riders and company folks directly, was and still is super-exciting, and Pip felt the same.

 

[mk one]

Glorious day again. Cool air, actually cold in the shade, but out in the sun it was nice and warm.

A ride up through and around woods and up to a view point. Lots of people out as you can imagine given the nice weather and beautiful colours again on the leaves that are still on the trees after the recent strong winds.

Glad i made the effort.