Today's Ride

[moonlite]

My stepson's ParkPre Mountain Comp pub cruiser has been languishing in the garage for some time as I haven't had the opportunity to deliver it to him in Melbourne. Today on a whim I took it out for a test ride -- really just to find out how the big, fat Maxxis Hookworm tyres perform.

The frame is quite heavy -- plain gauge Cromo I think -- but those balloon tyres provide a lot of shock absorption and grip just fine on dry gravel. With low gears and wide Surly Sunrise bars, it's quite a nice mount for a sunny cruise. I hope the boy likes it when he eventually gets his hands on it.

 

[Suprachrgd82]

Went for a ride with my son. We stopped at the park to further attempt at burning off his endless energy.

 

[al-onestare]

3 back to back days of saddle action thanks to not much wind and generally favourable conditions.

Saturday was a bit sloppy on top of the moors but really quiet and if you squinted hard enough "warm"...in reality it was about 7-8 degrees with a slight chill in the air, but with elevation comes internal heat. I managed to almost ruin my nice new (Jake) Snake long sleeved top I did get to Botallack mine cafe just before closing time which was a result.

Yesterday was a really quiet loop down to Newlyn, Mousehole (best time to be there is early morning before anyone wakes up), Paul through Drift to Sancreed. It was cooler than predicted, with a dense cloud around Sancreed, but again, elevation means warmth!

This morning, well, very low cloud in spots, dense fog in places, then clear as a bell a few metres up the road. Between 3 and 9 degrees, it was pretty wild Very gentle easterly breeze, and where it was clear, lovely golden sunshine. I felt like I was skirting in and out of Bespin without Billy Dee Williams.

Magic!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

those balloon tyres provide a lot of shock absorption and grip just fine on dry gravel

Hookworms are great tires. That's a nice setup, like that build

 

[al-onestare]

Thick grey cloud which started to break in places. Hazy low cloud in the valleys. Meant to be 8 but very chilly 3-4 thanks to a unpleasant ESE breeze, so all the layers were back on after a short sleeved and shirt run yesterday evening. All this meant I needed to find the one spot that feels and smells like spring at the moment, Trengwaniton Gardens.

They left the main gate open so I snook in. The Camelia's are going off but the Rhodee's are coming in and smelling ace

 

[mk one]

Thick grey cloud which started to break in places. Hazy low cloud in the valleys. Meant to be 8 but very chilly 3-4 thanks to a unpleasant ESE breeze, so all the layers were back on after a short sleeved and shirt run yesterday evening. All this meant I needed to find the one spot that feels and smells like spring at the moment, Trengwaniton Gardens.

They left the main gate open so I snook in. The Camelia's are going off but the Rhodee's are coming in and smelling ace

Nice, this is where this shot is from

A few years since I have been there.

 

[Deleted member 69416]

First ride without kids since , err , forever . A bit blustery but otherwise perfect .

 

[dorset boy]

First ride without kids since , err , forever . A bit blustery but otherwise perfect .View attachment 732383View attachment 732384

That's a very different looking Church tower.

 

[Deleted member 69416]

That's a very different looking Church tower.

It's Norman so I reckon the rest may well be later . It's probably been stuck back together a few times and fiddled with generally.

 

[al-onestare]

Apparently 8 but the air temp was 2-3 degrees. Needed all the layers! Light ESE breeze, high cloud but mainly blue skies and early golden sunshine. To end the working week, and with no notable rain the past few days, it was back on the trails.

Choc full of tadpoles.

St Buryan on the horizon.

The blast down, loads of fun ahead. Lovely stuff!