Today's Ride

[al-onestare]

After Monday's ride it's been wild and wet, but this morning whilst very soggy and with an early shower, the wind has died down. Still mild, 10-12 degrees, solid cloud, 5-6 S/SE breeze. Apart from the odd bird song, it was silent up top. One of my favourite spots to stop and take it all in.

That's a fishing boats light out on the horizon.

I'm absolutely loving the Roadhouse (Simone) ride. Unsurprisingly, it feels just like my Hot given it's 853; supple but light and zingy. It's a joy!

 

[db95]

Wasn't feeling 100% but a slight bit of evening sunshine after 3 days of torrential downpours was enough to tempt me

 

[Gtpulse]

Cold start but soon warmed up to fingerless gloves temperature. A couple of tunnels with no lighting an interesting feature of this ride. I did think to put a front light in my bag just in case and it turned out to be essential!

 

[KayOs]

Expected rain and got sun, awesome friday. Have a nice weekend folks!

 

[Gtpulse]

Expected rain and got sun, awesome friday. Have a nice weekend folks!
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Think you could turn the “bikes with trees” thread into “bikes of trees”

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Spent a couple of hours biking around on Monolith, taking pictures of statues. And trees. And pylons. Because reasons. Inadvertently found the deepest rutted trail of my life. Many of the trails around here are cut by 4 wheeled ATVs. It's a double edged sword, I get miles and miles of double track, but in the muddy and softer areas, the erosion is killer!

Forget about pedal strikes, this one is almost above the 26" tire!
Here, you can see that the bottom of the 4 wheeler dragged and scraped the center area smooth, and some brave soul rode a bike right down the middle! Not me, I walked around. This is the deepest rut I've ever seen, the granddaddy of all ruts. I don't even know how it is possible, the whole bike is in there, up to the stem! Here's a shot of me standing above it for reference.
Bonus picture of some fresh raccoon tracks down there in the soft mud:

 

[BerthaPog]

Bit different today. Got to ride the Grubb on one of the test tracks at work. 4km a laps, on perfect tarmac.

Do we need a “Bikes and Banking” or “Bikes and Test Tracks” thread?

 

[dorset boy]

Smooth Tarmac is an urban myth.

 

[BerthaPog]

Smooth Tarmac is an urban myth.

On public roads, definitely.

This was bliss, no cars, no junctions, no potholes, no crappy repairs to the tarmac. Even the sun came out later on, though being an ex-airfield does mean that you can’t escape the wind.

 

[Hombre]