• Todays ride

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:41 am**

by RIP » Wed Feb 21, 2018 12:20 am

Apologies for hogging the thread (bollocks, no I won't, it was my birthday as of six minutes ago so I can do what I like ), but just got back from a meeting 10 miles away. There and back in the dark. In the drizzle. In the cold. In the mud. It was a brill reminder that I blinkin' LOVE winter night riding. Nice summer day? Spose so, maybe, sort of alright if you insist. But this was ace - invigorating, yucky, senses far more alert and attuned than boring day rides, sort of, well, naughty somehow, like I really shouldn't be doing it, someone'll be along to tell me off in a minute stuff. ALIVE. And the owl was good too.

Yes I know, I'm WEIRD. But BALLS TO THE LOT OF 'EM OUT THERE .

Thank you and goodnight . Now where are those dried frog pills.....

Reading that, I wonder what kind of 'trip' you've been on! Happy Birthday Chris

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:32 am**

Thank you Peter

. Yes there's a lot of mushrooms on one of the bridleways so I must've chosen the wrong midnight snack...

Really, sometimes one just has to let go a Reggie-Perrin-style roar against the madness of the world.

Found my dried frog pills now so at least it shouldn't get any worse... hmm? Wh-what? Oh. Yes sorry nurse, back into bed again, yes it won't happen again.

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:33 am**

Happy birthday Sir

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:53 am**

Thanks Ben. It's curious that with 1477 members that nobody else shares it. Probably all for the best really

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Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2018 12:48 pm**

Ah jeez reg happy birthday I hope panda remembered a card

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:39 pm**

Hey Reg - happy birthday mate!
Saw this earlier and been out to get you a cake. Looks really nice. Best hurry.

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:42 pm**

Ta chap! Gone by now I guess? Stick the crumbs in an envelope? Or bring it to WRT

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Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2018 4:36 pm**

I almost went for a ride today, but this.....

Led to this

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2018 5:02 pm**

Cheeky little 55 jolly straight from work this morning over into Shakespeare country where it seems to be very flat indeed. I only found two hills. Drop off some goods for someone on here then home again via a great cafe!!

Posted: **Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:24 pm**

Cheers Mike, much appreciated. There is a hill in Warwickshire, honest!

Posted: **Sun Feb 25, 2018 4:33 pm**

Belatedly: Thurs evening MuddyPete and myself utilised our velocipedal conveyances to toddle round the woods and back along the canal. By some strange quirk of fate, at the end the Black Lion had a beerfest on, complete with a curry stand in the yard which Pete made a beeline for. I partook of a rather unusual 'hazelnut and salted caramel' beer. I mean really, anyone would think we were in the SE Chilterns. Damn tasty though.

R

Posted: **Sun Feb 25, 2018 4:54 pm**

Stunning day - the Spring calm before the midweek return of winter. I took the Amazon out for the first time this year.

20180225_125604 by Colin Cadden, on Flickr

Posted: **Sun Feb 25, 2018 5:59 pm**

Having finally built up the Spearfish frame I bought from IanPV of this parish and hopefully got the suspension somewhere near a correct setup we took advantage of a quite stunning day to do a route around Horton in Ribblesdale. Basically a loop from Buckhaw Brow to Feizor, over to Helwith Bridge and then along the road to Horton. Up the track past Sell Gill Holes (didn't quite clean the loose rocky bit) then followed the Pennine Way to Old Ing (one cheeky bit to cut the corner) then followed the Pennine Bridleway back over Sulber Nick to drop down to Crummack and Wharfe, back to Feizor with a cafe stop and then back to the car.

It's been pretty dry around here for the past week or so and combined with the cold temperatures it made for some very pleasant and clean riding.

Posted: **Sun Feb 25, 2018 9:09 pm**

Quick spin from Llangurig up to Hafren, dropped down to Sweet Lamb, up (and down again) to Nant Rhys and back to Llangurig.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/23AhLGo][img]htt ... .jpg[/img]Untitled by Paul McCullough, on Flickr[/url]

Posted: **Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:19 am**

Commuting home last night in the flatlands of Essex/Suffolk.

057 (26-02-2018) by Chris Reeves, on Flickr

Posted: **Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:22 pm**

Sell Gill Holes Bob...
If it's where I think it is, it's good going if you can clean that one !
I nearly managed it once, but I don't even try now...

Were you on a full sus ? Probably would make a difference... as would a fat bike and softer tyres...

But good effort

Posted: **Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:50 am**

Yes, the bit about 200m before the gill. It was the usual: "There's a big stone, don't look at it you'll ride into. DON'T LOOK AT IT! Oh b..."

On a FS - first ride out on it since building up the frame.

Posted: **Wed Feb 28, 2018 5:36 pm**

Surprise surprise the snow actually almost lived up to (some of) the hype. Only about 6 inches fallen but lots of drifting so everything has degenerated into chaos. Folk will be eating each other next....

anyway had fun commuting to my local office on the fat bike doing some drifted in single track and blazing past cars stuck on hills. Got home early to do some xc skiing but the thunder and lightening has just started.....

Don't you just hate east facing bike sheds

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2018 6:29 pm**

Yesterday local.. only 4 miles, bitterly cold Garmin said -8.3c, and plenty of wind and spindrift

IMG_2300 by Eric Robinson, on Flickr

bodily warm (4 layers) and feet ok, but hands take about an hour to warm up, so hot aches when I got home...

IMG_2299 by Eric Robinson, on Flickr

but this bike is brilliant in all this, even going uphill...

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2018 7:46 pm**

....was the "short ride" that is "riding to the shops in the snow to buy some of life's essentials" (coffee and baguettes).

Via the scenic route.

Posted: **Sat Mar 03, 2018 4:25 pm**

A short ride on the fat bikes around the local hills.

There was some good snow

Some frustrating snow

Some good riding

A bridleway I'd not done before

And one I had

On Thursday morning this was about 30cm deep in snow, it had all blown to the other side of the hill where we'd post holed through deep drifts and heather.

Just throw your bike over the stile dear!

Posted: **Sat Mar 03, 2018 6:12 pm**

Ah Bob the joys of windslab! One second your cruising over the top the next you sink up to your axles....
I was cheating today and went with skis rather than bike

Posted: **Sat Mar 03, 2018 6:28 pm**

htrider wrote:Ah Bob the joys of windslab! One second your cruising over the top the next you sink up to your axles....
I was cheating today and went with skis rather than bike

Actually in the first shot the snow surface was unbroken but the second had lots of holes from people walking through it so there wasn't a complete "skin". It was at a slightly lower altitude as well so could have been a bit softer.

Posted: **Sat Mar 03, 2018 9:36 pm**

There is that nice point where a fat bike will float over the slab that a walker will post hole through. Its particularly gratifying when you pass such a walker and bid them a cheery good morning / afternoon

Posted: **Sat Mar 17, 2018 5:18 pm**

Went for a ride up from Threshfield over Mastiles Lane and back via Bordley Farm. It were a bit windy! We were in and out of the freezing level so there were some rather iced up drive trains and brakes.

Climbing up from Threshfield

Heading over towards Kilnsey

Starting up Mastiles Lane

Cath at the top of the big climb up Mastiles Lane

It was a bit wild at times

Heading back from Bordley Farm

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