Yay, just found it ... 8' off the track sat amongst the heather :-bd Makes you wonder how on earth it got there.... :???: :lol: Can just imagine "f#*~¤☆¿ track, b@^*<¡○ right of way, f&¡gg#*g gps" and woosh, away went the 'phone :lol: :wink: Well done Stu, top effort :-bd

faustus wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2024 12:29 pm And should I stop looking at the ORPA between Great Turnant and Oldcastle? It looks like it might be 'interesting' or hellish...

I believe that one featured in the 2022 BB200 - enough said!

Black Mountains rides are great but also a bit formulaic; up and down, along a ridge, along a valley (over the years I've probably ridden every track and trail there severaltimes!). As an interesting alternative from Hay look to the North West, above Painscastle. There is some good riding on Llandei...

Excuse me if I'm being thick but does airplane mode disable bluetooth?
If not, and assuming bluetooth is enabled, would it be possible to detect it on another device if close enough?

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2024 9:24 am Slowest one back, as usual.

That matters not, you did it!

Isn't there a hostel at the southern end of the Stata Forida track...?

Go all enduro and get mx style handguards, they're the future

Well done and you made good time. Look forward to reading in more detail if you get the chance.
"Off road adventures"? Think I can place you, we've featured on the same T shirts before now!!

Have you managed to get out and do this yet Dan?
From your post I see that you're local to FoD? I was going to offer some suggestions for the area but I'm guessing that's not the area you needed help with!

More info here Stu. NRW are the landowners at BPW.

https://www.bikeparkwales.com/rewilding

I seem to remember when NRW was formed out of the Countryside Council for Wales, Forestry Commission Wales and Environment Agancy in Wales there were some misgivings about the likely conflicts of interest between the agendas of each body. Forestry, tourism and protecting the environment are awkward ...

Have trail centres had there day? Just idly speculating - when they were doing Glentress back in 2001, us regulars of the old trails figured it would be a fad that lasted a few years, the trails would then be abandoned and it would be back to how it was... That didn't happen, obviously, but I've al...

If anyone is thinking of riding the Mawddach Trail tomorrow and not in an organised event be aware: Up to 300 riders set off from Dolgellau at 08.00 as part of a bike event heading along the trail as far as and then over Penmaenpool Toll Bridge. Meanwhile, at the same time about 400 runners will be ...

So I climbed up into the fuel tank, a filthy box slung underneath which gleamed inside. It was quite psychedelic to be honest, plus there was the diesel fumes. Anyway I started to look for anything which might have been causing the engine to cut out. We'd taken everything else to pieces and checked...

OK, who new it. Today is International Bog Day
https://bogday.org/
A worthy day for celebration and reflection

That show, or at least the contestants, totally crazy

Of course, if the trail was overgrown with nettles and brambles at the beginning you wouldn't go there that's why you're only committed to pushing on at the end of the trail

OK Ian. I have an unused 34T, all yours if still required.
Drop me a pm.

I'll have a look in my garage tomorrow morning Ian, I may have an unused 34T Forge Motorsport one (remember them?!? The company is still going but the guy that used to turn out the Middleburn rings has long sincemovedon).

The flip side of this year's rain/sun/rain/sun is that it's a long time since I have seen the hedgerows and heaths so colourful :-bd Story time - a riding friend of mine who has had heart surgery used to fly out at the bottom of brambly trails covered in a kind of wet pink film :shock: He is now on ...

Dave Barter wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2024 12:44 pm I include myself in this characterisation btw

Just No Dave! Never be tempted to get involved in another forum, you never know where it may end up....

*sigh* apart from the one I'm interested in.... Which is odd really as you wouldn't have thought there was that much demand for an SS-able gravel frame. I had one of the original Il Pompinos (ss cross bike). OK, that was before gravel bikes were invented ( :lol: ) but it was one of the most fun bik...

Nice one :-bd Shame I wasn't on here while you were planning your ride, I could have directed you from Monmouth to Bigsweir Bridge along rideable disused railway lines (infact all the way from Monmouth to Chepstow off-road with only about 3 miles or so on tarmac, just not on a Brompton!). The landsl...

Verena wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2024 4:23 pm Also ordered the absolute essentials: A bed, and some speakers - everything else is clearly purely optional

A bed? A bed you say?!?!!
Surely a thermarest, inflatable pillow, and quilt would suffice....

RIP wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2024 4:01 pm Seems all the Friday evening trains are full up with bikes next Friday anyway - who are they all?

Who are they both?