I’ve been away on holiday for the last week in North Yorkshire and naturally I took my bike. I chose the Boardman FS Pro with the intention of riding the full Dalby Forest red graded trail. I’d read plenty of reviews of the trail with popular sources such as Moredirt giving it 4 out ofContinue reading “Dalby Forest, ridden and reviewed.”
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Places from my childhood.
The rain has continued so today I thought it would be good to do a ride with more tarmac and less dirt. I haven’t ridden to Hunter’s Hill very often on my mountain bike but it was a place I rode as a child and youth. I lived then in Parbold, a village about 12Continue reading “Places from my childhood.”
The only choice.
We’ve had a period of heavy, summer rain and the trails were bound to be drenched. I left an empty bucket out last night and by this morning it had over an inch of rain in it so I realised that for my first ride in a week the only choice was Healey Nab. TheContinue reading “The only choice.”
Recovery from a mad weekend.
At my age (57, if you must know) maybe I should have calm weekends with a little mountain bike riding. One of my other passions, however, is scootering. I have a 30 year old Vespa scooter and plenty of people around my age like to party at weekends like we’re still 19. It’s impossible toContinue reading “Recovery from a mad weekend.”
Facing my demons.
Today I decided to face a demon of my own creation. It’s a technical climb with a very steep final part and I set it as a target for the year in January. I chose to ride my Whyte JW4, which is 15 years old, because it has the lowest gear. I used to rideContinue reading “Facing my demons.”
Healey Nab video.
I ride down the red graded trail of Healey Nab very often. It’s usually the best route home from Rivington or Great Hill and I also like to session the trail, riding 3 to 5 laps, which each take around 12 minutes. Here is about half of the ride down borrowed from a Facebook post.Continue reading “Healey Nab video.”
Never too old to learn!
It’s funny how you learn things throughout your life. We, as a species, seem to have a thirst for knowing more which never leaves us whilst our minds are still healthy. Today I learned a few things on my mountain bike ride, some good and some less appealing! We’ve had showers since Monday afternoon butContinue reading “Never too old to learn!”
Dry weather riding.
It’s been great to have some dry weather after a very wet period early in June. We haven’t been getting the very hot conditions that have been causing problems and breaking records in Europe, though I think that the global warming agenda has caused the news reports to be over emphasized. There was little mentionContinue reading “Dry weather riding.”
The best laid plans of mice and men……
…….and cows! Today was a good day to try for a sub 11 minute lap of Healey Nab red graded trail. I’ve mentioned often that this is one of my targets for the year and I’ve had a few goes at it with a best time on Strava of 11 minutes 8 seconds, thoughContinue reading “The best laid plans of mice and men……”
Short but sweet.
Today I rode for just 1 hour and 6 minutes. I leave home and am on the trails in 5 minutes so for regular riding I save hours of time when many riders would be driving to the trails. Once I get off road the action starts straight away. After a short, straight shale trackContinue reading “Short but sweet.”
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